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Re: [EURO-Discuss] [At-Large] Possibly Off-topic - Aftermarket in ccTLDs - Good Or Bad?
by Michele Neylon :: Blacknight Aug. 11, 2010

Aug. 11, 2010

On 11 Aug 2010, at 16:21, Evan Leibovitch wrote: > On 11 August 2010 09:32, Michele Neylon :: Blacknight <michele(a)blacknight.ie >> wrote: > >> Wearing one of my other hats I've been asked to put together a paper on the >> aftermarket for cctlds covering both sides of the debate. >> >> I'd love to get people's views on domain aftermarkets - good, bad or >> indifferent >> > > Why limit the scope to CCs? Are we well know, many operate as generics, and > even most of those who don't still leave plenty of opportunity for > speculation. > > Do you really want to know about the public view? Evan If I didn't want the views I wouldn't have cross-posted to the 3 ALAC lists I'm on :) I am expecting and hoping to get views that will be both positive and negative. Regards Michele > Be careful what you wish > for. In the circles I travel it's been my observation that, by and large, > the only people who consider domaining ethical are those who engage in it > (or sell services to those who do). > Otherwise it's in company with > multi-level marketing, sub-prime debt trading and Scientology. > > - Evan > _______________________________________________ > At-Large mailing list > At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large_atlarge-lists.ican… > > At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org Mr Michele Neylon Blacknight Solutions Hosting & Colocation, Brand Protection ICANN Accredited Registrar http://www.blacknight.com/ http://blog.blacknight.com/ http://blacknight.mobi/ http://mneylon.tel Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 US: 213-233-1612 UK: 0844 484 9361 Locall: 1850 929 929 Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090 Twitter: http://twitter.com/mneylon ------------------------------- Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,Ireland Company No.: 370845

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Possibly Off-topic - Aftermarket in ccTLDs - Good Or Bad?
by Michele Neylon :: Blacknight Aug. 11, 2010

Aug. 11, 2010

Wearing one of my other hats I've been asked to put together a paper on the aftermarket for cctlds covering both sides of the debate. I'd love to get people's views on domain aftermarkets - good, bad or indifferent Thanks in advance Regards Michele Mr Michele Neylon Blacknight Solutions Hosting & Colocation, Brand Protection ICANN Accredited Registrar http://www.blacknight.com/ http://blog.blacknight.com/ http://blacknight.mobi/ http://mneylon.tel Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 US: 213-233-1612 UK: 0844 484 9361 Locall: 1850 929 929 Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090 Twitter: http://twitter.com/mneylon PS: Check out our latest offers on domains & hosting: http://domainoffers.me/ ------------------------------- Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,Ireland Company No.: 370845

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European ALAC Delegate to the NomCom 2011
by Wolf Ludwig Aug. 6, 2010

Aug. 6, 2010

Dear all, as you may have heard, there are several ALAC and other seats to be renewed this year by EURALO (as discussed at our July monthly call). After direct verifications with Christopher Wilkinson (ISOC Wallonia) and Yrjö Länsipuro (ISOC Finland) and their respective responses, we are pleased to inform you to forward the nomination of Yrjö Länsipuro as the European ALAC Delegate to the NomCom 2011 (to replace Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond, the incumbent and acting Secretariat). Kind regards, Wolf comunica-ch phone +41 79 204 83 87 Skype: Wolf-Ludwig www.comunica-ch.net Digitale Allmend http://blog.allmend.ch - EURALO - ICANN's Regional At-Large Organisation http://euralo.org

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EURALO ALS Representatives for 2010 Elections
by ICANN At-Large Staff Aug. 4, 2010

Aug. 4, 2010

Dear All, In view of the EURALO election cycle 2010, we would like to confirm the ALS representatives for in the online elections and their email contacts. Attached below you find to list with all regional ALSes representatives and the corresponding contacts according to our current information. This email is sent to all ALS representatives and copied to the EURALO mailing list. Please respond to us by Tuesday, August 10th if the information for your ALS need to be changed. You ONLY need to reply to this message if the information for your ALS is INCORRECT. Please do not reply to all recipients of this message, you can simply send to message to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org . We will send out an updated list before the start of the elections. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org *********** EURALO ALS Representatives (27): Association for Technology and Internet (APTI) adela.danciu(a)apti.ro Adela Danciu Associazione Italiana per la Sicurezza Informatica rchiesa(a)clusit.it Raoul Chiesa Asociación de Usuarios de Internet mps(a)aui.es Miguel Perez Subias Committee for a Democratic United Nations (Komitee für eine Demokratische UNO) maxsenges(a)gmail.com Max Senges Comunica-ch - the Swiss Platform on the Information Society wolf.ludwig(a)comunica-ch.net Wolf Ludwig Deutsche Vereinigung für Datenschutz (DVD) e.V. huelsmann(a)datenschutzverein.de Werner Hülsmann E-Seniors epstein(a)free.fr Monique Epstein FIfF (Forum InformatikerInnen für Frieden und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung) sh(a)fiff.de Stefan Hügel FoeBuD e.V. & Big Brother Awards Deutschland mail(a)foebud.org Rena Tangens Förderverein Informationstechnik und Gesellschaft (FITUG) e.V lutz(a)fitug.de Lutz Donnerhacke Humanistische Union e.V. (The Humanist Union) bruch(a)humanistische-union.de Christoph Bruch ISOC - Catalan Chapter aoliva(a)isoc-cat.org Andreas Oliva ISOC Belgium rudi.vansnick(a)isoc.be Rudi Vansnick ISOC Bulgaria dpefeva(a)gmail.com Dragoslava (Dessi) Greve ISOC Chapter of Wallonia cw(a)christopherwilkinson.eu Christopher Wilkinson ISOC Finland Yrjö Länsipuro yrjo.lansipuro(a)isoc.fi ISOC France sebastien(a)bachollet.com Sébastien Bachollet ISOC Italy (Societa' Internet) vb(a)bertola.eu Vittorio Bertola ISOC Luxembourg A.S.B.L. patrick(a)vande-walle.eu Patrick Vande Walle ISOC Netherlands michiel(a)staff.isoc.nl Michiel Leenaars KEPKA - Consumers Protection Centre consumers(a)kepka.org Nikolaos Tsemperlidis Medienstadt Leipzig wolfgang(a)imv.au.dk Wolfgang Kleinwächter Netzwerk Neue Medien (NNM) Annette.Muehlberg(a)web.de Annette Muehlberg Slovenian Consumers Association ursa.smid(a)zps.si Ursa Smid Terre des Femmes-Germany e.V. dr.heike.jensen(a)web.de Heike Jensen Wikimedia Switzerland Manuel Schneider manuel.schneider(a)wikimedia.ch Ynternet.org Institute jcb(a)ynternet.org Jean-Claude Bulliard

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DOODLE: Virtual EURALO General Assembly at the IGF in Vilnius
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 27, 2010

July 27, 2010

Dear All, As per decision at the 20 July EURALO teleconference, EURALO will hold a virtual General Assembly (GA) during the IGF in Vilnius (14 trough 17 September 2010). Please use the Doodle poll linked below to help us prepare the General Assembly and send us your availabilities to participate in this meeting - either remotely or at the LITEXPO Conference Center in Vilnius: http://www.doodle.com/3rxsciascwnvivbw Green - can participate Yellow - difficult, but not impossible to participate Red - can not participate The poll will remain open until Monday 9 August 2010. This will be a virtual GA, that is, a GA taking place as a teleconference call, with EURALO participants already in Vilnius for the IGF, present physically in a meeting room. Please not that there will be no travel allowances from ICANN to travel to the IGF. The GA is likely to last up to three hours and its details and agenda will be worked out in August. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] [ALAC-Internal] REMINDER: ALAC Teleconference Tuesday, 27 July 14:00 UTC
by Rudi Vansnick July 25, 2010

July 25, 2010

Being offline for several weeks I will not be able to participate in this conference call, as I was not able to join the EURALO conf call neither. Rudi Vansnick President - CEO Tel +32/(0)9/329.39.16 rudi.vansnick(a)isoc.be Mobile +32/(0)475/28.16.32 Dendermondesteenweg 143 B-9070 Destelbergen BELGIUM http://www.internetsociety.be "The Internet is for everyone" Op 21-jul-2010, om 00:04 heeft ICANN At-Large Staff het volgende geschreven: > Dear All, > > This is to remind you that the next ALAC teleconference is scheduled for Tuesday, 27 July 2010 at 1400 UTC. > > The agenda and call details can be found at: > https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?27_july_2010 > > If you are unable to attend the call please send an email indicating your absence and we will note this information on the agenda. If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. > > -- > Regards, > > Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström > ICANN At-Large Staff > _______________________________________________ > ALAC-Internal mailing list > ALAC-Internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-internal_atlarge-lists… > > ALAC Wiki: http://st.icann.org/alac > At-Large Website: http://atlarge.icann.org

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Online Survey on Meetings for the Next Decades
by Matthias Langenegger July 23, 2010

July 23, 2010

Dear All, We briefly discussed the currently open online survey on Meetings for the Next Decades during the last EURALO call. It was confirmed to me that all At-Large community members are invited and encouraged to participate in this online survey under https://www.bigpulse.com/33025/register?l=en The reason for sending a personal invitation to the Brussels meeting attendees was that they were expected to be the most interested in responding. You can find the complete information on the consultation on Meetings for the Next Decade under http://icann.org/en/meetings2010/ Best Regards, -- Matthias Langenegger Manager, At-Large Regional Affairs Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: matthias.langenegger(a)icann.org Main Tel: +41 (79) 644 65 35 Fax: +41 (22) 594 85 44 Skype ID: matthiaslangenegger

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] EURO-Discuss Digest, Vol 45, Issue 4
by Siranush Vardanyan July 22, 2010

July 22, 2010

Dear all, I would like to let you know, that I also will be in Vilnius at IGF as an ISOC Ambassador. So, please, let me also know the time and the day when you are planning to meet, as I have an interest to be a part of it, if you don't mind. Thanks Siranush VardanyanArmenia > From: euro-discuss-request(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > Subject: EURO-Discuss Digest, Vol 45, Issue 4 > To: euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:16:19 -0500 > > Send EURO-Discuss mailing list submissions to > euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists.… > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > euro-discuss-request(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > euro-discuss-owner(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of EURO-Discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. IGF Vilnius, September 2010: will you be there? > (Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond) > 2. Action Items EURALO Call 20 July 2010 (ICANN At-Large Staff) > 3. CALL FOR STATEMENTS OF INTEREST: ALAC-selected ICANN Board > Member (ICANN At-Large Staff) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:52:35 +0200 > From: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl(a)gih.com> > To: Discussion for At-Large Europe > <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Subject: [EURO-Discuss] IGF Vilnius, September 2010: will you be > there? > Message-ID: <4C4628B3.6090400(a)gih.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hello everybody, > > At today's EURALO monthly conference call, a suggestion was made for a > Virtual EURALO General Assembly (Virtual EURALO GA). > > The suggestion was to book a small meeting room during the Internet > Governance Forum (IGF) to be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 14-17 > September 2010 and to conduct a face to face meeting with all those > present, whilst making provisions for remote participation by ALSes > which were not going to be present at the IGF. > The IGF taking place in Europe is likely to bring quite a few members > from ALSes together since we are hoping for a strong representation of > civil society groups and organisations. Whilst unfortunately no funding > will be possible from ICANN, we are appealing to anyone who's already > going to be in Vilnius to join us. > > So far our confirmed list of participants is: > > - Adam Peake > - Annette Muehlberg > - Olivier Cr?pin-Leblond > - Sandra Hoferichter > - S?bastien Bachollet > - Wolf Ludwig > - Wolfgang Kleinw?chter > - Yrj? L?nsipuro > > In order to get a better idea of numbers, we'd like to know if *you* and > *your ALS* will be present in Vilnius? > > Please be so kind to therefore reply as soon as possible, either to me > or to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org > > Many thanks! > > Olivier > EURALO Secretary > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:01:36 -0700 > From: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> > To: Discussion for At-Large Europe > <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Subject: [EURO-Discuss] Action Items EURALO Call 20 July 2010 > Message-ID: <C86C67F0.2831B%staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > Dear All, > > The summary minutes and action items from yesterday?s EURALO call have been posted on the agenda page under: > > https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?20_july_2010 > > Please feel free to edit the minutes and action items if required. > > -- > Regards, > > Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordstr?m > ICANN At-Large Staff > > email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org > website: www.atlarge.icann.org > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:16:43 -0700 > From: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> > To: "alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" > <alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, At-Large Worldwide > <at-large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, > "afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" > <afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, apralo > <apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, Discussion for At-Large Europe > <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, > "na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" > <na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, LACRALO discussion list > <lac-discuss-en(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Subject: [EURO-Discuss] CALL FOR STATEMENTS OF INTEREST: ALAC-selected > ICANN Board Member > Message-ID: <C86CEA0D.28392%staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Call for Statements of Interest (SOIs) from ICANN's At-Large Community for consideration to be selected by the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) to serve as a (term-limited) member of the ICANN Board of Directors > > 21 July 2010 > > The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet's system of unique identifiers ? including domain names (such as .org and .museum), country codes (such as .uk and .ke) and the addresses used in a variety of Internet protocols ? that help computers reach each other over the Internet. Without this coordination, we would not have one global Internet. > > The At-Large Community and the ICANN Board seat > > This Call for Statements of Interest (SOIs) is part of the new process through which the user community within ICANN will appoint one voting member of the ICANN Board. While acting in a personal capacity as a member of the ICANN Board, this member must be able to reflect the users' point of view and interests in the debate and decision making undertaken within the ICANN framework. > > In seeking candidates for this post, ICANN's At-Large Community is looking for an individual with a broad international perspective and a background in Internet users' interests, consumer policy and/or civil society worldwide. > > "At-Large" is the name of the community of individual Internet users involved in ICANN's policy development process. It currently consists of over 120 active At-Large organisations (called "At-Large structures" or "ALSes"), representing the opinions of the global community of Internet users. At-Large provides a means through which individual end users of the Internet worldwide can participate in the matters on which ICANN works, such as: > > ? Guidance on how to run Internationalized Domain Names (IDN); > ? How to introduce new gTLDs (such as .info, .name and .museum); and > ? How to implement a stable and fair transition from IPv4 to the next Internet addresses generation, IPv6. > > To learn more about the At-Large Community and its activities, please see the main ICANN At-Large Web page (http://www.atlarge.icann.org ) or contact any of the ALSes in your country of residence. All ALSes are listed on the At-Large Structure Applications and Certification Process Web page (http://www.atlarge.icann.org/applications ). > > What does an ICANN Board Director do? > > ICANN's Directors: > > ? As a group, are responsible for exercising the powers of ICANN, controlling its property and conducting or directing its business and affairs, except as otherwise provided in ICANN's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws (http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm#VI ); > ? Serve as individuals who have the duty to act in what they reasonably believe are the best interests of ICANN and not as representatives of the entity that selected them, their employers or any other organizations or constituencies; and > ? Are expected to support the ICANN mission and the implementation of ICANN's Core Values (as described in ICANN's Invitation for Statements of Interest and Suggestions for Candidates at http://nomcom.icann.org/invitation-2010.htm#roles ). > > For more information regarding ICANN's Directors, please refer to both ICANN's Structure chart (http://www.icann.org/en/structure ) and its Board of Directors list (http://www.icann.org/en/general/board.html ). > > Desirable characteristics > > The At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), on behalf of the At-Large Community, has prepared a list of the desirable characteristics and details of commitments for the At-Large-selected Board member. These appear on the Director's Criteria Web page (https://st.icann.org/absdt/index.cgi?director_s_criteria ). > > Call for Statements of Interest > > The At-Large Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC) now calls for Statements of Interest (SOIs). > For more information regarding the BCEC, including member details, please see the At-Large Board Candidate Evaluation Committee Web page (https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?at_large_board_candidate_evaluation_com… ). > > How to apply for consideration > > To apply, please complete and submit the Statement of Interest (SOI) available at https://www.bigpulse.com/m9918/intro . The form can be submitted online or printed and either: > > ? Posted to At-Large Director Applications, ICANN, c/o Heidi Ullrich, 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 320, Marina del Rey, California 90292, USA; or > ? Faxed to +1 310 823 8649. > > To be considered, all SOIs must be: > > Completed and submitted in English; and > > Received by August 21, 2010, at 23:59 UTC. > > Please feel free to e-mail the BCEC with any questions regarding SOIs or the application process at BCEC-Request(a)icann.org. The BCEC will respond to all inquiries. > > For more information > > The following Web pages are available for further information: > > ? At-Large Web page, regarding At-Large and ICANN (http://www.atlarge.icann.org ); > ? At-Large Advisory Committee's Workspace, containing links to Wiki pages and information sources (https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?at_large_advisory_committee ); > ? At-Large Director Selection Workspace (https://st.icann.org/working-groups/index.cgi?at_large_director_appointment… ); > ? Public Comment (a community consultation, including public comment period, was held on a White Paper outlining the proposed At-Large Director selection process) (http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-05feb10-en.htm ); and > ? ICANN/About (http://www.icann.org/en/about/ ). > > Background of the At-Large-selected Board seat > > The matter of the At-Large-selected Board seat(s) came from recommendations made by the ALAC Review Working Group in its report of 9 June 2009 (www.icann.org/en/reviews/alac/final-report-alac-review-09jun09-en.pdf ). The ICANN Board, in its August 2009 meeting, approved in principle the replacement of the ALAC Liaison to the Board by one Director, with full Board-member privileges, to be appointed from the At-Large Community. > > The Board requested that the ALAC submit to the Board Structural Improvements Committee (SIC) a plan outlining how this Board member would be selected, with the intent of having the new member seated no later than ICANN's Annual Meeting in December 2010. > > -- > Regards, > > Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordstr?m > ICANN At-Large Staff > > email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org > website: www.atlarge.icann.org >

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CALL FOR STATEMENTS OF INTEREST: ALAC-selected ICANN Board Member
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 21, 2010

July 21, 2010

Call for Statements of Interest (SOIs) from ICANN's At-Large Community for consideration to be selected by the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) to serve as a (term-limited) member of the ICANN Board of Directors 21 July 2010 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet's system of unique identifiers – including domain names (such as .org and .museum), country codes (such as .uk and .ke) and the addresses used in a variety of Internet protocols – that help computers reach each other over the Internet. Without this coordination, we would not have one global Internet. The At-Large Community and the ICANN Board seat This Call for Statements of Interest (SOIs) is part of the new process through which the user community within ICANN will appoint one voting member of the ICANN Board. While acting in a personal capacity as a member of the ICANN Board, this member must be able to reflect the users' point of view and interests in the debate and decision making undertaken within the ICANN framework. In seeking candidates for this post, ICANN's At-Large Community is looking for an individual with a broad international perspective and a background in Internet users' interests, consumer policy and/or civil society worldwide. "At-Large" is the name of the community of individual Internet users involved in ICANN's policy development process. It currently consists of over 120 active At-Large organisations (called "At-Large structures" or "ALSes"), representing the opinions of the global community of Internet users. At-Large provides a means through which individual end users of the Internet worldwide can participate in the matters on which ICANN works, such as: • Guidance on how to run Internationalized Domain Names (IDN); • How to introduce new gTLDs (such as .info, .name and .museum); and • How to implement a stable and fair transition from IPv4 to the next Internet addresses generation, IPv6. To learn more about the At-Large Community and its activities, please see the main ICANN At-Large Web page (http://www.atlarge.icann.org ) or contact any of the ALSes in your country of residence. All ALSes are listed on the At-Large Structure Applications and Certification Process Web page (http://www.atlarge.icann.org/applications ). What does an ICANN Board Director do? ICANN's Directors: · As a group, are responsible for exercising the powers of ICANN, controlling its property and conducting or directing its business and affairs, except as otherwise provided in ICANN's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws (http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm#VI ); • Serve as individuals who have the duty to act in what they reasonably believe are the best interests of ICANN and not as representatives of the entity that selected them, their employers or any other organizations or constituencies; and • Are expected to support the ICANN mission and the implementation of ICANN's Core Values (as described in ICANN's Invitation for Statements of Interest and Suggestions for Candidates at http://nomcom.icann.org/invitation-2010.htm#roles ). For more information regarding ICANN's Directors, please refer to both ICANN's Structure chart (http://www.icann.org/en/structure ) and its Board of Directors list (http://www.icann.org/en/general/board.html ). Desirable characteristics The At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), on behalf of the At-Large Community, has prepared a list of the desirable characteristics and details of commitments for the At-Large-selected Board member. These appear on the Director's Criteria Web page (https://st.icann.org/absdt/index.cgi?director_s_criteria ). Call for Statements of Interest The At-Large Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC) now calls for Statements of Interest (SOIs). For more information regarding the BCEC, including member details, please see the At-Large Board Candidate Evaluation Committee Web page (https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?at_large_board_candidate_evaluation_com… ). How to apply for consideration To apply, please complete and submit the Statement of Interest (SOI) available at https://www.bigpulse.com/m9918/intro . The form can be submitted online or printed and either: · Posted to At-Large Director Applications, ICANN, c/o Heidi Ullrich, 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 320, Marina del Rey, California 90292, USA; or · Faxed to +1 310 823 8649. To be considered, all SOIs must be: Completed and submitted in English; and Received by August 21, 2010, at 23:59 UTC. Please feel free to e-mail the BCEC with any questions regarding SOIs or the application process at BCEC-Request(a)icann.org. The BCEC will respond to all inquiries. For more information The following Web pages are available for further information: · At-Large Web page, regarding At-Large and ICANN (http://www.atlarge.icann.org ); • At-Large Advisory Committee's Workspace, containing links to Wiki pages and information sources (https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?at_large_advisory_committee ); • At-Large Director Selection Workspace (https://st.icann.org/working-groups/index.cgi?at_large_director_appointment… ); • Public Comment (a community consultation, including public comment period, was held on a White Paper outlining the proposed At-Large Director selection process) (http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-05feb10-en.htm ); and • ICANN/About (http://www.icann.org/en/about/ ). Background of the At-Large-selected Board seat The matter of the At-Large-selected Board seat(s) came from recommendations made by the ALAC Review Working Group in its report of 9 June 2009 (www.icann.org/en/reviews/alac/final-report-alac-review-09jun09-en.pdf ). The ICANN Board, in its August 2009 meeting, approved in principle the replacement of the ALAC Liaison to the Board by one Director, with full Board-member privileges, to be appointed from the At-Large Community. The Board requested that the ALAC submit to the Board Structural Improvements Committee (SIC) a plan outlining how this Board member would be selected, with the intent of having the new member seated no later than ICANN's Annual Meeting in December 2010. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org

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Action Items EURALO Call 20 July 2010
by ICANN At-Large Staff July 21, 2010

July 21, 2010

Dear All, The summary minutes and action items from yesterday’s EURALO call have been posted on the agenda page under: https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?20_july_2010 Please feel free to edit the minutes and action items if required. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org

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