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Re: [EURO-Discuss] EURALO meeting tomorrow
by Heike Jensen June 24, 2008

June 24, 2008

My preference would also be 10:30 ;-) Heike > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: "William Drake" <william.drake(a)graduateinstitute.ch> > Gesendet: 24.06.08 16:41:45 > An: "Discussion for At-Large Europe" <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Betreff: Re: [EURO-Discuss] EURALO meeting tomorrow > Hi, > > This is during the open GNSO council meeting, but I guess it can't be > avoided. I would prefer to hear the front end of that before > splitting off to do this, so how about 10:30? We can spill into the > open lunch period at 12 if necessary... > > Bill > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Wolf Ludwig > <wolf.ludwig(a)comunica-ch.net> wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > as discussed with some of the Paris EURALO attendees in the couloirs, we should sit together and discuss / draft urgent agenda issues like > > -Draft of EURALO statement on the ALAC Review, > > -other Outreach / activities etc. > > > > Therefore I suggest to meet tomorrow morning as tomorrow's AM programme is not overloaded yet. What's about the following options: > > > > Wednesday, 25 June, 9.30 AM, > > Wednesday, 25 June, 10.00 AM, > > Wednesday, 25 June, 10.30 AM, in the Meridien / Conf. lobby. > > > > Please let me know your preferences ASAP! I will check for a meeting room where we can sit together. > > > > Thanks for your replies. Best, > > Wolf > > > > > > > > > > comunica-ch > > phone +41 79 204 83 87 > > Skype: Wolf-Ludwig > > www.comunica-ch.net > > > > Digitale Allemd > > http://blog.allmend.ch - > > > > EURALO > > https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?euralo_icann_at_large_europe > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > -- > *********************************************************** > William J. Drake > Director, Project on the Information > Revolution and Global Governance/PSIO > Graduate Institute for International Studies > Geneva, Switzerland > william.drake(a)graduateinstitute.ch > http://tinyurl.com/38dcxf > *********************************************************** > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ Jeden Monat 1 hochkarätiger maxdome-Blockbuster GRATIS! Exklusiv für alle WEB.DE Nutzer. http://www.blockbuster.web.de

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] EURALO GA and proposed Board Re-elections
by Annette Muehlberg June 24, 2008

June 24, 2008

hi, it seems that the link was not correct. that should do: https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?21_june_2008_ga_summary_minutes_by_th… greetings annette > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: "Wolf Ludwig" <wolf.ludwig(a)comunica-ch.net> > Gesendet: 24.06.08 09:24:02 > An: Europe Discuss <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Betreff: [EURO-Discuss] EURALO GA and proposed Board Re-elections > Dear all, > > our General Assembly last Saturday was well attended. You find a Report from the Co-Chairs on the EURALO Workspace > https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi21_june_2008_ga_summary_minutes_by_the… > > Under Agenda item 10 we discussed the need for re-elections of some Board members as their one-year-period expired. According to the voting system of the May 07 elections, four Board members were elected for a 2-years-term: Jeanette Hofmann (Co-Chair, Wolf Ludwig (Co-Chair), Paco de Quito and Vittorio Bertola. > > The General Assembly in Paris suggested the re-election of the following candidates: > > -Rudi Vansnick > > -Bill Drake > > -Desiree Miloshevic > > -Annette Mühlberg > > If there are no objections expressed on this list within the next 7 days from today's posting, the candidates are considered as elected. In case of objections, an electronic vote will be held consecutively. > > Best regards, > Jeanette Hofmann and Wolf Ludwig > > > > > comunica-ch > phone +41 79 204 83 87 > Skype: Wolf-Ludwig > www.comunica-ch.net > > Digitale Allemd > http://blog.allmend.ch - > > EURALO > https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?euralo_icann_at_large_europe > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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FW: [At-Large] Bulgaria moves to register Cyrillic Internet domain
by Annette Muehlberg June 24, 2008

June 24, 2008

hi dessi, this is really good news. let us see what we can learn from this for the whole european region. best greetings annette > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Dessi Pefeva <dpefeva(a)isoc.bg> > Gesendet: 24.06.08 13:22:20 > An: At-Large Worldwide <alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Betreff: [At-Large] Bulgaria moves to register Cyrillic Internet domain > I am happy to announce that the Bulgarian government has shown > officially its intent to register the .?? (.bg in Cyrillic) domain. They > did it in a letter, sent yesterday to ICANN's President Paul Twomey. > > This is due also thanks to the efforts of ISOC-Bulgaria. Bulgarian > President, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and the Minister of ITC are > all members of ISOC. They have talked on a number of times in the past > six months with ISOC.bg on these issues. > > Obviously the conversations have been fruitful. See more information > here: http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKL2360195920080623 > > And this is the official press-release from the ITC Agency: > > Bulgaria has requested the registration of a Cyrillic top level domain > (TLD) from _ICANN_ <http://www.icann.org/>. The letter from the chairman > of the Bulgarian State Agency for Information Technologies and > Communicatoins (_SAITC_ <http://www.daits.government.bg/>) Plamen > Vatchkov to the president of ICANN Paul Twomey was delivered today, June > 23^rd , 2008, in Paris via the Bulgarian representative to the > Governmental Advisory Committee of ICANN, and was distributed for > information only in Geneva where the ITU is headquartered. Thus Bulgaria > requested the fast track for implementation of its own Cyrillic IDNs. > > In the letter to the ICANN President, the SAITC chairman informs the > authoritative international organization, dealing with assigned names > and numbers, that Bulgaria has decided to register and maintain the > country code .?? (bg in Cyrillic) > > Further in the letter, SAITC chairman informs that the discussion on > using Cyrillic domain names was initiated by the President of Bulgaria > Georgi Parvanov during the visit of the Russian President Putin and the > then vice-prime minister, and now President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev > during their visit in January 2008 in Sofia. The question was also > discussed during meetings of Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev > with the Russian counterparts, as well as during talks between foreign > ministers Ivailo Kalfin and Sergei Lavrov. Last week, Russian President > Medvedev announced in Moscow, that the issue of Cyrillic domain names is > an important one, and on his political agenda. > > "We believe that the initiative, which we discussed with our Russian > friends in the last months, is a clear fact about the importance which > Bulgaria has in the world Internet. It is an example not only about the > historical meaning of the Cyrillic alphabet in the world arena, but also > about the fact that through Bulgaria it became an official alphabet of > the European Union. By sending this letter to Dr. Twomey -- ICANN's > president and my friend, SAITC expresses not only the wish, but the > readiness to put the Cyrillic IDNs on the Internet map", says Plamen > Vatchkov. "There's nothing more natural than the proposed domain to be > the country code, which is already known and accepted in the country > itself. Creating domains in scripts, different from the Latin, is the > next big step in the development of the Internet, which will allow > millions of people who don't use English to have easier access to the > Global Net resources". > > SAITC is organizing a meeting later this year in Sofia, where all > countries, using Cyrillic will be invited - Belarus, Bulgaria, > Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Mongolia, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, > Uzbekistan and Ukraine. The meeting will be dedicated to discussion > about IDNs. > > for more information: > Press Center > phone +359-2-9492368 > "Ekaterina Popova" <epopova(a)daits.government.bg > <mailto:epopova@daits.government.bg>> > > > > /Ms. Dessi Pefeva, > Internet Society - Bulgaria/ > > _______________________________________________ > ALAC mailing list > ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org > > At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org > --

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EURALO GA and proposed Board Re-elections
by Wolf Ludwig June 24, 2008

June 24, 2008

Dear all, our General Assembly last Saturday was well attended. You find a Report from the Co-Chairs on the EURALO Workspace https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi21_june_2008_ga_summary_minutes_by_the… Under Agenda item 10 we discussed the need for re-elections of some Board members as their one-year-period expired. According to the voting system of the May 07 elections, four Board members were elected for a 2-years-term: Jeanette Hofmann (Co-Chair, Wolf Ludwig (Co-Chair), Paco de Quito and Vittorio Bertola. The General Assembly in Paris suggested the re-election of the following candidates: -Rudi Vansnick -Bill Drake -Desiree Miloshevic -Annette Mühlberg If there are no objections expressed on this list within the next 7 days from today's posting, the candidates are considered as elected. In case of objections, an electronic vote will be held consecutively. Best regards, Jeanette Hofmann and Wolf Ludwig comunica-ch phone +41 79 204 83 87 Skype: Wolf-Ludwig www.comunica-ch.net Digitale Allemd http://blog.allmend.ch - EURALO https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?euralo_icann_at_large_europe

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] Statement on ALAC review
by Annette Muehlberg June 23, 2008

June 23, 2008

those who are in paris: I talked with Frederic, he will try to get the room Rodin from 11:30 to 13:00. which does not mean that we should take that long, but it is the most practical for a short euralo drafting meeting. best annette > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: "Dominik Filipp" <dominik.filipp(a)dsoft.sk> > Gesendet: 22.06.08 16:12:50 > An: "Discussion for At-Large Europe" <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Betreff: Re: [EURO-Discuss] Statement on ALAC review > Thanks, Jeanette > > Dominik > > > -----Original Message----- > From: euro-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > [mailto:euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of > Jeanette Hofmann > Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 5:09 PM > To: Discussion for At-Large Europe > Subject: Re: [EURO-Discuss] Statement on ALAC review > > Yes, it is being discussed. But we havn't found a time slot yet where a > sufficient number of EURALO members can meet to draft a statement. One > potential meeting time discussed today over lunch would be tomorrow, > Monday, at 11.30 after the IPv4/IPv6 workshop. Perhaps, Euralo members > currrently in Paris could indicate their interest and availability for > small drafting group? > > Thanks, jeanette > > Dominik Filipp wrote: > > Wolf, > > > > Has EURALO been considering issuing a statement regarding the draft on > > > ALAC review similarly as NARALO did? > > > > Dominik > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: euro-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > [mailto:euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of > > Wolf Ludwig > > Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 3:54 PM > > To: Discussion for At-Large Europe > > Subject: [EURO-Discuss] WG: ALS Summit Questionnaire > > > > Dear all, > > > > attached you find copies of the famous and "lost" Questionnaire of the > > > Summit-WG again what we discussed yesterday at our GA -- Please > > support us by filling it in and to return it to the Staff as soon as > possible! > > > > Thanks and best regards, > > Wolf > > > > > > Matthias Langenegger wrote Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:00: > >> Dear ALS representative from EURALO, > >> > >> As you are probably aware, At-Large has for some time had the > >> intention > > to organize a global Summit of At-Large Structures. A subgroup of > > At-Large called the Summit Working Group, has been charged with the > > task to come up with a proposal, which will then be presented at the > > ICANN Paris meeting at the end of this month. > >> To go ahead with the planning of this promising event, we kindly ask > > you to take a couple of minutes to respond to the questions attached. > > There is a French and and English version of the questionnaire. > >> The questionnaire has been designed in a multiple-choice format for > > ease of processing. However, most questions leave you with the > > opportunity to add your own thoughts at the end. > >> The results from the questionnaire will presented and reviewed at the > > Paris meeting. To do so, we need your answers no later than June 20. > > Thank you. > >> Please note that the ICANN Board has not yet decided if the At-Large > > Summit will be part of the next budget. This questionnaire is intended > > > to bring to light the expectations the At-Large community associates > > with this event . It does not mean that we can guarantee funding for > > your ALS to assist this event at this point, however. > >> Best Regards, > >> -- > >> Matthias Langenegger > >> At-Large Coordination Officer > >> 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 > >> > > > > comunica-ch > > phone +41 79 204 83 87 > > Skype: Wolf-Ludwig > > www.comunica-ch.net > > > > Digitale Allemd > > http://blog.allmend.ch - > > > > EURALO > > https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?euralo_icann_at_large_europe > > > > _______________________________________________ > > EURO-Discuss mailing list > > EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lis > ts.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-lis > ts.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 > --

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gtld procedure and morality and public order
by Annette Muehlberg June 23, 2008

June 23, 2008

hi, this might be helpful to understand the gtld procedure (and our trouble with the category of morality and public order). http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/gtld-process-simplified-10apr08.pdf best annette

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WG: ALS Summit Questionnaire
by Wolf Ludwig June 22, 2008

June 22, 2008

Dear all, attached you find copies of the famous and "lost" Questionnaire of the Summit-WG again what we discussed yesterday at our GA -- Please support us by filling it in and to return it to the Staff as soon as possible! Thanks and best regards, Wolf Matthias Langenegger wrote Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:00: >Dear ALS representative from EURALO, > >As you are probably aware, At-Large has for some time had the intention to organize a global Summit of At-Large Structures. A subgroup of At-Large called the Summit Working Group, has been charged with the task to come up with a proposal, which will then be presented at the ICANN Paris meeting at the end of this month. > >To go ahead with the planning of this promising event, we kindly ask you to take a couple of minutes to respond to the questions attached. There is a French and and English version of the questionnaire. > >The questionnaire has been designed in a multiple-choice format for ease of processing. However, most questions leave you with the opportunity to add your own thoughts at the end. > >The results from the questionnaire will presented and reviewed at the Paris meeting. To do so, we need your answers no later than June 20. Thank you. > >Please note that the ICANN Board has not yet decided if the At-Large Summit will be part of the next budget. This questionnaire is intended to bring to light the expectations the At-Large community associates with this event . It does not mean that we can guarantee funding for your ALS to assist this event at this point, however. > >Best Regards, >-- >Matthias Langenegger >At-Large Coordination Officer >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 > comunica-ch phone +41 79 204 83 87 Skype: Wolf-Ludwig www.comunica-ch.net Digitale Allemd http://blog.allmend.ch - EURALO https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?euralo_icann_at_large_europe

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] Statement on ALAC review
by Annette Muehlberg June 22, 2008

June 22, 2008

werner, that is a very good proposal. we could make a first draft before the working group on the review on monday (between 11:30 and 13:00, meeting at rodin and than going somewhere else as it turned out that we cannot stay there ), which might be also helpful for the discussion in the wg. than we have a second meeting (wednesday) after the wg in which we can integrate the statements made in the wg. and it would be helpful if those folks not being in paris added their thougts online. evan will send a first draft from naralo, which will also be helpful for our work. best annette > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: "W.Hülsmann (DVD e.V.)" <huelsmann(a)datenschutzverein.de> > Gesendet: 22.06.08 18:19:59 > An: Discussion for At-Large Europe <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Betreff: Re: [EURO-Discuss] Statement on ALAC review > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello, > > I've to leave on tuesday. Perhaps we can do it in to steps: > > The first step on monday and the second step on wednesday. > > Kind regards > > > William Drake schrieb: > | Hi Jeanette, > | As I said, I can't do it tomorrow as I'm at the GigaNet workshop off site. > | Tuesday is probably not good due to the NCUC meeting, but Wednesday > between > | the GNSO meeting and the IG workshop would work... > | > | Best, > | > | Bill > | > | On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 5:09 PM, Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette(a)wzb.eu> wrote: > | > |> Yes, it is being discussed. But we havn't found a time slot yet where a > |> sufficient number of EURALO members can meet to draft a statement. One > |> potential meeting time discussed today over lunch would be tomorrow, > |> Monday, at 11.30 after the IPv4/IPv6 workshop. Perhaps, Euralo members > |> currrently in Paris could indicate their interest and availability for > |> small drafting group? > |> > |> Thanks, jeanette > |> > > > > > #################################################### > Vorratsdatenspeicherung? Nein Danke! - Noch ist es > nicht zu spät: http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de > #################################################### > > - -- > > Dipl. Inform. Werner Hülsmann > Vorstandsmitglied der Deutschen Vereinigung für Datenschutz (DVD) e.V. > Obere Laube 48 - D-78462 Konstanz > Tel.: 07531 / 365905-6 Mobil: 0179 / 46 86 484 > E-Mail: huelsmann(a)datenschutzverein.de > http://www.datenschutzverein.de > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFIXnubM1J18ejmiesRAlJNAJsHtj4iIjGYK8NO39vudxXZLqMvtwCfZ3Iy > mZRA0gTfQahCeYwGkAoLCxk= > =cIVc > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Change of Time to Monday Opening of Paris ICANN Meeting - starts half an hour early
by Nick Ashton-Hart June 20, 2008

June 20, 2008

On Monday, Min. Eric Besson will be joining us to speak at the Welcome Ceremony for the Paris ICANN Meeting - to accommodate his schedule, there is a change in the morning schedule - the President's Report will open the day at 8:30 am and the Welcome Ceremony is scheduled to start at 9:30am. In other words, the meeting will start one-half hour earlier than previously scheduled. http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20jun08-en.htm -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA DD: +1 (310) 301-8637 Fax: +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile: +41 (79) 595 54-68 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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EURALO General Assembly at the 32nd International Public ICANN Paris Conference in Paris
by Frederic Teboul June 20, 2008

June 20, 2008

Dear all, We would like to draw your attention upon the upcoming EURALO General Assembly at the 32nd International Public ICANN Paris Conference in Paris. The meeting will start at 2.00 PM in the Jacob Room and will last for three hours. For those of you unable to attend the meeting in person, remote participation options are available to you - details are available on the meeting page at https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?21_june_2008_ga <https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?21_june_2008_ga> . If you have suggestions, comments or questions concerning the agenda of this meeting, please use the comment button on the agenda page itself. Attached you will find the following documents, for the meeting, which will also be available in printed versions at the meeting: * List of attendees (voting and non-voting) * Agenda of the EURALO-GA * EURALO By-laws * EURALO MoU * EURALO Working Budget 2008-09 The following documents will also be available online above, and at the meeting: * EURALO Board's Report / Chair Report * EURALO Working Program 2008-2009 * "Resolution" on individual users participation and membership at EURALO In addition to the above-mentioned 8 documents, a number of documents related to policy matters under discussion at ICANN will be available at the meeting. These will also be linked to the agenda page above in due course. We wish you all a very safe trip. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Frederic Teboul ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org>

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