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Multilingual Survey: ICANN Public Information: Is it what you need?
by Nick Ashton-Hart Sept. 11, 2007

Sept. 11, 2007

One of ICANN's most important jobs is to provide information on its processes. To that end, we have a series of publications, systems and websites to elicit input and comment from the Internet community. But is it enough? Are we providing sufficient information? Is it in the right format or on the right topics? Are you using the various means of interacting with ICANN? If not, why not? What can we do to improve? We have set up a quick and easy six-question online survey to find out from you what you want. It will take less than five minutes, but we will use it to help decide the future course of providing information about ICANN and its processes. So please do take a few minutes out from your day to complete the survey. We will be very grateful for all help received. The survey is in English, Spanish, French, and Brazilian Portuguese and available below: https://www.bigpulse.com/916i -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +41 (22) 595 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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NomCom nomination from Europe!
by Wolf Ludwig Sept. 5, 2007

Sept. 5, 2007

Hi all, as Vittorio reminded us yesterday (thanks!), we are urgently supposed to provide to ALAC a nomination for one NomCom member from Europe by the end of this month! Please let’s focus on this question during the next ten days, and I would like to invite all of you for closer considerations and suggestion of NomCom candidates from Europe. Thanks for your support and 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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Communication to the Board: At-Large Structure Applications Handling
by Nick Ashton-Hart Sept. 4, 2007

Sept. 4, 2007

Dear ALAC and community members: As decided by the ALAC in their meeting on 10th August 2007, as a consequence of decisions taken by the ALAC in their meetings in San Juan, the Board of ICANN is to be formally requested to acknowledge certain changes to the way in which ALS applications are to be handled, and to acknowledge the written guidelines established by the Committee which replace a previously unwritten understanding between committee members of how to interpret the Minimum Criteria and Bylaw requirements related to ALS Applications. In my view, these changes are an important landmark in the development of the community, providing amongst many other benefits and features: * A truly bottom-up-driven applications review process - where the existing ALS community in the region new applicants are from are able to provide advice to the ALAC about applicants; * A standard and open way to evaluate applications which is in conformity with the RALO MoUs (the previous process, since it predated the RALOs' formation, was not); * A flexible system which allows much larger volumes of applications to be handled without an overly burdensome load on volunteer time and energy being required to process them; * A process and guidelines that learn from the more than 100 previous applications and which should ensure that questions about specific aspects of applications are raised and answered earlier in the cycle of applications management; * Utilising a new and online interface, the applications handling process will be transferred into a forms-based database environment which will make review of applications easier on all parties - especially the volunteer community. As the ICANN staff person who was the focal point for administration of this effort, I would be remiss in not thanking the many other members of staff who provided advice and reviewed various stages in the development of this work, which began in January 2007 - and I would also like to extend my compliments and admiration to the members of the community, and in particular the members of the At- Large Advisory Committee, who devoted considerable time and effort to completing this important work. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +41 (22) 595 85 44 mobile: +41 (79) 595 54 68 email: nashton(a)consensus.pro Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +41 (22) 595 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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At-Large NomCom Seats
by Nick Ashton-Hart Aug. 31, 2007

Aug. 31, 2007

Since a number of questions and statements have been made about the NomCom seats, who appoints them, what do those appointed have to do / what are the time requirements, etc. I wanted to put everything about this subject into one email for everyone. WHO APPOINTS? The ICANN Bylaw provisions as it relates to this: The ALAC shall [....] after consultation with each RALO, annually appoint five voting delegates (no two of whom shall be citizens of countries in the same Geographic Region, as defined according to Section 5 of Article VI) to the Nominating Committee. This means that the ALAC must consult the region on who to appoint. The ALAC have asked each region to forward a name, or more than one name, to them before the end of August. The ALAC will then select from amongst those names submitted the single individual for each region to the NomCom. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Of the currently sitting NomCom members appointed by At-Large, only Sebastian Ricciardi is eligible for a second term. All other ALAC- appointed NomCom members are term-limited. HOW DO THE REGIONS DECIDE WHAT NAME(s) TO FORWARD? This is entirely up to them. Regions could decide to have formal elections to choose one name, or three names, or any number of names to forward to ALAC; they could ask for volunteers and send the entire list to ALAC. It is completely up to the region. I provided the Secretariats with the option - if a region so chooses, and because it was clear to me that some regions might be holding an election - of using the voting system which At-Large already has. I made this offer not to suggest any course of action, but simply to make it easier to manage a vote. There is no obligation to use this tool, just as there is no obligation to hold a vote. There is no set way to hold the selection if the tool is used; the tool itself is very flexible and can, for example, produce 1 'winner', just as it can be setup to provide a ranked list of the whole candidate pool in order of preference. WHAT DOES BEING A MEMBER OF NOMCOM INVOLVE? Below is an excerpt from an email from Adam Peake of the NomCom: Timeline of the 2007 committee might help: * Announcement of Formal Call --1 February 2007 * Deadline of Formal Call for Full Consideration -- 1 May 2007 * Deadline extended until 18 May 2007 23:59 UTC * Review and Evaluation -- May to early July * Face-to-Face Meeting and Selection -- early July 2007 * Results Announced to ICANN Secretary -- before 2 October 2007 * Selected candidates take their positions as the conclusion of the ICANN General Meeting 2007, 2 November 2007 The 2007 NomCom held it's first meeting after the Sao Paulo ICANN meeting (December 8 and 9). The 2007 AGM in LA is earlier, so the 2008 schedule may move forward a month. The commitment is essentially: To be able to attend one ICANN meeting (i.e. LA), ideally for the full meeting (from Monday Oct. 29) but at least to be there for the NomCom session which will be the afternoon of Friday Nov 2, and all day Saturday November 3. NomCom's final task is the selection meeting, a requirement for all members. The meeting usually takes 3 full days. The location and date will be decided by the NomCom. Usually the location is wherever's easiest for the majority, or the chair's choice. Likely timing is June or July 2008. So the NomCom works from November 2007 to mid-summer 2008. Work during the period from the first face to face meeting to the end of recruitment includes approx 6 conference calls of the full committee. i.e. around one call every 6 weeks. Members should recruit candidates, and how much time they take doing that is a personal choice. But it can take some hours. If each member recruits 5 candidates then there would be over 100 candidates in the pool. Took a lot of effort to get 90 candidates this year, and people worked hard at recruitment. The main work (time) begins once recruitment has finished. All candidates will give the names of 3 or 4 people who provide references. Chasing these references (making sure people submit them) can take some time. Each candidates submits a statement of interest (SOI), essentially an application form these a usually 4-5 pages. 90 SOIs is 2007, add 3 or 4 references for each candidate and it adds up to a lot of reading. Members should be familiar with all candidates. There is a burst of activity as the date of the selection meeting approaches. NomCom usually breaks into sub-groups that evaluate candidates in detail. There might be 3 or 4 2-hour teleconferences during this period of about 3 weeks. Some NomCom members, particularly those not very familiar with ICANN may be asked to attend one of the other ICANN meetings held in the early part of 2008. But this is not required, and is for the chair to decide. Overall, the NomCom is a reasonably light time commitment by ICANN working group standards. However, the commitment toward the end of the process is intense. I expect during June and perhaps early July depending on the timing of the selection meeting, NomCom will be quite time consuming, many calls and a lot of reading. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax (UK): +44 (20) 7681-3135 Fax (Swiss): +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile (UK): +44 (7774) 932798 Mobile (Swiss): +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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Fwd: [icann-staff] Assistance with translation
by Nick Ashton-Hart Aug. 27, 2007

Aug. 27, 2007

Dear All: I hope that some of you will feel able to help out with this important work :) Begin forwarded message: > From: Paul Twomey <paul.twomey(a)icann.org> > Date: 27 August 2007 06:52:57 BDT > To: "Icann-Staff(a)Icann.Org Icann-Staff(a)Icann.Org" <icann- > staff(a)icann.org> > Subject: [icann-staff] Assistance with translation > > Dear Colleagues: > > As you will remember, an email was sent out requesting for > volunteers to check and correct translations of ICANN documents on > 11th July. Whilst a couple of volunteers did step forward, we are > still well-short of the 5 checkers per language that we require, > and it is essential that we have at least five well in advance of > the Los Angeles meeting in order to meet the demands for > multilingual documents which that meeting will impose on us. > > At the same time, we are trying not to ask members of the Staff to > volunteer for this task - as you are all fully occupied doing your > non-translation-related job. Ideally we are looking for members of > the ICANN community to help us out with this key, urgent need. > > It would therefore be a great help if you could pass along the text > of the email below - modified if you think that's needed - to the > constituencies that each of you work with. > > Many thanks in advance for your help with this crucial task! > > Paul T > ------ > > Dear Colleagues: > > As you know, ICANN is working to provide more access to its key > documents in non-English editions. > > What you may not know is that each translated document must be > checked before it is made publicly by someone either on the staff, > or in the ICANN community, who is fluent in both English and the > language of the translated text, to ensure that the quality of the > translation is good, but also that ICANN-specific terminology and > phrases are correctly rendered in the translated text. > > The increase in volume of translated documents means that the > existing pool of translation checkers is no longer sufficient to > the task. > > If we could get an additional five checkers in the languages listed > below, by rotating through the list of checkers we could ensure > that the 'fatigue factor' was removed for a good while - and also > increase the capacity of the system to release translations in a > more timely fashion. > > Do you know anyone who would be happy to help? Do you speak any of > these languages (alongside English) with sufficient skill to > volunteer yourself? > > If the answer to either of those questions is "yes" please send an > email to: trans-comm(a)icann.org, with the following information: > > 1) Name of the Checker > 2) Languages they can check > 3) Contact info for the person (an email address and, if possible, > a phone number too) > > The languages we need are: > > Spanish > Brazilian Portuguese > French > Arabic > Russian > Chinese > > Please note that no assumptions should be made that the above- > listed languages represent anything more than languages in which > translated texts of some documents will be made available from time > to time, and for which we need checkers in the interim period > whilst a more holistic enterprise-wide approach to multilingualism > is developed in concert with the community. > > There will be some special 'thank yous' to the people who help with > this task over time - but the biggest thank you will be from the > community themselves. Because of these key people, more people will > be able to participate in the work of ICANN throughout the world, > and a greater diversity of views and a richer debate will be had by > all stakeholders. > > We hope you will pass this along to suitable potential checkers and > thanks in advance for your help! > > -- > Regards, > > The ICANN Translations Committee > > trans-comm(a)icann.org >

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Civil Society Participation in OECD Ministerial Meeting, Seoul, June 17-18 2008
by Jeanette Hofmann Aug. 21, 2007

Aug. 21, 2007

Hi, can please somebody forward this email to the ALAC list? Thank you. jeanette Greetings, The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) is currently preparing its 10th Ministerial Meeting on ÂThe Future of the Internet EconomyÂ, which will take place in Seoul, South Korea, June 17-18 2008. APC and the Internet Governance Project, together with the 'Public Voice', is working with the OECD secretariat to increase participation of Civil Society groups in shaping the agenda of the Ministerial meeting and in organising a one day stakeholder pre-event on June 16th 2008. This message contains general background information about the OECD and the 10th Ministerial meeting, and some of the opportunities for civil society participation. A second message will soon follow, outlining these opportunities in more detail, include some of our preliminary thinking about priorities for civil society engagement with this process, why we think you should get involved and how you can get involved. We look forward to working with you on this! Jeanette Hofmann, Karen Banks, Milton Mueller About The Event ============= The OECD, an inter-governmental organisation that consists of 30 member Countries, will hold a Ministerial Meeting on ÂThe Future of the Internet EconomyÂ in Seoul, Korea, on 17-18 June 2008. www.oecd.org/futureinternet. The OECD Ministerial Meeting aims to formulate guiding principles and policies for the future development of the Internet economy. Recognizing that the world depends to a growing degree on the Internet, the goal is to help governments establish policies responding to new developments and concerns arising from the changing role of the Internet in our society and economy. The Ministerial meeting will be preceded by a day of Âstakeholder foraÂ on June 16 2008, to give an opportunity to civil society and the business sector to present their viewpoints on the future development of the Internet economy. More information on the Ministerial and Stakeholder fora are available online. The OECD Ministerial Meeting offers a broad international public space to discuss the economic and societal implications of the emerging information economy. Civil society groups active in the area of information society related issues should use this opportunity to network among themselves and collectively express their visions on guiding policy principles for the development of the Future of the Internet economy. About The OECD ============= Membership in the OECD includes the majority of European countries, Canada, the United States, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia, Turkey, Japan and Korea. The OECD headquarters (the secretariat) is based in Paris. The OECD provides a setting where governments can compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practice and work to co-ordinate domestic and international policies. The OECD engages in policy analysis, data gathering, monitoring, and forecasting in many different areas but in particular for economic, environmental and social issues. In the fields of digital economy and information society, the OECD covers many areas that are of interest to civil society, such as privacy law enforcement, user-created content, network neutrality and gender in ICT employment. Reports of the OECD Committee of Information, Computer and Communications Policy can be found at (www.oecd.org/sti/ict) The OECD has relationships with about 70 non-member countries and a number of non-governmental entities such as the Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) and the Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC). There is as yet no formal link to civil society organisations, but the OECD is currently considering its relationship to the non-governmental sector with a view to greater inclusion. Public Consultation Â open until September 14th 2007 ========================================= The OECD Online Public Consultation provides an opportunity for all stakeholders to comment on the topics and issues to be discussed at the OECDÂs Ministerial meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy. The online consultation is open until September 14th and can be found here: http://www.oecd.org/document/9/0,3343,en_21571361_38415463_38985417_1_1_1_1… Please contact us if you have difficulty accessing or completing the online version. Opportunities for Civil Society Engagement ================================== The next message will contain more detailed information about opportunities for Civil Society participation in the 10th Ministerial process including: o Linking work in other public policy processes (such as the World Summit on the Information Society and The Internet Governance Forum) with the OECD Ministerial meeting o Gathering Civil society statements and reports that deal with future development of the internet o Preparation of a Civil Society Declaration o Preparation for a one day civil society stakeholder event on June 16th2008 o Information about preparatory events in the run up to the meeting o A time-line of the process and important dates References ========= o The Public Voice has a resource site with links to useful background documents, a calendar of related events and a schedule for the Public Voice monthly calls:http://www.thepublicvoice.org/events/oecdministerial.html o About the OECD: http://www.oecd.org/pages/0,3417,en_36734052_36734103_1_1_1_1_1,00.html o About the 10th Ministerial Meeting: www.oecd.org/futureinternet o The OECD Public Online Consultation: http://www.oecd.org/document/9/0,3343,en_21571361_38415463_38985417_1_1_1_1… o The OECD Organising Committee: www.oecd.org/sti/ict

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ALAC statement on the revision of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement
by Vittorio Bertola Aug. 20, 2007

Aug. 20, 2007

All, I would like to inform that the Registrar Accreditation Agreement Working Group of the ALAC is now collecting comments on a first draft of a document to be submitted to ICANN's consultation (attached). Comments from any ALS or participant would be welcome - also, I encourage any interested party to join the mailing list at http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/raa-wg_atlarge-lists.icann.… As the consultation closes on September 10 and the document will need some discussion by the ALAC, I would ask you to submit comments before the end of August. Regards, -- vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <--------

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Domain Tasting RFI - Online Survey
by Nick Ashton-Hart Aug. 16, 2007

Aug. 16, 2007

Dear All: A Request for Information has been posted by the ad-hoc group formed by the GNSO Council to look at Domain Tasting. The announcement can be found at: http://www.icann.org/announcements/ announcement-2-10aug07.htm In particular, an easy-to-use survey of the questions in the RFI is available in the BigPulse voting/polling system, which is also the At- Large voting and polling system; this makes it quick and easy to register your answers to the RFI. This can be found at: https:// www.bigpulse.com/872i Real-time results from the survey are also publicly available at: http://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=4Rkitd2chD5rD7eyJHJi We hope that many in the At-Large community will take the time to register their views and provide any suggestions of additional sources of information to be analysed while the RFI is open - it closes 15th September. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax (UK): +44 (20) 7681-3135 Fax (Swiss): +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile (UK): +44 (7774) 932798 Mobile (Swiss): +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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Funding Request and Draft Agenda for EURALO Board meeting
by Wolf Ludwig Aug. 15, 2007

Aug. 15, 2007

Dear Nick, as was mentioned on the list, some of the EURALO board members happened to meet in Meissen at the first European School on Internet Governance two weeks ago. We took the opportunity to informally discuss EURALO issues and how best to get started. Some board and non-board members present (Jeanette, Bill, Wolfgang, Annette and me) thought that the ICANN-Studienkreis meeting planed at the beginning of October 07 (11./12.10.) in Warsaw would offer an almost perfect opportunity to have a first kick-off meeting of the EURALO board. Others on the listserv had previously supported this view as well. We believe that Warsaw offers an excellent – and last – chance this year for the rather newly elected EURALO board and chairs to meet and to get all the working issues and planning 07-08 discussed in a coherent and inclusive way (see attached draft agenda). Furthermore we believe that the attached Funding Request for this board meeting seems to be rather modest and the presumable results of such a physical board meeting will exceed the travel reimbursements and stay-over costs needed (Euro 4,500.00). We would highly appreciate a favourable consideration of our Funding Request and a decision on it in due time to enable the board members to make the necessary (and cheaper) travel arrangements for Warsaw. Thanks and 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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the EURALO board
by Wolf Ludwig Aug. 15, 2007

Aug. 15, 2007

After facing some problems with the EURALO-list, Jeanette and I would like to forward you the following announcement: Hi all, thanks to Jeanette for taking the initiative. I fully agree with the summary of our late discussions. Being aware about Jeanette's time constraints I personally would prefer the option of a co-chair. I am pleased to confirm the announcement of our candidature. Best regards, Wolf Jeanette Hofmann wrote Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:17: Hi everyone, it seems the election of the ALAC members and of the EURALO board was so traumatic that a rather lively list fell dead silent after we got the results. There is something destructiv or at least polarizing about majority votes, they don't do justice to minorities. How to deal with this situation? First of all, the board needs to become operational, and it needs a chair. If we are lucky, the tasks of the coming months will help us to overcome or at least alleviate some of the cleavages we have seen on this list. Wolf Ludwig and I have talked about the election of the chair and we have decided to run as a duo either with him as chair and me as vice-chair or the two of us as co-chairs. We both have very positive experience with co-chairing. We are not aware that the bylaws would prohibit such a solution. I want to be frank though as I am afraid of over-committing myself. As some of you know, I am going to move to London in early autumn and start a new job. Thus I cannot commit a lot of time to this task in the coming months and I would see myself rather in the role of assisting Wolf and the board with whatever objectives they plan to accomplish. If this seems acceptable Wolf and I would like to announce our candidature. Best, Jeanette comunica-ch phone +41 79 204 83 87 www.comunica-ch.net http://blog.allmend.ch - Digitale Allmend

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