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REMINDER: NARALO TELECONFERENCE - Monday, 09 August 2010 @ 19:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 5, 2010

Nov. 5, 2010

Dear All, The next NARALO Teleconference is scheduled for Monday, 09 August 2010 at 1900 UTC. The agenda (to be updated) and call details can be found at: https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi?09_august_2010 If you are unable to attend the call please send an email indicating your absence and we will note this information on the agenda. If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff

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Call for Nominations - Unaffiliated Member Representative
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 5, 2010

Nov. 5, 2010

Dear All, Following the adoption of the revised NARALO Operating Principles, we are now calling for nominations for the position of Unaffiliated Member Representative. Nominations may be sent to the NA-Discuss list until Thursday, 4 November 2010. You may nominate yourself. Position Description: The Unaffiliated Member Representative will participate in the NARALO General Assemblies and other circumstances as required on behalf of the Unaffiliated Members. The term will run for a period from the close of the 2010 AGM until the close of the AGM 2011. Candidate Requirements: In accordance with Operating Principle 17, the Unaffiliated Member Representative must be registered as an Unaffiliated Member. To register as an unaffiliated member, please send a short Statement of Interest (SOI) to staff at atlarge.icann.org indicating that you meet the requirements for Unaffiliated Members: * be subscribed to the NA-Discuss list, * be a permanent resident of one of the countries/territories in the North American region as defined by ICANN, * not be a member of a certified ALS. In addition to that, the Unaffiliated Member Representative "must not be employed or contracted by, or have substantive financial interest in, an ICANN contracted registry or accredited registrar." Election Process: After the close of the nomination period on 4 November, nominees will have seven days to accept their nomination (until 11 November). After that, there will be an online election running from 12 November until 18 November to select the Unaffiliated Member Representative. All registered Unaffiliated Members will be eligible to vote. The following individuals are registered Unaffiliated Members: Beau Brendler Eric Brunner-Williams Alan Greenberg Edward Hasbrouck Jean Armour Polly Wendy Seltzer You can review the revised NARALO Operating Principles under: https://community.icann.org/display/NARALO/NARALO+Operating+Principles+NA-2 007-1-1+Revision+1 Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff

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Fwd: ALAC BoD Candidates
by Avri Doria Nov. 3, 2010

Nov. 3, 2010

To the members of NARALO: I sent the message below to Evan and he recommended I make my appeal directly to the list. My membership in NARALO is based on membership in ISOC-NY. I, therefore, ask this RALAO directly to consider endorsing me as a petition candidate to the ICANN BoD list. I believe that I offer an alternative to the candidates already on that list and that I would represent a strong position in favor of the interests of Internet users. As I mention below, I am available to answer any questions you might have. Thanks a. Begin forwarded message: > From: Avri Doria <avri(a)acm.org> > Date: 29 October 2010 20:38:17 EDT > To: evan(a)telly.org > > Dear Evan, > > I would appreciate it if NARALO would consider endorsing my applications as a petition candidate. > > My statement can be found at: <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/2265195/At-Large+Director+…> > > I am available to answer any questions the RALAO might have. > > Thank you, > > Avri

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Announcement of At-Large selected voting Board Director candidates
by Heidi Ullrich Oct. 31, 2010

Oct. 31, 2010

Dear All, Please find below a message sent on behalf of Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Chair of the ALAC and the BCEC. ** Dear All, As Chair of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and the At-Large Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC), it gives me great honor to announce that following the Board passing the resolution agreeing to the Bylaws amendments needed to allow for the seating of the At-Large selected voting Board Director during their meeting earlier today (resolution available at: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/ALAC+-+Board+Resolution+on+Byla…) the BCEC has selected a slate of 3 candidates for the position. They are identified below in alphabetical order by family name: · Sébastien Bachollet · Pierre Dandjinou · Alan Greenberg The Statements of Interest (SOI) from the 3 candidates as well as the 19 other applicants reviewed are available on the At-Large Candidate Workspace (workspace available at: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Director+Candidate+201…) The current time-line for the Board Director selected by the ALAC/At-Large Community is: · 28 October: BCEC to announce slate of 3-7 candidates and SOI details; · 28 October - 12 November: Campaigning period, including community call for candidate debate, and RALO discussions on candidates; · 15-19 November: RALO discussions on candidates continue and ALAC and RALO chairs vote for At-Large Director; · 10 December: Successful candidate takes seat on ICANN Board. A diagram of this time-line is available at Time-Line for At-Large Board Director Selection 2010.pdf<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/2265195/Time-Line+for+At-L…>. However, please note that this time-line may change slightly pending an extraordinary meeting of the At-Large Board Selection design team scheduled for Monday, 1 November. To provide you with more information on the selection process, a diagram of the 2010 At-Large Board Director Candidate Selection process is available at At-Large Candidate Selection Process 2010 Diagram.pdf<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/2265195/At-Large+Candidate…>. The BCEC warmly congratulate the slate of 3 candidates and look forward to a stimulating campaigning period. The BCEC were also delighted with, and were full of appreciation for, the extraordinarily high standard of all the conforming applicant SOI's received. Regards, Cheryl Langdon-Orr Chair of the2010 BCEC, Chair of the ALAC 2007-2010 ** Kind regards, Heidi Heidi Ullrich Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: + 1 (310) 578 - 8647 Fax: +1 (310) 823 - 8649 Cell/Mobile: +1 (310) 437 - 3956

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Re: [NA-Discuss] [EURO-Discuss] Announcement of At-Large selected voting Board Director candidates
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr Oct. 30, 2010

Oct. 30, 2010

As the desired outcome is for a single seat to be occupied by someone selected by At-Large who is not selected on region or gender, but on the stated criteria, there was no requirement to look to gender balance in the slate... However I hope you will be pleased to hear that female applicant(s) were in the 1st and second round deliberations that the committee undertook... But YES we DO need to keep doing more to encourage and attract highly qualified and dedicated women into leadership roles in ICANN and certainly onto the Board I know the Chair of the 2011 Nom Com is also very keen to see this as an outcome from their processes (which do of course need to try and address such matters of diversity). For my part I'll be outreaching to my Women on Boards group here in Australia when that time comes to see if that helps... Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO) On 30 October 2010 10:25, Avri Doria <avri(a)ltu.se> wrote: > Hi, > > Good gender balance. > > Hard to imagine that out of 22 applicants there was not a single woman that > met your criteria. > > a. > > On 29 Oct 2010, at 00:47, Heidi Ullrich wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > > Please find below a message sent on behalf of Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Chair > of the ALAC and the BCEC. > > > > ** > > > > Dear All, > > > > As Chair of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and the At-Large Board > Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC), it gives me great honor to announce > that following the Board passing the resolution agreeing to the Bylaws > amendments needed to allow for the seating of the At-Large selected voting > Board Director during their meeting earlier today (resolution available at: > https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/ALAC+-+Board+Resolution+on+Byla…) > the BCEC has selected a slate of 3 candidates for the position. They are > identified below in alphabetical order by family name: > > > > > > · Sébastien Bachollet > > > > · Pierre Dandjinou > > > > · Alan Greenberg > > > > The Statements of Interest (SOI) from the 3 candidates as well as the 19 > other applicants reviewed are available on the At-Large Candidate Workspace > (workspace available at: > https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Director+Candidate+201… > ) > > > > The current time-line for the Board Director selected by the > ALAC/At-Large Community is: > > > > · 28 October: BCEC to announce slate of 3-7 candidates and SOI > details; > > > > · 28 October - 12 November: Campaigning period, including > community call for candidate debate, and RALO discussions on candidates; > > > > · 15-19 November: RALO discussions on candidates continue and > ALAC and RALO chairs vote for At-Large Director; > > > > · 10 December: Successful candidate takes seat on ICANN Board. > > > > A diagram of this time-line is available at Time-Line for At-Large Board > Director Selection 2010.pdf< > https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/2265195/Time-Line+for+At-L… > >. > > > > However, please note that this time-line may change slightly pending an > extraordinary meeting of the At-Large Board Selection design team scheduled > for Monday, 1 November. > > > > To provide you with more information on the selection process, a diagram > of the 2010 At-Large Board Director Candidate Selection process is available > at At-Large Candidate Selection Process 2010 Diagram.pdf< > https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/2265195/At-Large+Candidate… > >. > > > > The BCEC warmly congratulate the slate of 3 candidates and look forward > to a stimulating campaigning period. The BCEC were also delighted with, and > were full of appreciation for, the extraordinarily high standard of all the > conforming applicant SOI's received. > > > > Regards, > > Cheryl Langdon-Orr > > > > Chair of the2010 BCEC, > > Chair of the ALAC 2007-2010 > > > > ** > > Kind regards, > > Heidi > > > > Heidi Ullrich > > Director for At-Large > > Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) > > Telephone: + 1 (310) 578 - 8647 > > Fax: +1 (310) 823 - 8649 > > Cell/Mobile: +1 (310) 437 - 3956 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > EURO-Discuss mailing list > > EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss > > > > Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org > > > >

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Re: [NA-Discuss] Announcement of At-Large selected voting Board Director candidates
by Beau Brendler Oct. 29, 2010

Oct. 29, 2010

I can't speak for the unaffiliated members, though would be willing to do so if they wish to send me direction or comments. Maybe it can just get all aired out here. At any rate the answers below are mine only. -----Original Message----- >From: Evan Leibovitch <evan(a)telly.org> >Sent: Oct 29, 2010 8:39 AM >To: NARALO Discussion List <na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> >Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Announcement of At-Large selected voting Board Director candidates > >Hello everyone. > >As Heidi has posted, the BCEC has posted its slate of three candidates for >the position of At-Large-selected member of the ICANN Board. A community >call is being planned to interview > > >As a region we now have some decisions to make > > > 1. Are we satisfied with the slate of three candidates, or do we want to > participate in a petition process to add candidates who submitted > nominations or were left off the slate? I would at least like to have the feeling that a wider range of individuals participated. Can we not just have our own straw vote on the full slate (of qualified candidates), down to three? > > 2. EURALO as a region, and Danny Younger (who was nominated as a > candidate but not selected for the BCEC slate) have asked for time > extensions to make the voting period longer. This will give more time to > consider the candidates but potentially postpone the sitting of the new > Director by up to four months. Do you as ALS representatives need more than > 11 days to determine a preference? Eleven days is ample, and I agree with any calls to make the voting period longer. > > 3. As NARALO Chair and one of 20 votes in the final selection, I made a > commitment to find out your preferences -- amongst ALSs and individual > members -- between the three candidates (plus any others that may be added > by petition) > > >I would like to find out the views of NARALO members on these issues. My >preference is that you post your response publicly (ie, to this list) but if >you feel more comfortable responding privately by email or Skype, that is OK >too). > >- Evan > > > > > >On 29 October 2010 00:47, Heidi Ullrich <Heidi.Ullrich(a)icann.org> wrote: > >> >> the BCEC has selected a slate of 3 candidates for the position. They are >> identified below in alphabetical order by family name: >> >> >> · Sébastien Bachollet >> >> · Pierre Dandjinou >> >> · Alan Greenberg >> [...] >> >------ >NA-Discuss mailing list >NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss > >Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org >------

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At-Large Board Selection Design Team needs a member
by Evan Leibovitch Oct. 29, 2010

Oct. 29, 2010

Hi all One of the two NARALO representatives on the above committee (abbreviated "ABSdt") has resigned to run for the At-Large Director position. I would like to find out if anyone here is interested in helping to put the finishing touches on the process by which At-Large chooses its first directly-selected Director. The role is important but should not take significantly more time as most of the work is already done. This is *not* the same as the committee that has received and is doing due diligence on those who have applied for the position. - Evan

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Re: [NA-Discuss] Call for Nominations - Unaffiliated Member Representative
by Alan Greenberg Oct. 23, 2010

Oct. 23, 2010

Eric is no longer affiliated with CORE - see http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/na-discuss/2010-August/003984.html. Alan >At 23/10/2010 01:36 PM, Beau Brendler wrote: >Eric's observations and comments on this list have been welcome. > >However, to quote directly from below, the Unaffiliated Member >Representative "must not be employed or contracted by, or have >substantive financial interest in, an ICANN contracted registry or >accredited registrar." > >I believe Eric is the CTO of CORE, the Internet Council of Registrars. > >I'm not trying to defend the unaffiliated member rep position, but >considering our recent call to conform to operating principles in >letter and principle, I don't think Eric is eligible for the position.

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Re: [NA-Discuss] Call for Nominations - Unaffiliated Member Representative
by Beau Brendler Oct. 23, 2010

Oct. 23, 2010

Eric's observations and comments on this list have been welcome. However, to quote directly from below, the Unaffiliated Member Representative "must not be employed or contracted by, or have substantive financial interest in, an ICANN contracted registry or accredited registrar." I believe Eric is the CTO of CORE, the Internet Council of Registrars. I'm not trying to defend the unaffiliated member rep position, but considering our recent call to conform to operating principles in letter and principle, I don't think Eric is eligible for the position. -----Original Message----- >From: Wendy Seltzer <wendy(a)seltzer.com> >Sent: Oct 22, 2010 11:35 AM >To: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org>, NA Discuss <na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> >Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Call for Nominations - Unaffiliated Member Representative > >I nominate Eric Brunner-Williams. He knows the ICANN realm and I >believe he'll be a good representative of individual interests in ICANN >policy discussion. > >--Wendy > >On 10/22/2010 10:58 AM, ICANN At-Large Staff wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> Following the adoption of the revised NARALO Operating Principles, we are >> now calling for nominations for the position of Unaffiliated Member >> Representative. Nominations may be sent to the NA-Discuss list until >> Thursday, 4 November 2010. You may nominate yourself. >> >> Position Description: >> >> The Unaffiliated Member Representative will participate in the NARALO >> General Assemblies and other circumstances as required on behalf of the >> Unaffiliated Members. The term will run for a period from the close of the >> 2010 AGM until the close of the AGM 2011. >> >> Candidate Requirements: >> >> In accordance with Operating Principle 17, the Unaffiliated Member >> Representative must be registered as an Unaffiliated Member. To register >> as an unaffiliated member, please send a short Statement of Interest (SOI) >> to staff at atlarge.icann.org indicating that you meet the requirements >> for Unaffiliated Members: >> >> * be subscribed to the NA-Discuss list, >> * be a permanent resident of one of the countries/territories in the North >> American region as defined by ICANN, >> * not be a member of a certified ALS. >> >> In addition to that, the Unaffiliated Member Representative "must not be >> employed or contracted by, or have substantive financial interest in, an >> ICANN contracted registry or accredited registrar." >> >> Election Process: >> After the close of the nomination period on 4 November, nominees will have >> seven days to accept their nomination (until 11 November). After that, >> there will be an online election running from 12 November until 18 >> November to select the Unaffiliated Member Representative. All registered >> Unaffiliated Members will be eligible to vote. >> >> The following individuals are registered Unaffiliated Members: >> Beau Brendler >> Eric Brunner-Williams >> Alan Greenberg >> Edward Hasbrouck >> Jean Armour Polly >> Wendy Seltzer >> >> You can review the revised NARALO Operating Principles under: >> https://community.icann.org/display/NARALO/NARALO+Operating+Principles+NA-2 >> 007-1-1+Revision+1 >> >> >> Thank you. >> >> Regards, >> >> Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, >> Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström >> ICANN At-Large Staff >> >> >> >> ------ >> NA-Discuss mailing list >> NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss >> >> Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org >> ------ >> >> > > >-- >Wendy Seltzer -- wendy(a)seltzer.org +1 914-374-0613 >Fellow, Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy >Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University >http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html >http://www.chillingeffects.org/ >https://www.torproject.org/ >http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/ >------ >NA-Discuss mailing list >NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss > >Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org >------

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Danny Younger's new blog
by Beau Brendler Oct. 23, 2010

Oct. 23, 2010

at least, I think it's new: http://icannology.blogspot.com Anybody been reading it? It's pretty good. Kind of the perfect format for Danny. By the way, I'm shooting my mouth off about ICANN over at ThinkerNet -- please feel free to jump in and argue, disagree, etc. http://www.internetevolution.com/messages.asp?piddl_msgthreadid=234762&pidd… -----Original Message----- >From: Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca> >Sent: Oct 11, 2010 11:58 PM >To: "Thompson, Darlene" <DThompson(a)gov.nu.ca>, Evan Leibovitch <evan(a)telly.org>, Beau Brendler <beaubrendler(a)earthlink.net> >Cc: "na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" <na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> >Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] WTF? > >The situation is not that simple. Prior to the changes, section 5 of >the Operating Principles (OP) started with: > >"The governance of the NARALO will be exercised by a General >Assembly, formed by 2 representatives of each member ALS and 2 >members from among the unaffiliated individuals." In practice, we >have used just 1 representative per ALS and Unaffiliated Members, but >according to that Unaffiliated Members were represented in General >Assembly votes. The revised OP changes that 2 to become 1 in line >with our existing practices. > >However, section 15 says: > >"These Operating Principles will take effect when adopted by not less >than 70% of the active North American At-Large Structures. They may >be amended at any time by an affirmative vote of not less than 70% of >active North American At-Large Structures." > >So although the Unaffiliated Members are represented in votes of the >General Assembly, they were NOT deemed to participate in revision of >the Rules of Procedure. We have always referred to the Unaffiliated >Members as a "Virtual ALS", but the OP never included such a >reference. I was not an active participant in writing the original >OP, but I would like to think that this was an inadvertent omission >and not deliberate. If I had noticed this during the OP revision >process, I certainly would have raised the issue. > >I can't speak for why staff reported the vote as they did, but based >on these rules, it would appear that the error was in including the >Unaffiliated Members in the poll, and not how the results were reported. > >I would suggest that we fix this with due haste. > >In parallel, we also need to look at our Rules of Procedure. These >replicate the "2 per ALS" and there are a number of other places >where they conflict with the OP. > >Alan > >At 11/10/2010 11:21 PM, Thompson, Darlene wrote: >>Hi all, >> >>I do not believe that Beau put in in an SOI to become the "vote" of >>the unaffilated members nor do I believe that they voted for him to >>be their "voice". This is why we entrenched this position into the >>changes to the RoP. We need to have more formal votes for this >>position. I do not believe that our RoP gave a vote to the >>unaffiliated voice prior to the vote so this is now in force but was >>not before. >> >>That is my understanding of it, anyways. >> >>D >> >>Darlene A. Thompson >>CAP Administrator >>Nunavut Department of Education/N-CAP >>P.O. Box 1000, Sation 910 >>Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 >>Phone: (867) 975-5631 >>Fax: (867) 975-5610 >>E-mail: dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca >> >>________________________________ >> >>From: na-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org on behalf of Evan Leibovitch >>Sent: Mon 10/11/2010 11:10 PM >>To: Beau Brendler >>Cc: na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >>Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] WTF? >> >> >> >>On 11 October 2010 19:38, Beau Brendler <beaubrendler(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> > This has probably been explained before, but: >> > >> > Please note that Beau Brendler participated in the vote on behalf of the >> > unaffiliated members. While his vote is visible on the above URL, it is not >> > counted towards quorum as according to rule 15, an affirmative vote of not >> > less than 70% of active North American At-Large Structures is required to >> > amend the NARALO Operating Principles. >> > >> > What does that mean? Let's not pretend to give unaffiliated members a vote >> > (in this particular case, a yes) if it's not going to be counted. >> > >> >> >>Beau, I don't know why it was not counted and will check into it. If you >>participated in the vote then your vote counts and is part of the quorum. I >>apologize on behalf of the process that may have inadvertently missed your >>mention. >> >>Of course, as you and I both know, the purpose of this vote was to codify >>and formalize what had until been an informal and not-fully-recognised role >>of unaffiliated members and their representatives within NARALO and >>At-Large. >> >>- Evan >>------ >>NA-Discuss mailing list >>NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >>https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss >> >>Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org <http://www.naralo.org/> >>------ >> >> >>------ >>NA-Discuss mailing list >>NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >>https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss >> >>Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org >>------ >

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