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New hires @ ICANN responsible for Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Eastern Europe.
by Veronica Cretu March 23, 2014

March 23, 2014

Dear colleagues, greetings and hope this finds you well! This is to share with you some concerns related to the recent hires at ICANN, particularly I am referring to the position of Vice President of Stakeholder Engagement for Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Eastern Europe. http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-20mar14-en.htm & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeI9SDz7_S8&feature=youtu.be While I welcome these new changes and hires within ICANN, I do also share serious concerns when it comes to my region! I think ICANN should be politically correct and more careful when delegating supervision of certain regions. I have nothing against Michael Yakushev, I highly respect his professional background, however, given the developments of the past months, and you all know what has been going on in the region (military intervention in Ukraine, the case of Crimea; now - a lot started to move in Transnistria - part of Moldova, again, with Russia's intervention) - having someone from Russia be in charge of, especially of countries like Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia - is very sensitive! The new position might be well responsible for Russia and its Customs Union countries; while countries like Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia should fall under the supervision of European based ICANN staff. We are all aiming at joining EU, and with this, adjusting all the legislation, embedding EU based principles and values into our work. While, indeed, ICANN looks at bringing the key stakeholders, as well as deepen and broaden the engagement of everyone in the global IG debate, that process should be done politically correct! Any thoughts, reflections, suggestions from your side would be really appreciated! With very best and see you soon in Singapore! Veronica -- *Veronica Cretu * *President, Open Government Institute**Republic of Moldova - http://opengov.si.md/ <http://opengov.si.md/>* *Member of the Steering Committee, * *Open Government Partnership (OGP);* *http://www.opengovpartnership.org/about/steering-committee/role-and-current-membership <http://www.opengovpartnership.org/about/steering-committee/role-and-current…>* *Member of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group* *To the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)* *http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/1549 <http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/>* *Member of the Nominating Committee of ICANN* *(Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbering)* *http://www.icann.org/en/groups/nomcom/2014/members <http://www.icann.org>* *Email: veronicacretu(a)gmail.com <veronicacretu(a)gmail.com> and/or veronica(a)cretu.md <veronica(a)cretu.md>Skype: veronicacretu Phone: 373 067435000*

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At-Large Singapore Meeting Reports Workspace
by ICANN At-Large Staff March 23, 2014

March 23, 2014

Dear All, Please note the At-Large Singapore Meetings Reports Workspace<https://community.icann.org/x/cyqfAg> has been created. Please be sure to submit your meeting reports in the workspace. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org%3cmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<applewebdata://68497759-1B04-4F9B-84B7-B9445B8F305F/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullrich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gruber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Staff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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VOTE ANNOUNCEMENT: At-Large Board Seat 15 VOTE ROUND 2
by At-Large Staff March 22, 2014

March 22, 2014

Dear All, Tijani Ben Jemaa, Chair of the Board Member Selection Process Committee (BMSPC) 2014, has asked that VOTE ROUND 2 be held to select the Board Director (Seat #15) selected by ALAC/At-Large for 2015-2017 (to take their seat at the 2014 AGM). ***** Question: Who do you support to become the Board Director (Seat #15) selected by ALAC/At-Large for 2015-2017? Please select one candidate from the list below (Listed in alphabetical order of the family name): * Rinalia Abdul Rahim * Sébastien Bachollet * Alan Greenberg Procedure Please note that the poll for VOTE ROUND 2 will be open from Saturday, 22-March-2014 08:00 SGT (00:00 UTC) to Sunday, 23-March-2014 17:45 SGT (09:45 UTC). * Once open, electorates will receive Vote Credentials that contain links to BigPulse, the online platform, to cast your vote. * Staff will send reminders, as well as call electorates who haven¹t voted before the poll closes. * VOTE ROUND 2 will be a simple majority: each electorate member chooses only one candidate for whom they will cast their vote. The candidate with the highest votes wins. * If one of the candidates has more than 50% of the votes cast, that candidate will be declared the winner. * If no candidate receives more than 50% of the votes cast, the candidate with the least number of votes is dropped, and a second vote with only 2 candidates starts on Sunday, 23 March at 18:45 SGT (10:45 UTC) and closes on Wednesday, 26 March at 14:00 SGT (06:00 UTC). This vote will also be a simple majority vote. The credentials will be sent Sunday, 23 March at 18:45 SGT (10:45 UTC). At the closure of the vote poll, if one of the candidates has more than 50% of the votes cast, this candidate is declared the winner, and the Board Director selection process is completed. If not, a random tie breaking operation is undertaken on Wednesday, 26 March at 15:30 SGT (07:30 UTC) The official announcement of the winner will be reported on Thursday, 27 March 2014. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org%3cmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org <applewebdata://EEFF989A-4B14-4F82-9BE3-76607E7BC0FF/Regards,%20Heidi%20Ullr ich,%20Silvia%20Vivanco,%20Matt%20Ashtiani,%20Ariel%20Liang,%20Gisella%20Gru ber,%20Nathalie%20Peregrine%20and%20Julia%20Charvolen%20ICANN%20Policy%20Sta ff%20in%20support%20of%20ALACmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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NomCom Report Card February 2014
by Veronica Cretu March 19, 2014

March 19, 2014

Dear colleagues, warm greetings to you all! As we are approaching a historical meeting of ICANN in Singapore :), and I know many of you are heading towards Singapore, this is to share with you the traditional NomCom Report Card, this one coming for February 2014! During February, the leadership team and staff were busy preparing the schedule of NomCom meetings (both internal and with various parts of the community) in Singapore. The NomCom will also meet with Mr Bernard Tobin from OB. There will be training sessions for NomCom members in interview techniques, as well as in the procedures of the next phase of NomCom work (Reading and assessing the SOI's, and straw polls on the Wiki). For more, please have a look at the attached Report Card! With very best, as ever, Veronica -- *Veronica Cretu * *President, Open Government Institute**Republic of Moldova - http://opengov.si.md/ <http://opengov.si.md/>* *Member of the Steering Committee, * *Open Government Partnership (OGP);* *http://www.opengovpartnership.org/about/steering-committee/role-and-current-membership <http://www.opengovpartnership.org/about/steering-committee/role-and-current…>* *Member of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group* *To the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)* *http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/1549 <http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/>* *Member of the Nominating Committee of ICANN* *(Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbering)* *http://www.icann.org/en/groups/nomcom/2014/members <http://www.icann.org>* *Email: veronicacretu(a)gmail.com <veronicacretu(a)gmail.com> and/or veronica(a)cretu.md <veronica(a)cretu.md>Skype: veronicacretu Phone: 373 067435000*

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VOTE ANNOUNCEMENT: At-Large Board Director - VOTE ROUND 2
by ICANN At-Large Staff March 19, 2014

March 19, 2014

Dear All, Tijani Ben Jemaa, Chair of the Board Member Selection Process Committee (BMSPC) 2014, has asked that VOTE ROUND 2 be held to select the Board Director (Seat #15) selected by ALAC/At-Large for 2015-2017 (to take their seat at the 2014 AGM). ***** Question: Who do you support to become the Board Director (Seat #15) selected by ALAC/At-Large for 2015-2017? Please select one candidate from the list below (Listed in alphabetical order of the family name): * Rinalia Abdul Rahim * Sébastien Bachollet * Alan Greenberg Procedure Please note that the poll for VOTE ROUND 2 will be open from Saturday, 22-March-2014 08:00 SGT (00:00 UTC) to Sunday, 23-March-2014 17:45 SGT (09:45 UTC). * Once open, electorates will receive Vote Credentials that contain links to BigPulse, the online platform, to cast your vote. * Staff will send reminders, as well as call electorates who haven’t voted before the poll closes. * VOTE ROUND 2 will be a simple majority: each electorate member chooses only one candidate for whom they will cast their vote. The candidate with the highest votes wins. * If one of the candidates has more than 50% of the votes cast, that candidate will be declared the winner. * If no candidate receives more than 50% of the votes cast, the candidate with the least number of votes is dropped, and a second vote with only 2 candidates starts on Sunday, 23 March at 18:45 SGT (10:45 UTC) and closes on Wednesday, 26 March at 14:00 SGT (06:00 UTC). This vote will also be a simple majority vote. The credentials will be sent on Sunday, 23 March at 18:45 SGT (10:45 UTC). At the closure of the vote poll, if one of the candidates has more than 50% of the votes cast, this candidate is declared the winner, and the Board Director selection process is completed. If not, a random tie breaking operation will be undertaken on Wednesday, 26 March at 15:30 SGT (07:30 UTC) The official announcement of the winner will be reported on Thursday, 27 March 2014. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>

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VOTE RESULTS: At-Large Board Director - VOTE ROUND 1
by ICANN At-Large Staff March 19, 2014

March 19, 2014

Dear All, The First Round vote of the Board Director (Seat #15) selection by ALAC/At-Large is now completed. The three most preferred candidates, listed in alphabetical order of the Family name, are the following: * Rinalia Abdul Rahim * Sébastien Bachollet * Alan Greenberg I would like to congratulate the 3 preferred candidates, and wish them good luck for the Second Round. I also would like to thank Evan Leibovitch and Jean-Jacques Subrenat for participating in the Board Seat 2014 process. They contributed to the consistency and the credibility of the selection process. Tijani BEN JEMAA BMSPC Chair

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RE : [At-Large] VOTE RESULTS: At-Large Board Director - VOTE ROUND 1
by jjs March 19, 2014

March 19, 2014

Thank you Tijani for leading the process, and warm congratulations to Rinalia, Alan and Sébastien in reaching this stage of the selection! Jean-Jacques. -------- Message d'origine -------- De : ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> Date : 19/03/2014 2:10 (GMT+01:00) A : alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org,At-Large Worldwide <at-large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>,afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org,apac-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org,Discussion for At-Large Europe <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>,lac-discuss-en@atlarge-lists.icann.org,lac-discuss-es@atlarge-lists.icann.org,na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org Objet : [At-Large] VOTE RESULTS: At-Large Board Director - VOTE ROUND 1 Dear All, The First Round vote of the Board Director (Seat #15) selection by ALAC/At-Large is now completed. The three most preferred candidates, listed in alphabetical order of the Family name, are the following: * Rinalia Abdul Rahim * Sébastien Bachollet * Alan Greenberg I would like to congratulate the 3 preferred candidates, and wish them good luck for the Second Round. I also would like to thank Evan Leibovitch and Jean-Jacques Subrenat for participating in the Board Seat 2014 process. They contributed to the consistency and the credibility of the selection process. Tijani BEN JEMAA BMSPC Chair _______________________________________________ At-Large mailing list At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org

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REMINDER AND DIAL OUT REQUEST/ Meeting invitation/ EURALO monthly meeting - Tuesday 18 March 2014 at 1900 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff March 18, 2014

March 18, 2014

Dear All, The next EURALO call is scheduled for Tuesday 18 March 2014 at 19:00 UTC (20:00 CET). The agenda and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/ZRjRAg Adobe Connect room: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/euralo EURALO Work space: https://community.icann.org/x/K5Qi If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at:staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> One World, One Internet

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EURALO results from Seat 15 member’s consultation
by Wolf Ludwig March 17, 2014

March 17, 2014

Dear all, first of all, thanks to all of you who have responded and contributed to this regional consultation round what, at the end, brought an almost excellent level of participation: Out of 30 active ALSes at EURALO invited for voting during the last week, - 28 responded with a preferred candidate name, - while one is considered as invalid by forwarding two names (and didn’t respond on my call for a correct vote any more), - only 2 ALSes did not respond at all (despite repeated reminders and a last call today). This means we reached more than 90 per cent of participation and feedback. The final result is as interesting as tight: * Sébastien Bachollet – 10 votes, * Rinaliah Abdul Rahim – 9 votes, * Jean-Jacques Subrenat – 4 votes, * Alan Greenberg – 2 votes, * Evan Leibovitch – 2 votes. As a consequence of this (even tight) result of my community’s preference on the candidates, my directed vote in the first ALAC voting round tomorrow goes to Sébastien Bachollet. I will cast my vote tomorrow according to the ranking above. As I am the only EURALO voter being bound by my community's advise, our ALAC members can take this regional advise into consideration but are FREE to vote according to their own reflections and preference. For further tie-breaking and the 2nd voting round at ALAC, my vote will be based on the ranking above as well. Thanks again for your precious support and advice. Kind regards, Wolf EuroDIG Secretariat http://www.eurodig.org/ mobile +41 79 204 83 87 Skype: Wolf-Ludwig EURALO - ICANN's Regional At-Large Organisation http://euralo.org Profile on LinkedIn http://ch.linkedin.com/in/wolfludwig

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ICANN Board candidates (Seat 15) OPENED
by Christoph Bruch March 16, 2014

March 16, 2014

Dear All, On behalf of Humanistische Union - German Civil Liberties Union I wold like to support Sébastien Bachollet. Regards Christoph Bruch -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: euro-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] Im Auftrag von Wolf Ludwig Gesendet: Montag, 10. März 2014 01:55 An: Discussion for At-Large Europe Cc: Rinalia Abdul Rahim; At-Large Staff; Evan Leibovitch; Alan Greenberg Betreff: [EURO-Discuss] IMPORTANT: EURALO’s member consultation on ICANN Board candidates (Seat 15) OPENED Wichtigkeit: Hoch Dear all, as repeatedly announced before, EURALO’s member consultation and (first) voting on the ICANN Board candidates (Seat 15) will start *today*, Monday 10 March and will last one week until Sunday, 16 March midnight. All candidates had a chance to present themselves on this list during the last week (incl. a candidates presentation call last Friday night), therefore you should be aware about their profiles and particularities. The candidates are (in alphabetic order): * Rinaliah Abdul Rahim, * Sébastien Bachollet, * Alan Greenberg, * Evan Leibovitch and * Jean-Jacques Subrenat. For further infos on the candidates please see: https://community.icann.org/display/ABMS/2014+At-Large+Board+Director+Candi… The *voting procedure* for this consultation is rather simple: All active member ALSes can cast a *vote on their preferred candidate* a) either by posting their preferred name – openly - on this list or b) choose a more confidential way by sending the name directly to me with Cc to Gisella Gruber <Gisella.Gruber(a)icann.org> (ensuring a four-eyes principle and voting supervision by Staff). Gisella and I will collect and list incoming votes (those from the list or directly) by checking over the week who has voted and who has not ... demanding reminders. PLEASE help and support us to make this consultation a SUCCESS again, as we did last time in autumn 2010! Let me suggest that the quorum for this voting will be *30 members total* (what is minus the usual 4 dead ducks who didn’t participate in anything the last years and shouldn't be considered by distorting the quorum of usually responding members). To reach a substantial quorum: 70 to 80% is good - 50 to 60% is acceptable - below 50% is poor. Just for the records: in autumn 2010 we reached a quorum of 80% -- what was great. We need to be aware that there won't be a foreseeable "winner" in the first round (among the five). Last time, we needed a 2nd run-off vote on the two candidates who gained most of the votes in the 1st round while not reaching a clear majority. A 2nd round won’t be needed, if there is a clear majority at EURALO on one of the remaining candidates. Please help your chair to cast a *directed vote from his community* for the ALAC voting. If you have any further questions, please let me know. Thanks and kind regards, Wolf EuroDIG Secretariat http://www.eurodig.org/ mobile +41 79 204 83 87 Skype: Wolf-Ludwig EURALO - ICANN's Regional At-Large Organisation http://euralo.org Profile on LinkedIn http://ch.linkedin.com/in/wolfludwig _______________________________________________ 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

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