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Should EURALO sign a petition? Should you?
by Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond March 3, 2018

March 3, 2018

Dear colleagues, on yesterday's EURALO monthly call, the following Action Item was recorded. : > Olivier Crepin-Leblond > <https://community.icann.org/display/%7Eolivier.crepin-leblond> Olivier > to follow up on the EURALO mailing list on the suggestion from Oksana > for EURALO support the petition against reduction of the ICANN > fellowship as well as to write an EURALO statement against the CROP > elimination. As you know, the ICANN FY19 budget is undergoing to reduction. This will mean that some programmes are frozen, whilst others are actually reduced. The current draft of the program is showing drastic cuts in community engagement and policy. The Fellowship is being slashed, and so is the NextGen program. The Community Regional Outreach Pilot Program (CROP) which was confirmed into the main budget as it was seen as being so helpful, is being cancelled altogether. It is a terrible state of affairs, as it appears that ICANN has targeted community initiatives for outreach and engagement to a much greater extent that other programmes and the cuts, as a percentage of the budget for outreach and engagement initiatives are way larger than for other programmes. You might has seen a petition out there, entitled "Stop the ICANN Budget Cuts and Save the Fellowship Program!" On last night's EURALO call, Oksana Prykhodko asked whether EURALO could be inclined to sign this petition: https://www.change.org/p/icann-stop-the-icann-budget-cuts-and-save-the-fell… The signing of a petition is highly unusual for a RALO. I can recall several occurrences of a RALO releasing its own Statement. I can also recall EURALO supporting EuroDIG as a partner - and this translates to the EURALO Chair (previously Wolf Ludwig and now yours truly) being active in the organisation of EuroDIG. If my memory serves me right, the only time EURALO has signed a Petition, might be the signature for support of NetMundial outcomes. Perhaps can Wolf help with other potential occurences? At the end of the day, there are no rules on whether EURALO may or may not sign this petition. So the decision is in your hands, the EURALO members. Should EURALO sign the petition? Should your ALS sign the petition? Kindest regards, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond EURALO Chair

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ICANN Is Seeking Input on Proposed Interim Model for GDPR Compliance
by Olawale Bakare March 1, 2018

March 1, 2018

Dear all, Please, be kind to read the blog post by the ICANN President and CEO, Göran Marby on Data Protection and Privacy. The blog focuses on the *interim models for collecting registration data and implementing registration directory services to comply with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)*, including ICANN's agreements with contracted organizations. ICANN organization is hereby requesting inputs from the community members, before the ICANN 61 Meeting in Puerto Rico, which is commencing next week. The blog link https://www.icann.org/news/blog/data-protection-privacy-update-seeking-inpu… . With regards, Wale

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Important: EN, ES, FR available/disponible - Pre-ICANN61 Policy Open House: Thursday, 1 March 2018 at 10:00 and 19:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff March 1, 2018

March 1, 2018

PLEASE EMAIL STAFF IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE OR REGISTER AT: registration form<https://goo.gl/forms/dVbmhQOT8sakSsmg2> ANNOUNCEMENT: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2018-02-08-en SI VOUS SOUHAITEZ PARTICIPER, MERCI D’ENVOYER UN COURIEL AU STAFF OU INSCRIVEZ VOUS ICI: registration form<https://goo.gl/forms/dVbmhQOT8sakSsmg2> ANNONCE: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2018-02-22-fr POR FAVOR, ENVÍENOS UN CORREO ELECTRÓNICO SI DESEA PARTICIPAR O REGISTRARSE EN registration form<https://goo.gl/forms/dVbmhQOT8sakSsmg2> ANUNCIO: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2018-02-22-es Dear All, The Policy Development Support Team is pleased to announce two sessions for an upcoming webinar: Pre-ICANN61 Policy Open House Thursday, 1 March 2018 10:00 and 19:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) The webinar will run in English and will be conducted in Adobe Connect along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio. Live interpretation in Spanish and French will be provided. Recordings of the sessions will be made available here<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/presentations-2012-08-27-en>. In this interactive 60-minute open house, the focus will be an active question and answer session with the Policy Development Support Team. To ensure that your questions about policy activities are addressed during the session, the Policy Team invites you to submit your questions through the registration form<https://goo.gl/forms/dVbmhQOT8sakSsmg2> or email them to policyinfo(a)icann.org<mailto:policyinfo@icann.org>. To assist with your preparation for this webinar and for ICANN61, the "Pre-ICANN61 Policy Report<http://go.icann.org/pre61>" and "Generic Names Supporting Organization Policy Briefing: ICANN61 Edition" will be published by Monday, 26 February 2018. Please be sure to download and review these materials beforehand for helpful background on policy activities and topics that the Policy Development Support Team will discuss during the open house, such as: 1. An overview of the cross-community discussions that will take place at ICANN61: * General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): WHOIS Compliance Models * A Walk in the Shoes of a New Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Registry Operator * Name Collisions * Open Data at ICANN 2. Policy development processes underway in the Country Code Names Supporting Organization(ccNSO), the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) and the Address Supporting Organization (ASO): * Retirement of Country Code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs) * Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs * Next-Generation Registration Directory Service to Replace WHOIS * International Governmental Organizations and International Non-Governmental Organizations Access to Curative Rights Dispute Resolution Mechanisms * Protections for Red Cross National Society Names in the Domain Name System * New gTLD Subsequent Procedures * Regional Internet Registry policy development activities 3. Advisory Committee activities within the At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC), Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) and Security & Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC): * Organizational Review of the At-Large community * At-Large Summit (ATLAS) III * GAC discussion on the .amazon Independent Review Process * GAC discussion on evolving relationships with ICANN Board and ICANN Org * RSSAC statement on entries in DNS Root Sources * RSSAC & SSAC Response to the GNSO's New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Working Group on Root Scaling * SSAC Response to the ICANN Internationalized Domain Name Guidelines Working Group * SSAC work concerning the use of emoji in domain names 4. Other topics of note: * Organizational Review of the ASO * ccNSO Rejection Action Procedure as a Decisional Participant in the ICANN Empowered Community * Impact of ICANN's Implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on ccTLDs The Policy Development Support Team looks forward to helping the ICANN community prepare for ICANN61! Kind Regards, ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Website: atlarge.icann.org<http://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icannatlarge<http://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @ICANNAtLarge<http://www.twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> [nature_1733270208]

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Fwd: [ALAC-Announce] ICANN News Alert -- GSMA and ICANN Sign Memorandum of Understanding at GSMA Mobile World Congress
by Olawale Bakare March 1, 2018

March 1, 2018

Dear all, Apologies for cross-posting the below message should you have previously read it. With regards, Wale ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> Date: Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 6:48 AM Subject: [ALAC-Announce] ICANN News Alert -- GSMA and ICANN Sign Memorandum of Understanding at GSMA Mobile World Congress To: ALAC Announce <alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> [image: CANN][icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.icann.org_&d=DwMFaQ…> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2018-02-28-en[icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_ann…> ------------------------------ GSMA and ICANN Sign Memorandum of Understanding at GSMA Mobile World Congress 28 February 2018 [image: SMA and ICANN Sign Memorandum of Understanding at GSMA Mobile World Con][icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_sites_de…> BARCELONA, Spain – 28 February 2018 – Today, the GSMA and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Mobile World Congress being held this week in Barcelona. The MoU aims to enhance collaboration and raise awareness about Internet governance issues that are of common interest to both organizations and their communities. The agreement was signed by GSMA Director General Mats Granryd and ICANN President and CEO Göran Marby. Over the years, mobile networks have evolved to become a critical infrastructure for Internet services, especially in developing countries. The goal of the MoU is to advance the organizations' shared objective of fostering the continuous expansion of interoperable networks and the deployment of information and communication technology. The document highlights cooperation on capacity building and policy exchanges. Joint activities include workshops, regional events, and ad hoc interactions on technical subject matter areas that will further intersect the GSMA and ICANN's respective missions. Read the full Memorandum of Understanding here[icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_syste…> [PDF, 204 KB]. About the GSMA *The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting nearly 800 operators with more than 300 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset and device makers, software companies, equipment providers and internet companies, as well as organisations in adjacent industry sectors. The GSMA also produces industry-leading events such as Mobile World Congress, Mobile World Congress Shanghai, Mobile World Congress Americas and the Mobile 360 Series of conferences.* *For more information, please visit the GSMA corporate website at www.gsma.com[gsma.com] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.gsma.com&d=DwMFaQ&c…>. Follow the GSMA on Twitter: @GSMA.* About ICANN *ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you have to type an address into your computer - a name or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation and a community with participants from all over the world.* Media Contacts: GSMA Press Office pressoffice(a)gsma.com *Luna Madi* Communications Director, EMEA Istanbul, Turkey *Tel:* +90 533 031 3505 <+90%20533%20031%2035%2005> *Email:* luna.madi(a)icann.org *Buket Coskuner* Global Communications Coordinator Istanbul, Turkey *Tel:* +90 533 487 6254 <+90%20533%20487%2062%2054> *Email:* buket.coskuner(a)icann.org <luna.madi(a)icann.org> _______________________________________________ ALAC-Announce mailing list ALAC-Announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-announce At-Large Official Site: http://www.atlarge.icann.org

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Fwd: [Ccwg-auctionproceeds] Ethos Award Nomination Period Reminder
by Olawale Bakare March 1, 2018

March 1, 2018

Dear all, Apologies for cross-posting the below message should you have previously read it. With regards, Wale ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine(a)icann.org> Date: Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 8:14 AM Subject: [Ccwg-auctionproceeds] Ethos Award Nomination Period Reminder To: "ccwg-auctionproceeds(a)icann.org" <ccwg-auctionproceeds(a)icann.org> *Announcement: **https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2018-02-28-en*[ icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_ann…> Nominations Close 19 March 2018 *Submit Nominations Via the Ethos Award **Nomination Form*[goo.gl] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__goo.gl_forms_gtjY7wFw1…> ICANN is pleased to remind community members that the nomination period for ICANN's *Multistakeholder Ethos Award* will be open until *19 March 2018*. The ideal recipient(s) will have served in roles in multiple ICANN working groups or committees and collaborated with more than one Supporting Organization and/or Advisory Committee in a significant capacity. Candidates for the award will demonstrate *at least five years* of participation in the ICANN Community. Candidates will be evaluated by a panel of community members appointed by the Chairs of each Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees using a merit-based point system evaluated against three criteria: 1. Demonstrated ability to work across community lines with both familiar and unfamiliar ICANNStakeholders with the aim of consensus building and collaboration that substantiate ICANN's multistakeholder model; 2. Facilitator of dialogue and open discussion in a fair and collegial manner, through the spirit of collaboration as shown through empathy and demonstrating a sincere desire to engage with people from other backgrounds, cultures, and interests; and 3. Demonstrated additional devotional factors exhibited by time spent supporting ICANN's multistakeholder model and its overall effectiveness through volunteer service via working groups or committees. Please submit your nominations via this Nomination Form[goo.gl] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__goo.gl_forms_gtjY7wFw1…> including detailed information outlining why the nominee meets the award criteria. Any additional information in support of nominations and/or questions about the award process may be submitted via email at ethosaward2018(a)icann.org. Award recipient(s) will be announced in June 2018 at ICANN62 Panama City. For more insights on the award program, please consult the ICANN Community Wiki.[community.icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_…> *Submit Nominations Via the Ethos Award **Nomination Form*[goo.gl] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__goo.gl_forms_gtjY7wFw1…> # # # _______________________________________________ Ccwg-auctionproceeds mailing list Ccwg-auctionproceeds(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ccwg-auctionproceeds

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Pre-ICANN61 Policy Open House: Thursday, 1 March 2018 at 10:00 and 19:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 28, 2018

Feb. 28, 2018

Dear All, The Policy Development Support Team is pleased to announce two sessions for an upcoming webinar: Pre-ICANN61 Policy Open House Thursday, 1 March 2018 10:00 and 19:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) The webinar will run in English and will be conducted in Adobe Connect along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio. Live interpretation in Spanish and French will be provided. Recordings of the sessions will be made available here<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/presentations-2012-08-27-en>. In this interactive 60-minute open house, the focus will be an active question and answer session with the Policy Development Support Team. To ensure that your questions about policy activities are addressed during the session, the Policy Team invites you to submit your questions through the registration form<https://goo.gl/forms/dVbmhQOT8sakSsmg2> or email them to policyinfo(a)icann.org<mailto:policyinfo@icann.org>. To assist with your preparation for this webinar and for ICANN61, the "Pre-ICANN61 Policy Report<http://go.icann.org/pre61>" and "Generic Names Supporting Organization Policy Briefing: ICANN61 Edition" will be published by Monday, 26 February 2018. Please be sure to download and review these materials beforehand for helpful background on policy activities and topics that the Policy Development Support Team will discuss during the open house, such as: 1. An overview of the cross-community discussions that will take place at ICANN61: * General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): WHOIS Compliance Models * A Walk in the Shoes of a New Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Registry Operator * Name Collisions * Open Data at ICANN 2. Policy development processes underway in the Country Code Names Supporting Organization(ccNSO), the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) and the Address Supporting Organization (ASO): * Retirement of Country Code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs) * Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs * Next-Generation Registration Directory Service to Replace WHOIS * International Governmental Organizations and International Non-Governmental Organizations Access to Curative Rights Dispute Resolution Mechanisms * Protections for Red Cross National Society Names in the Domain Name System * New gTLD Subsequent Procedures * Regional Internet Registry policy development activities 3. Advisory Committee activities within the At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC), Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) and Security & Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC): * Organizational Review of the At-Large community * At-Large Summit (ATLAS) III * GAC discussion on the .amazon Independent Review Process * GAC discussion on evolving relationships with ICANN Board and ICANN Org * RSSAC statement on entries in DNS Root Sources * RSSAC & SSAC Response to the GNSO's New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Working Group on Root Scaling * SSAC Response to the ICANN Internationalized Domain Name Guidelines Working Group * SSAC work concerning the use of emoji in domain names 4. Other topics of note: * Organizational Review of the ASO * ccNSO Rejection Action Procedure as a Decisional Participant in the ICANN Empowered Community * Impact of ICANN's Implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on ccTLDs The Policy Development Support Team looks forward to helping the ICANN community prepare for ICANN61! Kind Regards, ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Website: atlarge.icann.org<http://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icannatlarge<http://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @ICANNAtLarge<http://www.twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> [ignature_440229272]

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] EURO-Discuss Digest, Vol 136, Issue 16
by Oksana Prykhodko Feb. 22, 2018

Feb. 22, 2018

Dear all, I propose at least to read the text of the petition (and yes, I also prefer not to use change.org) Best regards, Oksana We are deeply concerned about the budget cutbacks proposed by ICANN for the fiscal year 2019. Amid claims that the budget is tightened due to the slow growth of the domain name industry, the FY19 budget proposal significantly increases personnel costs by $7.3M while at the same time makes an extreme 50% cut to the Fellowship Program, which is mostly comprised of volunteers from developing countries who cannot afford to attend the ICANN conferences in person. Our understanding of this counterintuitive financial proposal is that it aims to increase salaries and bonuses of ICANN employees at the expense of jeopardizing the strategic objectives of the ICANN organization which are to "evolve and further globalize ICANN" and to "serve the global multistakeholder community". Since its establishment, the ICANN Community has grown from a few people in the past to over thousands of people attending each meeting, both newcomers and regular attendees. Some attendees have joined the ICANN Community through the Fellowship Program and others have taken on leadership positions in different constituencies as well as joined the ICANN Organisation and the ICANN Board. With the proposed budget plans, the number of fellows is planned to be drastically reduced from 60 to 30 (see page 22 of ICANN's Document 2: Draft FY19 Total Budget <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/proposed-total-budget-fy19-19ja…> ). The Fellowship Community has also grown, with diversity at the forefront of ensuring that almost all communities are represented. Documents regarding the travel budget for the recent Johannesburg meeting demonstrate that ICANN generously spent about $170,000 to support 60 Fellows, so reducing the number to 30 would save around $200,000 per year. This amount is less than 0.15% from the overall $138M budget for FY19. On the other hand, the FY19 budget will allocate $1.9M to the Office of the CEO that consists of 3 employees, while $10.3M will be dedicated to a team of 27 experts responsible for Strategic Communications (see page 12 <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/proposed-total-budget-fy19-19ja…> of the document cited above). At the same time, the budget plan proposes to expand headcount from 400 to 425 by hiring 25 new staff and by increasing personnel costs from $69.5M to $76.8M (see page 11 of ICANN's Document 1: Draft FY19 Operating Plan and Budget Introduction and Highlights <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/proposed-opplan-budget-intro-hi…>). This is an increase of $7.3M per year which would result in roughly $180,000 spent on a yearly basis for each ICANN employee. If the planned hires are reduced by only 2 (from 25 to 23), this would be more than sufficient to give each year the opportunity to 90 fellows to become part of the community. We believe that without funding through the ICANN Fellowship Program, a significant number of people would not be able to attend ICANN meetings and to further engage in ICANN activities at global, regional and local community levels. Given that most of the fellows are from developing countries, the Fellowship Program is not only a learning platform for capacity building to empower volunteers with the skills needed to create a positive impact both within ICANN and in their home countries, but also it is practically the only way to overcome the insurmountable financial burden faced by individuals coming from world regions where even access to drinking water is problematic, not to mention access to computers and quality IT infrastructure that is taken for granted in developed countries. We, therefore, strongly urge that the proposed budget is reconsidered so as the number of fellows be kept at 60 and not cut by half. Please sign this petition to stop the ICANN budget cuts and help save the Fellowship Program! On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 12:37 AM, < euro-discuss-request(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote: > Send EURO-Discuss mailing list submissions to > euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss > 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. Re: Should EURALO sign a petition? Should you? (Roberto Gaetano) > 2. Re: Should EURALO sign a petition? Should you? (Nenad Marinkovic) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 22:06:40 +0000 > From: Roberto Gaetano <roberto_gaetano(a)hotmail.com> > To: S Van Gelder <svg(a)milathan.ltd> > Cc: EURALO Discuss <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Subject: Re: [EURO-Discuss] Should EURALO sign a petition? Should you? > Message-ID: <7C5251E5-B33C-4283-BAD5-881976E8599C(a)hotmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > My personal opinion is that the question is not about the budget cuts - if > cuts are needed, let it be so - but how the cuts are affecting the > different stakeholders. The question for me is whether the impact of the > cuts on the different stakeholder groups is fair or whether there is one > part of the community that is affected more than others. > Still, the question of whether a petition is in order or not holds. But on > the other question, that is whether the affected communities should raise > the issue, my position is ?Yes, definitively?. > Andrei is right. We need data. What is the foreseeable consequence of this > budget cut on internet users? My personal opinion is that in the users > community most of the outreach is through the means that are now been > reduced. This will simply mean that we put further obstacles to user > participation. But we need more than just personal opinions if we want to > build a case. > Cheers, > Roberto > > > On 21.02.2018, at 22:15, St?phane Van Gelder - Milathan <svg(a)milathan.ltd > <mailto:svg@milathan.ltd>> wrote: > > Completely agree with Andrei. I oppose the signing of a petition to oppose > cuts. I would add to his reasons the fact that the Board Chair and the CEO > have both laid down extremely well articulated arguments for why budget > cuts are needed. I would worry that a EURALO response through a petition > would not only look political, it would look immature. > > If we have strong arguments as to why some cuts should not happen, let?s > produce them through the usual ICANN discussion channels open to us. > > Thanks, > > St?phane > > > On 21 Feb 2018, at 21:24, Andrei Kolesnikov <andrei(a)rol.ru<mailto:andrei@ > rol.ru>> wrote: > > I'm against signing any petition on change.org<http://change.org/>, > because it sounds political. If community is against the cut, this must be > articulated with facts, numbers and names. I don't like personnel cost > increase, but this is another issue. --andrei > > 2018-02-21 20:06 GMT+03:00 Olivier MJ Cr?pin-Leblond <ocl(a)gih.com<mailto: > ocl(a)gih.com>>: > Dear colleagues, > > on yesterday's EURALO monthly call, the following Action Item was recorded. > > : > Olivier Crepin-Leblond<https://community.icann.org/display/% > 7Eolivier.crepin-leblond> Olivier to follow up on the EURALO mailing list > on the suggestion from Oksana for EURALO support the petition against > reduction of the ICANN fellowship as well as to write an EURALO statement > against the CROP elimination. > > As you know, the ICANN FY19 budget is undergoing to reduction. This will > mean that some programmes are frozen, whilst others are actually reduced. > The current draft of the program is showing drastic cuts in community > engagement and policy. The Fellowship is being slashed, and so is the > NextGen program. The Community Regional Outreach Pilot Program (CROP) which > was confirmed into the main budget as it was seen as being so helpful, is > being cancelled altogether. It is a terrible state of affairs, as it > appears that ICANN has targeted community initiatives for outreach and > engagement to a much greater extent that other programmes and the cuts, as > a percentage of the budget for outreach and engagement initiatives are way > larger than for other programmes. > > You might has seen a petition out there, entitled "Stop the ICANN Budget > Cuts and Save the Fellowship Program!" > On last night's EURALO call, Oksana Prykhodko asked whether EURALO could > be inclined to sign this petition: > https://www.change.org/p/icann-stop-the-icann-budget- > cuts-and-save-the-fellowship-program > > The signing of a petition is highly unusual for a RALO. I can recall > several occurrences of a RALO releasing its own Statement. I can also > recall EURALO supporting EuroDIG as a partner - and this translates to the > EURALO Chair (previously Wolf Ludwig and now yours truly) being active in > the organisation of EuroDIG. If my memory serves me right, the only time > EURALO has signed a Petition, might be the signature for support of > NetMundial outcomes. Perhaps can Wolf help with other potential occurences? > > At the end of the day, there are no rules on whether EURALO may or may not > sign this petition. So the decision is in your hands, the EURALO members. > > Should EURALO sign the petition? > Should your ALS sign the petition? > > Kindest regards, > > Olivier MJ Cr?pin-Leblond > EURALO Chair > > _______________________________________________ > EURO-Discuss mailing list > EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:EURO-Discuss@ > atlarge-lists.icann.org> > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss > > Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org<http://www.euralo.org/> > > > > -- > Andrey Kolesnikov > RIPN.NET<http://ripn.net/> > > _______________________________________________ > EURO-Discuss mailing list > EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:EURO-Discuss@ > atlarge-lists.icann.org> > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss > > Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org > > _______________________________________________ > EURO-Discuss mailing list > EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:EURO-Discuss@ > atlarge-lists.icann.org> > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss > > Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org > >

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Meeting Invitation: EURALO Monthly Call on Tuesday, 20 February 2018 at 19:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 20, 2018

Feb. 20, 2018

Dear All, The next EURALO Monthly Call is scheduled for Tuesday, 20 February 2018 at 19:00 UTC for 60 minutes. The agenda (to be updated) and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/jhS8B Adobe Connect Room: https://participate.icann.org/euralo/ Conference ID: English: 1638 Dial-in numbers: http://adigo.com/icann/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__adigo.com_icann_&d=DwMG…> EURALO Work space: https://community.icann.org/x/K5Qi If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Thank you. Kind Regards, ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://932FA082-AAF3-456B-A040-A1DAA84DB45D/staff@atlarge.icann.org> Website: atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://932FA082-AAF3-456B-A040-A1DAA84DB45D/atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: facebook.com/icannatlarge<applewebdata://932FA082-AAF3-456B-A040-A1DAA84DB45D/facebook.com/icannatlar…> Twitter: @ICANNAtLarge<applewebdata://932FA082-AAF3-456B-A040-A1DAA84DB45D/@ICANNAtLarge> [cid:image001.png@01D3A4E8.69E59D60]

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REMINDER / Meeting Invitation: EURALO Monthly Call on Tuesday, 20 February 2018 at 19:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 20, 2018

Feb. 20, 2018

If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<file:///composeviewinternalloadurl/staff@atlarge.icann.org> with your preferred number. Please remember that it is now possible to connect your audio via the AC room, without using your telephone. You need a stable internet connection. If you would like a reminder of how to connect please let staff know. Dear All, The next EURALO Monthly Call is scheduled for Tuesday, 20 February 2018 at 19:00 UTC for 60 minutes. The agenda and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/jhS8B Adobe Connect Room: https://participate.icann.org/euralo/ Conference ID: English: 1638 Dial-in numbers: http://adigo.com/icann/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__adigo.com_icann_&d=DwMG…> EURALO Work space: https://community.icann.org/x/K5Qi If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Thank you. Kind Regards, ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://932FA082-AAF3-456B-A040-A1DAA84DB45D/staff@atlarge.icann.org> Website: atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://932FA082-AAF3-456B-A040-A1DAA84DB45D/atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: facebook.com/icannatlarge<applewebdata://932FA082-AAF3-456B-A040-A1DAA84DB45D/facebook.com/icannatlar…> Twitter: @ICANNAtLarge<applewebdata://932FA082-AAF3-456B-A040-A1DAA84DB45D/@ICANNAtLarge> [cid:image001.png@01D3AA2C.243173E0]

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REMINDER / With Real Time Transcription (RTT) / IMPORTANT WEBINAR Invitation: EURALO Webinar on General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on Monday, 19 February 2018 at 19:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 19, 2018

Feb. 19, 2018

Real Time Transcribing (RTT) will be provided on this call in English. If you do not have the bandwidth to join the call, the live transcribing streaming is available via this link: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ICANN If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<file:///composeviewinternalloadurl/staff@atlarge.icann.org> with your preferred number. Please remember that it is now possible to connect your audio via the AC room, without using your telephone. You need a stable internet connection. If you would like a reminder of how to connect please let staff know. Dear all, On behalf of the EURALO Chair, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, we would like to invite you to join the “EURALO GDPR Webinar” will be held on Monday, 19 February 2018 from 19:00 - 20:30 UTC. This Webinar will offer you the opportunity to increase the understanding of practical *implementation* of GDPR both from a Registrar, a Registry and a Registrant perspective. We are confident that you will find this Webinar very informative as many of our EURALO ALS are membership organisations with various levels of databases that include personal information of European Citizens. Note that the GDPR regulation was passed on 14 April 2016 with the enforcement date of 25 May 2018. See: countdown clock to GDPR enforcement at https://www.eugdpr.org/ The Webinar’s panellists are : * Pierre Bonis - AFNIC * Athina Fragkouli – RIPE NCC * Michele Neylon - Blacknight Solutions Hosting, Colocation & Domains * Thomas Rickert - eco Internet Industry Association Moderator: Olivier Crépin-Leblond The agenda and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/nhS8B Adobe Connect Room: https://participate.icann.org/euralo/ Conference ID: English: 1638 Dial-in numbers: http://adigo.com/icann/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__adigo.com_icann_&d=DwMG…> If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://FBF56161-6C7E-4B55-92A2-F0E8FB832FD9/staff@atlarge.icann.org> Please mark your calendar and join us! Thank you. Kind Regards, ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Website: atlarge.icann.org<http://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icannatlarge<http://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @ICANNAtLarge<http://www.twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> [nature_1710294547] Note: There have already been several Webinars within the At-Large Community and at ICANN, including ICANN-wide Webinars as well as one arranged by the Business Constituency. These were very interesting indeed, although mostly focussing on the regulation itself and the more immediate questions facing ICANN as a whole. For previous Webinars information see below. Previous Webinars: 2018 At-Large Capacity Building Webinar 24 January 2018 "Data Protection: What do you need to know as End-Users about GDPR”<https://community.icann.org/x/wgW8B> Speakers: Thomas Rickert <https://community.icann.org/x/2YTDAQ> & Chuck Gomes<https://community.icann.org/x/mpHbAQ> Conversation on Access to WHOIS and Compliance with EU's GDPR and ICANN Contracts<http://www.ipconstituency.org/gdpr-info-ql> held on 24 January 2018 ICANN's Business Constituency (BC) and Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) co-hosted an event to discuss the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its implications on access to the WHOIS database. ICANN's CEO and General Counsel joined the discussion, as did stakeholders from across the ICANN community.

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