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Review of the Joint Partnership Agreement (JPA) between ICANN and the US Government
by Nick Ashton-Hart Jan. 17, 2008

Jan. 17, 2008

Dear All: The Joint Project Agreement between the United States government and ICANN will have a mid-term review in March. As part of this review, the US government put out a Notice of Inquiry (http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/frnotices/2007/ICANN_JPA_110207.html ) asking for comments on the continued transition to the private sector of the technical coordination and management of the Internet’s domain name and addressing system (DNS). ICANN has responded to this call with several documents: a section in our Annual Report (http://www.icann.org/annualreport/annual-report-2006-2007.pdf ); a letter of submission (http://icann.org/correspondence/dengate-thrush-to-sene-09jan08.pdf ); and a table of achievements (http://icann.org/general/jpa-10-responsibilities-table-09jan08.pdf ). You can review the progress ICANN has reported to the USG on each of the 10 responsibilities in the JPA individually on pages 12 to 18 of the Annual Report. The seven-page submission letter (http://icann.org/correspondence/dengate-thrush-to-sene-09jan08.pdf ), sent on 9th January 2008, is signed by ICANN's chairman of the Board, Peter Dengate Thrush, and outlines the Board's position that it has met fully its obligations and responsibilities. The JPA can now be completed. And finally, the table of achievements (http://icann.org/general/jpa-10-responsibilities-table-09jan08.pdf ), whose index runs to 41 pages and when printed out runs to several hundred pages of evidential documentation, demonstrates what precisely ICANN has done in completion of the Joint Project Agreement. ICANN would like to encourage all interested parties to review the documents and particularly to contact the United States government and make their views known. Over the course of the next few months, ICANN will add more information about the review and its progress on www.icann.org . ICANN welcomes your feedback and assistance either on the ICANN blog, at http://blog.icann.org/?p=262, on the public participation website, at http://public.icann.org/, or by email to: http://icann.org/general/contact.htm . Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large 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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Jan 17, teleconference
by Veronica Cretu Jan. 17, 2008

Jan. 17, 2008

Greetings everyone! I am sorry I missed the meeting today: I assumed we will be called exactly as we are called on a regular basis for the ALAC monthly teleconferences, so I was here, by the phone and computer all the time waiting - as I have confirmed my participation. As we can not change that:), I am looking forward for the meeting notes and to have our meeting in Delhi (at least all of us who will be there). Have a nice evening everyone, Veronica

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minutes of euralo board tel conf jan 17
by Annette Muehlberg Jan. 17, 2008

Jan. 17, 2008

All, here are the minutes of our today's EURALO Board telefon conference. All the best to all of you Annette Muehlberg ... Minutes EURALO Board telefon conference 17th January 2008 (Time: one hour; beginning: 16:00 UTC) By Annette Muehlberg Participants: Co-Chair and Secretariat: Wolf Ludwig, Co-Chair: Jeanette Hofmann, Vittorio, Sébastien, Bill, Annette, Desiree (Bulgaria) Apologies: Christoph, Karen, Desiree (London) Before the discussion started, it was decided that Annette Muehlberg takes the minutes of this telefon conference. Proposed modified agenda by Wolf (on the basis of Sébastiens proposal): 1. Adoption of the Agenda 2. ICANN@Paris - June 2008 3. At-Large Summit The Summit has a working group of At-Large worldwide which can be found at the Summit WG Wiki 1. ICANN New Delhi, 10 - 15 February 2008: For RALO coordination worldwide 2. EURALO Board - OC meeting 24 or 25 February 2008 in Geneva 4. New gTLDs - projects from Europe 5. Outreach for new ALS in Europe and Helsinki 2008 6. Egeni Europe 2008 - 20 June in Paris - Some information by Sébastien 7. JPA and NTIA It has been decided, that the focus of the tel. conf. should be the discussion on an Internet Users Summit (IUS) in Paris, the other issues should be discussed online. One issue has been added: EURALO General Assembly at the Paris ICANN Meeting has to be organised. The election of the new EURALO Board should take place either at the ICANN Meeting in Paris or right after. It has been decided, that this proposal of the Board should be sent to the ALSes for approval. Discussion on a possible Summit of the Internet users in Paris: It has to be clarified what this internet users summit is about: An outreach meeting would not be enough, content is important! Even if it is not clear yet if there will be funding by ICANN, it is totally clear, that that there will be no funding if there is no substantial planning ;-) Issues of specific importance for European RALO members: New geo TLDs, Whois, accountability and transparency; -Come up with proposals for two or three topics for PANELS on crucial issues for individual internet users, -Suitable space for discussions amongst the ALSes (in connection with panels), Questions: Should we really (re-)start at zero? We should expect people from ALSes to know something about ICANN, shouldnŽt we? Information for Newcomers or deeper discussions on individual internet users issues? Expected target group: Newcomers as well as those, who already know a lot about ICANN and would like to get involved in the interest of internet users. It would be helpful to have little articles/summaries on the issues already listed in the summit agenda (IDN, Whois, etc.) before the ICANN Meeting in Paris. Combination of introduction and deeper discussion linked with working groups. EURALO will make proposals concerning agenda and discusses these issues with those folks who have been working hard on the planning of the summit already. Some of us will get in touch with them in Delhi. Decision: All participants of the tel. conf. of the EURALO Board support the project of an Internet Users Summit at the Paris Meeting. EURALO members will work on the preparation together with other RALO-members at ICANNs Delhi Meeting. Precondition for the general approval of an Internet Users Summit is: The Summit is not only a sort of Broadcasting event, but is interactive instead and follows the approach of discussions and working groups. It needs some stimulating issues, controversy, to frame it. Not just a training excercise. The issues should not only be discussed by external experts giving presentations, but there should be discussion between the ALSes. Aims: Outreach and establishing functioning working structures in the interest of internet users. Several people volunteer for helping in the preparation. Nick is going to add those who expressed interest on organisational committee: Wolf, Jeanette, Annette, Bill as well as Rudi, Veronica and Wolfgang, who expressed their interest online (Sébastien is already on that list). In preparation of the ICANN Paris Meeting, the EURALO Board and the European members of the Internet Users Summit organisational committee (OC) will try to meet in Geneva before the IGF-consultation at the end of February. To find the date, Sébastien will conduct a Doodle-request and sets up the choice of Sunday or Monday (24. Or 25 Feb.) for the Geneva meeting. (He was so quick that I can add it even in these minutes :-D): http://www.doodle.ch/participation.html?pollId=mbea282t3hcs8eww First draft for Geneva meeting has been sent out by Wolf. The chair thanks everyone for this productive meeting. We are all looking forward for further discussion online.

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] EURALO Teleconference January 17
by William Drake Jan. 17, 2008

Jan. 17, 2008

Hi Wolf, On 1/16/08 6:03 PM, "Wolf Ludwig" <wolf.ludwig(a)comunica-ch.net> wrote: > will facilitate the meeting? Suggestion: Sébastien and me >- How long will > the meeting last for? As it would be the first physical EURALO board and OC > meeting, I suggest a minimal time frame of 4 hours. >- What are the expected Four hours sounds a bit like a Comintern meeting. I wasn't anticipating this when I clicked 17h UTC on the Doodle, and alas will have to leave by 18:30. Hopefully someone will be able to take notes and report later for those who cannot make the whole thing.... > Dear Veronica, let me try to answer some of the questions you raised: If I > understand you right you were asking for the suggested Geneva meeting late > February? >- What is the tentative Agenda for the meeting? I suggest: (1) > Summary and Briefing about New Delhi, (2) State of the User¹s Summit > project, (3) Further planning: role, subjects, programme, target groups, > timing, work plan (who is doing what?) the outcome should be a precise draft > of programme and Work plan with check-list (4) Other activities, such as > Outreach and General Assembly etc.) planning for 2008 (5) How could the > EURALO board function in a more effective way (who is doing what?) (6) > Miscellaneous >- What shall each of us be ready with for the meeting? (e.g. Personally, I'd have preferred to reverse this order and work from your 5 => 1, as sorting out overall board functioning and planning seem antecedent to considering specific initiatives and meetings. Front loading the foundational stuff might also be useful if there are others who will have to sign off early as well. But if you prefer to move from specific to general hopefully there will be a report to which people can respond online to address such items. Cheers, Bill

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Project appeal + Date/Time for Tel. Conference
by Wolf Ludwig Jan. 16, 2008

Jan. 16, 2008

Dear all, first of all, I wish you all the best for the New Year! And the change of year is always a good opportunity to strike a balance on the precedent one: After an almost fulminate start and debate around the creation of EURALO our RALO and its list fall in agony at the second part of last year. There were some signs and expressions of frustration and it seems to be difficult to define and find a way out of this prevailing silence. Thanks to Sébastien who took the initiative a week ago we have to make another effort now – to restart with a telephone conference at least. After a phone call I had with Sébastien, we both believe there is a unique chance for EURALO ahead that we cannot miss. Thanks to Sébastien and some RALO-friends from North America, there was this great idea and project of a User’s Summit to be organised and held along the ICANN meeting this summer in Paris – as one of the outcomes of the LA meeting in autumn 07. This project offers a real and unique chance for us to re-animate and revitalize our cause, commitments and legitimacy. Some of us (Sébastien, Wolfgang, Annette and I etc.) are supposed to participate at ICANN’s next meeting in February in New Delhi having a chance to discuss and elaborate some more planning and organisational details there. What we do need is not much: Three to five people from EURALO (or even more), besides Sébastien, Annette and me, to take the initiative and to establish an EURALO organisational committee (OC) for the User’s Summit. Almost immediately after ICANN’s New Delhi meeting there is another IGF-preparatory consultation meeting foreseen in Geneva (26 – 28 Feb. 08) offering an opportunity for some more of us (Jeanette, Bill, Karen) to meet in Geneva – as a combined board and OC meeting. Such a prep. meeting in Geneva, let’s say on Monday 25 February, will be easy to organize there – and I will try to find some sponsoring money for it if needed. The main goal and outcome of it would be a concise draft of project for the User’s Summit in summer. After such a prep. meeting we would have about four months to get the work done on a common EURALO project. And thereby we could hopefully revitalize and strengthen EURALO’s capacities (-- otherwise I cannot imagine any other way out for EURALO’s future). Please let us know your ideas about this appeal and who is interested to work with Sébastien, Annette and me on this project. According to Sébastien’s Doodle-Survey the best date and time for our Phone Conference is Thursday 17 January 2008 at 16h00 UTC (= 17h Paris time). I would kindly like to ask Nick to care about the necessary arrangements for this Tel-Conf. next Thursday (Thanks!) Best regards, Wolf comunica-ch phone +41 79 204 83 87 www.comunica-ch.net http://blog.allmend.ch - Digitale Allmend

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] EURALO Teleconference January 17
by Veronica Cretu Jan. 16, 2008

Jan. 16, 2008

Dear Colleagues! Warm greetings from Moldova and a Happy New Year full of wonderful initiatives, much luck and everything else you wish:)! Many thanks for the initiative on organzing a teleconference this week. And in this context I would like to clarify the following aspects: - What is the tentative Agenda for the meeting? - What shall each of us be ready with for the meeting? (e.g. ideas, plan, suggestions) - Who will facilitate the meeting? - How long will the meeting last for? - What are the expected outcomes of this meeting? Also, this is to confirm that I will join the EURALO Organizational Committee for User's Summit. Wishing you all a great week ahead, Veronica Cretu Veronica Cretu, "CMB" Training Center, President www.cmb.md, www.cmb.md/igf Chisinau, Moldova -----Original Message----- From: euro-discuss-request(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org To: euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:43:30 -0500 Subject: EURO-Discuss Digest, Vol 15, Issue 6 Send EURO-Discuss mailing list submissions to euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists.… 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: Project appeal + Date/Time for Tel. Conference (Nick Ashton-Hart) 2. Re: Project appeal + Date/Time for Tel. Conference (S?bastien Bachollet) 3. Re: Project appeal + Date/Time for Tel. Conference (Kleinw?chter) 4. Re: Project appeal + Date/Time for Tel. Conference (William Drake) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:35:45 +0100 From: Nick Ashton-Hart <nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org> Subject: Re: [EURO-Discuss] Project appeal + Date/Time for Tel. Conference To: Discussion for At-Large Europe <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Message-ID: <E64DC8D4-AA96-4A75-9636-7CB55AE2444D(a)icann.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes I can confirm that I have requested the teleconference and full details related to the conference call are available at: https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?17_january_2008 All ALSes should have an editing password to suggest new agenda items on the page (or you may simply use the comment button, but if you do and are not logged-in, please put your name in the comment.) If you have forgotten your password you may request it be sent to you from the login page - if you cannot remember the email address you are using for this site, let me know and I can tell you and/or have the system send your details to you. On 14 Jan 2008, at 03:19, Wolf Ludwig wrote: > Dear all, > > first of all, I wish you all the best for the New Year! And the > change of year is always a good opportunity to strike a balance on > the precedent one: After an almost fulminate start and debate around > the creation of EURALO our RALO and its list fall in agony at the > second part of last year. There were some signs and expressions of > frustration and it seems to be difficult to define and find a way > out of this prevailing silence. > > Thanks to S?bastien who took the initiative a week ago we have to > make another effort now ? to restart with a telephone conference at > least. After a phone call I had with S?bastien, we both believe > there is a unique chance for EURALO ahead that we cannot miss. > Thanks to S?bastien and some RALO-friends from North America, there > was this great idea and project of a User?s Summit to be organised > and held along the ICANN meeting this summer in Paris ? as one of > the outcomes of the LA meeting in autumn 07. > > This project offers a real and unique chance for us to re-animate > and revitalize our cause, commitments and legitimacy. Some of us > (S?bastien, Wolfgang, Annette and I etc.) are supposed to > participate at ICANN?s next meeting in February in New Delhi having > a chance to discuss and elaborate some more planning and > organisational details there. What we do need is not much: Three to > five people from EURALO (or even more), besides S?bastien, Annette > and me, to take the initiative and to establish an EURALO > organisational committee (OC) for the User?s Summit. > > Almost immediately after ICANN?s New Delhi meeting there is another > IGF-preparatory consultation meeting foreseen in Geneva (26 ? 28 > Feb. 08) offering an opportunity for some more of us (Jeanette, > Bill, Karen) to meet in Geneva ? as a combined board and OC meeting. > Such a prep. meeting in Geneva, let?s say on Monday 25 February, > will be easy to organize there ? and I will try to find some > sponsoring money for it if needed. The main goal and outcome of it > would be a concise draft of project for the User?s Summit in summer. > After such a prep. meeting we would have about four months to get > the work done on a common EURALO project. And thereby we could > hopefully revitalize and strengthen EURALO?s capacities (-- > otherwise I cannot imagine any other way out for EURALO?s future). > > Please let us know your ideas about this appeal and who is > interested to work with S?bastien, Annette and me on this project. > > According to S?bastien?s Doodle-Survey the best date and time for > our Phone Conference is > Thursday 17 January 2008 at 16h00 UTC (= 17h Paris time). > I would kindly like to ask Nick to care about the necessary > arrangements for this Tel-Conf. next Thursday (Thanks!) > > Best regards, > Wolf > > > > > > comunica-ch > phone +41 79 204 83 87 > www.comunica-ch.net > > http://blog.allmend.ch - > Digitale Allmend > > _______________________________________________ > EURO-Discuss mailing list > EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists.… > > Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:41:51 +0100 From: S?bastien Bachollet <sebastien.bachollet(a)isoc.fr> Subject: Re: [EURO-Discuss] Project appeal + Date/Time for Tel. Conference To: "'Discussion for At-Large Europe'" <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Message-ID: <016201c856dd$21d5ccc0$9601a8c0@C400SBTBBS> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Thanks Nick S?bastien Bachollet Pr?sident sebastien.bachollet(a)isoc.fr www.egeni.org www.isoc.fr -----Message d'origine----- De?: euro-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] De la part de Nick Ashton-Hart Envoy??: lundi 14 janvier 2008 19:36 ??: Discussion for At-Large Europe Objet?: Re: [EURO-Discuss] Project appeal + Date/Time for Tel. Conference I can confirm that I have requested the teleconference and full details related to the conference call are available at: https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?17_january_2008 All ALSes should have an editing password to suggest new agenda items on the page (or you may simply use the comment button, but if you do and are not logged-in, please put your name in the comment.) If you have forgotten your password you may request it be sent to you from the login page - if you cannot remember the email address you are using for this site, let me know and I can tell you and/or have the system send your details to you. On 14 Jan 2008, at 03:19, Wolf Ludwig wrote: > Dear all, > > first of all, I wish you all the best for the New Year! And the > change of year is always a good opportunity to strike a balance on > the precedent one: After an almost fulminate start and debate around > the creation of EURALO our RALO and its list fall in agony at the > second part of last year. There were some signs and expressions of > frustration and it seems to be difficult to define and find a way > out of this prevailing silence. > > Thanks to S?bastien who took the initiative a week ago we have to > make another effort now ? to restart with a telephone conference at > least. After a phone call I had with S?bastien, we both believe > there is a unique chance for EURALO ahead that we cannot miss. > Thanks to S?bastien and some RALO-friends from North America, there > was this great idea and project of a User?s Summit to be organised > and held along the ICANN meeting this summer in Paris ? as one of > the outcomes of the LA meeting in autumn 07. > > This project offers a real and unique chance for us to re-animate > and revitalize our cause, commitments and legitimacy. Some of us > (S?bastien, Wolfgang, Annette and I etc.) are supposed to > participate at ICANN?s next meeting in February in New Delhi having > a chance to discuss and elaborate some more planning and > organisational details there. What we do need is not much: Three to > five people from EURALO (or even more), besides S?bastien, Annette > and me, to take the initiative and to establish an EURALO > organisational committee (OC) for the User?s Summit. > > Almost immediately after ICANN?s New Delhi meeting there is another > IGF-preparatory consultation meeting foreseen in Geneva (26 ? 28 > Feb. 08) offering an opportunity for some more of us (Jeanette, > Bill, Karen) to meet in Geneva ? as a combined board and OC meeting. > Such a prep. meeting in Geneva, let?s say on Monday 25 February, > will be easy to organize there ? and I will try to find some > sponsoring money for it if needed. The main goal and outcome of it > would be a concise draft of project for the User?s Summit in summer. > After such a prep. meeting we would have about four months to get > the work done on a common EURALO project. And thereby we could > hopefully revitalize and strengthen EURALO?s capacities (-- > otherwise I cannot imagine any other way out for EURALO?s future). > > Please let us know your ideas about this appeal and who is > interested to work with S?bastien, Annette and me on this project. > > According to S?bastien?s Doodle-Survey the best date and time for > our Phone Conference is > Thursday 17 January 2008 at 16h00 UTC (= 17h Paris time). > I would kindly like to ask Nick to care about the necessary > arrangements for this Tel-Conf. next Thursday (Thanks!) > > Best regards, > Wolf > > > > > > comunica-ch > phone +41 79 204 83 87 > www.comunica-ch.net > > http://blog.allmend.ch - > Digitale Allmend > > _______________________________________________ > EURO-Discuss mailing list > EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists.i cann.org > > Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org _______________________________________________ EURO-Discuss mailing list EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists.i cann.org Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.2/1223 - Release Date: 13/01/2008 20:23 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.2/1223 - Release Date: 13/01/2008 20:23 ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:38:13 +0100 From: Kleinw?chter, Wolfgang <wolfgang.kleinwaechter(a)medienkomm.uni-halle.de> Subject: Re: [EURO-Discuss] Project appeal + Date/Time for Tel. Conference To: Discussion for At-Large Europe <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, Discussion for At-Large Europe <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Message-ID: <2DA93620FC07494C926D60C8E3C2F1A808DEFC(a)server1.medienkomm.uni-halle.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Dear all also from my side welcome back to the business. I fully support Robertos and Wolfs approach and also the two additional points raised by Anette. We should also now draft a work plan 2008 which should include a. events (also national and sub-regional meerings like related workshops, conferences, meetings etc.) b. thematic papers on ICANN issues (both themes mentioned by ICANN could be the subject of such an "EURALO Thematic Paper Series" Furthermore, the ICANN Studienkreis will have its 9th meeting in Helsinki, September 4 - 5, 2009. Like in Warsaw (and Prague) we start on Thursday afternoon. So Thursday, September 4, 2008 morning could be used for another EURALO outreach meeting, this time in the Nother part of Europe, the Baltics and Russia. Best regards wolfgang ________________________________ Von: euro-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org im Auftrag von Annette Muehlberg Gesendet: Di 15.01.2008 17:31 An: Discussion for At-Large Europe Betreff: Re: [EURO-Discuss] Project appeal + Date/Time for Tel. Conference dear wolf, dear all, i would like to add two issues: 1. new geo/city tlds: how to make it a win-win situation for governments and users 2. how to deal with the "morality"-issue presented in the last gnso-workshop at the last icann meeting. i am ready for the tel conf this thursday 16:00 utc. but i doubt that i will make it to geneva in february, but we will see. warm greetings annette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeanette Hofmann" <jeanette(a)wzb.eu> To: "Discussion for At-Large Europe" <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 2:56 PM Subject: Re: [EURO-Discuss] Project appeal + Date/Time for Tel. Conference Hi everyone, I am very much in favor of this. One of the issues I would like to see ALAC discuss is registrant representation in DNS regulation. Should domain name registrants perhaps have some beneficiary rights when it comes to registry and registrar contracts or policies? jeanette Roberto Gaetano wrote: > Happy New Year. > > I have a proposal, that might sound funny to some folks: why don't we plan > to do in 2008 some work on policy? After all, that's why ALAC and the > RALOs > have been created, to provide input to ICANN on policy decisions. > > There are plenty of subjects on the table: the modification of the current > regime for the Add Grace Period, issues related to domain name tasting, > the > comments to USG about the JPA, feedback on the Accountabiity and > Transparency document, comments solicited by the GNSO about the WhoIs, > modification of the geographic regions, and more. > > The ALAC Review is starting. It would be very embarassing if the reviewers > find out that all what has been done is some basic administration, > organization of meetings, participation to IGF, etc., but no substantive > contribution to the policy making process. One might wonder whether the > money that ICANN is putting into this process is not wasted?!? > > Cheers, > Roberto > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: euro-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> [mailto:euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On >> Behalf Of Wolf Ludwig >> Sent: Monday, 14 January 2008 03:19 >> To: 'Discussion for At-Large Europe' >> Subject: [EURO-Discuss] Project appeal + Date/Time for Tel. Conference >> >> Dear all, >> >> first of all, I wish you all the best for the New Year! And >> the change of year is always a good opportunity to strike a >> balance on the precedent one: After an almost fulminate start >> and debate around the creation of EURALO our RALO and its >> list fall in agony at the second part of last year. There >> were some signs and expressions of frustration and it seems >> to be difficult to define and find a way out of this >> prevailing silence. >> >> Thanks to S?bastien who took the initiative a week ago we >> have to make another effort now - to restart with a telephone >> conference at least. After a phone call I had with S?bastien, >> we both believe there is a unique chance for EURALO ahead >> that we cannot miss. Thanks to S?bastien and some >> RALO-friends from North America, there was this great idea >> and project of a User's Summit to be organised and held along >> the ICANN meeting this summer in Paris - as one of the >> outcomes of the LA meeting in autumn 07. >> >> This project offers a real and unique chance for us to >> re-animate and revitalize our cause, commitments and >> legitimacy. Some of us (S?bastien, Wolfgang, Annette and I >> etc.) are supposed to participate at ICANN's next meeting in >> February in New Delhi having a chance to discuss and >> elaborate some more planning and organisational details >> there. What we do need is not much: Three to five people from >> EURALO (or even more), besides S?bastien, Annette and me, to >> take the initiative and to establish an EURALO organisational >> committee (OC) for the User's Summit. >> >> Almost immediately after ICANN's New Delhi meeting there is >> another IGF-preparatory consultation meeting foreseen in >> Geneva (26 - 28 Feb. 08) offering an opportunity for some >> more of us (Jeanette, Bill, Karen) to meet in Geneva - as a >> combined board and OC meeting. Such a prep. meeting in >> Geneva, let's say on Monday 25 February, will be easy to >> organize there - and I will try to find some sponsoring money >> for it if needed. The main goal and outcome of it would be a >> concise draft of project for the User's Summit in summer. >> After such a prep. meeting we would have about four months to >> get the work done on a common EURALO project. And thereby we >> could hopefully revitalize and strengthen EURALO's capacities >> (-- otherwise I cannot imagine any other way out for EURALO's >> future). >> >> Please let us know your ideas about this appeal and who is >> interested to work with S?bastien, Annette and me on this project. >> >> According to S?bastien's Doodle-Survey the best date and time >> for our Phone Conference is Thursday 17 January 2008 at 16h00 >> UTC (= 17h Paris time). >> I would kindly like to ask Nick to care about the necessary >> arrangements for this Tel-Conf. next Thursday (Thanks!) >> >> Best regards, >> Wolf >> >> >> >> >> >> comunica-ch >> phone +41 79 204 83 87 >> www.comunica-ch.net >> >> http://blog.allmend.ch <http://blog.allmend.ch/> - >> Digitale Allmend >> >> _______________________________________________ >> EURO-Discuss mailing list >> EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_a > tlarge-lists.icann.org >> Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org <http://www.euralo.org/> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> EURO-Discuss mailing list >> EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists.… >> >> Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org <http://www.euralo.org/> _______________________________________________ EURO-Discuss mailing list EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists.… Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org <http://www.euralo.org/> _______________________________________________ EURO-Discuss mailing list EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists.… Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org <http://www.euralo.org/> ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:42:53 +0100 From: William Drake <drake(a)hei.unige.ch> Subject: Re: [EURO-Discuss] Project appeal + Date/Time for Tel. Conference To: Discussion for At-Large Europe <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Message-ID: <C3B187DD.F47A%drake(a)hei.unige.ch> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Hi Wolf, Thanks for this useful reboot, I look forward to discussing these ideas and the others regarding policy work on the conference call. One organizational point in the meanwhile: You raise the idea of a board/summit OC meeting in Geneva on Monday 25 Feb. before the IGF. I was toying with the idea of doing a different sort of IG-related workshop at the Graduate Institute on that day, but could put that idea aside for now if there is sufficient critical mass to do a board/OC meeting instead. Barring an unusual circumstance in which all the conference rooms are busy that day, I should be able to host such a meeting with the requisite libations etc. But before I look into the logistics and budget it would be helpful to know whether enough of us would be interested and able to attend. If people could let me know whether they'd be available that'd be helpful. Thanks, Bill On 1/14/08 3:19 AM, "Wolf Ludwig" <wolf.ludwig(a)comunica-ch.net> wrote: > Dear all, first of all, I wish you all the best for the New Year! And the > change of year is always a good opportunity to strike a balance on the > precedent one: After an almost fulminate start and debate around the creation > of EURALO our RALO and its list fall in agony at the second part of last year. > There were some signs and expressions of frustration and it seems to be > difficult to define and find a way out of this prevailing silence. Thanks to > S?bastien who took the initiative a week ago we have to make another effort > now ? to restart with a telephone conference at least. After a phone call I > had with S?bastien, we both believe there is a unique chance for EURALO ahead > that we cannot miss. Thanks to S?bastien and some RALO-friends from North > America, there was this great idea and project of a User?s Summit to be > organised and held along the ICANN meeting this summer in Paris ? as one of > the outcomes of the LA meeting in autumn 07. This project offers a real and > unique chance for us to re-animate and revitalize our cause, commitments and > legitimacy. Some of us (S?bastien, Wolfgang, Annette and I etc.) are supposed > to participate at ICANN?s next meeting in February in New Delhi having a > chance to discuss and elaborate some more planning and organisational details > there. What we do need is not much: Three to five people from EURALO (or even > more), besides S?bastien, Annette and me, to take the initiative and to > establish an EURALO organisational committee (OC) for the User?s > Summit. Almost immediately after ICANN?s New Delhi meeting there is another > IGF-preparatory consultation meeting foreseen in Geneva (26 ? 28 Feb. 08) > offering an opportunity for some more of us (Jeanette, Bill, Karen) to meet in > Geneva ? as a combined board and OC meeting. Such a prep. meeting in Geneva, > let?s say on Monday 25 February, will be easy to organize there ? and I will > try to find some sponsoring money for it if needed. The main goal and outcome > of it would be a concise draft of project for the User?s Summit in summer. > After such a prep. meeting we would have about four months to get the work > done on a common EURALO project. And thereby we could hopefully revitalize and > strengthen EURALO?s capacities (-- otherwise I cannot imagine any other way > out for EURALO?s future). Please let us know your ideas about this appeal > and who is interested to work with S?bastien, Annette and me on this > project. According to S?bastien?s Doodle-Survey the best date and time for > our Phone Conference is Thursday 17 January 2008 at 16h00 UTC (= 17h Paris > time). I would kindly like to ask Nick to care about the necessary > arrangements for this Tel-Conf. next Thursday (Thanks!) Best > regards, Wolf comunica-ch phone +41 79 204 83 > 87 www.comunica-ch.net http://blog.allmend.ch - Digitale > Allmend _______________________________________________ EURO-Discuss mailing > list EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailm > an/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists.icann.org Homepage for the region: > http://www.euralo.org *********************************************************** William J. Drake Director, Project on the Information Revolution and Global Governance/PSIO Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Geneva, Switzerland william.drake(a)graduateinstitute.ch http://hei.unige.ch/psio/researchprojects/Drake.html *********************************************************** ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ EURO-Discuss mailing list EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists.… End of EURO-Discuss Digest, Vol 15, Issue 6 *******************************************

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Fwd: Development Cycle for Next Fiscal Year's Budget and Operations Plan
by Nick Ashton-Hart Jan. 9, 2008

Jan. 9, 2008

Dear At-Large: I forward the below on behalf of Denise as I know this subject is one that many members of the community are interested in. As mentioned below, more information will be provided in due course by myself. Begin forwarded message: > From: Denise Michel <michel(a)icann.org> > Date: 8 January 2008 20:27:34 GMT+01:00 > To: Nick Ashton-Hart <nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org> > Subject: Development Cycle for Next Fiscal Year's Budget and > Operations Plan > > Please provide to the ALAC and RALOs. > > Thanks. > > --------------------------------- > Greetings At-Large Community. > > ICANN is beginning its development cycle for the Fiscal Year June > 2008- July > 2009 Operating Plan and Budget, and your input would be appreciated. > > I wanted to provide you with early information on this activity to > give you > ample opportunity to provide comments. You will receive a detailed > schedule > when it is finalized. Additionally, Nick Ashton-Hart will follow-up > with > At-Large-specific information on operations and budgets. > > Based on the June 2008 - July 2011 Strategic Plan, for which extensive > public comment was sought last year, and on the current operating > plans and > department budgets, ICANN staff will be developing an initial draft > Operating Plan and Budget to serve as a starting point for community > discussion during the ICANN meeting in New Delhi, which begins 10 > February. > The Board's Finance Committee oversees this work. > > ICANN will hold a series of consultations and take public comment on > its > Operating Plan and Budget through March (approximately), and then > staff will > incorporate the input, as appropriate, and a proposed Operating Plan > and > Budget will be available for further public comment until mid-May > (approximately). The Board is scheduled to consider and vote on the > Operating Plan and Budget in June. ICANN's next fiscal year begins > on 1 > July 2008. > > As noted, the specific timeline is being developed, but I wanted to > give you > advance notice of the general schedule that will be followed, and more > detailed information for At-Large will be forthcoming from Nick. > ICANN staff > looks forward to working with you on this endeavor. > > Regards, > Denise Michel > VP Policy Development > ICANN

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TR: Proposal for a Conf Call in 2008 ;)
by Sébastien Bachollet Jan. 8, 2008

Jan. 8, 2008

Hello, The ALAC conf call is going on. I report that we are trying to setup our first Euralo Board meeting (by conf call). The Alac Chair supports this move. Can you just fulfil the following Poll "Euralo Board Conf Call" on Doodle. HYPERLINK "http://www.doodle.ch/nv8gh2dg2k4s9vtk"http://www.doodle.ch/nv8gh2dg2k4s9vtk Thanks for the ones who already answer. All the best Sébastien Bachollet Président HYPERLINK "mailto:sebastien.bachollet@isoc.fr"sebastien.bachollet(a)isoc.fr HYPERLINK "http://www.egeni.org"www.egeni.org HYPERLINK "http://www.isoc.fr"www.isoc.fr _____ De : euro-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] De la part de Sébastien Bachollet Envoyé : dimanche 6 janvier 2008 23:19 À : 'Discussion for At-Large Europe' Objet : [EURO-Discuss] Proposal for a Conf Call in 2008 ;) Hello All, I hope a Happy New Year for you and you friends and family. I would like to suggest that we start ASAP our work by having a teleconference for the Euralo Board ASAP. To select a date I put a proposal (different dates and different times) and I would like to ask each of you to take the time to fulfil the following Poll "Euralo Board Conf Call" on Doodle. HYPERLINK "http://www.doodle.ch/nv8gh2dg2k4s9vtk"http://www.doodle.ch/nv8gh2dg2k4s9vtk In the same time I put some ideas about the content of our call. Please comment and make suggestion at HYPERLINK "https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?3_december_2007"https://st.icann.org/ euralo/index.cgi?3_december_2007 The Icann meeting in Paris is coming in less that 6 months, we need to be ready for. All the best Sébastien Bachollet Président HYPERLINK "mailto:sebastien.bachollet@isoc.fr"sebastien.bachollet(a)isoc.fr HYPERLINK "http://www.egeni.org"www.egeni.org HYPERLINK "http://www.isoc.fr"www.isoc.fr No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1210 - Release Date: 05/01/2008 11:46 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1210 - Release Date: 05/01/2008 11:46 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1213 - Release Date: 07/01/2008 09:14

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FW: [At-Large] Domain Tasting report
by Annette Muehlberg Jan. 8, 2008

Jan. 8, 2008

all, this is the (working) link to the gnso initial report on domain tasting http://gnso.icann.org/issues/domain-tasting/gnso-initial-report-domain-tast… best annette > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca> > Gesendet: 07.01.08 22:05:39 > An: At-Large Worldwide <alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Betreff: [At-Large] Domain Tasting report > > As part of the Policy Development Process on Domain Tasting, the > initial report summarizing the constituency statements has been > issued. It can be found at > http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/dock39ZTjlK35.doc. > > Alan > > _______________________________________________ > ALAC mailing list > ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org > > At-Large Official Site: http://www.alac.icann.org > ALAC Independent: http://www.icannalac.org > --

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Proposal for a Conf Call in 2008 ;)
by Sébastien Bachollet Jan. 7, 2008

Jan. 7, 2008

Hello All, I hope a Happy New Year for you and you friends and family. I would like to suggest that we start ASAP our work by having a teleconference for the Euralo Board ASAP. To select a date I put a proposal (different dates and different times) and I would like to ask each of you to take the time to fulfil the following Poll "Euralo Board Conf Call" on Doodle. HYPERLINK "http://www.doodle.ch/nv8gh2dg2k4s9vtk"http://www.doodle.ch/nv8gh2dg2k4s9vtk In the same time I put some ideas about the content of our call. Please comment and make suggestion at HYPERLINK "https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?3_december_2007"https://st.icann.org/ euralo/index.cgi?3_december_2007 The Icann meeting in Paris is coming in less that 6 months, we need to be ready for. All the best Sébastien Bachollet Président HYPERLINK "mailto:sebastien.bachollet@isoc.fr"sebastien.bachollet(a)isoc.fr HYPERLINK "http://www.egeni.org"www.egeni.org HYPERLINK "http://www.isoc.fr"www.isoc.fr No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1210 - Release Date: 05/01/2008 11:46

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