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INVITATION TO COMMENT AT-LARGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE INDEPENDENT REVIEW
by At-Large Staff March 10, 2008

March 10, 2008

Westlake Consulting Limited (http://www.westlakenz.com/) (WCL) has been selected by ICANN's Board of Directors to conduct an independent review of the At-Large Advisory Committee (http://alac.icann.org/) (ALAC). WCL's review team is gathering information from many different sources including a range of people who have an interest, directly or indirectly, in the ALAC. The objectives of the Review are principally: * [To determine] whether the ALAC has a continuing purpose in the ICANN structure; and, * If so, whether any change in structure or operations is desirable to improve its effectiveness. The Review Terms of Reference (http://www.icann.org/reviews/alac/alac-review-final-tor-20jun07.pdf) note that: ³It will be important to consider different perspectives relevant to the ALAC, including the views of individual Internet users, the ALSs, the RALOs, past and current Members of the ALAC, and many others within (and perhaps outside of) the ICANN community.² Accordingly, WCL invites individuals or organisations, who wish to contribute observations or information about any aspect of the role, structure or operation of the ALAC, to email their comments to alacreview(a)westlakenz.com, no later than 18 April 2008. -- Regards, ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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GNSO Solicits Public Comments on Draft Resolution to Curb Domain Tasting
by At-Large Staff March 9, 2008

March 9, 2008

http://www.icann.org/public_comment/#domain-tasting ICANN¹s GNSO Solicits Public Comments on Draft Resolution to Curb Domain Tasting Comment period 7 March 2008 to 28 March 2008 Please submit comments to: <domain-tasting-motion(a)icann.org> Comments may be viewed at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/domain-tasting-motion/ Explanation: The GNSO Council is considering the issue of "domain tasting", a term used to describe the case when someone registers a domain name and then tests to see if the name has sufficient traffic to provide more income than the annual registration fee (usually through pay-per-click advertising). If the name is deemed sufficiently profitable, it is kept. If not, the current "add grace period" (AGP) - where domains can be returned within five days without cost - is used to return the domain at no net cost to the registrant. Recently there has been a significant increase in the number of domains registered and returned within the AGP. ICANN staff prepared an Issues Report in June 2007 http://www.gnso.icann.org/issues/domain-tasting/gnso-domain-tasting-report-1 4jun07.pdf and subsequently a GNSO working group published an Outcomes Report in October 2007. http://www.gnso.icann.org/drafts/gnso-domain-tasting-adhoc-outcomes-report-f inal.pdf The GNSO Council decided on 31 October 2007 to launch a policy development process (PDP) on domain tasting. An Initial Report http://www.gnso.icann.org/issues/domain-tasting/gnso-initial-report-domain-t asting-07jan08.pdf was produced for public comment, outlining the policy development process, possible actions that might be taken, and the arguments put forward for and against such actions. Public comments were incorporated into a draft Final Report (posted 8 February) http://www.gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-final-report-domain-tasting-08feb08.p df for GNSO Council review and action. Members of the Council subsequently drafted this motion http://gnso.icann.org/issues/domain-tasting/dnt-motion-6mar08.shtml to curb domain tasting. It would prohibit any gTLD operator that has implemented an add grace period from offering a refund for any domain name deleted during the AGP that exceeds 10% of its net new registrations in that month, or fifty domain names, whichever is greater. An exemption may be sought for a particular month, upon the documented showing of extraordinary circumstances, as detailed in the motion. The GNSO Council will consider public comments and constituency impact statements regarding the draft motion and incorporate them into a further draft for Council consideration at its scheduled 17 April meeting. -- Regards, ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org --

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Introduction
by Siranush Vardanyan March 7, 2008

March 7, 2008

Dear EURALO mailing list members, Hope that some of you know me personally, I am Siranush from Armenia, an alumni for the First Summer School on IG in Germany in 2007 and 31st ICANN Fellow in New Delhi. I am happy to become the part of this group and also will try to contribute from my side as much as possible to the effective discussions taking place here. Congratulations everyone with the Spring, more sun and smile to all of you Siranush Armenia _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

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Happy Women's Day!!!
by Veronica Cretu March 7, 2008

March 7, 2008

Dear ALAC/AtLarge Colleagues! This is to bring the warmest wishes for ALL Women on ALAC/AtLarge, ALL WOMEN within the ICANN community and not only:) ... with the International Women's Day and with the Spring! In our part of the world, we do celebrate March the 8th and it is an important holiday for us, so this is to share with you the spirit of the coming Holiday! « You can do almost anything you put your mind to ... ... You can swim the deepest ocean and climb the highest peak, ... Be a doctor or fly a plane, ... You can face adversity and still walk tall, ... You can be very active in ALAC/AtLarge and ICANN Community:), ... You are strong, beautiful, compassionate and much more than words could ever say! Today is yours, and so is every other day!» Happy Women's Day to all mothers, wives, daughters, sisters and everyone else we have close at heart! Happy Holiday from Moldova, as ever, Veronica

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] EURO-Discuss Digest, Vol 17, Issue 9
by rafik dammak March 6, 2008

March 6, 2008

Dear Nick, I am already subscribed since months to Afri-discuss mailing list (which has really low activity) and I have just joined the EURALO list to learn more about the activities. Of course Tunisia is a part of Africa (and even the Africa name is derived from the ancient latin name of Tunisia) but Tunisia has laos economic agreement with EU and has privileged relationships with European countries . Regards Rafik On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 6:01 PM, < euro-discuss-request(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote: > 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. Short Presentation (rafik dammak) > 2. Re: Short Presentation (Nick Ashton-Hart) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 13:49:19 +0100 > From: "rafik dammak" <rafik.dammak(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [EURO-Discuss] Short Presentation > To: euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > Message-ID: > <bbd2a2cd0803060449i57d6ce7eq49babfecaa7655b7(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello EURALO members, > > My name is Rafik Dammak and I am from Tunisia. Like Siranush and Wolf I am > also an alumni for the first summer school on IG . I also attended the > IGF2007 at Rio. > I have joined the list to be in touch with EURALO people and participating > as an observer. > > > regards > > Rafik > > PS Tunisia is near to Italy than Malta :) > > > > > > >Hope that some of you know me personally, I am Siranush from > > Armenia, an alumni for the First Summer School on IG in > > Germany in 2007 and 31st ICANN Fellow in New Delhi. I am > > happy to become the part of this group and also will try to > > contribute from my side as much as possible to the effective > > discussions taking place here. > > > > > >Congratulations everyone with the Spring, more sun and smile > > to all of > > >you > > > > > >Siranush >

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Short Presentation
by rafik dammak March 6, 2008

March 6, 2008

Hello EURALO members, My name is Rafik Dammak and I am from Tunisia. Like Siranush and Wolf I am also an alumni for the first summer school on IG . I also attended the IGF2007 at Rio. I have joined the list to be in touch with EURALO people and participating as an observer. regards Rafik PS Tunisia is near to Italy than Malta :) > > > >Hope that some of you know me personally, I am Siranush from > Armenia, an alumni for the First Summer School on IG in > Germany in 2007 and 31st ICANN Fellow in New Delhi. I am > happy to become the part of this group and also will try to > contribute from my side as much as possible to the effective > discussions taking place here. > > > >Congratulations everyone with the Spring, more sun and smile > to all of > >you > > > >Siranush

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] Comments/Questions on Summary of EURALOBoardMeeting in Geneva
by Wolf Ludwig March 5, 2008

March 5, 2008

Hi, we have not precisely decided on dates for the two Paris events. But I think it would be good to have - the Users Summit PrepCom just before the beginning of the ICANN meeting - let's say Saturday and Sunday before (21./22.06.08) - and the GA (what requires max. half-a-day) during the ICANN week (between 23 and 27 June 08). Regards, Wolf JFC Morfin wrote Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:07: >Great! This correspondsto the invitation france@large made to guest a >meeting for all the @large being present in Paris. I understand that >this prep-ATLAS will be organised by the ALAC. Do you have decided of >the dates of the two meetings? This is important to us in relation to >national/european internet oriented specialised events we might >organise during the last week of June/first week of July. >All the best. >jfc > >At 19:10 02/03/2008, Sébastien Bachollet wrote: >>I fully agree with you Wolfgang. >>1/ is under the responsibility of EuRalo >>2/ is under the responsibility of Alac but where all the ideas of Euralo >>members are certainly more than welcome. > comunica-ch phone +41 79 204 83 87 www.comunica-ch.net http://blog.allmend.ch - Digitale Allmend

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English version of france@large ALS application
by At-Large Staff March 5, 2008

March 5, 2008

Dear all, As promised, please find attached the English version of the ALS application from france@large. -- Regards, ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] Comments/Questions on Summary of EURALOBoardMeeting in Geneva
by JFC Morfin March 3, 2008

March 3, 2008

At 17:50 03/03/2008, Wolf Ludwig wrote: >Hi, >we have not precisely decided on dates for the two Paris events. >But I think it would be good to have >- the Users Summit PrepCom just before the beginning of the >ICANN meeting - let's say Saturday and Sunday before (21./22.06.08) >- and the GA (what requires max. half-a-day) during the ICANN week >(between 23 and 27 June 08). Thank you. If you can confirm us as soon as this is decided, it would really help. I suggest you keep the Sunday morning free. All the best. jfc

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Comments/Questions on Summary of EURALO Board Meeting in Geneva
by Veronica Cretu March 3, 2008

March 3, 2008

Dear Board members, especially those who made it for Geneva meeting this week, greetings! Thank you, Wolf, for the summary of the meeting, which is highly appreciated, especially due to my absence from the meeting! Below are some questions/concerns/comments I have after reading the Summary report per concrete issues that have been discussed during the meeting: 1. “There are suggestions to reduce the size of the EURALO board to five members to make it more operational and effective” – What are the main reasons behind changing the current number of EURALO Board members? (there is no enough information from the meeting summary on this). 2. I see that there were discussions about organizing certain events BUT “As we cannot count on ICANN funding for such a side event / Users Summit PrepCom in Paris” there are ideas about „prepare and submit a project proposal for the board to be submitted to different European organizations for sponsoring”. In this context, I have the following comments/observations: If EURALO is an ICANN related/created structure – than it should be able to function on support from ICANN. In case certain proposals are submitted to ICANN for funding, they SHOULD NOT BE refused/rejected, but on the contrary, improved and developed and finally implemented. Otherwise, if we start looking for funding from other organizations, we are NOT an ICANN structure any longer. Requesting funding from other donors, EUROPEAN ones, does not mean only using money for certain purposes, but adjusting our projects/activities/mission/scope, etc. to the priorities of the grant giver. And here: EURALO should clarify its working relationship with ICANN; If EURALO starts thinking about applying for sponsorship from other organizations, then, it should re-think/review its organizational structure, mission, etc. – that are not in line with ICANN bylaws, rules, procedures any longer. Also, in regards to EURALO will submit a new budget proposal for the Fiscal Year 2008-09 to ALAC that will include several activities, and my questions/comments are: - Usually any budget is made based on a Action Plan/s for a certain period of time. Where can EURALO’s Action Plan for 2008-2009 be accessed? To what extent ALSs are involved in identification of certain activities of this Action Plan? 3. ICANN Internet users declaration and the preparation process of this Declaration: Preparing a Declaration of this kind on behalf of ICANN Internet Users raises several questions vs. concerns: The extent/degree to which ICANN Internet users are aware/informed about the current problems and challenges in the field? What ARE the current challenges, main problems in the field? What are the solutions or/and alternative decisions that are proposed OR should be taken? What are the PROs and CONs of each solution? Other. In order to find answers to the above questions, one needs both human and financial recourses. An ideal output would be a research report which would be disseminated among ICANN Internet users community and vis-à-vis which ICANN Internet Users community would take a certain attitude. This attitude is actually something that is reflected in a Declaration, and by this Declaration ICANN Internet Users would seek concrete changes/attitude from ICANN side. Is this what is meant? Is this the process that is being discussed by EURALO? I would appreciate concrete details about it, in order to be able to come with certain proposal/solutions for how that can be implemented, etc. Thank you all very much for your time and for making the Board F2F meeting become a reality for at least some members of the Board:)! Have a nice weekend ahead, Veronica

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