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Welcome to ICANN At-Large!
by ICANN AtLarge Staff June 12, 2009

June 12, 2009

Friday, 05 June, 2009 TO: E-Seniors FROM: ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) SUBJECT: At-Large Structure Certification ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that E-Seniors has been certified as an At-Large Structure (ALS). The ALAC greatly appreciates your group's interest in involving individual users in ICANN and looks forward to working with you and your colleagues. The purpose of ALS certification is to recognize that your organization meets the necessary criteria to involve individual Internet users at the local or issue level in ICANN activities, and that your organization will support its individual members' informed participation in ICANN efforts that affect end-users. The ALAC is eager to promote a productive working relationship between your organization, other ALS, and the ALAC (and ICANN in general), and your input on how we can make this a success would be greatly appreciated. We would like to offer some initial tools to help your organization keep its members informed (about significant news from ICANN and information on ICANN policy-development efforts) and engaged in activities of interest: - Point of Contact for your Organisation: Please send an email to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org identifying the names and email addresses of one or two individuals who will be the point of contact for information and correspondence regarding ICANN At-Large. If this changes, please let us know. - At Large Mailing Lists. There are many At Large email lists, for each region; you can signup for them and manage your subscriptions at: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo. The points of contact you identify will automatically be added to your region's list just for accredited ALSes to discuss regional issues and to the mailing list for Staff announcements; you are invited to join others as you wish. - ALS information. Information about your organization will be shared with the At-Large community to enable individuals interested in your group's activities to contact you, and to encourage cooperation with other groups interested in ICANN activities in your geographic region. Please complete and email the form at the bottom of this note to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. - ALAC website. The ALAC website (www.atlarge.icann.org) is a good source for ICANN news and information of interest to individual Internet users. We encourage you to provide your members with a link. The ALAC relies on volunteers to translate information into multiple languages. Translations of documents on the website are welcome and should be sent to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. - At-Large Regional Websites. Regional webpages also have been created to distribute information (including in local languages) on activities, events and issues of particular interest to people in each region. These are being very substantially revised in the next couple of weeks but you should keep the URLs handy and check back regularly. They are: African Region: http://www.afralo.org/ Asia/Australia/Pacific Region: http://www.apralo.org/ European Region: http://www.euralo.org/ Latin America/Caribbean Region: http://www.lacralo.org/ North American Region: http://www.naralo.org/ - Regional WiKi: Each At-Large Region has a Wiki that allows the region to collaborate. These are maintained by the community and create the regional websites shown above. This framework is in the final stages of preparation but if you wish to have a user account, send an email to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org We look forward to working with you and your organization's members to advance individual Internet users' interests within ICANN. If you have any questions, or need additional information, please contact us at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. Sincerely, The At-Large Advisory Committee www.atlarge.icann.org staff(a)atlarge.icann.org --------------------------- Name: Location (city/country/region; whatever is relevant to your membership): Mission: Member benefits: Contacts (name/s and email address/es -- title/s optional): Website: Other (additional informational you would like included): Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White, Marie-Helene Bouchoms ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Welcome to ICANN At-Large!
by ICANN AtLarge Staff June 5, 2009

June 5, 2009

Friday, 05 June, 2009 TO: Asociación de Usuarios de Internet (España) FROM: ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) SUBJECT: At-Large Structure Certification ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that the Asociación de Usuarios de Internet has been certified as an At-Large Structure (ALS). The ALAC greatly appreciates your group'sinterest in involving individual users in ICANN and looks forward to working with you and your colleagues. The purpose of ALS certification is to recognize that your organization meets the necessary criteria to involve individual Internet users at the local or issue level in ICANN activities, and that your organization will support its individual members' informed participation in ICANN efforts that affect end-users. The ALAC is eager to promote a productive working relationship between your organization, other ALS, and the ALAC (and ICANN in general), and your input on how we can make this a success would be greatly appreciated. We would like to offer some initial tools to help your organization keep its members informed (about significant news from ICANN and information on ICANN policy-development efforts) and engaged in activities of interest: - Point of Contact for your Organisation: Please send an email to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org identifying the names and email addresses of one or two individuals who will be the point of contact for information and correspondence regarding ICANN At-Large. If this changes, please let us know. - At Large Mailing Lists. There are many At Large email lists, for each region; you can signup for them and manage your subscriptions at: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo. The points of contact you identify will automatically be added to your region's list just for accredited ALSes to discuss regional issues and to the mailing list for Staff announcements; you are invited to join others as you wish. - ALS information. Information about your organization will be shared with the At-Large community to enable individuals interested in your group's activities to contact you, and to encourage cooperation with other groups interested in ICANN activities in your geographic region. Please complete and email the form at the bottom of this note to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. - ALAC website. The ALAC website (www.atlarge.icann.org) is a good source for ICANN news and information of interest to individual Internet users. We encourage you to provide your members with a link. The ALAC relies on volunteers to translate information into multiple languages. Translations of documents on the website are welcome and should be sent to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. - At-Large Regional Websites. Regional webpages also have been created to distribute information (including in local languages) on activities, events and issues of particular interest to people in each region. These are being very substantially revised in the next couple of weeks but you should keep the URLs handy and check back regularly. They are: African Region: http://www.afralo.org/ Asia/Australia/Pacific Region: http://www.apralo.org/ European Region: http://www.euralo.org/ Latin America/Caribbean Region: http://www.lacralo.org/ North American Region: http://www.naralo.org/ - Regional WiKi: Each At-Large Region has a Wiki that allows the region to collaborate. These are maintained by the community and create the regional websites shown above. This framework is in the final stages of preparation but if you wish to have a user account, send an email to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org We look forward to working with you and your organization's members to advance individual Internet users' interests within ICANN. If you have any questions, or need additional information, please contact us at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. Sincerely, The At-Large Advisory Committee www.atlarge.icann.org staff(a)atlarge.icann.org --------------------------- Name: Location (city/country/region; whatever is relevant to your membership): Mission: Member benefits: Contacts (name/s and email address/es -- title/s optional): Website: Other (additional informational you would like included): Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White, Marie-Helene Bouchoms ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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CoE Resolution on Internet governance and critical Internet resources
by Wolf Ludwig June 2, 2009

June 2, 2009

FYI with regards, Wolf 1st Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Media and New Communication Services A new notion of media? (28 and 29 May 2009, Reykjavik, Iceland) http://www.coe.int/t/dc/files/Ministerial_Conferences/2009_media_communicat… ______________ Political declaration and resolutions (extract page 11-12 -- see attachment) >Resolution on Internet governance and critical Internet resources 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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Draft of EURALO brochure for outreach – to be discussed today
by Wolf Ludwig May 29, 2009

May 29, 2009

Dear all, I take the opportunity to remind you about our monthly call today/this afternoon at 17:00 CEST (Geneva-Berlin time). Together with Heidi we drafted a brochure/flyer for EURALO to be used at any further outreach activities. As this issue is part of our today’s Agenda, please have a look on it and let us know your remarks and comments at the call. Hear you later (as many as possible of you ;-), best 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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EuroDIG 09 Geneva – call for topics extended
by Wolf Ludwig May 29, 2009

May 29, 2009

FYI WE WANT TO KNOW YOUR POINT OF VIEW! You are a European stakeholder and you want to contribute to shaping EuroDIG 2009? Tell us the three main issues that should be discussed at EuroDIG 2009. Tell us what experts should be invited to discuss these issues. Please send your priority issues including names of experts to the EuroDIG office (office(a)eurodig.org) until the 5th of June 2009. Thanks and 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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Re: [EURO-Discuss] Draft of EURALO brochure for outreach to be discussed today
by Annette Muehlberg May 28, 2009

May 28, 2009

adam, that sounds good to me. best annette > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: "Adam Peake" <ajp(a)glocom.ac.jp> > Gesendet: 26.05.09 14:06:13 > An: Discussion for At-Large Europe <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > CC: At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> > Betreff: Re: [EURO-Discuss] Draft of EURALO brochure for outreach to be discussed today > Wolf, I promised to try and draft an couple of > introductory paragraphs, how's this: > > > Whether it's to send email, connect with friends > on facebook or search with Google, for everything > we do on the Internet we need type in an address > on our computer or phone. EURALO helps decide how > Internet addresses work, how the addressing > system develops and is made secure, and is > involved in discussions about intellectual > property and consumer interests and a whole range > of other issues. EURALO is how individuals from > Europe can contribute to the global process of > coordinating the naming system that's at the > heart of the Internet. > > EURALO is one of the policy supporting structures > of a global organization called ICANN -- the > Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and > Numbers. ICANN is one of the key organizations > keeping the Internet running and evolving. > EURALO brings the voices and contributions of > Europeans from all walks of life to ICANN. Any > organization representing individuals can join, > and our email discussions lists are open to > everyone. You can help make the Internet more > secure, more useful: come and join us in EURALO. > > > -- > > Best, > > Adam > > > At 11:58 AM +0200 5/20/09, Wolf Ludwig wrote: > >Dear all, > > > >I take the opportunity to remind you about our > >monthly call today/this afternoon at 17:00 CEST > >(Geneva-Berlin time). > > > >Together with Heidi we drafted a brochure/flyer > >for EURALO to be used at any further outreach > >activities. As this issue is part of our today¹s > >Agenda, please have a look on it and let us know > >your remarks and comments at the call. Hear you > >later (as many as possible of you ;-), > > > >best 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 > > > >Attachment converted: Macintosh > >HD:EURALO-flyer-HU-WL.doc (WDBN/«IC») (0068235F) > >_______________________________________________ > >EURO-Discuss mailing list > >EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists.… > > > >Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org > > > _______________________________________________ > EURO-Discuss mailing list > EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists.… > > Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org > --

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Summary Minutes EURALO Meeting 20 May 2009
by ICANN AtLarge Staff May 27, 2009

May 27, 2009

Dear All, This is to inform you that the summary minutes, action items and audio recordings of the last EURALO meeting have now been posted to the meeting page: https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?20_may_2009 Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White, Marie-Helene Bouchoms ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] ALAC meeting with the Board, Sydney
by Wolf Ludwig May 21, 2009

May 21, 2009

Cher Sébastien, I think, your points and concerns are perfectly in line with what we discussed yesterday at the monthly EURALO call: How can we follow-up the Summit Declaration and the role of ALAC - RALOs - and the Internet users at ICANN? We therefore suggested that ALAC should bring this up again in Sydney (- see the posting on the board list:) >It would be good if ALAC would formally ask the ICANN Board >what they think about the recommendations in the Summit >Declaration handed over to them at the closure of the Summit >in Mexico. >Some keywords for such an approach to be prepared for Sydney: >The Summit preparation was a big effort by the ALAC community >and conducted successfully, it was a considerable investment in >terms of money for ICANN and it was not meant as a "single event" >but rather more a continuing process for the community ... >The statements and recommendations on the different work >subjects would therefore need further consideration and validation >by the ICANN Board ... Wish you a good time in SF! All the best, Wolf Sébastien Bachollet wrote Thu, 21 May 2009 03:58: >Hi Adam and Wolf, >Thanks for your proposals - very useful to prepare the next meeting in >Sydney. >I am writing this mail in the plane from Paris to San Francisco during the >Euralo meeting I am not able to participate. >Maybe you already discuss some of those issues. > >I would like to add the following points: > >Now all the statement of the Summit are voted by ALAC and for all we need to >follow the work and help the WG to update the At-Large thinking. >One of them is the Future of ICANN. I summit to the WG and then to ALAC an >add-on position paper with comments on the last document issue by the PSC. >I guess it will be under ratification by ALAC shortly. >I would like to raise the question of future of ICANN with Board members - >what is the current thinking? - how they see the current discussion going on >in the ICANN arena? - And what about Viviane Reding's proposal? - The role >of At-Large to balance the one's of the governments and of the providers?... > >Karl Auerbach wrote ..."ICANN is now hiring a new president on the basis of >he/she having run a $100,000,000 (US$) corporation. That's $100,000,000! >There seems to be no sense within ICANN that money is to be spent wisely. >Rather there seems to exist a corporate lifestyle of lavish and unbridled >expenditure." If it is the reality, is it in agreement with the Board? And >How was the bottom-up process to do that?... > >Thanks for reading > >Sébastien Bachollet >Président d'honneur - Isoc France >sebastien.bachollet(a)isoc.fr >www.egeni.org >www.isoc.fr > > >> -----Message d'origine----- >> De : euro-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:euro-discuss- >> bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org] De la part de Wolf Ludwig >> Envoyé : lundi 4 mai 2009 23:17 >> À : Discussion for At-Large Europe >> Objet : Re: [EURO-Discuss] ALAC meeting with the Board, Sydney >> >> Hi Adam, >> >> thanks for your offer raising some special concerns of EURALO at >> the next ALAC meeting with the Board in Sydney. I agree with the >> points you mentioned already like >> >> *the Operational Plan and Budget Framework and I am rather curious >> about any response or comments from the Board regarding our >> Statement we submitted after the Mexico meeting. And a "positive >> idea for the future" could be an improved operational space for RALOs >> and budget allocations for more outreach and impact ... (what we >> discussed at our GA); >> >> *the new gTLD issue is also a pressing one for a number of European >> initiatives (like .Berlin, .Paris and others) and it would be good to >> know the Board's opinion on the time frame and clear decisions in >> this matter (or will it just be another never-ending-story ;-); >> >> *or what you suggested as well like "keeping budget lines open to >> >enable implementing any recommendations from the ALAC review in >> >FY2010". >> >> I don't know whether our members have any more questions and >> concerns -- just in case, I would like to invite them to let you know. >> >> Thanks and kind regards, >> Wolf >> >> >> Adam Peake wrote Sat, 2 May 2009 21:36: >> >Hi, >> > >> >In Sydney ALAC will have the usual meeting with a couple of board >> >members. It's our opportunity to tell the board what's on our minds. >> >Are there issues you would like raised? Don't think the reason for >> >this meeting is to complain (or only to complain...), positive ideas >> >for the future welcome. >> > >> >Some of the topics we've been interested in should see updated policy >> >documents over the next few weeks (operational plan and budget for >> >sure, perhaps new gTLDs) so can hold off on those for a while. >> > >> >Couple of things I'm thinking about: >> > >> >I would like them to comment on is keeping budget lines open to >> >enable implementing any recommendations from the ALAC review in >> >FY2010. >> > >> >To recommend/discuss making the agenda of a future ICANN meeting >> >(Seoul?) attractive to user/non-commercial interests (as Paris was >> >oriented to business interests.) As well as helping ALAC, could be >> >important both to build the GNSO non-commercial stakeholder's group, >> >and increasing non-commercial, particularly consumer organizations >> >(mentioned in all kinds of different sources) in ICANN >> > >> >I know people have been keen to develop a "registrants bill of >> >rights". Anyone comment on this, I don't know where we're at with >> >this. >> > >> >Thanks, >> > >> >Adam >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >EURO-Discuss mailing list >> >EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge- >> lists.icann.org >> > >> >Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org >> > >> >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> EURO-Discuss mailing list >> EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge- >> lists.icann.org >> >> Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org > > >_______________________________________________ >EURO-Discuss mailing list >EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists.… > >Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org > 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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ALAC meeting with the Board, Sydney
by Adam Peake May 21, 2009

May 21, 2009

Hi, In Sydney ALAC will have the usual meeting with a couple of board members. It's our opportunity to tell the board what's on our minds. Are there issues you would like raised? Don't think the reason for this meeting is to complain (or only to complain...), positive ideas for the future welcome. Some of the topics we've been interested in should see updated policy documents over the next few weeks (operational plan and budget for sure, perhaps new gTLDs) so can hold off on those for a while. Couple of things I'm thinking about: I would like them to comment on is keeping budget lines open to enable implementing any recommendations from the ALAC review in FY2010. To recommend/discuss making the agenda of a future ICANN meeting (Seoul?) attractive to user/non-commercial interests (as Paris was oriented to business interests.) As well as helping ALAC, could be important both to build the GNSO non-commercial stakeholder's group, and increasing non-commercial, particularly consumer organizations (mentioned in all kinds of different sources) in ICANN I know people have been keen to develop a "registrants bill of rights". Anyone comment on this, I don't know where we're at with this. Thanks, Adam

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Call for topics for next EuroDIG
by Wolf Ludwig May 20, 2009

May 20, 2009

Dear all. just after the last IGF consultations, there was a first planning meeting for the next/second European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) what will be convened for 14 – 15 September 09 at the EBU in Geneva. The preparatory committee concentrated on questions of programming and format for the next EuroDIG what should include more participants from Eastern and South-Eastern parts of Europe. A call for topics and contributions was launched lasting until the end of month (31 May 09). For more infos see: http://www.eurodig.org/ Best, 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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