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Annette Unwell
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 14, 2007

Feb. 14, 2007

Dear Committee and European ALSes: I've just spoken to Annette and her cold has become a lung infection - as anyone else who has had one of these knows, the only thing to do is go to bed and stay there, and she's promised to do so. She did ask me to notify the newly-accredited ALSes on her behalf which I shall shortly do. Attn: Europe: She also asked me to ask you to please begin to discuss Lisbon, the MoU, etc in her absence; she'll catch up but wants to rest not worrying about whether or not things are moving forward. This message is therefore a Germano-Anglo condominium to induce work output through the use of moral suasion. I hope you forgive us both ;) -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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European ALS Community Invitation to ICANN Lisbon Meeting
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 14, 2007

Feb. 14, 2007

Below please find all the information related to the attendance by the European ALS community at the Lisbon ICANN International Meeting. We look forward to welcoming you to Lisbon! Please read carefully. Dear European At-Large representative: A European Regional At-Large Organization (EURALO) formation meeting will be held in Lisbon, Portugal between [sat before mtg to end date of meeting]. All accredited and candidate At-Large Structures (ALSes) in the ICANN European Region are invited to send delegates to the meeting. The 28th International ICANN meeting will feature tutorials, workshops, and stakeholder meetings on a variety of issues of interest to end-users (such as internationalized domain names and the introduction of new top level domain names), as well as public forums and a public meeting of ICANN's Board of Directors. More information is posted at www.icann.org/meetings/lisbon. There are expected to be a total of two to three sessions of the European ALS Community. The First Session is tentatively scheduled for all day on Saturday, 24th March, with the additional sessions during the ICANN Meeting that will be scheduled in order to allow maximum participation for European ALS delegates in the other ICANN meetings, and any of the sessions of the At-Large Advisory Committee as desired. ICANN is pleased to offer travel support to enable one representative from each accredited or candidate ALS to attend. In addition, remote attendance will be facilitated for those unable to attend the meeting in person. The objective of the European ALS Meeting is to: 1) Finalise a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will be submitted to the ICANN Board of Directors to officially establish the EURALO. 2) Attend and participate in a public MoU Signing Ceremony, with ICANN Officers and stakeholders present, and present the MoU to the ICANN Board; 3) Finalise the Bylaws for the EURALO. 4) Elect the two Regional Representatives of the EURALO to the At- Large Advisory Committee; 5) Elect other EURALO Officers and/or Secretariat as those positions may be defined within the Bylaws; 6) Discuss and agree the policy areas of concern for the upcoming year in relation to ICANN’s remit and a programme of work on the issues. Conference documents, draft proposals, a draft agenda, and details of how to attend remotely will be kept up-to-date on the EURALO Wiki’s Meetings and Events section at Http://st.icann.org/euralo, which may also be reached from www.euralo.org. You may choose an RSS feed from that page which will keep you up-to-date on the meetings – or simply check back often. MEETING VENUE: ICANN is arranging for the meeting room and all technical requirements for those attending in person and remotely. MAIN ICANN MEETING ACCESS: You may register for the main ICANN meeting from the Lisbon meeting page as above, or you may choose to register upon arrival. There is no fee for registration in either case. TRAVEL SUPPORT: ICANN is able to provide travel support and hotel accommodation for one representative of each At Large Structure, and most candidates for ALS status, who have identified themselves as requiring travel assistance, as follows: Airfare, to and from Lisbon; Hotel accommodation at a hotel TBD – for the nights of 23rd to 28th March inclusive; Airport transfers to and from the hotel; Meals from 23rd March dinner to 29th March lunch inclusive (except where a hosted dinner or lunch is provided by ICANN directly) THE FINE PRINT REGARDING TRAVEL SUPPORT: ICANN is committed to helping the community attend events and meetings and greatly values the time and energy that volunteers invest in ICANN, but please remember that we have many ALSes in many regions and we want to ‘stretch’ our travel budget as far as we can – so we rely upon all of you to try to travel affordably. Here are a few guidelines with respect to this meeting: You are free to arrive earlier and depart later if you wish, however, all costs associated with doing so would be your responsibility, including any extra cost of airfare which might result from flying earlier or later. ICANN will pay for the room charges and tax for the hotel on the nights above-referenced, however, you will likely be asked to deposit a credit card for incidentals and meals. Meals charged to your hotel room for the nights covered by ICANN may be reimbursed after attending the meeting by requesting reimbursement (see below for further details). If you incur any costs in advance of approval of your Travel Authorisation Request Form being approved, ICANN will not reimburse these costs. Any reimbursements you request after the meeting for allowable expenses as outlined above will require receipts accompanying an Expense Reimbursement form submitted after you return home, so make sure to save all receipts. ICANN will provide travel support for only one delegate per ALS/ candidate ALS, so additional representatives wishing to attend the meeting would not be able to request reimbursement or travel support – however, those who wish to attend remotely may do so and we encourage remote participation. Air travel will be in economy class unless a special exception is requested and the request approved. If you feel that the length of your trip or some other factor justifies traveling by other classes, make your request to travel-staff(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org. HOW TO REQUEST TRAVEL ASSISTANCE: If you will request travel assistance to attend the meeting, please complete the attached Travel Approval form as soon as possible and email it to travel-staff(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org Please ensure that you fill in estimated costs for all sections of the form, except for the hotel, which costs will be paid directly by ICANN. **Please complete and email this form no later than 26 February 2007 ** After ICANN approves your travel request, you will receive information on how to get your airline and/or train tickets purchased for you from ICANN’s travel agents. Due to the number of At-Large constituency meetings, you will need to allow ICANN travel to purchase your tickets for you rather than purchase them yourselves, unless the best fare/flight combination is unavailable via the ICANN agent – however, your airfare cost if self-purchased will still need to be approved in advance; we advise that those who plan to seek reimbursment for airfare after the fact provide a costed itinerary to the travel-staff(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org address along with the completed Travel Approval Form. ** Please schedule your travel so that you will arrive not later than early morning on Saturday 24th March. The first Session of the meetings is expected to begin that morning ** EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT: The Travel Expense Reimbursement Form is available on the EURALO Wiki at http://st.icann.org/euralo should you require reimbursement. Please include all receipts in order for the reimbursement to be processed. Completed Expense Reimbursement Forms and related documentation should be sent to accountspayable(a)icann.org with copies to travel-staff(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org. VISA INFORMATION: Please note that the nationals of a number of countries require a visa. Please refer to http://www.icann.org/meetings/lisbon for further information. Note further that ICANN staff cannot facilitate applications for visas and that it can take some time to get one, so if you are one of those who will require a visa you should apply for one without delay. If you will require a letter of invitation in order to get a visa, please write to travel-staff@atlarge- lists.icann.org If we can provide any further information, please feel free to contact us by email at travel-staff(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org. Kind regards ICANN Staff

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Preparing for Lisbon / Teleconference scheduling
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 13, 2007

Feb. 13, 2007

Dear European ALS representatives: As has previously been mentioned I will shortly (24-48 hours) be emailing around the information about the Lisbon meeting. However, in the meantime, as previously mentioned, I would strongly suggest that we begin the preparatory work so that we can have a successful outcome and establish the European RALO at last. As previously suggested, we would like to arrange a teleconference within the next several days to do three things: 1) Go over the draft Bylaws and identify the provisions which are still believed to need work at the meeting 2) Go over the draft MoU for the same purposes. 3) Decide on an agenda for Lisbon's sessions if there is a time in the period of 20-24 February that you CANNOT do, please send this to staff(a)alac.icann.org and we will schedule something that conflicts with the fewest schedules. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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 PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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ALAC Working Wiki now accessible by the public
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 13, 2007

Feb. 13, 2007

Good morning all! I'm happy to inform you that the ALAC's recent decision to open up their working SocialText Wiki has been implemented. It can be reached two ways: 1) Directly at http://alac.icann.org, selecting 'ALAC Working Wiki' from the left-hand-side navigation panel; 2) by directly visiting https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?at_large_advisory_committee There are a number of resources currently housed here - meeting agendas in preparation, open items to be discussed by the committee, draft and finalised minutes, and recordings of ALAC teleconferences. Shortly I will be working out a way to allow inbound emailing of comments to pages, so that the community can make suggestions and comments which will appear automatically on the pages of the Wiki. It is also possible to subscribe to an RSS feed of specific pages, so you can follow updates that way. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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Planning for Lisbon / February Events
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 13, 2007

Feb. 13, 2007

Hello everyone! February and March are going to be busy months in the At-Large world, so I thought I'd give you a quick update on the happenings :) NORTH AMERICA Friday, Feb 23rd, Vancouver, Canada - 10:30 – 11:30 am Pacific Standard Time Telecommunities Canada is hosting an open “ICANN Outreach” session at the Pacific Community Networks Association 2007 Summit: Strategic use of ICTs for Communities, Vancouver, February 23-25, 2007. < http://www.2007summit.ca/> Access to the meeting via videoconference over the Internet will be available for those interested. ASIA PACIFIC Wednesday, 28th February - Bali, Indonesia - 0900-1800 Local Time The Asia-Pacific At-Large Community will be meeting in conjunction with APRICOT 2007 (http://www.2007.apricot.net/) to finalise their draft Memorandum of Understanding with ICANN to form the APRALO. Access to the meeting for AP ALSes unable to attend the meeting, which is receiving travel support assistance from ICANN, will be available via videoconference over the Internet. LISBON ICANN INTERNATIONAL MEETING The African ALS community, and the European ALS Community, will both be meeting at the ICANN Lisbon international meeting March 26-30 2007, with their sessions tentatively scheduled to start on Saturday 24th March just prior to the start of the official ICANN meeting schedule. The At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) will also as per usual be meeting in formal sessions during the Lisbon Meeting. For further information, see http://www.icann.org/meetings/lisbon and for the At-Large Community Calendar for Lisbon visit http:// www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=vvq3rhenvo6dp41d4av1ocbacc% 40group.calendar.google.com. African and European ALS representatives will very shortly receive full details on how to apply for travel support for the Lisbon meetings! Stay tuned! -- 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: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 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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Towards Lisbon: Draft EURALO Bylaws / MoU and Lisbon Meetings
by Nick Ashton-Hart Jan. 30, 2007

Jan. 30, 2007

Hello Europe! As has been previously mentioned, the upcoming European ICANN International meeting in Lisbon is approaching fast (March 26-30 - http://www.icann.org/meetings/lisbon/) ICANN would like to provide for the European ALS community to come to Lisbon to finalise - at least - the Memorandum of Understanding between the European ALS community and ICANN and - ideally also - to conclude work on the Bylaws of the RALO. Whilst the Bylaws are in an advanced stage of work, there are still some areas where consensus has not yet been reached. What I would like to suggest to you as a plan of work is as follows: We should have a teleconference of all ALSes in the next couple of weeks to do the following: 1) Identify the remaining areas where work has to be done on the Bylaws; 2) Identify any areas with respect to the draft Memorandum of Understanding which need further review. The outcome of this teleconference will then give us the next steps with respect to both documents, and we can work during the remaining several weeks before Lisbon to further accelerate work, so that we can plan an agenda for meetings in Lisbon which gives time not only to finish the work on these documents but also to talk about the priorities of the EURALO in the coming year, and to work on policies currently under discussion in ICANN which the EURALO wishes to make representations about. I have attached a draft MoU to this email; it can also be found by navigating to www.euralo.org and choosing the RALO Organising Instruments page from the main menu. All European ALSes should have an account to login and edit the Wiki which is now the 'front page' of the euralo.org site (if you don't please let us know so we can get you an account). This draft incorporates the provisions of the Latin America and the Caribbean Islands' MoU, already agreed with ICANN, as well as some additional provisions from the current state of the Asia Pacific regional MoU (in the final stages of negotiation between the community now), and it allows for some of the specific needs identified by the European ALS community in the current draft Bylaws, without prejduging the outcome of some of the provisions in the Bylaws. I hope that the draft is seen as useful and that it may prove to be a document which is seen as largely acceptable - of course if the region wishes to choose differently it is entirely up to you, as always. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart FESTIVE GREETINGS! As per usual, in lieu of cards for friends and colleagues, I have made a donation in your name to Medecins Sans Frontieres, to help them provide medical care to those much less fortunate than ourselves.

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Re: [EURO-Discuss] [LAC-Discuss] Fwd: [ALAC] Staff appointment: Director, At-Large
by Jacqueline Morris Jan. 29, 2007

Jan. 29, 2007

Hi Christian He will be in charge of the same things that he was doing in the interim, just permanently, and with more staff support... he also will have more things to do, I guess. Jacqueline On 1/29/07, Christian Hess Araya <chess(a)poder-judicial.go.cr> wrote: > > ENGLISH: I would also like to join Carlton in wishing Nick the best in > his new position. When possible, please be sure to let us know who will be > taking over his current responsibilities. Warm regards to all. > > ESPAÑOL: Me uno a Carlton en desearle a Nick lo mejor en su nuevo cargo. > Cuando sea posible, por favor háganos saber quién asumirá sus actuales > responsabilidades. Cordiales saludos a todos(as). > > > *Msr. Christian Hess Araya* > Oficina: Tel. (506) 295-4721, fax (506) 295-3712, web: > www.poder-judicial.go.cr/salaconstitucional/ > Personal: www.hess-cr.com > San José, Costa Rica > > > ------------------------------ > *De:* lac-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto: > lac-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org] *En nombre de *Carlton A > Samuels > *Enviado el:* lunes 29 de enero del 2007 07:02 > *Para:* nashton(a)spamcop.net; apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; > afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; 'Discussion for At-Large Europe'; > 'LAC Discuss'; na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > *CC:* 'Denise Michel'; alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > *Asunto:* Re: [LAC-Discuss] Fwd: [ALAC] Staff appointment: Director, > At-Large > > Heartiest congratulations to Nick! We are sure this appointment is a > boon to the At-Large Community in general and LACRALO in particular. > > > > Carlton > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* lac-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto: > lac-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org] *On Behalf Of *Nick > Ashton-Hart > *Sent:* Monday, January 29, 2007 5:48 AM > *To:* apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; > afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org; Discussion for At-Large Europe; LAC > Discuss; na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > *Cc:* Denise Michel; alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > *Subject:* [LAC-Discuss] Fwd: [ALAC] Staff appointment: Director, At-Large > > > > FYI. > > I feel very fortunate to be able to continue to work with such a great > community of passionate, dynamic, and dedicated people in the At-Large > community. I am certain that though there may be many viewpoints about > policy, process, and structure in the community, everyone cares about making > a positive difference for the individual Internet user in the important > policy areas in ICANN's remit. I believe this community can do great things > and look forward to doing my part to help support your efforts! > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Denise Michel* <denise.michel(a)icann.org> > Date: 26-Jan-2007 13:51 > Subject: [ALAC] Staff appointment: Director, At-Large > To: "At-Large Advisory Committee (publicly archived)" <alac(a)icann.org> > > ICANN is pleased to announce that Nick Ashton-Hart has been appointed as > Director for At-Large after an intensive recruitment and consideration > process which involved members of the At-Large Advisory Committee, > At-Large and civil society community members, and members of ICANN's > Communications and Global Partnerships Departments. The primary > responsibility of this role is to encourage and support the global > individual Internet user community's (At-Large's) participation in > ICANN, including helping to advance At-Large's organizing and advocacy > efforts worldwide and supporting the activities of the At-Large Advisory > Committee and the Regional At-Large Organizations. Nick is based in > London. He will be assisted in this role by multi-lingual > administrative staff currently based in London and Marina del Rey, > California. All can be reached via email to <staff(a)alac.icann.org>. > > Nick has nearly 20 years of experience in managing international > projects involving non-governmental organizations, civil society and > corporate interests in the Internet, media, and communications arenas. > Prior to joining ICANN, he served as the Executive Director of the > International Music Managers Forum, managed international IT projects > for numerous companies, and led multilateral programs involving the > United Nations and the World Intellectual Property Organization. > > This position reports to the Vice President, Policy Development, Denise > Michel. > > We welcome Nick to this role and wish him every success. > > Regards, > > Denise Michel > Vice President, Policy Development > ICANN www.icann.org > denise.michel(a)icann.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > ALAC mailing list > ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org > > > -- > -- > Regards, > > Nick Ashton-Hart > PO Box 32160 > London N4 2XY > United Kingdom > UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 > USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 > Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 > mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 > Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: > nashtonhart > Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart > > FESTIVE GREETINGS! As per usual, in lieu of cards for friends and > colleagues, I have made a donation in your name to Medecins Sans Frontieres, > to help them provide medical care to those much less fortunate than > ourselves. > > _______________________________________________ > LAC-Discuss mailing list > LAC-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/lac-discuss_atlarge-lists.i… > > > > -- Jacqueline A. Morris www.jacquelinemorris.com www.trinidadcarnivalphotos.com

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Fwd: [ALAC] Staff appointment: Director, At-Large
by Nick Ashton-Hart Jan. 29, 2007

Jan. 29, 2007

FYI. I feel very fortunate to be able to continue to work with such a great community of passionate, dynamic, and dedicated people in the At-Large community. I am certain that though there may be many viewpoints about policy, process, and structure in the community, everyone cares about making a positive difference for the individual Internet user in the important policy areas in ICANN's remit. I believe this community can do great things and look forward to doing my part to help support your efforts! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Denise Michel <denise.michel(a)icann.org> Date: 26-Jan-2007 13:51 Subject: [ALAC] Staff appointment: Director, At-Large To: "At-Large Advisory Committee (publicly archived)" <alac(a)icann.org> ICANN is pleased to announce that Nick Ashton-Hart has been appointed as Director for At-Large after an intensive recruitment and consideration process which involved members of the At-Large Advisory Committee, At-Large and civil society community members, and members of ICANN's Communications and Global Partnerships Departments. The primary responsibility of this role is to encourage and support the global individual Internet user community's (At-Large's) participation in ICANN, including helping to advance At-Large's organizing and advocacy efforts worldwide and supporting the activities of the At-Large Advisory Committee and the Regional At-Large Organizations. Nick is based in London. He will be assisted in this role by multi-lingual administrative staff currently based in London and Marina del Rey, California. All can be reached via email to <staff(a)alac.icann.org>. Nick has nearly 20 years of experience in managing international projects involving non-governmental organizations, civil society and corporate interests in the Internet, media, and communications arenas. Prior to joining ICANN, he served as the Executive Director of the International Music Managers Forum, managed international IT projects for numerous companies, and led multilateral programs involving the United Nations and the World Intellectual Property Organization. This position reports to the Vice President, Policy Development, Denise Michel. We welcome Nick to this role and wish him every success. Regards, Denise Michel Vice President, Policy Development ICANN www.icann.org denise.michel(a)icann.org _______________________________________________ ALAC mailing list ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart FESTIVE GREETINGS! As per usual, in lieu of cards for friends and colleagues, I have made a donation in your name to Medecins Sans Frontieres, to help them provide medical care to those much less fortunate than ourselves.

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At-Large Regional website content now managed by the regional ALS community
by ICANN At Large Staff Jan. 26, 2007

Jan. 26, 2007

Dear All: I am happy to inform you that each of the regional URLS: www.afralo.org For Africa www.apralo.org For Asia-Pacific www.euralo.org For Europe www.lacralo.org For Latin America /Caribbean Islands www.naralo.org For North America All now point to the regional Wikis which began to come online in November/December 2006. This means that the ALS community in each region will be able to edit and manage the regional online home and the information it contains, whilst members of the public will be able to see the regional online home sites with the information which the region itself has decided should be made available. All ALSes should have received user accounts - if anyone does not have access to your regional site please let us know at staff(a)alac.icann.org. Of course ICANN At-Large staff will help to maintain sections related to forms, minutes of meetings where we are involved in taking minutes, providing FAQs, etc - in consultation with the regions themselves. We hope all of you see this is a step forward in providing the At- Large community more tools to communicate with one another and with those who are interested and are always happy to hear your views on further improvements. -- Regards, ICANN At-Large Staff PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 email: staff(a)alac.icann.org

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Fwd: The ALAC Wasteland
by Patrick Vande Walle Jan. 23, 2007

Jan. 23, 2007

Dear all, While I do neither agree with the tone and the conclusions of Danny Younger's message on the GNSO GA list, I would still like to pick out a sentence which, I think, is partially correct: "the vast bulk of these 66 accredited At-Large structures have had nothing to say on any DNS-related matter at any time nor have offered any written counsel to the Board whatsoever through any other public channels" I am indeed worried that we seem to be more focused on structure than content. Actually, I am yet to see *any* message on this list or the previous one which talks about current issues like whois, news gTLDS, DNSSEC, IPv6 in the root or what have you. Some individuals like Roberto, Vittorio, Wolfgang or Annette have been active through the ALAC or other committees and fora. Nevertheless, I think it is important that we Euralo members voice our concerns so that our European representatives in the ALAC know what the European consensus is. If you have any idea how we could organize ourseleves so that discussions are both inclusive and productive, please post. Best regards, Patrick -------- Original Message -------- Subject: The ALAC Wasteland Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 06:41:54 -0800 (PST) From: Danny Younger <dannyyounger(a)yahoo.com> CC: committee(a)alac.icann.org Newsgroups: lists.icann.gnso.ga January 15 marked the first time in the last four years that any accredited at-large structure (there are 66 of them currently) ever sent in a written public forum comment on any DNS-related topic whatsoever. That commentary came from John Levine on behalf of CAUCE regarding the work of the WHOIS Task Force. I'd like to begin by thanking John for his personal contribution. Now, let's put the big question on the table: If the vast bulk of these 66 accredited At-Large structures have had nothing to say on any DNS-related matter at any time nor have offered any written counsel to the Board whatsoever through any other public channels, then what continuing purpose in the ICANN structure do these non-contributing bodies serve? Why do we continue to collect ALS applications and continue to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in support of organizational policy advice that borders on nil? This is mismanagement taken to the extreme. Sure, there's lots of hoopla surrounding the formation of a RALO, but so what? Of what value are any of these constructs if well-considered advice fails to make its way forward to relevant Task Force groups or to the Board? The ALAC endeavor has been a monumental failure from day one that clearly cannot be cured with a dollop of additional time and more financial resources -- they've gotten enough cash and they've had more than enough time to get their act together -- it's time to throw in the towel on this losing proposition. I look at the efforts of the Intellectual Property Lobby and note that they can rally their troops to provide a great deal of thoughtful commentary when the situation so demands. By contrast, the ALAC can't generate a response (even with a $700,000 budget). It has no leadership skills, it has no recognized authority, and it hasn't had any buy-in from the At-Large community. ICANN needs to put this useless dog to sleep. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. http://videogames.yahoo.com/platform?platform=120121

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