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Arrival in San Juan
by lists＠privaterra.info June 22, 2007

June 22, 2007

brief notes on flight to and arrival at the NA At large hotel in San Juan - Check in 4:15 am - Cleared US Customs (@ toronto airport 5:12), couldn't do it earlier as they didn't open until 5am - Departure Toronto, 6:30 AM on time. - Arrival Charlotte - , 10 min early. Arrival section C, it is about a 15-20 min to area D , where San Juan Flights depart - charlotte is a nice airport. - Late departure from Charlotte due to mechanical issues. Arrived San Juan about 45 late. - Arrival San Juan, uneventful. - Evan , once you haev your bags, exit, and head to one of the organge "ground transportation stands". You will be issued a receipt for the amount, which in my case as 18USD - make sure to mention you are going to the MArriott Miramar on POnce de Leon Avenue. confirmed that wireless is free. i'm staying in Room 503. I can be reached also on my mobile (or via sms) @ +1 416 893 0377 regards Robert

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Arrival in San Juan
by lists＠privaterra.info June 22, 2007

June 22, 2007

brief notes on flight to and arrival at the NA At large hotel in San Juan - Check in 4:15 am - Cleared US Customs (@ toronto airport 5:12), couldn't do it earlier as they didn't open until 5am - Departure Toronto, 6:30 AM on time. - Arrival Charlotte - , 10 min early. Arrival section C, it is about a 15-20 min to area D , where San Juan Flights depart - charlotte is a nice airport. - Late departure from Charlotte due to mechanical issues. Arrived San Juan about 45 late. - Arrival San Juan, uneventful. - Evan , once you haev your bags, exit, and head to one of the organge "ground transportation stands". You will be issued a receipt for the amount, which in my case as 18USD - make sure to mention you are going to the MArriott Miramar on POnce de Leon Avenue. confirmed that wireless is free. i'm staying in Room 503. I can be reached also on my mobile (or via sms) @ +1 416 893 0377 regards Robert

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Fwd: Candidate Statement – Robert Guerra
by Bret Fausett June 22, 2007

June 22, 2007

I am very pleased to forward Robert Guerra's candidate statement for one of the two ALAC seats from North America. I understand that Mr. Guerra currently has a paid consulting contract with ICANN, described in his conflict of interest statement below, which Mr. Guerra has asked ICANN's General Counsel to review. From my perspective, however, the disclosure is quite detailed and, both personally and as Interim Chair, I would not see it as impacting his ability to stand for election in any way. Bret Begin forwarded message: > From: Robert Guerra <rguerra(a)privaterra.ca> > Date: June 21, 2007 9:39:00 AM PDT > To: Bret Fausett <bfausett(a)internet.law.pro> > Cc: Nick Ashton-Hart <nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org> > Subject: Candidate Statement – Robert Guerra > > ################################## > NA RALO / At Large Advisory Committee > Candidate Statement – Robert Guerra > ################################## > > > (a) Your name: first name, FAMILY NAME (in capital letters) > > Robert, GUERRA > > (b) Your e-mail address. > > rguerra(a)privaterra.ca > > (c) Your telephone number(s) and/or Skype/Yahoo!/Mac or other VOIP or > Audio Chat ID. > > Tel #: +1 416 893 0377 > Skype: robertguerra > > (d) Your country of citizenship. If you hold multiple citizenships > please state all. > > Canada & EU (Spain) > > (e) Your city and country of residence and your preferred mailing > address. > > c/o Sage Charitable Foundation > 215 Spadina Avenue, Suite 360 > Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2C7 > Canada > > (f) Education and professional background. Summarize your educational > background, such as degrees achieved and the university(s) where you > studied, and the three most recent places of employment and > positions held. > > Professional background: > > Medical studies at the University of Navarra (Spain), 1991-1996 > BSc. (Hons) degree in Physiology & Pharmacology from the > University of Western Ontario (Canada), 1984-1988 > > Recent Employment: > > Founder & Executive Director, Privaterra > Project Director, Computer Professionals for Social > Responsibility (CPSR) > Research Specialist, Mount Sinai Hospital > > Bio blurb: > > Specialist in Internet Security and Secure communications; Six > years experience advising and training Non-Governmental > Organizations (NGOs) on issues such as secure communications, > network security and virtual collaboration. > > Solid knowledge and research of concepts on Internet Governance, > Information Society, Internet Security, Privacy & Data Protection, > Cybercrime, Encryption, Human Rights and Free & Open Source Software > > Excellent communication skills; experienced multilingual public > speaker, Press Interviews, Speaking engagements, TV & Radio. > > Team player with a flexible, positive approach to collaboration. > > Further details @ http://www.icannwiki.org/Robert_Guerra > > > (g) Internet Involvement and Interest in ICANN. Help us understand the > skills and experience you would bring to the ALAC and how you would > help > the ALAC achieve its mission. > > I am one of the founding directors of the Canadian Council for > Internet Governance (CCIG), as well as Privaterra. I currently sit > on the board of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility > (CPSR), and was actively involved in the preparatory processes of > the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), including as > a panelist at the Pan European and Latin American Regional Meeting, > an NGO advisor to the Canadian government delegation, and a member > of the WSIS civil society bureau. > > I also sit on the advisory board of several non-profits, including > Taking IT Global and DiploFoundation's Internet Governance and > Policy Capacity Building Program. > > My proven collaborative approach in engaging civil society actors, > government representatives, as well as the private sector I > believe give me the skills needed to effectively represent and > advocate for user’s issues at highest levels at ICANN. If elected, > one of the main areas that I would focus on would to increase > trust , dialogue and transparency between ALSs from North america > and other ICANN stakeholders. > > Key ICANN issues that I would commit to engage in would be ones > related to Security and Stability, Multilingual/Internationalized > domain names, and as well as governance reforms both inside At- > Large as well as ICANN that help improve transparency and openness. > > In summary, my general focus would be to bring a much needed > approach that focuses on consultation, engagement, outreach and > positive constructive change. > > > > (h) Conflicts of Interest. Please refer to the ICANN Conflicts of > Interest policy > > Leadership positions need to open and transparent, and as a result > I am disclosing that I have recently been contracted by ICANN to > implement an open source online contact management system for At- > Large. The solution, based on the open source Drupal/CiviCRM > frameworkwill hopefully allow the regional secretariats as well as > At-Large staff better organize and manage contact information. The > contact management system will be presented at the upcoming meeting > in San Juan. I commit to answer any questions related to the > project in as open and transparent a manner as possible. > > Should I be appointed as one of the North American representatives > to serve on the At-Large committee, I commit to abstain from any > discussions and votes related to any current and/or future > consulting agreements entered into with ICANN for At-Large. > > > > > > >

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FW: [ALAC-Internal] Fwd: Per Diem for San Juan - IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
by Victoria Tricamo June 21, 2007

June 21, 2007

Hello, Since we¹ve received some questions regarding per diem today, I¹m re-circulating Nick¹s previous email. **Please be advised that Nick will be handing out Per Diem to each of you ³at the beginning of the meetings on Sunday, 24th June.² **The Per Diem will be in US cash currencysince this the same currency that is used in Puerto Rico. **According to Diane Schroeder, the ³cost of the taxi is approximately $18, although this will vary with the number of passengers, pieces of luggage and time of day.² Please bring enough US currency to cover taxis, etc. until you receive your per diem on Sunday. **If you have questions, please contact Nick Ashton-Hart immediately. Nick will be arriving in San Juan early morning on 23-Jun. Thank you, Victoria Tricamo Executive Assistant to VP of Policy Development ICANN 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 Marina del Rey, California 90292 Direct +1 310.301.3863 Mobile +1 310.437.9145 Fax +1 310.823.8649 victoria.tricamo(a)icann.org www.icann.org <http://www.icann.org/> ------ Forwarded Message From: ICANN At Large Staff <staff(a)alac.icann.org> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:18:01 +0100 To: <alac-internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: [ALAC-Internal] Fwd: Per Diem for San Juan - IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT Begin forwarded message: > > From: At-Large Travel Staff <travel-staff(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Date: 15 June 2007 08:27:30 BDT > To: NA Discuss <na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, LAC Discuss > <lac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Cc: alac-internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org, Henrietta Bertelsman > <henrietta.bertelsman(a)icann.org> > Subject: Per Diem for San Juan - IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT > > > I'm happy to report that due to popular request, we will be able to change > from paying per-diems after the meeting to paying them out, in cash, onsite in > San Juan! > > Here's how it will work: > > 1) We have compiled a list using the itineraries provided to us by American > Express, and for those few of you who were approved to buy your tickets > individually. > > 2) The per-diem rules in the travel policy will be used to calculate the > number of days' per-diem you will receive. Except for those who already are > approved for meeting requirements before the Sunday, or who are in specific > situations with long-haul travel involving stopovers, per-diems will be paid > out on a MAXIMUM number of 7 days - calculated based upon the period of 23 - > 29 June INCLUSIVE. Of course if you depart later than the 23rd, or return home > earlier than the 30th, these dates and days of PD will be different. > > 3) At the beginning of the meetings on Sunday, 24th June, we will be handing > out envelopes to each of you and asking you to sign receipts. This will take > place at the LAC meeting room for LAC, and the NA meeting room for NA. (ALAC > members who are in San Juan on Sunday morning can pickup your PDs at the same > time; if you aren't there yet, we'll do it at the first breakfast meeting on > Monday) > > Q&A: > > Question: I've sent in my per diem form already - what will happen to those? > Answer: We will check these but you will actually receive your funds as > outlined above > > Question: Do I need to send in a per diem form if I haven't already? > Answer: No. > > Question: What if I have a question? > Answer: Send it to: travel-staff(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org - NOT to any > individual on staff. We'll be able to answer you much more quickly that way. > > -- > Regards, > > ICANN At-Large Travel Staff > travel-staff(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Travel-Staff mailing list > Travel-Staff(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/travel-staff_atlarge-lists.… > nn.org > _______________________________________________ ALAC-Internal mailing list ALAC-Internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-internal_atlarge-lists. icann.org ALAC Wiki: http://st.icann.org/alac ALAC Official: http://alac.icann.org ALAC Independent: http://www.icannalac.org ------ End of Forwarded Message

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Updates to Travel Information for San Juan
by Nick Ashton-Hart June 21, 2007

June 21, 2007

Dear NA San Juan Attendees: Please be advised of the updates to https://st.icann.org/naralo/ index.cgi?travel_information, reproduced below: Travel Information This page will provide up-to-date information about things travel related for the San Juan meeting. North American At-Large Hotel Information The Courtyard Miramar is the hotel for the North American and LAC Regional Attendees. ICANN will pay the room and tax only. You will be asked for a credit card when you check in for incidentals, and to cover any meals you may order. Breakfast is not included in the room charge. Note that hotel room and tax for ALS participants cover the nights of 23 - 29 June only unless you have made arrangements to the contrary with ICANN staff in advance. You are welcome to stay before and after, but the costs of doing so will be paid by you when you check out of the hotel. Access to internet from your room is not included in your room costs under ICANN's arrangement with the hotel and is not reimburseable after the event as the network at the meeting is free and available 24 hours per day. TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION There are no airport transfers being offered. Participants can expect that a taxi ride will cost approximately US$20. A free shuttle service between the Courtyard Miramar and the Caribe Hilton will be available in the morning and evening. REGISTRATION FOR THE MEETING Note that all ALS representatives attending the San Juan meeting have been pre-registered. You can pick up your badge from the registration desk upon arrival. TIMEZONE INFORMATION San Juan, Puerto Rico is UTC -4 hours. -- 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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Remote Participation in San Juan ICANN At-Large Events
by Nick Ashton-Hart June 20, 2007

June 20, 2007

Dear All: I'm happy to announce that the remote participation options, as well as the agendas of At-Large Related events at the San Juan ICANN Meeting, have been finalised. You are requested to review: For LAC Attendees: https://st.icann.org/lacralo/index.cgi? san_juan_icann_meeting For NA Attendees: https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi? puerto_rico_icann_meeting For the ALAC: https://st.icann.org/ALAC/index.cgi?san_juan_meeting Those who live in countries where no free telephone access number exists may request that the conference service calls them - please send such requests to staff(a)alac.icann.org, with your name and your first and second preference telephone numbers to be called on. Due to logistical concerns we do need 48 hours notice in advance of the meeting you wish to be called out for in order to arrange this for you. If you participate remotely, please review the following tips on how to make the remote participation service work most effectively for you: https://st.icann.org/ALAC/index.cgi?remote_participation For those unable to attend a session, recordings will be available after the meeting ends (allow 24 hours delay) for review. Documents of concern to the community in translated editions are available from: https://st.icann.org/ALAC/index.cgi?san_juan_documents with more being made available every day. -- 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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Fwd: Language
by Nick Ashton-Hart June 20, 2007

June 20, 2007

Begin forwarded message: > From: na-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > Date: 6 June 2007 03:57:20 BDT > To: na-discuss-owner(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > Subject: Auto-discard notification > > The attached message has been automatically discarded. > From: " Eduardo Diaz, PE" <ediaz(a)dconsultinggroup.com> > Date: 6 June 2007 03:57:23 BDT > To: <jam(a)jacquelinemorris.com>, "'Evan Leibovitch'" <evan(a)telly.org> > Cc: "'NA Discuss'" <na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Subject: RE: [NA-Discuss] Language > Reply-To: <ediaz(a)dconsultinggroup.com> > > > ISOC Puerto Rico was invited to Sao Paulo last year to participate > and help > during the creation of the LACRALO, which we did. However, at the > time of > the final vote to accept the OPs and MOU we were told that ISOC PR > had been > approved as an ALS but under NARALO (?). Because of this we could > not vote > or officially participate in the final ceremony. We were told that the > decision was made based on the political relationship with the US. Who > knows!? > > Nevertheless, we can work with either RALO. The important thing is > that we > participate. > > In Puerto Rico we have two official languages - Spanish and > English. Since > the motion is to go with official languages in the ALS, then > Spanish should > be included. If this is too much of a slippery slope to handle then > send us > to the LACRALO and there will be no language issues. > > Eduardo Diaz > President > ISOC Puerto Rico > > -----Original Message----- > From: na-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > [mailto:na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of > Jacqueline > A. Morris > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 8:19 PM > To: 'Evan Leibovitch' > Cc: ediaz(a)dconsultinggroup.com; 'NA Discuss' > Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Language > > Actually, they did ask if they could be LACRALO members - LACRALO > determined > it had no issue accepting them if they wanted to be - but that was > last year > before there was movement on forming the NARALO. > But with regard to languages - if the agreement was for the official > languages of the members of the regions, then, as PR is a member of > the > region, Spanish should be included. No matter how many or how few > people > speak it. > ICANN did have a consultation going on the regional classification > a while > ago -I can check back to see what came of it - I don't recall seeing a > report or anything yet. > Jacqueline > > -----Original Message----- > From: Evan Leibovitch [mailto:evan@telly.org] > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 5:50 PM > To: jam(a)jacquelinemorris.com > Cc: 'Robert Guerra'; ediaz(a)dconsultinggroup.com; 'NA Discuss' > Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Language > > Jacqueline A. Morris wrote: > >> Well - from what I remember - feel free to correct - Puerto Rico is > officially bilingual, isn't it? And it is part of NARALO. I leave > it up to > the Puerto Rican NARALO member to decide whether to take this > forward or > not. I believe that after the meeting in SJ, there will be more ALS > applicants from PR, so maybe then they can call for Spanish if they > want to. >> > > Well, then you open the issue of why there should be a RALO with only > three participating jurisdictions. > > Funny, elswehere in the world the RALO boundaries are drawn on > continental boundaries. Newcomers can only wonder about the politics > behind the decision to keep the Caribbean and Mexico out of North > America on ICANN's globe. > > Of course, one other option is to ask the Puerto Rican ALSs if they'd > prefer to be part of the LAC-RALO > > - Evan > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.9/832 - Release Date: > 6/4/2007 6:43 > PM > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.9/832 - Release Date: > 6/4/2007 6:43 > PM > > > > _______________________________________________ > NA-Discuss mailing list > NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge- > lists.ica > nn.org > --- > Draft MoU with ICANN: > http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_MOU > > Draft Operating Principles: > http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_OP > > Draft Code of Conduct: > http://www.icannwiki.org/NARALO_Code_of_Conduct > > > > >

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Issues Report on Dispute Handling for IGO Names and Abbreviations
by Danny Younger June 19, 2007

June 19, 2007

ICANN Staff has released an Issues Report pertaining to dispute handling for IGO names and abbreviations --http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg03586.html The ALAC has warranted that it would "submit a more detailed analysis of the recommendations if and when WIPO's recommendations are subject to policy-development processes" -- see http://www.icann.org/correspondence/bertola-to-touton-12may03.htm We are on the verge of PDP commencement (it requires only a majority vote in the GNSO Council of members present). As a great many North American commercial and non-commercial institutions may be implicated in the upcoming policy process (for example, the web address for FAO Schwarz, the 140-year old toy retailer -- fao.com -- may be found to be "confusing" to those looking for the Food and Agriculture Organization IGO), I would ask NARALO members to weigh in on the topic in a diligent manner to protect the North American interests that may be placed at risk. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather

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MOU Draft Changes
by Thompson, Darlene June 18, 2007

June 18, 2007

Hi all, I have gone through the MOU again and have made the changes as per Sylvia Caras's suggestions and Nick Ashton-Hart's replies to her and the Staff suggestions. These changes mainly pertain to wording changes in Clauses 4.7 and 4.8 and as well to the deletion of Clause 6.5. These should probably be reviewed at your earliest convenience so that you can let Brett know if these are OK with your group or not. These can be found at: Draft MoU with ICANN: http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_MOU D Darlene A. Thompson Community Access Program Administrator Nunavut Department of Education/N-CAP c/o P.O. Box 1000, Station 910 Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 Phone: (867) 975-6531 Fax: (867) 979-8870 dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca

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A few comments from the staff re: current text of the MoU
by Nick Ashton-Hart June 17, 2007

June 17, 2007

I thought I'd offer a few comments as I get the feeling that the text is basically the subject of general agreement at this point, and the earlier it can be sent to ICANN legal the earlier they can get back to you... Be advised that just because I believe legal will be OK with something doesn't mean they absolutely will. But I won't suggest that they will below unless I really have very high faith in what I'm suggesting - FWIW 4.7 - in brackets: I think this would be agreed to IF something like the phrase: 'subject to budgeting constraints and organisational priorities as developed in concert with all ICANN stakeholders' I think the bracketed final 4.8 will probably be OK if you were to insert something like 'to the same extent that the board communicates on the same issues and concerns to other ICANN stakeholders' at the end of the phrase. This gives you equivalence with everyone else; I doubt they would wish to formally give one group of stakeholders better treatment than they give to all the others. 6.5 placeholder: I doubt this would be accepted, as it could perhaps be viewed as making the entire agreement enforceable by every member of the public. I won't repeat the previous comments on this subject as they are pretty well-known I expect. -- 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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