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Re: [EURO-Discuss] Regional advice on France@Large application needed
by JFC Morfin April 29, 2008

April 29, 2008

Dear Wolf, First point, I do not want to create a contentious issue between us and ICANN while we have _many_ other priorities preparing the World Internet Week de Paris (http://wiw.de-paris.info) So, these mails will not be copied immediately on our general list which has now 23 members, nor to the 700 Members (including ICANN Board Member) FGI list. However, your mails did leaked and the first questions are coming in. For seven years I am used to explain people round the world and in France that ICANN does not disregard the @large, just ingnores them. Do not be afraid, I will manage to explain them that ALAC does better. But I cannot know what people will do with it. At 01:26 29/04/2008, Wolf Ludwig wrote: >Dear Jefsey, >as I mentioned before in (one of) my mails to Vittorio, I don't want >to make my opinion regarding your application to a personal affair. >As I mentioned before as well, there were several people mostly >independent and unbiased - looking at your application and showing >up with almost the same questions again. This is anything else but a >conspiracy, perhaps a surprising coincidence. > >As it seems to me after today's discussion, we cannot come up with >an unanimous position from the EURALO board and membership at the >very moment and until April 30 (deadline of the ALAC decision after >consultation with the RALO concerned). Therefore let me ask you the >following questions â" what you partly suggested (if I understood >it well) in your response: Before answering this, I need to understand better an organisation we are just joining. Let me first ask you what is your job in this case, what is the role of the people in copy. You are not on the published ALAC lists. I went to the ICANN site and looked for a few names to understand who (except Cheryl) are the people you involve in Cc, who are the four decision makers and the three members of the Staff you discuss. All this sounds pure rigmarole to me, when you probably try to follow one of the many bureaucratic ICANN procedures. - Ludwig Wolf = one (your application) - france@large = four (not ours yet) - Langdon-Orr = nineteen. - Massimilino Minisci = None. - Jefsey, Jefsey Morfin or JFC = 1743. This may explain me some of the oddities I do not understand. May be, could you please explain what is exactly the internal procedure you follow. >1- Could you, given the fact that your application is controversial, >accept a prolongation of the ALAC approval deadline by let's say >two months or the end of the 32nd ICANN Public Meeting in Paris? >This would give us a chance to sit together in Paris and to >re-discuss all the open and unclear questions and inconsistencies >regarding your application. Let me clarify. I revived france@large after so many years of ICANN disinterest in what we consider @larges are. This is only to try to help ICANN stabilize better in the societal and cultural changes we are involved in. france@larege being an ALS is of interest to ICANN only if we welcome ICANN in Paris as an ALS. We registered for that in due time. We _do_not_understand_ all this fuss. I must say that I only take it as personal, what I am used to. I am also used to politically win. But I do not see the reasons of the fight. >2- Could you, in the meantime, forward all supplementary information >needed to the ICANN staff in charge or the EURALO board to better >answer the existing questions and clarify inconsistencies? Let me kindly ask you if you are pulling my leg? At the present time I know no question. I just learned today about a circulated document which is purely absurd. It only shows that author does not know about mailman, nor about the law. >3- Could we sort out controversial points regarding France@Large's >application, in the time frame mentioned, before referring to other >instances (such as Ombudsman or media)? Please do not call "inconsistent" or "controversial" what only reflect lacks in the Staff review of our registration. I have no intent, if we can avoid it, on such a trivial issue, to bother Frank Fowlie and the Board. But you have to realise that france@large is known to journalists in France as the odd people who want to help the ICANN transition. And I am also known. We have started the http://wikicann.org site to document this help and inform the press, media and public independently. It was very recently started : you can go and check that it was already accessed 2300 times. These are not things prepared at the last minute. I am not the master of what will be published when people discover your mails. >As you may know, the RALO concerned can only express its opinion and >recommendation on an application and ALAC will take the decision. >Therefore itâs on ALAC to decide on any prolongation in this >matter but I wanted to sort out the options of a potential solution >in the interest of the RALO concerned. As france@large, I am only concerned by the interest of ICANN and of our members. This necessarily demands a war/cooperation decision of ICANN to be reached before two weeks. I am certainly ready to provide answers to professional questions, but I have difficulties understanding what I have not provided yet in our file and on the phone. I certainly understand how it is embrassing. All this seems to be new both to us and to ICANN/ALAC. Let just address it professionnally. It should only be smooth. (Just for your information I am moving my office and I have most of my stuff packed). Cheers! jfc >I would appreciate your answers to the questions I raised. Thanks and >best regards, >Wolf > > JFC Morfin wrote Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:20: > >:-) > >Interesting. > > > >I sent the "application". It was not acknowledged. Ten days later on > >I sent a mail back. And I was told that application was received. I > >noted several times that I had no news. Nick mailed me he would send > >a mail. But bever did. Then eventually Frederic called not being > >interested in knowing me nor our history and organisation but why we > >had no budget, and having an urgent call. Then he called for a longer > >time, but this nice fellow is still young in the organisation. Then > >he wanted to call our execom people. But never did. Someone told him > >ICANN was the e-UN of the future. > > > >Then I see today a form completed by Massimiliano. Who ever > >Massimiliano is, I do not know him (so many new people in ICANN). The > >very first thing he should have done would be to forward the document > >to me, so we could discuss all its errors. You may also realise that > >as the eldest @large incorporated organisation, and as a pioneer of > >the Internet myself, I find this rather ...., ...., and hurting. > > > >Now, I have a question. Is ALAC real? > >What do you want me to do to answer the questions you never raised ? > >Fly to Australia. > >jfc > > > >PS. You right, I explained Frederic that this will only be a case for > >Brother Fowley. BTW if some wants to be sure we exist, we can come a > >"few" of us at the Paris meeting, but then you have to select a > >larger room. For the time being I do not copy this on the mailing > >list not to upset our Members. But I said that I needed an answer > >under 3 months since I applied, because I told them in February we would. > > > > > > > >At 20:07 28/04/2008, Vittorio Bertola wrote: > > > >>Wolf Ludwig ha scritto: > >> >> In any case, in the application that was circulated to the EURALO > >> >> list on March 5 I really see no grounds for rejection. If there are > >> >> other documents, please forward them to the list. > >> > > >> > Attached please find the DD form dated March 27 which was the basis > >> > of our discussions and considerations of the given case. > >> > >>Ok, so we have an interesting case in which the staff's due diligence > >>claims things that are opposite to what the applicant says. From this > >>due diligence form I see one fundamental question: are the 17 members > >>real and active, or not? (since, according to the due diligence, there > >>is no membership list and no mailing list, and the Web page seems to > >>have been created just recently) > >> > >>I see also a point about the secretariat being the only managing entity, > >>but that's normal as long as the secretariat is elective (acting like a > >>Board). It's not normal if the secretariat is not elected by the > >>members. So what's the case? > >> > >>Ciao, > >>-- > >>vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- > >>--------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <-------- > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>EURO-Discuss mailing list > >>EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > >>http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlar > ge-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 > >http://blog.allmend.ch - >Digitale Allmend

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] [ALAC-Internal] Important: Resigning from ALAC Position at ICANN
by Izumi AIZU April 29, 2008

April 29, 2008

Nica, With great sadness, I read your announcement. With great hope, though, I read your commencement to the new opportunity and for that, congratulations! You are one of the greatest examples of how "AtLarge" could act collectively for the benefit of all global users of the Internet. You are so pragmatic, but idealistic at the same time. You listen so well, yet also articulate your ideas very well. You work so hard but also love your family and friends so much. You have taught me the kind of world I had no idea about, Moldova and East Europe, but you also absorbed so well about the world and people you were not so familiar with, too. We may miss you for a while at ICANN, but we will not miss you at all for the global good and global Internet users forever. Ciao and THANK YOU!! izumi 2008/4/29 Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels(a)uwimona.edu.jm>: > > > > > Dear Veronica: > > I'm sure LACRALO sincerely regrets your exit and I am personally very sorry > that you will have to curtail your activities in ALAC/ICANN, even if I > thoroughly understand the reasons. Your contributions to the community > cannot be denied and we are all the better for your service. > > > > Every good wish for your continued investment in the causes we are severally > committed to and very fruitful endeavours here forward. > > > > Warmest, > > Carlton > > > > > > From: alac-internal-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > [mailto:alac-internal-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Veronica > Cretu > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 01:55 PM > > To: alac-internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org; > staff(a)atlarge.icann.org; euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > Subject: [ALAC-Internal] Important: Resigning from ALAC Position at ICANN > > > > > > Dear colleagues! > > > Warm greetings from Moldova! Hope my message finds you well! > > > I am currently involved as an international expert in a big project > for the Ministry of Education of Liberia and will have to spend more than > three weeks there starting from May 15. The NGO I run here in Moldova is > also involved in many national projects which require very much of my direct > involvement: monitoring and evaluation. In this context, it is quite a > challenge to find additional time for ALAC activities when I am full-time > involved in so many activities. That is why, it is my duty to inform you all > that due to the many projects I am currently in charge of, I have to > unfortunately resign from my ALAC position. It has not been an easy decision > to make at all! I just can not stay in ALAC any longer just for the sake of > being on ALAC/AtLarge – I prefer to be effective and to produce impact. And > this is smth for which I simply don't have time now! > > > > > > I must say that ALAC has been a great experience for me and I am truly > thankful to everyone on ALAC who have been day by day, side by side during > this last year. I have learned a lot from this professional, hard-working, > committed and culturally diverse community. > > I want to thank my European colleagues: Annette and Wolfgang Kleinwächter in > the first place, for their confidence in me and for believing that I can > bring something new to ALAC, even if I am from Eastern Europe:)! > > I am very thankful to Cheryl and Izumi for their openness and for their > professional support on the initiatives I launched on ALAC. > I am happy for having worked with my European colleagues: Sebastian and Wolf > and all my respect for all EURALO board members for the patience, passion > and possible solutions they have been trying to identify in order to make > EURALO start working on policy related issues in the region; > > My thanks go also for my North American colleagues: Alan, Robert and Beau – > for their professional work and support whenever needed; > Jose Ovidio, Carlos, Hawa – my admiration for the effort and time you invest > in ALAC – I know it has not been easy for you given the language barriers > that you have been facing so far; > Mohamed, Fatimata, Vanda and Thu Hue – many thanks for your energy, time and > devotion and for your friendly support on the ideas I was promoting on > ALAC/Atlarge. > Many thanks to current ALAC liaisons: Hong, Jacqueline and Wendy; > And of course, my many thanks to Nick - I know it is not an easy task to > handle the communication and collaboration with such a big and diverse > community. Thank you for your support throughout this year. I know ICANN > staff will do much more in order to support ALAC/AtLarge become a viable and > strong community now with more staff members in place. > > > > I am glad I managed to bring to ALAC/AtLarge some ideas and practices that > go back to my professional background. Because I strongly believe that "A > policy is a deliberate plan of action to guide decisions and achieve > rational outcome(s)." back in Puerto Rico (my first ICANN meeting) I came to > the conclusion that ALAC /At Large needs to have a set of mechanisms via > which these policies are identified, promoted and evaluated. These are the > few things that I have managed to do in the period of June 2007 – present: > > > - I initiated the "OneDay" Workshop for ALAC/AtLarge. > > > - I have designed the agenda and conducted together with Cheryl > and Izumi two "OneDay" workshops before ICANN meetings in Los-Angeles and > New Delhi. > > > - I have compiled OneDay Evaluation Reports, based on the feedback > from ALAC/AtLarge members who have participated in these meetings; > > > - Back in New Delhi, I made a statement on behalf of ALAC on > Organizational Development; > > > - I elaborated the ALAC Organizational Development document that > focuses on several components of the ALAC's developments; > > > - I proposed a document on "What is an ALAC/AtLarge" Working Group > – and the document was used for planning activities per certain working > groups during the OneDay workshop in New Delhi ; > > > - I have recently transferred some of the good practices that came > as a result of this Organizational Development processes on ALAC into the > GNSO Improvements Report. > > > - Along with all the above, I organized a three days training > program on Internet Governance and Community Development in Moldova ( > www.cmb.md/igf) during which we had a special session on ALAC/AtLarge @ > ICANN. Training participants were 16 young leaders representing civil > society, business sector, international community and the Government. > > > > - I have had several discussions with APTI members from Romania , > as they were our project partners in the above Program, and as a result we > have recently received their application in order to become an accredited > ALS structure @ICANN from our part of the world. > > > > > > All the reports and documents I produced have been available since > produced at https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?organisational_development . > > > > > > > To conclude, I want to encourage you to contact me/stay in touch in case you > are interested in working on projects/initiatives dealing with ICT for > Development, Access to Knowledge, Internet Governance, Community > Development, IDNs, Education, Virtual Embassies, Climate Change, etc. both > regionally and/or internationally! > > > > > > Good luck with all your initiatives and all the best! > > > As ever, > > > Veronica > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > Veronica Cretu, > > > > President, CMB Training Center > > > > CMB - Promoting innovations in Communication, Management and Business > > > > Chisinau, Moldova > > > > www.cmb.md > > > > www.cmb.md/igf > > > > +373 22 27 45 04, 273196 > > > > email: vcretu(a)cmb.md > > VeronicaC(a)diplomacy.edu > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- >> Izumi Aizu << Institute for HyperNetwork Society, Oita Kumon Center, Tama University, Tokyo Japan * * * * * << Writing the Future of the History >> www.anr.org

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] 32nd International Public ICANN Meeting in Paris - 22-26 June 2008
by Frederic Teboul April 24, 2008

April 24, 2008

Dear Wolf, Thank you for your message and thanks to the ALSes who have already answered to me. Indeed, if the "authorized representative" of an ALS and/or an ALS candidate cannot attend the 32nd International Public ICANN Meeting in Paris - 22-26 June 2008, the ALS can always nominate an alternate representative. However and as a reminder, we need to know it BEFORE Monday 28th of April 2008, along with his/her full contact information (Address, Work Telephone, Home Telephone, Fax and Mobile). Furthermore, any ALSes candidates (such as APTI, France@Large, etc...) will be welcome to attend the ICANN Meeting in Paris, regardless of whether or not their respective ALS application they have made is approved or not. As we are all aware, the EURALO and other At-Large meetings are open sessions. Therefore, any ALSes candidates would also be able to attend those, of course, regardless of the application decision. Please note that anyone who has not done so should register themselves at the Paris registration page (http://par.icann.org/) in order to ensure that their entry to the meeting is as quick and trouble-free as possible. I thank you once again for your collaboration, and I am waiting for an answer to my previous message BEFORE Monday 28th of April 2008. With my best regards, Frederic Frederic E. Teboul, Ph.D., MBA Manager for At-Large Regional Affairs Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Mobile: +33 6 3487 0575 Email: frederic.teboul(a)icann.org AIM/iSight: frederic.teboul(a)mac.com Jabber: fredericteboul(a)gmail.com Skype: frederic.teboul On 24/04/08 12:57, "Wolf Ludwig" <wolf.ludwig(a)comunica-ch.net> wrote: Dear Frederic, I have a question regarding EURALO/ALS representation in Paris? Frederic Teboul wrote Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:25: (...) >As you are certainly aware, ONLY the authorized representatives will get travel support. However, if one person from an ALS is already getting travel support by virtue of being an ALAC or Secretariat member, then that's the only ALS representative from that ALS that gets to receive travel support (otherwise some ALSes would get two representatives and some would get only one). But what about if Thanks and regards, Wolf comunica-ch phone +41 79 204 83 87 Skype: Wolf-Ludwig www.comunica-ch.net http://blog.allmend.ch - Digitale Allmend

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GNSO Improvements - ALAC and Joint Statements - comments requested
by At-Large Staff April 24, 2008

April 24, 2008

Dear All: As you may recall, an Ad-Hoc Working Group on GNSO Improvements, with representatives of each RALO, has been working on a response to the public consultation on the Board Governance Committee¹s proposals for improvements to the GNSO. As a part of that work, the working group was also engaged in negotiations with various communities within the GNSO Community, including the Commercial and Business Users, Intellectual Property, Internet Service and Connectino Providers, and Non-Commercial Users Constituencies. The Joint Statement that resulted from those discussions was posted to the public comment forum today, and is accessible at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-improvements-report-2008/msg00012.html. The Working Group also produced a draft statement for transmission to the Board of Directors by the ALAC in its role as an Advisory Committee. That document was subject to a community comment period, and the working group incorporated those comments received however, the working group took the decision that it would be better to wait to finalise the text until after the Joint Statement was finished, so that the At-Large community could take one final look at the two statements, make any comments, and if necessary those comments could then be dealt with in the ALAC¹s individual statement. The ALAC also discussed the progress on this issue at its meeting earlier this month. The Staff have been asked to post a version of the ALAC statement, as well as the Joint Statement, so that comments can be taken. It is envisaged that we will be able to take comments for a few days as the statement can be transmitted to the board following the end of the public comment period on the GNSO Improvements draft, which finishes on the 24th of April. You may access both the draft ALAC Statement, and the Joint Statement, from this URL. Please do use the comment button to provide any comments you care to make. https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?al_alac_gnim_wg_01_01_alac_statemen t_on_gnso_improvements -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Frederic Teboul ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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ALAC Review - Request for Input
by At-Large Staff April 14, 2008

April 14, 2008

Dear All: We have been asked to forward you the below from the team performing the ALAC Review. We hope that you will take this opportunity to provide your views to the review if you have not already done so. --- This email follows our earlier request for feedback to the Independent Review of the At-Large Advisory Committee, being conducted by Westlake Consulting Limited. The closing date for submissions is Friday 18th April. Therefore, if you wish to provide any input or feedback on any of the individual questions in the Terms of Reference <http://www.icann.org/reviews/alac/alac-review-final-tor-20jun07.pdf> , or ³to contribute observations or information about any aspect of the role, structure or operation of the ALAC,² please email alacreview(a)westlakenz.com by Friday 18th April. The main issues the Review Team has to address are: - [To determine] whether the ALAC has a continuing purpose in the ICANN structure; and, - If so, whether any change in structure or operations is desirable to improve its effectiveness. If you would prefer a telephone or Skype call, rather than responding by email, please send your contact details to the same email address, alacreview(a)westlakenz.com, and a member of the Westlake Team will contact you shortly. Among other matters the Terms of Reference note, ³It will be important to consider different perspectives relevant to the ALAC, including the views of individual Internet users, the ALSs, the RALOs, past and current Members of the ALAC, and many others within (and perhaps outside) the ICANN community.² As a result, the Review Team is seeking as wide a range of relevant views as possible. Confidentiality: the Westlake Review Team¹s policy on confidentiality is as follows: ³Your feedback will be treated in confidence. It will not be shared outside the four consultants who comprise the review team (and our office support staff). We might quote from your feedback in our report to ICANN, but we will not identify you as the author. So please feel free to be frank with us.² Westlake Consulting NZ -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Frederic Teboul ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Welcome Frederic Teboul to the At-Large Staff
by Nick Ashton-Hart April 9, 2008

April 9, 2008

It is my pleasure to introduce you to Frederic Teboul, the new At-Large Regional Affairs Manager. Born in Marseille, France, he began his career in the French Foreign Service in Israel in 1997; he subsequently worked for several parts of the United Nations' system from 2000 to 2005 in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Geneva, Kosovo, New York and Athens. He comes to us most recently from the private sector, where he served as Business Development and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Director for the third-largest Greek maritime operator. His experience in the public and private sectors in a wide variety of international decision-making environments, working with governments, civil society, and industry stakeholders from more than 200 different countries, makes him a valuable addition to the At-Large team in the Policy Unit. He will be responsible in particular for supporting the Regional At-Large Organisations (RALOs), facilitating their involvement in policy development and assisting them in their work representing the individual Internet user interest in ICANN. Frederic has a PhD in Social Science from IAE-University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, an MA in Political Science and International Relations from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and an Executive MBA from the Athens University of Economics and Business. He is a native French speaker, and also has knowledge of Romanian and Hebrew - with a little Italian, Spanish, Arabic, and Greek thrown in for good measure. I hope you will join me in giving Frederic a warm welcome! He can be reached at frederic.teboul(a)icann.org, or of course staff(a)atlarge.icann.org -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 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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Community Input Requested on Two Draft Statements from ALAC to the ICANN Board
by At-Large Staff April 6, 2008

April 6, 2008

Dear Community members: [ENGLISH TEXT] We have been asked to notify you that two draft statements to the ICANN Board from the At-Large Advisory Committee are now open for comments from all members of the At-Large community. Comments will be accepted until 16th April 2008, at 1200 UTC, after which time comments will be reviewed by the ALAC Finance and Budget committee before transmitting the final text to the Board of Directors as an Advisory Committee statement. Draft Statement to the ICANN Board on the Budget and Operational Plan Framework for 2008/2009: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?al_alac_bud_sc_0308_1_2 Draft Sttatement to the ICANN Board and to the Public Consultation on an ICANN Travel Policy for Volunteers: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?al_alac_bud_sc_0308_1_1 These two are important because the planning now going on and especially the consultation related to travel support can have significant impacts upon the participation of the At-Large community in ICANN meetings and in the work of ICANN. Comments may be made by clicking the Comment¹ button at the top of each of these pages. Please do sign your name in your comments, or the name of your ALS if you are commenting on behalf of an ALS. [SPANISH TEXT (from Google)] Se nos ha pedido que le avise de que dos proyectos de declaraciones a la Junta de la ICANN At-Large Comisión Consultiva están abiertas para Los comentarios de todos los miembros de la comunidad At-Large. Los comentarios se aceptarán hasta el 16 de Abril de 2008, a las 12.00 UTC, después de que el tiempo Comentarios serán revisados por el ALAC comisión de Finanzas y Presupuesto Antes de transmitir el texto definitivo al Consejo de Administración como un Comisión Consultiva declaración. Proyecto de Declaración a la Junta de la ICANN en el Presupuesto y Plan Operativo Marco para 2008/2009: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?al_alac_bud_sc_0308_1_2 Sttatement proyecto a la Junta de la ICANN y para la consulta pública sobre una política de la ICANN de viajes para Voluntarios: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?al_alac_bud_sc_0308_1_1 Estas dos son importantes, porque la planificación de ahora pasa - y Especialmente la consulta relacionados con los viajes de apoyo - puede tener Impactos significativos sobre la participación de la comunidad At-Large En reuniones de la ICANN y en la labor de la ICANN. Los comentarios pueden ser presentadas por clic en el 'comentario' botón en la parte superior de Cada una de estas páginas. Por favor, firme su nombre en sus comentarios, o El nombre de su ALS si está comentando en nombre de una ALS. [TRADUCCION FRANCAIS (a Google)]: On nous a demandé de vous aviser de deux projets de déclarations à la Conseil d'administration de l'ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee sont maintenant ouvertes pour les commentaires de tous les membres de l'At-Large communauté. Les commentaires seront Acceptées jusqu'au 16 avril 2008, à 1200 UTC, après quoi les commentaires seront examinés par l'ALAC commission des Finances et du Budget Avant de transmettre le texte final au conseil d'administration en tant que Comité consultatif déclaration. Projet de Déclaration à l'ICANN sur le budget et de plan opérationnel cadre pour 2008/2009: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?al_alac_bud_sc_0308_1_2 Projet Sttatement à l'ICANN et à la consultation publique sur l'ICANN de voyage pour Bénévoles: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?al_alac_bud_sc_0308_1_1 Ces deux sont importantes parce que la planification en cours - et en particulier la consultation relatives aux voyages de soutien - peut avoir de vastes répercussions sur la participation de la communauté At-Large Réunions de l'ICANN et dans les travaux de l'ICANN. Les commentaires peuvent être faits en cliquant sur le lien 'commentaire' bouton en haut de chacune de ces pages. S¹il vous plaît faire signer votre nom dans vos commentaires, ou le nom de votre ALS si vous êtes en commentant le compte d'un ALS. --- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Frederic Teboul ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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ALAC Draft Accountability Framework and Conflicts of Interest Policy
by Nick Ashton-Hart April 1, 2008

April 1, 2008

Dear Community members: The ALAC decided at their last meeting to request the staff to draft up a comprehensive Accountability Framework, which the ALAC Executive Committee was to review and amend at its meeting this month. The Chair proposed to the ExComm that at the same time a Conflicts of Interest Policy should be prepared as this was a natural accompaniment to the Accountability Framework. he ExComm has reviewed these two texts, and the ALAC is now to review the draft from 1 April until 11th April - comments from the wider At-Large community are of course welcomed. Any comments received are then to be incorporated and the resulting text will be on the agenda for adoption at the next ALAC Teleconference, in May. The URL for the text is as follows. In order to save bandwidth for those who do not have broadband, the text has not been attached to this message: https://st.icann.org/data/workspaces/alac/attachments/8_april_2008:20080331… French and Spanish translation will be available once they are ready. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 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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CFP Global Internet Governance Academic Network Symposium 2008 - Please distribute widely
by Max Senges March 28, 2008

March 28, 2008

FYI Call for Papers Third Annual GigaNet Symposium 2 December 2008 - Hyderabad, India Hyderabad International Conference Center (HICC) The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) is a scholarly community that promotes the development of Internet governance as a recognized, interdisciplinary field of study and facilitates informed dialogue on policy issues and related matters between scholars and governments, international organizations, the private sector, and civil society. Each year, GigaNet organizes a one-day research symposium in conjunction with the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and in the same premises. After the first two editions in Athens, Greece (October 2006) and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (November 2007), the third GigaNet Annual Symposium will be held on December 2, 2008, in Hyderabad, India, the day before the 3rd IGF meeting. Attendance at the Symposium will be open to all and free of charge. The Symposium will be at the same location as the IGF and registration with the UN as an IGF participant may be necessary to gain entry to the building. This is a call for papers from scholars interested in presenting an original research paper at the conference. Submission topics In addition to papers on methodological aspects of Internet governance-related studies, this year's Symposium particularly encourages submissions on the following themes, which are described in more detail below: 1. Comparing Internet Governance to other Global Governance Domains 2. Networked Governance Theories and the Institutionalization of Internet Governance 3. The Role of NGOs, Social Movements and Civil Society in Internet Governance 4. Year 3 of the UN Internet Governance Forum: Assessing its Structure, Process and Impact 5. Law and Jurisdictions in Internet Governance 6. Copyright Protection, Internet Service Providers and Technical Mechanisms of Control 7. Internationalized Domain Names: Expanding Access or Tower of Babel? Submission requirements Applicants should submit: 1) an abstract of 800-1000 words, in English, of the proposed paper that describes the main research question(s), methods employed, and the paper's relevance and value to the thematic area; and 2) a one page summary curriculum vitae listing in particular the applicant's current institutional affiliation(s), advanced degrees, scholarly publications relevant to Internet governance, and web sites, if available. Submission materials should be emailed directly to the chairperson of the 2008 Program Committee, Dr. Meryem Marzouki, at Meryem.Marzouki(a)lip6.fr by no later than July 15, 2008, midnight GMT. Members of the 2008 program committee will review submissions according to the same criteria. In order to ensure fairness of the evaluation process, submissions that do not conform to the requested format will not be considered. The Program Committee will notify applicants of its decisions via email by September 15, 2008. A full paper upon which oral or poster presentation will be based must be delivered to the same address by October 10, 2008, midnight GMT in order for the author(s) to be included in the program. While GigaNet asserts no copyright to authors' work, it is expected that the version of the paper presented orally or as poster will be made available for posting on the GigaNet website. Travel scholarships for a few outstanding accepted papers may be available for scholars who would otherwise be unable to attend. Applicants who are accepted will be informed of these opportunities after September 15. 2008 GigaNet Symposium Program Committee: - Ana Abreu, Labeurb/Unicamp and Paulista University, Campinas (SP), Brazil - Slavka Antonova, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand - Meryem Marzouki, LIP6/PolyTIC-CNRS Laboratory, Paris, France (Chair) - John Mathiason, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse (NY), USA - Milton Mueller, Syracuse University School of Information Studies, Syracuse (NY), USA - Max Senges, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - Rolf H. Weber, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland Important dates: - 15 July 2008: abstract submission deadline (to be sent to: Meryem.Marzouki(a)lip6.fr) - 15 September 2008: notification to applicants - 10 October 2008: full papers due - 15 October 2008: 2008 GigaNet symposium program finalized - 2 December 2008: 2008 GigaNet symposium, HICC, Hyderabad, India Topics Description 1. Comparing Internet Governance to other Global Governance Domains The concept of global governance has flourished in a number of fields: trade, security, environment, development -- as well as Internet. However, most general analyses of global governance ignore global Internet governance. Conversely, very few Internet governance analyses are conducted through comparative frameworks. Submissions are invited to help frame Internet governance in a broader, global governance perspective. What could be learnt from experiences of global governance in other fields? Are there any general instruments and methods of global governance, irrespective of the domain area it addresses? Could some similarities or invariants of a global governance process be identified? 2. Networked Governance Theories and the Institutionalization of Internet Governance The global policy discourse on Internet governance involves more diverse actors and newly created institutions. There is a need to explore the dynamics of this changing institutionalization process through theoretical and empirical analysis. Recent work explores network forms of organization in political and governance contexts, at national and international levels, most notably with the concept of "transgovernmental networks" to solve sector-specific problems. We call for papers that apply, test and criticize ideas of "networked governance" in the context of global Internet governance. We encourage submissions that analyze collaborative policy-making in related institutions and interactions between them. We are especially interested in papers that critically analyze these forms of governance in terms of fairness and accountability and their relationship to democratic principles. Can presently excluded or minority communities enhance their participation? Beyond the expert discourse and the interplay amongst dedicated stakeholders, can networked governance represent people, rather than just established interests and agencies? What are the available tools and practices to facilitate their participation and deliberation, in terms of discourse, collaboration and decision-making? 3. Role of NGOs, Social Movements and Civil Society in Internet Governance Important but subtle transformations have occurred in the role and participation of non-governmental and non-business actors in the 6 years since the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS). WSIS witnessed a somewhat usual situation, where organized social actors participated from inside the process through structured non- governmental organizations, and social movements exercised some more radical pressure from the outside. Since the creation of the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF), this mode of participation has turned into a "consensus-based cooperation", where civil society actors are supposed to contribute on equal footing with governments and business actors, in most cases in their individual capacity and rather disconnected from social movements. We seek papers that analyze the evolution of involved social actors and their structuring, especially with regards to the historical evolution of the concept of civil society, and to explore in which ways and to what extent these transformations may be related to the move from government to governance. 4. Year 3 of the UN Internet Governance Forum: Assessing its Structure, Process and Impact The WSIS created and mandated the IGF to address critical, value- adding global Internet governance functions that cannot be entirely performed by any existing institution. This includes: highlighting emerging issues, assessing the embodiment of WSIS principles, and strengthening the participation of stakeholders in Internet governance mechanisms. Furthermore, the IGF was defined as "multilateral, multi-stakeholder, democratic and transparent" body; it has been structured through a Secretariat, a multi-stakeholder advisory group (MAG), and a special advisory group to the MAG's chair; and for 3 years, it has been operating as an open discursive space, prepared through open consultation sessions. Submissions are invited to explore whether the IGF has fulfilled its mandate at this step, which difficulties can be identified and how they could be solved. Has the IGF structure, management and advisory mechanisms proven to be adequate and compliant with the WSIS Tunis Agenda requirements? What strengths could be reinforced and weaknesses overcome? 5. Law and Jurisdictions in Internet Governance The Internet must now be considered a major factor when elaborating regulatory principles to deal with the circulation of content and data and with the protection of the general communications infrastructure. This is not an easy task because of its implications on the respect for universal human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law, where States differ widely on their implementation of these international standards, even among coherent regional entities. The task becomes even more complex due to conflicts of competences among overlapping jurisdictions. We seek papers that identify and explore conflicts among national laws and attempts to harmonize them. We also seek papers that explore the relevance to the global Internet of public and private international law currently in force or being considered in ongoing international negotiations. Submissions analyzing the role and positions of various players in these processes are also encouraged. 6. Copyright Protection, Internet Service Providers and Technical Mechanisms of Control We encourage papers that examine attempts to impose copyright protection on the Internet through the intermediary of Internet service providers. This theme bridges the topics of network neutrality and intellectual property, inspired by recent incidents, such as a Belgian ISP's order by a court to use deep packet inspection to catch copyright infringement in transit, and Comcast's notorious interference with BitTorrent, which also was probably stimulated in part by copyright protection concerns. Papers can explore the feasibility and "state of the art" of packet inspection and other relevant techniques, analyze copyright industry and ISP industry interactions from a political economy standpoint, or examine appropriate policy responses to new and powerful packet inspection techniques. 7. Internationalized Domain Names: Expanding Access or Tower of Babel? We encourage papers on the economic, cultural and compatibility issues raised by the migration to a new standard for Internet domain names that allows them to reflect non-Roman scripts such as Chinese or Cyrillic. Internationalized domain names (IDNs) have a double- edged effect: they widen access for non-English or ASCII readers by making domain names easier to use, but they also introduce compatibility problems among people communicating across language boundaries, as one party may not know how to read or input the address of the other party. There are also interesting questions of competition policy, as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) must decide whether to give new generic top level domains (TLDs) in IDN scripts to incumbents operating ASCII TLDs with similar meanings, or to new competitors. Issues of consumer confusion and cross-linguistic disputes can also arise. -- Private discussion list of 2008 GigaNet Program Committee. Archived. List homepage: http://www-rp.lip6.fr/wws/info/giganet-pc2008 -- ------------------------------------------------- "I meant to tell mankind . . . to attempt a quixotic adventure with no resources beyond their native strength and sagacity. I had done it myself and found not only that the pearl of great price was worth far more than I possessed, but that the very perils and privations of the Quest were themselves my dearest memories. I was certain of this at least: that nothing in the world except this was worth doing." - Aleister Crowley, The Confessions ------------------------------------------------- Dr. Max Senges Stanford Post-Doc Visiting Scholar UOC Research Associate Freelance Consultant 98 Loyola Ave., Menlo Park, California 94025 US-Phone: (001) 650 714 9826 www.maxsenges.com http://entrepreneur.jot.com https://www.openbc.com/hp/Max_Senges/ ------------------------------------------------------------ -- ------------------------------------------------- "I meant to tell mankind . . . to attempt a quixotic adventure with no resources beyond their native strength and sagacity. I had done it myself and found not only that the pearl of great price was worth far more than I possessed, but that the very perils and privations of the Quest were themselves my dearest memories. I was certain of this at least: that nothing in the world except this was worth doing." - Aleister Crowley, The Confessions ------------------------------------------------- Dr. Max Senges Stanford Post-Doc Visiting Scholar UOC Research Associate Freelance Consultant 98 Loyola Ave., Menlo Park, California 94025 US-Phone: (001) 650 714 9826 www.maxsenges.com http://entrepreneur.jot.com https://www.openbc.com/hp/Max_Senges/ ------------------------------------------------------------

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New Community Website - conversion done, new site online!
by Nick Ashton-Hart March 25, 2008

March 25, 2008

Dear members of the community: I'm very pleased to be able to tell you that the conversion has been completed and the new website is up and running at www.atlarge.icann.org! There's still much to do though: 1. We will begin to change the menu structure on both the sides and the top to make things more intuitive. A number of documents also need to be changed from one long piece of text (like the main page) to individual 'pieces' of standalone text. The integration of forums and mailing lists for a two-way link between them is also pending. As those things are done we will also: 2. start migration a lot of the wiki content over to the main site - and also migrate the calendar from Google calendar 3. We'll create the regional sub-sites, so that it will become possible to allow community contribution of material to the site. 4. We'll start to 'turn on' features such as: RSS-feeds of blogs of members of the community related to ICANN (we will put out a call for those of you with blogs to send your URLs in - but hang on; we're not ready quite yet. I hope that you are all as excited by this milestone as I am. It has been a year in the making, and it may still look a bit like the old site - but we've now got a solid foundation to build a truly collaborative future! -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 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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