December 2008 - lac-discuss-en

Letter from ALAC to the Board of ICANN
by At-Large Staff Dec. 11, 2008

Dec. 11, 2008

Dear Community: Today the following was transmitted to the ALAC Board Liaison, Wendy Seltzer, for communication to the Board of ICANN by the At-Large Advisory Committee. The text is reproduced directly below in order to faciliate machine translation of the text into Spanish. You may review the text online and retrieve a PDF at https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?letter_to_the_board_on_public_participat ion. -- From: Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Chair of the ALAC Thursday, December 11, 2008 To: Chairman of the ICANN Board, Mr. Peter Dengate-Thrush Transmitted via email through the ALAC Liaison to the Board. Dear Peter, I write to you today at the request of the At-Large Advisory Committee to convey the disappointment that they and the wider At-Large community have with the way in which the public forum in Cairo was organised in particular, and to express our concern with other elements of the Cairo meeting in general. Perhaps it is most descriptive to give the Board some sense of the mood and reaction to this part of the Cairo meeting, if I quote one commentator - ³For a public forum to be organised in a way that lurches from unacceptable change to unacceptable change during the meeting itself in a way that allows grandees sufficient time to make speeches, yet disenfranchises the community by providing almost no time whatever for its concerns to be aired speaks to a fundamental lack of understanding of the purpose of ICANN¹s meetings on the part of those responsible.² In more general terms what I have heard is that, the public forum is not a time for canned speeches it is a time for the ICANN community of volunteers to air their concerns to the Board, the Staff, and one another, with sufficient time for those concerns to be heard and to be addressed and discussed.¹ (Paraphrased from several people¹s statements at or after Cairo meeting). The At-Large Community is most concerned that those organising the meetings fail to understand this fundamental principle and we trust that this concerns you and the rest of the Board as much as it does us. The At-Large community joins those others who have written to you in expecting the Board taking decisive action to ensure that the debacle we experienced in Cairo never reoccurs. This is especially important given the fact that the Public Forum in Paris was mismanaged. The idea that a snap survey¹, conducted at the last minute, should govern the organisation of that public forum is ludicrous and the fact that only a handful of people responded (given the short timeframe little else can be expected) should have ensured that the idea of allowing such a small sample of the community to dictate the organisation of something as important as the public forum would be abandoned. Unfortunately it seems that basic common sense eluded the people responsible on that occasion just as it did again in Cairo. ICANN¹s constituents are volunteers a point that seems lost upon those who are in charge of organising its meetings. We don¹t fly across the world at our own expense, for many of those not fortunate enough to receive travel support - to listen to canned speeches, or to watch our few opportunities for genuine public interaction with the Board and other communities vanish almost in front of our eyes based upon the poor judgment of those responsible. Further, the provisions for remote participation in ICANN meetings which is vital for the involvement of our At-Large Community is far from satisfactory and have been so for years, and those responsible seem to be allowed to endlessly continue to get away with not fixing the problem. Our community asks (again paraphrased) Why do the repeated calls for remote participation that works get ignored, and why does the Board continue to allow this obvious failure to remain unaddressed?¹ To be clear, issues such as the following are unacceptable: · Main meeting agendas with mistakes (including meeting records on the public schedule showing the same meetings taking place at the same time, going uncorrected for days; · Very poor quality chat interfaces attached to meetings which are unmonitored by staff so that these chat sessions are not acknowledged or their input aired to the main meeting; · Lack of telephonic participation options for meetings that work reliably. After six meetings of technically hopeless telephonic participation facilities for At-Large¹s meetings, in Cairo we didn¹t even bother to try. http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/at-large_atlarge-lists.icann.org/20 08q4/004925.html · Receiving very large documents in English-only on the eve of a meeting¹s start, and then expecting attendees to comment and participate in sessions related to these texts. The New GTLDs documents are just the latest example of this problem. This is a totally unreasonable burden on volunteers and reinforces an imbalance between those who make money from registration who will read things no matter when they are released because their business depends on them and everyone else. If substantive documents cannot be made available at least two weeks before a meeting in multiple language versions don¹t bother arranging sessions to talk about them at the meeting and don¹t start consultations on them until well after the meeting is over. ICANN spends a lot of registrant-derived funds on its meetings and on participation mechanisms. They should be run to a far more professional standard than they currently are. It also should be approaching the entire idea of participation in a far more significant and serious way than has been done in the past. We hope that the board-level discussions on participation provide a venue for that discussion, but we wish to make it clear that a lot of talk is not what¹s required. The community needs and deserves for its participation to be taken seriously and for those responsible in ICANN to be held to account for the (currently completely inadequate and often unprofessional) job they do with respect to meetings and participation enhancement systems. We expect that the board will take action to remind those responsible of their obligations and call them to account for their performance. We would like to suggest the creation of an organization meeting committee with one participant from each SO/AC helping on building a better (more useful) meeting. There is also a point of personal concern I wish to raise as Chair of the ALAC, the matter of the reasons for the compressed time¹ remaining for the public forum in Cairo... It has been reported back to me from the rumour mill¹ to be in some way related to the new activity of the Joint AC and SO parts of the planned and advertised Cairo Agenda... To designate this as ridiculous and erroneous is the very least I can say, and indeed to say it is destructive and malicious is more accurate. I urge the Board to ensure this rumour is countermanded strongly and effectively as soon as is possible. Finally and most importantly on a positive note, the ALAC notes and wishes to recognise the efforts being made by the Board to remedy and improve public participation with its newly established Public Participation Committee of the Board (PPBC). Perhaps this is an ideal opportunity for the Chair and others from this committee to join us in a single topic discussion that we could arrange for one of our regular (at least) monthly briefing calls. This would also allow Kieren to be involved, as is quite proper and indeed is something he offered both in Cairo (in conversation with me) and since via email ³I will be more than happy to go through everything from my side and to talk them through what happened and why, what changes are afoot and so on.² (Dec 9th 2008). To this end the ALAC ExCom would be more than happy to plan such a call (as it will be most timely before our At-Large Summit in Mexico) in the week starting January 12th 2009 and will ask our staff to see what can be arranged, set up a doodle for best times and dates, and of course liaise with Kieren on this matter. If the new PPBC desires to be involved in this activity (or some future alternate) then this would be most welcome, and the PPBC Chair need only let us know their availability or plans. Our community recognizes and appreciates that genuine efforts are being made to improve meetings and remote participation, for future meetings and indeed that new line up in the Meetings Team along with Paul Levins and of course Kieren will with the input of the PPBC make significant changes, but our At-Large Community and specifically those who are not on site at ICANN Meetings but rely in remote participation methods and archived materials to interact have made it clear to our Committee that our concerns need to formally registered. (Signed on behalf of the ALAC) Cheryl Langdon-Orr ALAC Chair 2007-2009 -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Heidi Ullrich, Marie-Helene Bouchoms ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Fwd: [Summit-wg] Draft proposed Survey v1
by Carlton Samuels Dec. 10, 2008

Dec. 10, 2008

Please see the enclosure. THIS IS A DRAFT! It is IMPORTANT to look at it and make recommendations for change thru our Summit WG members or directly to the At-Large staff. Best, Carlton ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nick Ashton-Hart <Nick.Ashton-Hart(a)icann.org> Date: Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 9:09 AM Subject: [Summit-wg] Draft proposed Survey v1 To: "summit-wg(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" <summit-wg(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Dear Summit WG members: As requested, here is a draft survey which would be sent to those respondent ALSes who are eligible for travel support to attend the Summit, to establish: * Essential information for booking travel support * Choosing in order of preference the subjects to be tackled by the five policy working groups * Providing updated information about each ALS, its activities, and membership * Determining if they are willing to provide printed or audiovisual material for the poster / materials exhibition at the Summit I note that the popup text for each of the subjects in the list of topics for the working groups is not included. The idea is that these would provide short easy to understand explanations of what the subjects mean - I would propose to create these once the Summit working group has decided upon the final list of topics in the survey. If it is at all possible, we really need the working group to finalise the text of the survey at the meeting this Friday in order to get translations done, and the survey setup and tested quickly. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA DD: +1 (310) 578-8637 Fax: +41 (22) 594-85-44 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 _______________________________________________ Summit-wg mailing list Summit-wg(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/summit-wg_atlarge-lists.ica… Summit WG URL: https://st.icann.org/Summit-wg

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Fwd: [Summit-wg] Next Summit call: Friday, 12 December 2008 2000 UTC
by Carlton Samuels Dec. 5, 2008

Dec. 5, 2008

FYI. Carlton ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> Date: Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 1:15 PM Subject: [Summit-wg] Next Summit call: Friday, 12 December 2008 2000 UTC To: "summit-wg(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" <summit-wg(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Dear all, It was decided that the next Summit WG teleconference be held on Friday, 12 December at 2000 UTC. We asked our teleconference operator for Spanish interpretation for this call. Please find further details under: https://st.icann.org/summit-wg/index.cgi?12_december_2008 Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Marie-Hélène Bouchoms ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org _______________________________________________ Summit-wg mailing list Summit-wg(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/summit-wg_atlarge-lists.ica… Summit WG URL: https://st.icann.org/Summit-wg

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Public Comment Period on New gTLDs Applicant Guidebook Extended and Additional Memoranda Posted
by Nick Ashton-Hart Dec. 4, 2008

Dec. 4, 2008

Public Comment Period on New gTLDs Applicant Guidebook Extended and Additional Memoranda Posted http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03dec08-en.htm 3 December 2008 ICANN is extending the New gTLDs Applicant Guidebook public comment deadline until December 15. The new deadline applies to the English posting only. For the remaining languages the deadline is still January 7. (The extension is in line with recent community discussion that time during ICANN meetings (i.e., the recent Cairo meeting) should not toll comment periods.) ICANN urges the Internet community to continue providing feedback. This consultative process is key to assist ICANN to further improve the New gTLDs program. Since the posting on 23 October 2008 of the Draft Applicant Guidebook for New Generic Top-Level Domains ( http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-23oct08-en.htm) ICANN has been receiving valuable comments from the Internet community. Several of the comments and questions have been focused on the proposed gTLD base agreement. Considering the growing interest and on-going inquiries on this topic, ICANN is posting today additional background information about the proposed base agreement. The additional materials are intended to further clarify the explanatory memorandum entitled "Summary Changes to Base Agreement" posted on October 23 2008 along with the draft applicant guidebook. This posting does not signal an intention to "hold fast" to the current draft - but rather the opposite: changes to the draft are already planned and additional information will facilitate public discussion regarding the content of those changes. There are two documents being posted at this time: (1) "Expanded Summary of Changes to Base Agreement for New gTLDs" [ http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/draft-expanded-summary-changes-02d… PDF, 246K], which is a more comprehensive version of the initially posted memo entitled "Summary Changes to Base Agreement" posted with the draft Applicant Guidebook in October (2) "Comparison between gTLD Agreements from 2005-2007 and Draft Base Registry Agreement for New gTLDs" [ http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/draft-agreement-annotated-comparis… PDF, 191K], which is an annotated "blackline" comparison that attempts to show every difference between the 2005-2007 gTLD agreements and the proposed new base agreement. It includes 56 detailed footnotes explaining most of the additions, deletions, and modifications to the language. As indicated previously, it is important to note that the proposed draft agreement is not final and has not yet been approved by ICANN's Board of Directors. It has been set out for review and community discussion purposes, and we encourage comments and suggestions for improvement. The current draft base agreement as well as other aspects of the New gTLD Program are subject to changes based on community feedback and other considerations. ICANN is looking forward to a continuing robust dialog with the Internet community and will make all efforts to provide clarifications as needed. To submit comments on the draft registry agreement and the rest of the draft Applicant Guidebook, please continue to visit http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-en.htm. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA DD: +1 (310) 578-8637 Fax: +41 (22) 594-85-44 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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by amedinagomez＠gmail.com Dec. 3, 2008

Dec. 3, 2008

[[--Translated text (es -> en)--]] Subject: Re: =?iso-8859-1?q?RECORDATORIO=Á_De_LACRALO_De_la _ = =?iso-8859-1?q?Teleconferencia_UTC_1300_Ma=F1ana = From: amedinagomez(a)gmail.com 3 of December of 2008 Dear Ashton-Ciervo Of Mella, Matthias Langenegger, Marie-HélèneBouchoms En-Grande personnel of ICANN Thank you very much by the information. We are prepared to participate in meeting. Receive a warm and kind greeting. Antonio Medina Go'mez President Colombian association of Users of Internet presidencia(a)acui.org.co amedinagomez(a)gmail.com The 3 of December of 2008 15:11, <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> it wrote: > > [ [ - - Translated text (in - > is)--]] > > > Subject: REMINDER: Of LACRALO Of Teleconferencing UTC 1300 Morning > Of: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org > > Wanted all, > > This one must remember to him on teleconferencing of tomorrow¹s LACRALO. It will have > Spanish and English > interpretation for this call. Find other details please and > sketch > agenda underneath: > > https://st.icann.org/lacralo/index.cgi?04_december_2008 > > Respect, > > Ashton-Ciervo Of Mella, Matthias Langenegger, Marie-HélèneBouchoms > Personal En-Grande of ICANN > email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org > > > Sent Message > Of: En-Grande Personnel <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> > Date: Fri, The 28 Of Nov 2008 08:00:41 Of -0800 >: the English version of lacquer-discusses < > lac-discuss-en(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > Subject: [ lacquer-discuss-lac-discuss-in FOLLOWING ] UTC ofDecember of > teleconferencing of LACRALO of the 04 of 1300 > > Wanted all, > > Quisie'ramos to invite to him to the following teleconfer! encing of LACRALO to program > ignition > Thursday, the 04 of December in UTC 1300. There will be English Spanish and > interpretation for this call. Find other details please > underneath: > > https://st.icann.org/lacralo/index.cgi?04_december_2008 > > Respect, > > Ashton-Ciervo Of Mella, Matthias Langenegger, Marie-Hélène Bouchoms > Personal En-Grande of ICANN > email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > [ [ - - Original text (in) > http://mm2.icann.org/transbot_archive/93865b1744.html > --]] > > > > > _______________________________________________ > lac-discuss-is mailing list > lac-discuss-es(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/lac-discuss-es_atlarge-list… > > http://www.lacralo.org > _______________________________________________ [[--Original text (es) http://mm2.icann.org/transbot_archive/7b98242bab.html --]]

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NEXT LACRALO Teleconference 04 December 1300 UTC
by At-Large Staff Dec. 3, 2008

Dec. 3, 2008

Dear all, We would like to invite you to the next LACRALO teleconference scheduled on Thursday, 04 December at 1300 UTC. There will be Spanish and English interpretation for this call. Please find further details under: https://st.icann.org/lacralo/index.cgi?04_december_2008 Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Marie-Hélène Bouchoms ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Opened FW:Periodo of Nominations to occupy positions of you lead within the Structure of ICANN 2009 - FW: 2009 Nomination Period Opens For ICANNLeadership Positions
by carlosaguirre62＠hotmail.com Dec. 3, 2008

Dec. 3, 2008

[[--Translated text (es -> en)--]] Subject: Opened FW:Periodo of Nominations to occupy positions of you lead within the Structure of ICANN 2009 - FW: 2009 Nomination Period Opens For ICANNLeadership Positions From: carlosaguirre62(a)hotmail.com Dear Friends of LACRALO. Please they see down. Serious a very good one that all those that are created with capacity postulate, any thing nondoubt in consulting. a hug Mr. the translation is of the translator of google (not mia), but I create is understood what that says it is the important thing. Carlos Dionisio Aguirreabogado - Sarmiento 71 - 4to. 18 Cordoba - Argentina -*54-351-424-2123/423-5423www.derechoytecnologia.com.arhttp://ar.ageiadensi.orgperiod of nomination opens to the ICANN of Positions2 Leadership December 2008ICANN of the Committee of Candidacies invites to the declarations of interests and candidates recommendations of the community of Internet, since it looks for described candidates to helpto the ICANN in the technique and the coordination of the policies paper. The interested people are invited to present/display a Declaration of interest for Committee 2009 for the following positions: Three members of the Meeting of the ICANN of great Directors three in Comisio'n Consultiva (ALAC) representing (one by each one of Africa, Asia/Australia/Pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean) Two members of the Council, of the generic names Organization of Apoyo (GNSO) a member of the Council of Pai's-Co'digo of the Organization of Support of Nombres (CCNSO) ! of the ICANN Committee of Candidacies (NOM COM) are an independent committee ordered of the selection of a majority of the members of the ICANN of the Meeting of Directors and other positions within the ICANN support organizations. ICANN is internationally organized, of public benefit, dedicated corporation without profit aims to preserve the operative security and the stability of the Internet, the promotion of the competition, to obtain an ample representation of the world-wide communities of Internet, and to support the development of policies adapted for their mission through down above, based on the consensus processes.Individuals selected by the Committee of Nominations will have a unique opportunity for the work made with colleagues worldwide,the Internet address of the intriguer problems of technical coordination and the policy of development with diverse functional, cultural, geographic problems and dimensions, and to obtain valuable knowledge and experience in the! work through the borders of the knowledge, the selected respo! nsibilit y and perspective.Those will obtain the satisfaction to make a valuable public contribution on watch towards the continuation of the function and the evolution of anessential world-wide resource. Considering the ample public interest, the candidates will work to obtain the objectives to which ICANN is dedicated in order to facilitate the Internet of the social critical importance functions.Current members of the Meeting which they have been selected by the Committee of Candidacies are: Harald Tveit Alvastrand, Steve Crocker, Gaetano Robert, Steven Goldstein, Dennis Jennings, Rajasekhar Ramaraj, Jean-Jacques Subrenat and Katim Touray (it see, http://www.icann.org/en/general/board.html) Declarations of interest for the described positions previously can be nomcom2009(a)icann.org.More presented/displayed through information on the Committee of Candidacies can be found in http://nomcom.icann.org. The requests will be considered confidential and must be received before the 15 of A! pril of 2009 for a complete examination. The selections will occur to know at the beginning of September of 2009. The candidates occupy their following positions of the ICANN Annual Meeting in October of 2009.Candidate recommendations, questions or commentaries can also be sent to the ICANN in nomcom2009(a)icann.org.Background: The Committee of Candidacies is designed to work of independent way of the Meeting of the ICANN, consultative Support Organizations and committees. The designation of the members of the Committee to act only in name of the interests of the world-wide community of Internet and in the scope of the mission of the ICANN and the responsibilities that are assigned by the ICANN Bylaws.Nominating the members to him of the Committee to contribute understanding of the general interests of the community of Internet asa whole, and the knowledge and the experience of certain groups of Internet which they have named them.The challenge for the Committee ofCandidacies! are to integrate these perspective and to obtain consensusin ! its sele ctions. Although named to support to the organizations and other organizations of the ICANN, the members of the Committee of Nominations are not responsible before the appointment for his constituencies.Members are, of course, people in charge of the adhesion to the ICANN statutes and for the fulfillment of the norms and procedures established by the one of Committee.Successful Appointments candidates they are not remunerated, although the direct expenses caused in the exercise of the right to be reimbursed. These positions can imply important the international trips, including the personal presence in the periodic meetings of ICANN, as well as to regulate of telephone and Internet ICANN communications.Recent meetings have been held in Canada, New Zealand, Morocco, Brazil, Portugal, Puerto Rico, the United States, India, France and Egypt. Meetings during 2009 have been programmed for Mexico City, Mexico, Sydney, Australia, Seoul, Korea. The diversity of places to facilitatet! he participation worldwide the community of Internet. _________________________________________________________________ Chateá while you share the best videos. I discovered MessengerTV. http://messengertv.msn.com/mkt/es-ar/default.htm?appID=20581609 _______________________________________________ [[--Original text (es) http://mm2.icann.org/transbot_archive/72ef43c931.html --]]

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FW: [Chapter-delegates] 2009 Nomination Period Opens For ICANNLeadership Positions
by carlos aguirre Dec. 3, 2008

Dec. 3, 2008

Please see below. Carlos Dionisio Aguirreabogado - Sarmiento 71 - 4to. 18 Cordoba - Argentina -*54-351-424-2123 / 423-5423www.derechoytecnologia.com.arhttp://ar.ageiadensi.org FYI 2009 Nomination Period Opens For ICANN Leadership Positions 2 December 2008 ICANN's Nominating Committee invites Statements of Interest and candidate recommendations from the Internet community as it seeks qualified candidates to assist in ICANN's technical and policy coordination role. Interested individuals are invited to submit a Statement of Interest to the 2009 Committee for the following positions: Three members of the ICANN Board of Directors Three At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) representatives (one each from Africa, Asia/Australia/Pacific and Latin America & Caribbean regions) Two members of the Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) One member of the Council of the Country-Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) ICANN's Nominating Committee (Nom Com) is an independent committee tasked with selecting a majority of the members of ICANN's Board of Directors and other positions within ICANN's Supporting Organisations. ICANN is an internationally organised, public benefit, non-profit corporation dedicated to: preserving the operational security and stability of the Internet; promoting competition; achieving broad representation of global Internet communities; and supporting the development of policies appropriate to its mission through bottom-up, consensus-based processes. Individuals selected by the Nominating Committee will have a unique opportunity to work with accomplished colleagues from around the globe, address the Internet's intriguing technical coordination problems and policy development challenges with diverse functional, cultural, and geographic dimensions, and gain valuable insights and experience from working across boundaries of knowledge, responsibility and perspective. Those selected will gain the satisfaction of making a valuable public service contribution towards the continued function and evolution of an essential global resource. Considering the broad public interest, nominees will work to achieve the goals towards which ICANN is dedicated in order to facilitate the Internet's critically important societal functions. Current Board members who have been selected by the Nominating Committee include: Harald Tveit Alvastrand, Steve Crocker, Roberto Gaetano, Steven Goldstein, Dennis Jennings, Rajasekhar Ramaraj, Jean-Jacques Subrenat and Katim Touray (see, http://www.icann.org/en/general/board.html) Statements of Interest for the positions described above can be submitted through nomcom2009(a)icann.org. More information regarding the Nominating Committee can be found at http://nomcom.icann.org. Applications will be considered confidentially and should be received by 15 April 2009 for full consideration. Selections will be announced in early September 2009. Successful candidates will take up their positions following ICANN's Annual Meeting in October 2009. Candidate recommendations, questions or comments may also be emailed to ICANN at nomcom2009(a)icann.org. Background: The Nominating Committee is designed to function independently from the ICANN Board, Supporting Organisations, and Advisory Committees. Nominating Committee members act only on behalf of the interests of the global Internet community and within the scope of the ICANN mission and responsibilities assigned to it by the ICANN Bylaws. Nominating Committee members contribute understanding of the broad interests of the Internet community as a whole, and knowledge and experience of specific Internet constituencies who have appointed them. The challenge for the Nominating Committee is to integrate these perspectives and derive consensus in its selections. Although appointed by Supporting Organisations and other ICANN entities, individual Nominating Committee members are not accountable to their appointing constituencies. Members are, of course, accountable for adherence to the ICANN Bylaws and for compliance with the rules and procedures established by the Nominating Committee. Successful candidates are not remunerated, although direct expenses incurred in the course of duty will be reimbursed. These positions may involve significant international travel, including personal presence at periodic ICANN meetings, as well as regular telephone and Internet communications. Recent ICANN Meetings have been held in Canada, New Zealand, Morocco, Brazil, Portugal, Puerto Rico, the United States, India, France and Egypt. Meetings during 2009 are scheduled for Mexico City, Mexico, Sydney, Australia, Seoul, Korea. The diverse locations facilitate participation across the world's Internet community. _________________________________________________________________ Enterate todas las novedades del mundo del deporte por MSN. http://msn.foxsports.com/fslasc

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by sylvia＠internautabrasil.org Dec. 3, 2008

Dec. 3, 2008

[[--Translated text (es -> en)--]] Subject: =?iso-8859-1?q?Summit_M=E9xico = From: sylvia(a)internautabrasil.org Dear LACRALO companions Mayoria already knows that I am part of the Working Group - WG,that this working in order to organize in event in mês of March. As they summarize of completes reunion, I can say to them that we are organizing the social events, conferences, factories and activities to take advantage of to maximo this wonderful opportunity that we will have to be all the ALS of the world reunited in a same place. Very we are worried about the little participation of the AlSs. We needed to know, independent of which they responded in the survey, as they are the interests of each organization, who is what they want to discuss and that it is what they want to know of ICANN. Manana in reunion extra that we will have dare but details. Please they try to participate, at the end of accounts OUR REGION is the region HOST! Greetings, Sylvia Herlein Leite Brazil Internaut _______________________________________________ [[--Original text (es) http://mm2.icann.org/transbot_archive/581c8fac23.html --]]

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Summary of Public Comments on Including Individual Internet Users in the GNSO
by At-Large Staff Dec. 3, 2008

Dec. 3, 2008

Dear All: As you know, a public comment period was recently conducted on the role of individual Internet users in the GNSO. The summary of the comments received is available at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-users/msg00012.html -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Marie-Hélène Bouchoms ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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