Sorry I misspelled Sebastien’s name. So welcome to Sebastien, not Sebastian! J Jacqueline From: Jacqueline A. Morris [mailto:jam@jacquelinemorris.com] Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 11:31 AM To: 'Nick Ashton-Hart'; 'Europe Discuss'; euro-als@atlarge-lists.icann.org Cc: policy@icann.org; 'At-Large Worldwide'; secretariat@atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: Re: [Secretariat] At-Large EURALO 2007 Election Results Congratulations and welcome to Veronica and Sebastian. Please feel free to ask me anything that you need to get up to speed. Jacqueline From: Nick Ashton-Hart [mailto:nick.ashton-hart@icann.org] Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 10:44 AM To: Europe Discuss; euro-als@atlarge-lists.icann.org Cc: policy@icann.org; At-Large Worldwide; secretariat@atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: [Secretariat] At-Large EURALO 2007 Election Results Dear All: I'm pleased to report the results of the 2007 EURALO Elections. ALAC COMMITTEE: 2-year Term: CRETU, Veronica 1-year Term: BACHOLLET, Sebastian EURALO BOARD Number of Seats Chosen: All Candidates (from a selection by ballot of 5, 7, 9, or all candidates) Members Elected (in order of election, taking into account Bylaw requirement of nationality diversity with respect to first 5 seats) HOFMANN, Jeannette LUDWIG, Wolf BERTOLA, Vittorio DE QUITO, Paco MILOSHEVIC, Desiree BRUCH, Christophe BANKS, Karen DRAKE, Bill VANSNICK, Rudi Whilst Sebastian Bachollet and Veronica Cretu were also candidates for board seats, the elections process agreed on was that those elected to ALAC seats would not also occupy board seats, though they would be able to attend board meetings. For those who wish to review the details of the election, and to ensure independent verification of the results published, the voting system provides a URL as follows: HYPERLINK "http://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=YZMs83SWNAgmq75TMXUb"http://www.bi gpulse.com/pollresults?code=YZMs83SWNAgmq75TMXUb The procedures related to the election can be found at: HYPERLINK "https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?euralo_elections_2007"https://st.ican n.org/euralo/index.cgi?euralo_elections_2007 Since one-half of the EURALO board was to be elected every year, as per the Bylaws for the region adopted in Lisbon, it was submitted for consideration by the ICANN staff that the top 1/2 (rounded to the nearest whole number) would serve a 2-year term, and the bottom 1/2 a 1-year term. Given the number of members of the board, that procedure would not resolve whether the top 4, or 5, would be serving 2-years. Perhaps the region will allow the board, in its first meeting, to decide this question. On behalf of the staff of ICANN may I extend extend our congratulations to the newly-elected officers and wish them the best in their new roles. I look forward to working with them all. -- 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: HYPERLINK "mailto:nick.ashton-hart@icann.org"nick.ashton-hart@icann.org Win IM: HYPERLINK "mailto:ashtonhart@hotmail.com"ashtonhart@hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: HYPERLINK "mailto:nashtonhart@mac.com"nashtonhart@mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: HYPERLINK "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart"https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonha rt No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.6/813 - Release Date: 5/20/2007 7:54 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.6/813 - Release Date: 5/20/2007 7:54 AM No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.6/813 - Release Date: 5/20/2007 7:54 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.6/813 - Release Date: 5/20/2007 7:54 AM

Dear list, I would also like to congratulate Veronica and Sebastien. And I I'd like to thank you for the votes I got for the EURALO board. I must concede it feels quite odd though to be elected through an election process I find not acceptable and to now participate in an organization that I think should be structured in a completely different way. I won't attend the ICANN meeting, a teleconference during the ICANN meeting is ok with me. jeanette Wolf Ludwig wrote:

Dear all,

first of all, I would like to congratulate Veronica and Sébastien for their election to the ALAC board! All my best wishes to the new board members. Félicitations, Sébastien, et mes meilleurs voeux pour ton mandat.

Furthermore, I would like to thank all those who expressed their confidence to me and I will try and do my best to meet their expectations -- in the very interest of Internet users and the public interest.

Best regards, Wolf

Jacqueline A. Morris wrote Mon, 21 May 2007 11:30:

...

Congratulations and welcome to Veronica and Sebastian. Please feel free to ask me anything that you need to get up to speed.

Jacqueline

Nick Ashton-Hart wrote Monday, May 21, 2007 10:44 AM: Dear All:

I'm pleased to report the results of the 2007 EURALO Elections. ALAC COMMITTEE:

2-year Term: CRETU, Veronica

1-year Term: BACHOLLET, Sebastian

EURALO BOARD

Number of Seats Chosen: All Candidates (from a selection by ballot of 5, 7, 9, or all candidates)

Members Elected (in order of election, taking into account Bylaw requirement of nationality diversity with respect to first 5 seats)

HOFMANN, Jeannette

LUDWIG, Wolf

BERTOLA, Vittorio

DE QUITO, Paco

MILOSHEVIC, Desiree

BRUCH, Christophe

BANKS, Karen

DRAKE, Bill

VANSNICK, Rudi

Whilst Sebastian Bachollet and Veronica Cretu were also candidates for board seats, the elections process agreed on was that those elected to ALAC seats would not also occupy board seats, though they would be able to attend board meetings.

For those who wish to review the details of the election, and to ensure independent verification of the results published, the voting system provides a URL as follows:

HYPERLINK "http://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=YZMs83SWNAgmq75TMXUb"http://www.bi gpulse.com/pollresults?code=YZMs83SWNAgmq75TMXUb

The procedures related to the election can be found at:

HYPERLINK "https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?euralo_elections_2007"https://st.ican n.org/euralo/index.cgi?euralo_elections_2007

Since one-half of the EURALO board was to be elected every year, as per the Bylaws for the region adopted in Lisbon, it was submitted for consideration by the ICANN staff that the top 1/2 (rounded to the nearest whole number) would serve a 2-year term, and the bottom 1/2 a 1-year term. Given the number of members of the board, that procedure would not resolve whether the top 4, or 5, would be serving 2-years. Perhaps the region will allow the board, in its first meeting, to decide this question.

On behalf of the staff of ICANN may I extend extend our congratulations to the newly-elected officers and wish them the best in their new roles. I look forward to working with them all.

-- Regards,

Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large

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Hello from the IGF consultation, I'd like to second Jeanette's congratulations and thanks below. I too won't be in San Juan but could do a teleconference. Best, Bill On 5/22/07 6:45 PM, "Jeanette Hofmann" <jeanette@wzb.eu> wrote:

Dear list,

I would also like to congratulate Veronica and Sebastien. And I I'd like to thank you for the votes I got for the EURALO board. I must concede it feels quite odd though to be elected through an election process I find not acceptable and to now participate in an organization that I think should be structured in a completely different way.

I won't attend the ICANN meeting, a teleconference during the ICANN meeting is ok with me. jeanette

Dear All! Warm greetings from Moldova! Let me take my turn and congradulate both Sebastian for the ALAC Commette and all the new Euralo Board members! I think it is great news to start this week with:)! I would also want to express my thanks for Annette Muehlberg and Wolfgang Kleiwaechter for nominating me as all as for all voters who have supported my candidature. I am happy that I will be able to represent the views of the European Internet users at the ALAC Commette Level, especially of the users from the region I come from - Eastern Europe and the NIS! Please feel opened to contact me on any ideas/questions/inquires/projects/initiatves that implies these regions in the first place. I would be more than happy to collaborate on this ... Let me wish you all much luck, success and a productive time in the new position! Have a great week! Veronica Cretu, President "CMB" Training Center Chisinau, Republic of Moldova phone: (373 22) 27 45 04, 079569876 email: VeronicaC@diplomacy.edu Skype: veronicacretu ----- Original Message ----- From: S?bastien Bachollet To: 'Europe Discuss' ; euro-als@atlarge-lists.icann.org Cc: policy@icann.org ; 'At-Large Worldwide' ; secretariat@atlarge-lists.icann.org Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 7:25 PM Subject: Re: [At-Large] [EURO-ALS] At-Large EURALO 2007 Election Results Dear All, I would like to congratulate all the new Euralo Board members and Veronica for the Alac Committee. I would like to thank Desi for nominating me and all the voters for my election. I will try to do my best to have the European end users view expressed at the Alac Committee level. I hope that we will be able to work together for the good of Internet, end users and ICANN. Thanks and all the best S?bastien Bachollet Pr?sident sebastien.bachollet@isoc.fr www.egeni.org www.isoc.fr ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ De : euro-als-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:euro-als-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] De la part de Nick Ashton-Hart Envoy? : lundi 21 mai 2007 16:44 ? : Europe Discuss; euro-als@atlarge-lists.icann.org Cc : policy@icann.org; At-Large Worldwide; secretariat@atlarge-lists.icann.org Objet : [EURO-ALS] At-Large EURALO 2007 Election Results Dear All: I'm pleased to report the results of the 2007 EURALO Elections. ALAC COMMITTEE: 2-year Term: CRETU, Veronica 1-year Term: BACHOLLET, Sebastian EURALO BOARD Number of Seats Chosen: All Candidates (from a selection by ballot of 5, 7, 9, or all candidates) Members Elected (in order of election, taking into account Bylaw requirement of nationality diversity with respect to first 5 seats) HOFMANN, Jeannette LUDWIG, Wolf BERTOLA, Vittorio DE QUITO, Paco MILOSHEVIC, Desiree BRUCH, Christophe BANKS, Karen DRAKE, Bill VANSNICK, Rudi Whilst Sebastian Bachollet and Veronica Cretu were also candidates for board seats, the elections process agreed on was that those elected to ALAC seats would not also occupy board seats, though they would be able to attend board meetings. For those who wish to review the details of the election, and to ensure independent verification of the results published, the voting system provides a URL as follows: http://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=YZMs83SWNAgmq75TMXUb The procedures related to the election can be found at: https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?euralo_elections_2007 Since one-half of the EURALO board was to be elected every year, as per the Bylaws for the region adopted in Lisbon, it was submitted for consideration by the ICANN staff that the top 1/2 (rounded to the nearest whole number) would serve a 2-year term, and the bottom 1/2 a 1-year term. Given the number of members of the board, that procedure would not resolve whether the top 4, or 5, would be serving 2-years. Perhaps the region will allow the board, in its first meeting, to decide this question. On behalf of the staff of ICANN may I extend extend our congratulations to the newly-elected officers and wish them the best in their new roles. 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Kleinwächter wrote:

Looking at the results I am also happy that at the end of the day the principle of geographical and cultural diversity is reflected in the final outcome. I am also satisfied that we have a good balance of different institutions in the EURALO Board. I would also invite Patrick, even if he was not elected, to give his energy and knowledge to the EURALO process.

Wolfgang, I will certainly contribute to the ALAC review process, in the hope that it can help make the whole thing work better. One of the issues is the regions concept. It is too far way from the day-to-day realities. A good proof of this is the sub-regionalisms that have emerged in the Euralo, which you call geographic diversity. My take is that a new ALAC should transcend this regional model. After all, you may well find that your concerns are best represented by someone living on another continent. As for the balance of institutions in the Euralo board, I do not think the goal of an election is to create a balance, but rather to identify the majority. However, the votes clearly demonstrate that ISOC chapters are not one monolithic super-ALS, like some suspected. So much for the conspiracy theory. As to my contribution to ICANN in general, I will obviously continue and partner with anyone with similar views at any given time, including Euralo. Patrick

Kleinwächter ha scritto:

First of all congratulations to all elected. We went through a complicated process but at the end of the day we have been sucessful to to build a structure and to elect a leadership for our EURALO and to give legitimacy to our two reps in the ALAC.

Looking at the results I am also happy that at the end of the day the principle of geographical and cultural diversity is reflected in the final outcome. I am also satisfied that we have a good balance of different institutions in the EURALO Board. This gives us a great opportunity to move now from the discussion of procedural issues to issues of substance. I am sure that this discussion will produce much more unity than we had in the procedural debate.

I would also invite Patrick, even if he was not elected, to give his energy and knowledge to the EURALO process. There is no need to have a position to give input to the process. And the at large community lives to a high degree from individual contributions.

Next step would be the drafting of a workplan. I would also encourage a discussion on a strategy paper with some mid-term goals and milestones. As you have seen there are two European ICANN meeting scheduled now fro 2008 and 2009. This should be seen as a challenge for EURALO not only to show the face but to bring fresh ideas and actions to the ICANN process.

Hope we have some time in San Juan to discuss the next concrete steps.

I want to join you in the congratulations, and also thank you and the other people that, while not being candidates in these votes, put a lot of effort in the last years to make it happen. While thanking everyone for the support in the vote for the EURALO Board, I'd like to point out that this marks the long awaited end of my four-and-a-half-year-long term in the ALAC. Nobody expected that it would take so long, and we had to try, struggle, make mistakes, go through cycles of enthusiasm and disappointment. In the end, we succeeded, though I agree with some of the comments about the need to understand what went wrong in these last steps of the process, and whether we need more adjustments in the future. (And also, congrats to Veronica and Sébastien, and I'd be happy to set aside a couple of hours with you, early in San Juan, to pass on some experience and bring you up to speed.) But I disagree with the comment I've read somewhere, that this process forces good people to exit: actually, this election brings for the first time into active positions in the At Large constituency several new people, both relatively new to ICANN such as Veronica and many others, involved in the past in other constituencies such as Sébastien and Desiree, or already very expert in Internet Governance matters such as Jeanette, Bill and Karen. And we need more voices, not less, even if this costs some time and "pain" to understand and accept each other. I agree with you that we need a timeline for the next months. We have some "meta" issues still open, such as individual participation; also, I think that the theme of At Large Board seats and other reforms will likely be on the table during the ALAC review (at least, we've been working for it). We have to increase our credibility by making our processes more reliable and less contrasted, and by getting more and more organizations, of many different kinds, around this table. It's a big challenge for the EURALO Board and we have to be prepared. To be practical, I don't know how do we want to proceed - do we want ICANN to set up a EURALO Board mailing list, or do we want to work here, or set one up on our own? We should start working immediately, and perhaps arrange a meeting for those of us who will be in San Juan, if enough will (who is going to attend?). In the meantime, and to conclude, I've discovered that today is your birthday, so - happy birthday, Wolfgang! Regards, -- vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <--------