Dear Ailyn Febles Estrada
and Maria Esther Alfonso Suárez,
ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that
Unión de Informáticos de Cuba has been certified as an At-Large Structure (ALS). The ALAC greatly appreciates your group's interest in involving individual users in
LACRALO and ICANN and looks forward to working with you and your colleagues.
The ALAC is eager to promote a productive working relationship between your organization, other ALSes, and the ALAC (and ICANN in general), and
your input on how we can make this a success would be greatly appreciated.
It’s very important to keep the members of your organization informed (about significant news from ICANN and information on ICANN policy-development
efforts) and engaged in activities of interest. Here are a few of the tools members of At-Large find useful:
The At-Large wiki space is where you can find most of the relevant information:
The
At-Large introductory page
help you navigate through the wiki contents. This is where you can find the latest announcements, and subscribe to the
At-Large Google calendar at the bottom of the page. This will ensure you never miss a meeting!
From any chosen page in the At-Large wiki, you can find your bearings easily by navigating via the purple box at the top left hand corner of the
page. It is very convenient to be able to consult the latest At-Large Policy Development
Activity, find out more about the
Regional At-Large Organizations (RALOs), and about
At-Large Working Groups. For the most up to date information about At-Large meetings during
ICANN Public meetings, it is worth bookmarking this wiki page!
Regional wiki webpages also have been created
to distribute information (including in local languages) on activities, events and issues of particular interest to people in each region. These are maintained by the community. They are:
African Region:
http://www.afralo.org
Asia/Australia/Pacific Region:
http://www.apralo.org
European Region:
http://www.euralo.org
Latin America/Caribbean Region:
http://www.lacralo.org
North American Region:
http://www.naralo.org
At-Large Mailing Lists. There are many
At-Large email lists, for each region, you can sign up to them and manage your subscriptions at:
http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo. The primary and secondary points
of contact you have identified in the application form will automatically be added to your region's list just for accredited ALSes to discuss regional issues and to the mailing list for Staff announcements
(only Staff can post messages to that list); you are invited to join others as you wish.
ALAC website. The
ALAC website is a good source for ICANN news and information
of interest to individual Internet users. We encourage you to provide your members with a link. The ALAC relies on volunteers to translate information into multiple languages. Translations of documents on the website are welcome and should be sent to At-Large
staff.
ICANN website: The
ICANN website is where all
announcements are posted, and where you can find practical information about
ICANN Public meetings.
Skype chat: At-Large community members
and staff use Skype group chats extensively. A group chat exists for most Working Groups and RALOs. So please don¹t hesitate to send At-Large Staff your Skype ID and we¹ll gladly add you to the relevant chats. Please click
here
if you don¹t have a Skype account. It¹s free and staff are available to help if you run into any trouble.
Facebook: The At-Large community has its
own Facebook page. It’s useful to
keep up with announcements and helpful information
Twitter: Members of At-Large tweet extensively
and are particularly active during ICANN Public meetings. Follow At-Large on Twitter!
We look forward to working with you and your organization's members to advance individual Internet users' interests within ICANN. If you have any
questions, or need additional information, please contact us at staff@atlarge.icann.org.
Sincerely,
The At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)
staff@atlarge.icann.org