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Summary Minutes EURALO Call 18 January 2011
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 24, 2011

Jan. 24, 2011

Dear All, The summary minutes and action items from yesterday¹s EURALO call are now available at: https://community.icann.org/display/EURALO/EURALO+18.01.2011+Teleconference You also find the summary minutes attached below. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org Summary Minutes 18 January 2011 Participants: Wolf Ludwig, Manuel Schneider, Olivier Crepin-Leblond, Sandra Hoferichter, Yjro Lansipuro, Oksana Prykhodko, Sebastien Bachollet, Christopher Wilkinson, Annette Muhlberg Apologies: Rudi Vansnick, Lutz Donnerhacke Staff: Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger Review of Summary Minutes and Action Items from Last Meeting AI: Staff will send the links to the proposed Bylaw modifications and comments to the EURALO list and ask the EURALO members to read the documents prior to the call and give feedback on the currently proposed changes. DONE Wolf: There were comments from several of our members on the proposed Bylaw modifications. Open Public Consultations Recently submitted ALAC statements: Draft 2011-2014 Strategic Plan Wolf: We forwarded our input on the Draft 2011 Strategic Plan to the ALAC and as far as I know, most of our suggestions made it into to the ALAC statement. Olivier: Kurt Pritz introduced this issue on 16 November to EURALO. We then drafted an ALAC statement based on the input from the RALOs. Unfortunately, the comment period ended shortly after the Holiday season. ICANN has to think more carefully about the timing of its public consultations. Next year, I suggest that we start in late October/early November. We hope we will receive a positive answer on most of our recommendations and we did ask for feedback from the Board on our submission. Draft Final Report on Policy Aspects Regarding Introduction of Single Character IDN TLDs Olivier: This was originally drafted by James Seng and modified by Edmon Chung. Chines, Japanes and Korean speakers are highly affected by this issue. The ALAC submitted the statement in time. Discuss possible Bylaw Modifications Wolf: This is an initiative that stems from some time ago and was a major issue at the GA in Vilnius. Modifications to include individual members Wolf: Olivier, Sebastien and myself are in favor of option B. Annette: I think it is strange to have an ALS where the only commonality is that all members are unaffiliated individuals. Christopher: I have had similar reservations, however, in this occassion I think this is the ideal solution in this particular case. Yjro: I agree with Christopher. Wolf: Most seem to prefer option B because it is more practial. Sandra: I agree with Annette. We need to respect Europe's diversity. It might be more practical for EURALO or the ALAC but it is not very practical for the unaffiliated individuals. Olivier: Actually, if you look at option A, unaffiliated members would still need to organise themselves. Options B does not differ very much in terms of the internal structure of the unaffiliated member constituency. Another concern I have with regards to option A has to do with a certain competition. Why should an interested individual join an ALS when it could just become an unaffiliated individual? If you just want to be heard, it might be easier to become an unaffiliated member. I think we need to encourage the ALS structure. Wolf: Option A requires the unaffiliated members to organise themselves more rigorously. If we want option A, we need to modifiy our MOU with ICANN. Annette: I don't think changing the ICANN MOU would be a difficult issue. Wolf: If we choose to go for option A, we would have to go through a public consultation process which would require much more time and resources than option B. Yrjo: I am inclined towards Olivier's argument. As he noted, unaffiliated individuals would still need to organise themselves according to option A. Wolf: Option B offers an additional option to joining an existing ALS. Sandra: If we go with option B, I think we need to include rules that ensure that we preserve Europe's diversity. Wolf: According to my understanding, if we go for option B, we would still have time until the end of April to improve and complete proposal B. The suggested modification need to be completed four weeks in advance of the GA end of May. Annette: Perhaps we should include a clause to review option B in, say, two years. Wolf: I think this is a good idea. Olivier: I support Sandra's idea. It would be EURALO's job to write the Bylaws for this ALS. I support the idea that this ALS has to go trough a review process, perhaps one after two years and then every two years if they wish to continue the reviews. Wolf: In summary, we agree to move ahead with option B. In the months to come we will work on the details of option B before we submit it to our members before our next GA. Modifications on Term limits for Board members and Officers Sebastien: There are two point here. We need more people involved and many EURALO people are involved in many different fora such as the NomCom, the ALAC, the Board etc. I support having no term limits for Board members and a limit of 3 consecutive terms for the Board Officers. Annette agrees. Olivier: what term limits do the other RALOs have? An overview of the RALO instruments is available at: https://community.icann.org/display/Improve/Overview+RALO+Instruments Olivier: I support that we discuss this in Belgrade. EURALO is still in start-up mode and term limits is great when you have many candidates. Also, spending a lot of time working for free will always make it difficult to find volunteers. I suggest that we we suspend term limits for the forseeable future, say 3 -5 years, to help EURALO grow further. This would not make it necessary to revert our decisison a couple of years from now. Wolf: I like this proposal. We would make a proposal for a temporary solution to our members in Belgrade. Annette: Don't we have to make a decision now? Wolf: We have to prepare ourselves for the election in Belgrade and we need a workable solution. If EURALO decides not to change its term limits, I could volunteer to be the interim solution after Belgrade. AI: The EURALO leaders will propose an interim solution regarding officer term limits to the EURALO GA in Belgrade. Additional areas for possible Bylaw modifications identified by Sebastien Wolf: Sebatien pointed out other areas for possible revision. However, I think we need to finalize the proposed modifications as they are most pressing at the moment. Sebastien: I agree with this timeline but we do need to look at the rest of our Bylaws. Wolf: I think we should look at that at the subsequent GA. Annette: We should not spend too much time on our Bylaws. Are those changes crucial, Sebastien? Sebastien: Well, there are some officer positions according to our Bylaws that we never implemented such as a treasurerer. Annette: But why not go the other way? Why not try live according to our Bylaws. Sebastien: The current Bylaws are based on the idea that we will have a budget and this will not be the case in the forseeabe future. Wolf: Perhaps we should have a taskforce to look at the Bylaws in detail. We should have another look at our Bylaws. Modifications to align EURALO Board and ALAC representative elections There was general agreement that the elections should be aligned as proposed under:https://community.icann.org/display/EURALO/Bylaw+changes+to+align+the+ elections+of+the+EURALO+Board+with+the+ALAC+representative The proposed modification will be presented to the GA for consideration in Belgrade. EURALO Input to Work Team C SWOT Analysis Olivier: There is a wiki workspace where we collect the input from the EURALO ALSes at:https://community.icann.org/display/Improve/EURALO+input+into+WT+C+SWOT+a nalyses Olivier: I hope that somebody volunteers to take care of this and collect the ALS comments. Wolf: I encourage you to look at this URL and submit your ideas before we review them during the next call. AI: Staff will add an agenda item on the SWOT analysis for the next EURALO call. EURALO Position on Geographic Region Interim Report Wolf: There were a lot of discussion on this in Cartagena. Also, in EURALO we had instances where the ICANN Geographic regions did not seem to reflect political realities, such was the case with the ALS application from Azerbaijan last year. If we formulate a regional position, we need to do so before the end of the month. I suggest forming a task force to discuss this further and draft a EURALO statement. Yjro volunteered to participate in this taskforce. Olivier: I suggest putting out a call to the EURALO list to get more input. AI: Staff will work with Wolf and Olivier on a call for volunteers to join the EURALO Geographic Regions Statement WG. AI: Staff will carry over the agenda item on the Outreach Recommendations from At-Large Improvements WT-B to the next call. Recent and Upcoming Activities of ALAC and EURALO Members Olivier gave a summary of the current activities of the ALAC. Heidi pointed out that the budget requests for the coming fiscal year will need to be finalized shortly. Staff will send out an detailed email. The meeting was then adjourned.

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WG: ICANN 41 Fellowship Applications
by Wolf Ludwig Jan. 23, 2011

Jan. 23, 2011

Dear all, for anybody interested in the ICANN Fellowship program for the ICANN meeting in June in Amman/Jordan, below you can find further infos from Janice Douma Lange and links for application. Kind regards, Wolf Janice Douma Lange sent Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:38: >Happy Weekend Everyone! > >Wanted to reach out to this diverse group of ICANN community members, to remind you that the ICANN 41 / Amman Jordan Meeting Fellowship Applications are currently live, and I would encourage you to reach out to your networks around the world, to engage any eligible candidates to go to the ICANN Announcement page<http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-14jan11-en.htm> where the link to the Fellowship page, and the online application can be found. > >Regarding eligibility, an ICANN fellowship is a grant of support which is awarded to enable individuals from stakeholder groups around the world to attend ICANN meetings. This is a means tested program so applicants must be citizens of economically eligible countries. Currently, we use the World Bank classification<http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/DATASTATISTICS/0,,contentMDK:20421…> of low, lower-middle, and upper-middle economies. > >Thank you all for your support and outreach, > >Janice > 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] EURO-Discuss Digest, Vol 51, Issue 13
by Oksana Prykhodko Jan. 21, 2011

Jan. 21, 2011

Dear all, Thank you very much for extremely useful discussion of EURALO by-laws - we will discuss them in Ukraine with other ISOC Ukraine chapter activists. I would be happy to participate in EURALO Geo Regions WG, and I am ready to present not only Ukrainian Internet community, bit both Russian and Armenian, especially in regards to Cyrillic domains. We are working on common rules for them It's extremely important for us to deliver our concerns to ICANN and to receive any advices and help from other ccTLDs. Best, Oksana 2011/1/20 <euro-discuss-request(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>: > Send EURO-Discuss mailing list submissions to > euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > euro-discuss-request(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > euro-discuss-owner(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of EURO-Discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Call for volunteers to join EURALO Geo Regions WG (Wolf Ludwig) > 2. Re: Call for volunteers to join EURALO Geo Regions WG > (Christopher Wilkinson) > 3. Re: Summary Minutes EURALO Call 18 January 2011 > (Christopher Wilkinson) > 4. Re: Call for volunteers to join EURALO Geo Regions WG > (sandra hoferichter) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:50:45 +0100 > From: Wolf Ludwig <wolf.ludwig(a)comunica-ch.net> > Subject: [EURO-Discuss] Call for volunteers to join EURALO Geo Regions > WG > To: Discussion for At-Large Europe > <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Cc: At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> > Message-ID: > <1295455845-3829edc33cf1b4327a1a045c724ed361(a)comunica-ch.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear All, > > As discussed during the EURALO call yesterday, we are now calling for volunteers to help develop the EURALO position on ICANN?s Geographic Regions. > > The first task will be to provide input for the public consultation on the interim report of the Geographic Regions Review Working Group which ends on 30 January 2011. However, the working group will remain active even after the close of the consultation period and prepare a more comprehensive position paper in view of the final Geographic Review report. > > In addition to issues of direct concern to EURALO, such as the membership criteria for the European region, we will also look at the global implications of ICANN?s geographic model. In light of the shift in world population and, in particular, the world?s Internet users during the past 10 years, a re-assessment of ICANN?s geographic regions seems adequate. > > Background material: > You can find important background material, including the recording of the Geographic Regions workshop in Cartagena and a PPT presentation given by Cheryl Langdon-Orr, on the At-Large Geographic Regions Review Workspace at: > https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Interim+Report+of+Geographic+Re… > > Current members of the EURALO working group: > Olivier Cr?pin-Leblond > Wolf Ludwig > Yjr? L?nsipuro > > For anybody interested in joining us, we created a Doodle poll to find a suitable date and time for discussion ? please enter your availabilities or preferences below: > http://doodle.com/aazherwmx6pycxxt > > If we are a small group with Skype connections each, we could do it in a Skype group call. > > Please reply to this email if you would like to join this working group. > > Thanks and kind regards, > Matthias Langenegger and Wolf Ludwig > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:15:53 +0100 > From: Christopher Wilkinson <cw(a)christopherwilkinson.eu> > Subject: Re: [EURO-Discuss] Call for volunteers to join EURALO Geo > Regions WG > To: Discussion for At-Large Europe > <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Cc: At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> > Message-ID: > <90C1B0A2-6DF3-4E67-BF73-5F06E72E9704(a)christopherwilkinson.eu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; > delsp=yes > > Okay. I have done the doodle. > > CW > > > On 19 Jan 2011, at 17:50, Wolf Ludwig wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> As discussed during the EURALO call yesterday, we are now calling >> for volunteers to help develop the EURALO position on ICANN?s >> Geographic Regions. >> >> The first task will be to provide input for the public consultation >> on the interim report of the Geographic Regions Review Working Group >> which ends on 30 January 2011. However, the working group will >> remain active even after the close of the consultation period and >> prepare a more comprehensive position paper in view of the final >> Geographic Review report. >> >> In addition to issues of direct concern to EURALO, such as the >> membership criteria for the European region, we will also look at >> the global implications of ICANN?s geographic model. In light of the >> shift in world population and, in particular, the world?s Internet >> users during the past 10 years, a re-assessment of ICANN?s >> geographic regions seems adequate. >> >> Background material: >> You can find important background material, including the recording >> of the Geographic Regions workshop in Cartagena and a PPT >> presentation given by Cheryl Langdon-Orr, on the At-Large Geographic >> Regions Review Workspace at: >> https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Interim+Report+of+Geographic+Re… >> >> Current members of the EURALO working group: >> Olivier Cr?pin-Leblond >> Wolf Ludwig >> Yjr? L?nsipuro >> >> For anybody interested in joining us, we created a Doodle poll to >> find a suitable date and time for discussion ? please enter your >> availabilities or preferences below: >> http://doodle.com/aazherwmx6pycxxt >> >> If we are a small group with Skype connections each, we could do it >> in a Skype group call. >> >> Please reply to this email if you would like to join this working >> group. >> >> Thanks and kind regards, >> Matthias Langenegger and Wolf Ludwig >> >> 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 >> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss >> >> Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:40:35 +0100 > From: Christopher Wilkinson <cw(a)christopherwilkinson.eu> > Subject: Re: [EURO-Discuss] Summary Minutes EURALO Call 18 January > 2011 > To: Discussion for At-Large Europe > <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Message-ID: > <8063FB8B-430B-48B3-9C68-14FBBC55B1A2(a)christopherwilkinson.eu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > Good evening: > > Thankyou for these detailed and informative minutes. > > Under the matter of individual members, and the comments from Annette > and Yrjo, among others, > I did not say that Option B was "ideal". If anything I said that I > supported it although it was "not ideal". > > I must say, that in this and other contexts, and as a general > proposition, At Large and EURALO should concentrate our substantive > debates on the policy issues affecting the user interest in ICANN. > Our internal procedural matters are usually quite secondary, > particularly as most of the final outcomes will not be "ideal" because > they have to reflect a workable consensus - without undue delay - > which allows us to get on with the substantive work. > > Just a thought, > > CW > > PS: WIth my apologies for leaving the call yesterday evening, early. > > > > > > > > > > > On 19 Jan 2011, at 12:03, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> I am really happy about the progress which was made in that call. Well >> done everyone. >> For anyone who has not managed to make it, please take 3 minutes to >> read >> through the minutes on: >> >> https://community.icann.org/display/EURALO/Summary+Minutes+18+January+2011 >> >> If you have any query on any of the subjects discussed, please do not >> hesitate to ask them here. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Olivier >> >> Le 19/01/2011 09:59, ICANN At-Large Staff a ?crit : >>> Dear All, >>> >>> The summary minutes and action items from yesterday?s EURALO call >>> are now >>> available at: >>> https://community.icann.org/display/EURALO/EURALO+18.01.2011+Teleconference >>> >>> You also find the summary minutes attached below. >>> >> >> -- >> Olivier MJ Cr?pin-Leblond, PhD >> http://www.gih.com/ocl.html >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> EURO-Discuss mailing list >> EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss >> >> Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:44:13 +0100 > From: "sandra hoferichter" <info(a)hoferichter.eu> > Subject: Re: [EURO-Discuss] Call for volunteers to join EURALO Geo > Regions WG > To: "'Discussion for At-Large Europe'" > <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Cc: 'At-Large Staff' <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> > Message-ID: <003a01cbb87e$38581d80$a9085880$@eu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Dear all, > > I would be really interested to participate in this group, but to be realistic while looking at my schedule, it will be not possible until end January. (I am busy to organise a quite big event in Germany 27th/31th of January, dedicated to the "Saver Internet Day" on. (www.mitteldeutsches-internetforum.de) After this period I will be able to contribute, so if my input is welcome thereafter I would be happy to join this group. Nevertheless I filled into the doodle. > > Best Sandra > > -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: euro-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] Im Auftrag von Wolf Ludwig > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 19. Januar 2011 17:51 > An: Discussion for At-Large Europe > Cc: At-Large Staff > Betreff: [EURO-Discuss] Call for volunteers to join EURALO Geo Regions WG > > Dear All, > > As discussed during the EURALO call yesterday, we are now calling for volunteers to help develop the EURALO position on ICANN?s Geographic Regions. > > The first task will be to provide input for the public consultation on the interim report of the Geographic Regions Review Working Group which ends on 30 January 2011. However, the working group will remain active even after the close of the consultation period and prepare a more comprehensive position paper in view of the final Geographic Review report. > > In addition to issues of direct concern to EURALO, such as the membership criteria for the European region, we will also look at the global implications of ICANN?s geographic model. In light of the shift in world population and, in particular, the world?s Internet users during the past 10 years, a re-assessment of ICANN?s geographic regions seems adequate. > > Background material: > You can find important background material, including the recording of the Geographic Regions workshop in Cartagena and a PPT presentation given by Cheryl Langdon-Orr, on the At-Large Geographic Regions Review Workspace at: > https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Interim+Report+of+Geographic+Re… > > Current members of the EURALO working group: > Olivier Cr?pin-Leblond > Wolf Ludwig > Yjr? L?nsipuro > > For anybody interested in joining us, we created a Doodle poll to find a suitable date and time for discussion ? please enter your availabilities or preferences below: > http://doodle.com/aazherwmx6pycxxt > > If we are a small group with Skype connections each, we could do it in a Skype group call. > > Please reply to this email if you would like to join this working group. > > Thanks and kind regards, > Matthias Langenegger and Wolf Ludwig > > 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 > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss > > Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > EURO-Discuss mailing list > EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss > > > End of EURO-Discuss Digest, Vol 51, Issue 13 > ******************************************** >

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Call for volunteers to join EURALO Geo Regions WG
by Wolf Ludwig Jan. 20, 2011

Jan. 20, 2011

Dear All, As discussed during the EURALO call yesterday, we are now calling for volunteers to help develop the EURALO position on ICANN’s Geographic Regions. The first task will be to provide input for the public consultation on the interim report of the Geographic Regions Review Working Group which ends on 30 January 2011. However, the working group will remain active even after the close of the consultation period and prepare a more comprehensive position paper in view of the final Geographic Review report. In addition to issues of direct concern to EURALO, such as the membership criteria for the European region, we will also look at the global implications of ICANN’s geographic model. In light of the shift in world population and, in particular, the world’s Internet users during the past 10 years, a re-assessment of ICANN’s geographic regions seems adequate. Background material: You can find important background material, including the recording of the Geographic Regions workshop in Cartagena and a PPT presentation given by Cheryl Langdon-Orr, on the At-Large Geographic Regions Review Workspace at: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Interim+Report+of+Geographic+Re… Current members of the EURALO working group: Olivier Crépin-Leblond Wolf Ludwig Yjrö Länsipuro For anybody interested in joining us, we created a Doodle poll to find a suitable date and time for discussion – please enter your availabilities or preferences below: http://doodle.com/aazherwmx6pycxxt If we are a small group with Skype connections each, we could do it in a Skype group call. Please reply to this email if you would like to join this working group. Thanks and kind regards, Matthias Langenegger and Wolf Ludwig 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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WG: [IRP] Calls for applications for Diplo IG foundation courses: registration now open
by Wolf Ludwig Jan. 19, 2011

Jan. 19, 2011

Dear all, as mentioned at today’s EURALO call under the agenda item feed back and reports from the ALAC Work Teams on improvements -- particularly WT B discussing empowerment and capacity building – below please find a recent announcement from DiploFoundation on their next Capacity Development Programme on Internet Governance (IG) etc. Please forward this information to your RALO communities. Thanks and kind regards, Wolf ____ Ginger Paque sent Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:20: DiploFoundation’s 2011 foundation courses in Internet Governance and ICT are now open for applications. A call for applications for Diplo's ACP Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Internet Governance (IG) Capacity Development Programme Foundation Course has been issued to all government and sub-regional/regional institutions of ACP countries involved in ICT and IG policy as well as civil society, business, academia, media, and other interested individuals or groups. This 12-week online course is designed to improve ICT- and IG-related knowledge and skills for participants mainly from ACP countries and to assist them in participating in global decision-shaping debates on IG. The programme also facilitates community-building among individuals with different national, cultural, and professional backgrounds. Complete information is available here, and is also available in the attached .pdf file IGICT4ACP11 Call for Applications. More information about the ACP Programme is available on Diplo's ACP website. In a parallel programme for applicants from non-ACP countries, DiploFoundation is currently accepting applications for the 2011 Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme (IGCBP11) Foundation Course. Complete information is available here, and is available in the attached .pdf file IGCBP11 Call for Applications. Visit Diplo's Internet governance website for more information about the IG programme. Applications for both courses close on 12 February 2011.   Ginger (Virginia) Paque IGCBP Online Coordinator DiploFoundation www.diplomacy.edu/ig _____ 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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REMINDER: EURALO Teleconference Tuesday, 18 January 2011 at 1700 UTC.
by Marilyn Vernon Jan. 18, 2011

Jan. 18, 2011

Dear All, The next EURALO teleconference is scheduled for Tuesday, 18 January 2011 at 1700 UTC. The agenda and call details can be found at: https://community.icann.org/display/EURALO/EURALO+18.01.2011+Teleconference If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org <applewebdata://AB942296-3FCE-4373-AB63-0C0440EEAF3B/staff@atlarge.icann.org > . Thank you. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff

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Please Review Suggested EURALO Bylaw Modifications
by Matthias Langenegger Jan. 14, 2011

Jan. 14, 2011

Dear All, During the next EURALO call on Tuesday, there will be a discussion on the suggested EURALO Bylaw modifications. Please take a couple of minutes in advance of the call to review and comment on the three suggested EURALO Bylaw modifications: Inclusion of individual members The two proposals for including individual members in the EURALO structure are listed at: https://community.icann.org/display/EURALO/Options+to+include+individual+me… Modification of term limits for Board members and Officer The three options on EURALO Board member and Officer limits are listed at: https://community.icann.org/display/EURALO/Options+to+Change+EURALO+Term+Li… Alignment of EURALO Board and ALAC member election cycles The two suggested Bylaw modifications to align the EURALO Board and ALAC member elections are listed at: https://community.icann.org/display/EURALO/Bylaw+changes+to+align+the+elect… Please submit your comments either on this mailing list or by leaving a comment on the wiki pages (click on “add comment” at the bottom of the page). The three draft modifications outlined above were identified during the EURALO GA in Vilnius. In addition to that, some suggested that EURALO should look at a more extensive revision of its Bylaws as there are some parts that are irrelevant to current practice. You can download Sebastien Bachollet’s suggested modifications at: https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/7930116/EURALO+Bylaws+comm… During the call on Tuesday, there will be further discussion on this. You can find the full agenda for Tuesday at: https://community.icann.org/display/EURALO/EURALO+18.01.2011+Teleconference Kind Regards, -- Matthias Langenegger Manager, At-Large Regional Affairs 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

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Statement on 2011-2014 Strategic Plan / thanks for your input
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond Jan. 12, 2011

Jan. 12, 2011

Dear European RALO and RALO members, as you have read in a separate note, I have recently filed an At-Large Statement on behalf of the At-Large constituency about the 2011-2014 Strategic Plan. On behalf of the ALAC Executive Committee, I wanted to thank you very much for feeding your regional input into the process. This year, the scheduling of comment period and all its process was changed by ICANN in order to give the At-Large community an earlier opportunity to be directly involved with the ICANN process. Unfortunately, this ended up running during the holiday period and we therefore had to work under pressure. Even with such a time pressure, the response we have had was very good. A lesson learned for next year is that we will leave more time for RALOs to bring their input and discuss it. In fact, you will notice that we have made a comment about this in our statement too. In the meantime, I wanted to congratulate European RALO Leaders for their fast turn-around and At-Large Structures in the region for their response. It doesn't stop here. The information that the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) uses to draft those Statements comes from you. Your involvement will therefore always be much appreciated and we therefore hope that you will continue being an active part in the process. If you have missed the chance to comment this time, we look forward to hearing from you the next time round. Warm regards, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond ALAC Chair

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WG: EURALO input in Strategic Plan Comments
by Wolf Ludwig Jan. 11, 2011

Jan. 11, 2011

Dear all, on the basis of the inputs we received from some of our members until the narrow deadline of last weekend, Olivier compiled an excellent statement on behalf of EURALO -- what will be reflected in the ALAC statement now. Below please find the text of the EURALO input. Best, Wolf __________ Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote Mon, 10 Jan 2011 02:33: >EURALO Comments >(drafted from input by a several EURALO ALSes) > >On the Process > >This year has seen a new calendar for the development, presentation and >feedback process of the ICANN Strategic Plan. With the introduction of >IDNs, ICANN has truly demonstrated its efforts towards local communities. >At Large also needs to reflect sensitivity towards its local >communities, especially since it draws among the capabilities and >capacity of a volunteer base. The new published planning phase diagram >shows comment periods in November 2010, February 2011 and May 2011. >Nonetheless, the current Draft ICANN Strategic Plan was published at the >end of November, opening a comment period spanning the month of December >2010 and the early part of January 2011. The enabling environment >required to obtain quality input from communities worldwide must be >times in regards when a volunteer community can be mobilised. Thanks to >busy religious and festive calendars giving rise to holiday periods for >a significant percentage of the world's population, the months of >December, January, July and August are not such times. On the other >hand, Spring is good; Autumn is good. The calendar for comments as >important as those towards the ICANN Strategic Plan would therefore need >to be studied further and amended appropriately in order to have full >community feedback. > > >On the Contents of the Draft Strategic Plan 2011-2014 > >EURALO fully support the initiatives described in the ICANN Strategic >Plan for 2011-2014. >It is the view of several ALSes that the document contains a good deal >of stable material which has improved year on year, and this year's >version continues in the same direction. This is appreciated by ALSes. > >Rather than commenting on all four Strategic Focus Areas, EURALO has >this year focussed on the "Healthy Internet Ecosystem". > >Of prime importance in this section, is the issue of accountability and >transparency, including public participation. Whilst this section is >well furnished with key focus points, a vacuum exists through the lack >of mention of the eventual role of At Large in public participation and >accountability. This has not been raised either in the ATRT Report. >At Large would welcome working with ICANN to define this together in >time for it to be included in future Strategic Plans. > >Empowerment of local communities is essential for capacity building. At >Large, with its structure of Regional At Large Organisations (RALOs) and >local ALSes plays a key role in this regional empowerment and this >appears to have not been pinpointed in the current plan. Indeed, there >is no mention of "outreach", nor "inreach" of communities; no plan on >how to reach those communities. > >A first step to outreach is the fellowship programme as well as the >provision of on-line workshops and material to educate community leaders >and participants about ICANN. This is a key brick in the building of >stable international relationships and an efficient bottom-up decision >process. > >We therefore re-iterate At Large's plan of reaching out to communities >worldwide so as to have One ALS per country. Currently At Large has 130 >ALSes worldwide in more than 80 countries around the world. This unique >resource needs to grow to cover every country in the world. That said, >this unique resource also needs to be sustained. We are working hard to >define better or more suitable ways of public participation and one of >the tools used to keep ALSes, the grassroots of the whole ICANN >eco-system, empowered, is the regular staging of Localised General >Assemblies (GAs), as well as At Large Summits. >General Assemblies are important for local capacity building. So far, >they have been organised ad-hoc with little or no budget in conjunction >with an ICANN meeting taking place in the region. Some RALOs have >organised their GA with no budget whatsoever outside the realm of ICANN >and physical participation has been low because volunteers already >offering their time for free cannot be asked to pay costs except when >taken care of by other means. >The ICANN At Large Review specified the need for one local General >Assembly per year per region and this should therefore be reflected in >the ICANN Strategic plan as part of a healthy Internet eco-system. > >The At Large Summit taking place in Mexico City in 2009 was widely >acknowledged by all, to have been a key factor in the capacity building >of At Large leading to the ability of the ALAC to produce quality output >to the standard expected by the ICANN Board. Whilst it was a textbook >demonstration of ALS empowerment, it also demonstrated how communities >worldwide can focus their attention on key challenging subjects and find >solutions together by consensus. This synergy needs to be repeated as >part of At Large in-reach. Its purpose goes further than a merely social >issue of having ALSes meet with each other and with ALAC leadership. >Rather, this formidable force of hundreds of "Starfish" can unleash >powerful strategic benefits if its key subject focus were aligned with >ICANN's Strategic planning. We therefore recommend that an At Large >Summit become institutionalised as part of ICANN's natural processes >ideally every 3 years, with an interval no larger than 4 years to keep >grass-roots interest high. The subjects on which the ALSes would work on >would be a mix of ICANN-defined strategic subjects as well as >grass-roots-defined issues, whether local or international. >It is anticipated that the results from such regular Summits would more >than adequately support the "One World. Internet" vision, competently >build stakeholder diversity, considerably improve accountability and >transparency, expand international engagement and build trust in ICANN's >stewardship by thinking Locally whilst acting Globally. > >EURALO / January 2011. > 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] EURO-Discuss Digest, Vol 51, Issue 4
by Oksana Prykhodko Jan. 10, 2011

Jan. 10, 2011

Dear all, Best wishes for 2011! I would like to draw your attention to new attempt of Ukrainian government to register Cyrillic IDN - укр. At the end of last year we received leaked information, that our government asked ICANN to provide this domain for Ukraine. It was done again without any discussion (or even information) of Ukrainian community. All letters of this name have similar symbols in Roman alphabet, so there is high risk of fishing. More over, one Ukrainian company provided for more than 2 years registration in this domain (one year ago we had the information about 30. 000 sold domains). Last year we succeeded to block previous attempt, and after IGF-UA our registry and registers began very progressive reforms in Ukrainian domain market and is ready to apply for another Cyrillic domain - with broad discussion and consensus. We hope for your support and understanding! Best regards, Oksana. 2011/1/8 <euro-discuss-request(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>: > Send EURO-Discuss mailing list submissions to > euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > euro-discuss-request(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > euro-discuss-owner(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of EURO-Discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Urgent Call for comment ASAP on ICANN Strategic Plan > (Christopher Wilkinson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 17:29:59 +0100 > From: Christopher Wilkinson <cw(a)christopherwilkinson.eu> > Subject: Re: [EURO-Discuss] Urgent Call for comment ASAP on ICANN > Strategic Plan > To: Discussion for At-Large Europe > <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Cc: ICANN AtLarge Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> > Message-ID: > <686112DE-68D8-4AE2-8502-3297E227A35E(a)christopherwilkinson.eu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > Dear Olivier: > > Further to your request for input on the ICANN Strategic Plan, you may > wish to take into consideration the following points: > > 1. The ICANN Strategic Plan, 2011-2014 (three or four years) is rather > succinct (about 8 pages) in view of the timescale and the > comprehensive scope of the document. > > The ICANN document naturally contains a good deal of stable material, > to the point that it is not easy to decipher what is new or what has > been changed. > > 2. This ICANN strategy document has been effectively overtaken by the > the recently published ATRT report. Irrespective of conflicting time- > lines, the ICANN Strategy should at least now respond to the ATRT > document, including the Berkmann analysis and case studies. > > 3. Regarding accountability and transparency, including public > participation, the proposed strategy does not respond to the > comprehensive critique in the ATRT Report. > This question is alluded to under the "Internet Eco-System", but is > not addressed thoroughly. > > The eventual role of At Large in public participation and > accountability is not mentioned. (Neither in the ICANN Strategy nor in > the ATRT Report). > > 4. DNS stability and security: ALAC might refer to the Berkmann case > study on DNS-CERT. (Annexe to the ATRT report). There is already an > allusion in the draft ALAC Comments. > > 5. Consumer Choice, competition ... : Does this section of the ICANN > strategy represent a change of policy? Implementing the DAG is not > mentioned. Are all new TLDs are linked to IDNs? > Does the reference to "regional participation" include or exclude the > outstanding cultural/geographic/city based TLD proposals? > > I trust that this may be helpful, > > Regards, > > CW > > > On 07 Jan 2011, at 01:38, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> I hope you've had a good holiday break and Best Wishes for 2011! >> >> So back to work now - here's an urgent call from ALAC Leadership for >> regional comment on the ICANN Draft Strategic Plan 2011-2014 which can >> be downloaded from: >> >> http://www.icann.org/en/strategic-plan/draft-strategic-plan-2011-2014-27nov… >> >> >> On today's Executive Committee meeting a draft ALAC statement on the >> ICANN 2011-2014 Strategic Plan was prepared. This draft statement is >> available at: >> https://community.icann.org/display/alacexcomm/ALAC+Statement+on+Draft+2011… >> . >> >> >> What is written on that page is just a starting point and it is >> therefore vital that YOU, the At Large Structures, make your voice >> heard. Regional leaders are requested to add their input where >> indicated >> in the draft ALAC statement by Sunday, 9 January at 23:59 UTC. It is >> therefore important that you send your input and comments as soon as >> possible. How? By replying to this message, emailing the EURALO >> Discuss >> list, or emailing your comments to me if you'd prefer that. Do you >> feel >> specific items in the Strategic Plan require special support? Do you >> think something is missing in the plan, within the framework that the >> plan has defined? It's your call. >> >> For reference, please refer to the At-Large Strategic Development >> 2011-2014 Workspace (available at: >> https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/ICANN+Strategic+Planning+Develo…) >> . >> This workspace contains important related background material >> including >> transcripts and recordings to presentations and discussions held with >> the ALAC and specific regions in November and December 2010. >> >> However, regardless of information given on various presentations and >> meetings, all RALO's and ALSes are reminded that their comments are >> requested either directly to the Call for Public Comments ending on >> January 10th and/or are to be included in the ALAC Statement. Their >> points should be directed to the specific matters raised in, and >> comments made in, the ICANN Strategic Plan 2011-2014 (available at: >> >> http://www.icann.org/en/strategic-plan/draft-strategic-plan-2011-2014-27nov…) >> . >> >> >> Why so little time to respond? This is circumstantial and due to the >> presence of the Holiday period right after a very late Cartagena >> meeting >> - and being asked for our input at a much earlier stage that in the >> past. >> >> We look forward to receiving your input. >> >> Olivier Cr?pin-Leblond >> EURALO Secretary >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> EURO-Discuss mailing list >> EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss >> >> Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > EURO-Discuss mailing list > EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss > > > End of EURO-Discuss Digest, Vol 51, Issue 4 > ******************************************* >

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