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Re: [EURO-Discuss] [At-Large] Preparing for Lisbon: Resolutions from At-Large to the larger community?
by Nick Ashton-Hart March 2, 2007

March 2, 2007

To the extent that the effort involves purely coordination, I can help with that - chasing people for contributions etc. The development of the draft text is, I would submit, perhaps best done in the first instance by those in ALAC familiar with the issues in question, and only by the staff in the case that nobody has the time to do this work (though, perhaps, as these first drafts are just that - drafts - and completely subject to amendment, perhaps in some ways it is less important who is the first drafter... I have put a first-draft of an Agenda together for the ALAC teleconference on the ALAC Working Wiki. On 01/03/07, Vittorio Bertola <vb(a)bertola.eu> wrote: > Nick Ashton-Hart ha scritto: > > Dear All: > > > > May I suggest to you that the At-Large community has a unique > > opportunity at the upcoming Lisbon meeting to agree a few resolutions > > on key issues which are in the public and icann policy 'Eye' at the > > moment. With at least two RALO MoUs being concluded, and likely the > > European one too, the conference will have a big spotlight on the > > community. > > I think that your suggestion is good. > I also think that we desperately need leadership to this effect. > Annette's illness is unfortunate, and we need someone to write down a > todo list with actions and deadlines, force people to sign up for items, > and push them until they deliver on time. And we need it now, if we want > to make it by Lisbon. > As all volunteer groups, this is an individual-driven effort, so I would > suggest that any of us who feels like doing it, and especially those who > would like to serve as Vice Chairs, takes this task upon him/her. > (I mean - I can do it if you wish, but we really need to create new > leadership, not rely on the old one...) > -- > vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- > --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <-------- > -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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Preparing for Lisbon: Resolutions from At-Large to the larger community?
by Nick Ashton-Hart March 1, 2007

March 1, 2007

Dear All: May I suggest to you that the At-Large community has a unique opportunity at the upcoming Lisbon meeting to agree a few resolutions on key issues which are in the public and icann policy 'Eye' at the moment. With at least two RALO MoUs being concluded, and likely the European one too, the conference will have a big spotlight on the community. I submit for you all to consider that this spotlight could be used by the community to focus attention on the issues which you care about. There could for example be resolutions on: 1) Domain Tasting - the negative consequences to end-users which many in the community have highlighted and a call for the GNSO and ICANN Board to begin a PDP as an urgent matter; 2) Registry and Registrar performance - the issue of Registerfly has brought to the fore issues of enforcement and the role of ICANN in enforcing these contracts. A resolution could highlight these and call for action; a number of proposed actions have been mooted on community lists. There's also the issue of switching registrars and the difficulty that poses for people which has been brought up in the African discussion lists By resolution, I mean something brief - one page per issue - in the style of a UN resolution with adjectives leading each paragraph of a preamble section, and then a section with specific recommendations for action (not in great detail necessarily but the high-level principles or actions which should be made). At the ALAC monthly teleconference on 6th March, could the committee perhaps propose to discuss this? If one member of the committee could draft a one-page document on the above structure to be completed within a week, then there would be time to send it out to all the regions for their review and comment, and then at Lisbon the two regions present and the ALAC could agree a final text and release it to the rest of ICANN. If nobody on the ALAC is able to do the drafting, I'm happy to do a draft as a "backup drafter" and then forward it to be reviewed. I hope this will not be thought presumptuous. I don't wish to 'take over' the policy work of the community, but I do see a real opportunity for the community to make a big splash of substance at the next meeting and wouldn't like to see that opportunity lost or wasted. At the same time I do understand that people are all volunteers and I'm happy to help in any way I can. There are those - even in the community - who do not believe the At- Large community has the ability to influence ICANN's work. I do not believe they're right, but it seems to me one of the best ways to find out is to take a strong stand and suggest proactive steps to improve things. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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Annette
by Nick Ashton-Hart March 1, 2007

March 1, 2007

Just FYI, I did speak to Annette late last week and she's still on the mend from a lung infection. Anyone who has had one of these will know that they take time and complete rest to get rid of, and she's wisely being sensible and resting. She did say she hopes at some point this week to begin to get back into the swing of things. I'm in Indonesia with the AP RALO formation efforts but will call her on the weekend to get a health update. I will pass along everyone's best wishes :) -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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African Region finishes its MoU
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 28, 2007

Feb. 28, 2007

For those who don't already know this, the African ALS Community finished their MoU with ICANN and it went off to the Office of the General Counsel late last week. The European ALS community will also be meeting in Lisbon and are committed to finishing work on their MoU and Bylaws there - making three (!) new RALOs at one ICANN Meeting. Congratulations on all the hard work :) February has turned out to be a good month for the At-Large community :) -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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Fwd: AP-RALO completed MoU and OP Today
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 28, 2007

Feb. 28, 2007

I thought the wider At-Large world would be keen to hear the good news from Asia today. Congratulations to the AP At-Large Community :) It was great to meet you all and I look forward to helping to facilitate your making a difference for a long time to come :) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Izumi AIZU <iza(a)anr.org> Date: 28-Feb-2007 22:57 Subject: [APAC-Discuss] AP-RALO completed MoU and OP To: Interim ALAC <alac(a)icann.org>, Asia-Pacific Discuss < apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Dear all, I would like to take this opportunity to report that AP RALO formation meeting here in Bali during APRICOt took place today, and I am pleased to share that we have completed most of the tasks for the formation, we reached the consensus on Draft MoU with ICANN, and also on Operating Principles. 12 ALS representative out of 13 gathered here and we put our initiating signatures to the documents, to be submitted to the ICANN Board. We could not complete the selection of new ALAC members and officers, but agreed with the selection schedule, including the nomination starting shortly, for a week, etc. The official announcment should come any time soon together with the minutes of our meeting. As one of "interim" members of ALAC together with Ms. Hong Xue from AP region, I personally feel greatful to all the support and active involvement of all ALS members here in our region, as well as staff support, and also all the friendly advices and suport from larger ALAC friends in other regions and othe ICANN community memebrs. Nom-com designated Siavash did the great job of charing the session of the entire day. Special thanks to Siavash! Well, the real tasks will be still there, and not easy, but I hope we will eventually make rational and meaningful steps to bring the voices of individual users in this region to the ICANN policy process. izumi _______________________________________________ APAC-Discuss mailing list APAC-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/apac-discuss_atlarge-lists.… -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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Asia Pacific At-Large community meeting Feb 28th
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 25, 2007

Feb. 25, 2007

Dear All: The Asia Pacific At-Large community is engaging in their final-stage negotiations on the contents of their MoU with ICANN on February 28th, in a meeting that is part of the APRICOT 2007 Conference in Bali, Indonesia. The meeting documents are all available online via the www.apralo.org website. I look forward to meeting the regional representatives in a couple of days! Baher Esmat and Save Vocea from the Global Partnerships team will be at the meeting too, alongside other events they are a part of at APRICOT. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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REMINDER: Deadline approaching for ICANN Lisbon Travel Support Requests
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 25, 2007

Feb. 25, 2007

Dear European ALSes: The deadline to apply for travel support to attend the ICANN International Meeting in Lisbon in March approaches - it is 26th March. I am rather concerned to find that only one request for travel support has yet been received. Further, virtually no comments have been seen on the list related to the substantive work of the region for the Lisbon meeting. The Lisbon meeting will be a great opportunity for the region to discuss the issues it cares about, to conclude the work of organising the RALO, and to meet the many other stakeholders of ICANN. Further, we're hard at work arranging briefing and discussion sessions for the At-Large representatives who will be there on issues such as transfer of domains between registrars and the problems thereof, and the impacts of domain tasting on users. I have been asked by the conference organising staff, and by Denise, about the probability that the European region will be able to conclude work on its MoU in Lisbon, as we must schedule time to recognise the achievement ideally during the public sessions, and the timing in those sessions is very tight. The lack of activity on the lists, and the lack of travel support requests, certainly is not encouraging. The African RALO is going to be recognised in a substantial way as their MoU will be signed at Lisbon. It is likely that the Asia Pacific Region's MoU will be done, and this recognised in some way, at Lisbon as well (though of course the region may wish to have the more formal recognition of this achievement at the October meeting in the AP region. It would be a great thing for the At-Large community worldwide for Europe to also be in a position to have its MoU signed. I hope that the community will find the time and energy to make this happen and of course we will help you however we can. We will begin to ring round the ALS community to find out where things stand in the next few days. The text of the invitation, and the form, is attached. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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Re: [EURO-Discuss] General Assembly
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 22, 2007

Feb. 22, 2007

As I remember, it was: 1) ALSes 2) Non-als orgs (non-voting observers) 3) Individual members (voting) On 22/02/07, Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette(a)wz-berlin.de> wrote: > > I am interested in the composition of the General Assembly because of > the draft language below: > > "Only those ALSes, and, to the extent voting rights are extended to > individual members of EURALO as determined by the General Assembly of > EURALO under rules as it shall determine," > > Even if we don't have the most recent version of the bylaws available, > can you give me a rough idea how the general assembly will be composed? > > thank you, jeanette > > > Nick Ashton-Hart wrote: > > That would be defined in the Bylaws of the EURALO. > > > > On 22/02/07, *Jeanette Hofmann* <jeanette(a)wz-berlin.de > > <mailto:jeanette@wz-berlin.de>> wrote: > > > > Hi, I have searched the draft MoU for a definition of the General > > Assembly but couldn't find one. > > How can I find out about the composition and function of the General > > Assembly? > > > > best, jeanette > > > > _______________________________________________ > > EURO-Discuss mailing list > > EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > <mailto:EURO-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> > > > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists.… > > < > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists.… > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Nick Ashton-Hart > > PO Box 32160 > > London N4 2XY > > United Kingdom > > UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 > > USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 > > Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 > > mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 > > Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com <mailto:ashtonhart@hotmail.com> / > > AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com <mailto:nashtonhart@mac.com> / Skype: > > nashtonhart > > Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart > -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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Re: [EURO-Discuss] General Assembly
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 22, 2007

Feb. 22, 2007

That would be defined in the Bylaws of the EURALO. On 22/02/07, Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette(a)wz-berlin.de> wrote: > > Hi, I have searched the draft MoU for a definition of the General > Assembly but couldn't find one. > How can I find out about the composition and function of the General > Assembly? > > best, jeanette > > _______________________________________________ > EURO-Discuss mailing list > EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists.… > -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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General Assembly
by Jeanette Hofmann Feb. 22, 2007

Feb. 22, 2007

Hi, I have searched the draft MoU for a definition of the General Assembly but couldn't find one. How can I find out about the composition and function of the General Assembly? best, jeanette

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