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Meeting Invitation / ALAC Briefing Session on the RAA - Monday 18 March 2013
by At-Large Staff March 15, 2013

March 15, 2013

Dear All, As a means to develop an ALAC policy advice statement on the recently opened Public Comment on the Proposed 2013 RAA (see At-Large Proposed 2013 RAA Posted for Comment Workspace at: https://community.icann.org/x/xZRwAg) Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, has requested an At-Large Briefing Session on this topic. This Briefing Session is scheduled for Monday, 18 March at 16:30 UTC (see other times at: http://tinyurl.com/atho2yk ). The agenda page, including dial in information, is available at: https://community.icann.org/x/N5dwAg. Guest speakers include Margie Milam, Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives at ICANN; Samantha Eisner, Senior Counsel at ICANN; and Alan Greenberg, ALAC Member from NARALO and ALAC Liaison to the GNSO. There will be a question and answer session as well as information on the schedule for the development of the ALAC policy advice statement. FR and ES interpretation will be provided upon the receipt by At-Large staff of 3 requests or more for each language (please confirm to STAFF as soon as possible) Kind regards, Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org One World, One Internet

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Re: [NA-Discuss] IMPORTANT FY14 AC Budget Request Information and Deadlines
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond March 14, 2013

March 14, 2013

Dear All, I am following-up on the message below to remind you of the deadline for FY14 requests from RALOs which is Monday 18 March 2013. When completing your templates, please remember to include deliverables and the rationale why ICANN should fund the activity. (and please make sure you show how the proposal ties up with the ICANN strategy) General Assemblies (GAs) As you know, the ALAC is going to submit a proposal for a second At-Large Summit (ATLAS2) to take place in FY14. The At-Large Summit would include a General Assembly for each of the RALOs. At this point in time, it is therefore redundant for RALOs to ask for a General Assembly this Financial Year. Internet Governance Forum (IGF) workshops Requests for workshops at the IGF will be dependent on the workshops being accepted by the MAG/IGF so make sure that you submit the requests for workshops in time for the IGF schedule, which shows a deadline for the preliminary call for workshop proposals on 22 March 2013. ExCom meeting Due to the shortening of the ICANN meeting week with the Board meeting now on Thursday, the ALAC will be submitting a request to support the ExCom and Liaisons for an extra night at the end of the ICANN Meetings in FY14 (Friday night) so that they may discuss follow-up items and plan strategy for the time between meetings, as it has customarily done on Friday afternoons when the Board meeting was on Friday morning. Finally, the At-Large Finance & Budget Sub-Committee will be holding a call to review *all* requests (and not only the Fast Track ones) on 20 March 2013. Kind regards, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond Chair of the FBSC On 07/03/2013 16:53, ICANN At-Large Staff wrote: > > Dear All, > > > > As requested on the Finance and Budget Sub-Committee (FBSC)/RALO > Leaders Call of Thursday, 28 February, please find the links to the > key documents for the FY14 AC/SO budget request process: > > > > · *At Large - FY14 Special Budget Request > <https://community.icann.org/display/projfinadhocws/At+Large+-+FY14+Special+…> > - Finance Department's Workspace for At-Large (includes FY14 AC budget > request template)* > > · *At-Large FY14 Budget Development Workspace > <https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+FY14+Budget+Developmen…>* > > · *FY14 SO-AC-SG Budget Processv1.xlsx > <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/40174679/FY14+SO-AC-SG+Bud…>* > > · *FY14 Budget Process - Community Call - 17 Jan.pdf > <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/40174679/FY14+Budget+Proce…>* > > · *FY14 Special Budget Request Guidelines.docx > <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/40174679/FY14+Special+Budg…>* > > · *Template - SO-AC-SG FY14 Budget Request.docx > <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/40174679/Template+-+SO-AC-…>* > > · *Community Additional Budget Request Criteria Matrix.xlsx > <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/40174679/Community+Additio…>* > > > > *Instructions for submitting AC FY14 requests: * > > 1. Send your completed At-Large FY14 AC budget request template > to Olivier Crepin-Leblond (ocl(a)gih.com <mailto:ocl@gih.com>) and > At-Large staff ( staff(a)atlarge.icann.org > <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>) *by 18 March 2013.* > > *2. *At-Large staff will post the completed At-Large FY14 AC > budget request templates to the *At-Large FY14 Budget Development > Workspace > <https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+FY14+Budget+Developmen…>* > > 3. The FBSC will review the completed At-Large FY14 AC budget > request templates during a call on 20 March 2013. > > 4. The FBSC will direct staff to submit the At-Large FY14 AC > budget requests for review by the ICANN Controller. > > 5. ICANN finance staff will confirm and validate your submission > by reviewing and posting your request in the dedicated wiki workspace > within 48 hours of its submission > > * * > > *Deadlines for the of FY14 budget request templates:* > > > > * *Deadline for RALOs to submit all FY14 AC requests to Olivier and > At-Large staff => 18 March 2013* > * *Early vote/decision by April => At-Large to submit to ICANN > Controller by 22 March 2013 **(please note that the early > vote/decision process is for budget requests with activities in > the first month of FY 14 (i.e., July 2013)* > * *Vote/decision by June => At-Large submit to ICANN Controller by > 29 April 2013* > > > > Please let At-Large staff know if you have any questions related to > the FY14 AC Budget Request process. > > > > Regards, > > Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie > Peregrine, and Julia Charvolen > > ICANN Policy Staff in support of the ALAC > > E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> > > > > > > >

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ccNSO Study Group on Country and Territory Names - Seeking NARALO region comments
by Eduardo Diaz March 14, 2013

March 14, 2013

All: I have been part of the ccNSO Study Group on Country and Territory Names for sometime now (2011-present) representing NARALO. The group leader, Paul Snydler , has asked all WG participants to share the included preliminary report with our respective groups for feedback, comments, etc. The Study Group was tasked with developing an overview of: - the way in which the names of countries and territories are currently used within ICANN, be it in the form of policies, guidelines and/or procedures; - the types of strings, relating to the names of countries and territories that currently used, or proposed to be used, as TLDs; and - the issues that arise (or may arise) when current policies, guidelines and procedures are applied to these representations of country and territory names Please look it over and send me your comments, questions, etc., before 21 of March so I can compile them into a single email to send to the WG. Gracias. -ed -- *NOTICE:* This email may contain information which is confidential and/or subject to legal privilege, and is intended for the use of the named addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or copy any part of this email. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately.

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FW: NARALO 11 March 2013 MP3
by Thompson, Darlene March 12, 2013

March 12, 2013

Hi all, For those of you who wished to listen to Monday's meeting, below is the MP3. D Darlene A. Thompson Community Access Program Administrator Nunavut Dept. of Education / N-CAP P.O. Box 1000, Station 910 Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 Phone: (867) 975-5631 Fax: (867) 975-5610 E-mail: dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca<mailto:dthompson@gov.nu.ca> From: Nathalie Peregrine [mailto:nathalie.peregrine@icann.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 4:31 AM To: gbruen(a)knujon.com; Thompson, Darlene Cc: ICANN At-Large Staff Subject: NARALO 11 March 2013 MP3 Dear Darlene and Garth, Here is the MP3 of the NARALO meeting held on the 11 March 2013: http://ftp.adigo.com/clients/icann/20130311_NARALO_Monthly.zip Thank you! Nathalie

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Draft ALAC Rules of Procedure & Upcoming Teleconference Review Meeting
by Heidi Ullrich March 12, 2013

March 12, 2013

On behalf of Olivier Crepin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, and Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Chair of the At-Large Rules of Procedure Working Group, please see the important note below regarding an upcoming ALAC Meeting to review the revised ALAC Rules of Procedure (RoPs): ** Dear All, As per a previous discussion and agreement of the ALAC on 22 January 2013, the ALAC will be holding a single purpose teleconference call to discuss the proposed version of their NEW Rules of Procedure (RoPs) before a Call to Vote to Ratify and Adopt these (or not) which is to be conducted online and prior to the 46th ICANN Meeting to be held in Beijing 7-11 April 2013. This special meeting of the ALAC, which is open to all members of the At-Large Community, especially RALO Leadership and ALS members, is now announced. This call will be held on Tuesday, 19 March 2013 at 2100 UTC (2100 UTC =1400 PDT, 1700 EDT, 2200 CET, 5am Hong Kong (+1 Day) and 8am Sydney (+1 Day). The Wiki page for this meeting is found at https://community.icann.org/x/WpVwAg. FR and ES interpretation has been confirmed for this meeting. All Members of the ALAC and members of the At-Large Community are requested to RSVP their attendance at this call to At-Large Staff (staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>) indicating if they will be joining one of the interpreted channels. The 15 Members of the ALAC are encouraged to place any comments they have in the COMMENTS section of the meeting page (see: https://community.icann.org/x/WpVwAg) or e-mail to the ALAC Working List ( alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org>), particularly if they will not be able to attend this meeting. Members of the At-Large Community who wish to have any input or comments on these proposed new RoPs considered at this meeting should send these contributions to one of the ALAC Members from their Region or via email to the Chair of the Rules of Procedure Working Group, Cheryl Langdon-Orr (langdonorr(a)gmail.com<mailto:langdonorr@gmail.com>). Background on these proposed new ALAC RoPs and opportunity for final ALAC review: This final version of the new ALAC RoP (see: https://community.icann.org/x/VoYi and attached) is the product of an extensive process carried out by some 33 members of the At-Large Community (ALAC Members, formal Regional representatives as well as individual ALS and RALO members of the At-Large Community who volunteered to the ALAC Metrics and RoP Review WG(s). These volunteers have, in face-to-face and teleconference meetings of the Working Group (WG) as a whole and of the new Rules section Drafting Teams (DTs), committed well over 500 person-hours in review of the current RoPs and support material including previous versions, discussion of all rules merits, and in drafting of and editing this new Rules proposed text. A summary of who participated in the various RoP meetings can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/SgoQAg. In addition, and unfortunately difficult to measure and capture, is an extraordinary amount of time spent by the WG's Drafting Teams (DTs) leadership and section pen-holders (noting each DT was in itself, like the RoP Review WG as a whole, a deliberately regionally balanced group) and even more hours and effort again contributed by several current and previously serving ALAC Members during the final stages of integration and editing of the version you are presented with here. The majority of the ALAC has been directly involved with the Rules of Procedure WG and DTs' activities and in several cases served as Leads and/or Pen-Holders for the discussion and drafting, and therefore it is unexpected and doubtful that any significant or substantial omissions or edits will be proposed for discussion either at or before the conference call. Also it is recognised that the ALAC has at its regular meetings been continually appraised of the progress of this Rules Review and also that all business of the Review WG/DTs has been done in an open and transparent manner with archives and records being held and publicly available on the relevant ALAC wiki pages. It must also be noted by the ALAC as a whole and by the wider At-Large Community in general, that virtually every concept and issue relating to these proposed new ALAC RoPs was discussed extensively, prior to any drafting, and often reviewed line by line, mostly over several visits / revisits at several meetings. Anything that was even slightly controversial or where people had differing views was debated and in virtually all cases, what has ended up in these Rules has a strong consensus of those working on the original drafting team and the final reviewers. It is also important to note that several of the 'Adjunct Documents' referred to in these new Rules are not as yet completely finalised nor have they been reviewed (as such) by the ALAC. However, they are all to be drawn from existing ALAC policy and practices and will be shortly available. The vote for the adoption of these new ALAC RoPs does not need to be delayed until they are prepared and circulated, but rather the new RoPs will not come into effect until those Adjunct Documents are all approved by the ALAC. Specific details on the ALAC vote plans and procedures relating to these new ALAC Rules will be discussed during this special ALAC meeting on 19 March 2013, but it is our hope that the vote can commence shortly after the ALAC monthly call on 26 March 2013. Regards, Cheryl Langdon-Orr and Olivier Crepin-Leblond 11 March 2013 ** 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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Regarding the .health applications
by Evan Leibovitch March 11, 2013

March 11, 2013

Hello fellow NARALOers, I have given a great deal of thought about this issue. Having been a former chair of the ALAC gTLD working group and still an active member of that group, I have a deep interest in this area. If only there was as much debate about other ICANN policies. This one attracts so much attention because of the money potentially involved. But I personally don't think it's that big a deal in the grand scheme of things. These applications and subsequent objections are but a blip in a gTLD expansion that, on the whole, is harmful to the public interest IMO. As a result, I find myself as one of the few who have no strong feelings about this particular vote. binary choice of supporting the objections or not, to me, is a choice between lesser evils. And I have promised not to abstain. So for the sake of transparency I will outline the thought process behind my thinking, indicate my current leaning, and invite any discussion intended to either confirm my judgement or change my mind. The actions of the WHO and other IGOs, elsewhere in ICANN policy making activities, clearly demonstrate that they really do not care about the public interest in domain name matters. So I have zero trust in the position of the WHO or its surrogates, especially since they have refused to put forward an application of their own, outlining positively in this round what their vision of the .health TLD should be. Then there are the applicants. While I reject their for-profit status used as a reason for objection, let’s not have any misconceptions that they have any interest at heart besides their own. They will have no hesitation to sell sub-domains to quacks and snake oil sellers, to the vaccinations-are-evil crowd, or to approaches to "health" that could very well be lethal. At least one sees use beyond medicine, believing that the TLD will be really appealing to those wanting to promote financial, automotive, or all kinds of other forms of "health". While some applications refer to public interest in either original or subsequent submissions, they cannot be trusted either without concrete enforcement regimes with explicit penalties. Given ICANN's existing compliance track record I take as a given that any "commitments" currently on offer will be broken with few negative consequences. So I have no delusions that any of the applications will be forces for public good. But then, I would doubt that even in an application from the WHO unless it was heavily policed. What remains, then, is whether the current set of applications, if successful, will cause harm. Will an un-curated .health threaten either the community of people interested in health (that is, everybody) or the miniscule subset of that community which submitted the original objection. Specifically, will it compound the harm already inflicted by the rest of the TLD expansion, or for that matter by the current pre-expansion state of the domain name system? It is here, for the most critical question, that so little real evidence exists to back up the claim. There is, for instance, no public damage done by having a superficial fitness magazine run health.com. The existence of a new cohort of new, untrustworthy names neither improves nor impedes access to quality health information that already exists. This is, after all about the phone books and not the phones. So, in conclusion, I am impressed with neither the applications nor the quality of the objections. But, on the balance, given the lack of logic or evidence to prove harm to the entire health interested community (which includes myself) my inclination is to vote against the objections. I am willing and ready to change my PoV and eager to hear why. So far what I have seen has been unconvincing. - Evan

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Monday's NARALO Call (3PM EST/12PM PST)
by Garth Bruen March 11, 2013

March 11, 2013

NARALO'ers (-ites?), Ahead of Monday's call there are a few issues I want to remind everyone of and items I would like to confirm. First, the call is at 3:00PM(1500)EST/12:00PM(1200)PST in observance of Daylight Savings Time (which starts TODAY). This changes the UTC time of the call BACK one hour from 2000 UTC to 1900 UTC. This will be the case until the end of the summer. Second, this has been a VERY busy month in several areas, because of this there is a long list of various discussion items especially under #9 ALAC issues. We obviously cannot discuss them all, so I would ask that the group highlight any item which REQUIRE review or discussion and let me know. I will move them to the top of the list and place them in BOLD type. Third, we will have an ALS spotlight from Darlene. This is a monthly event and we will be looking for a volunteer for the May call. Fourth, there are a number of issues surrounding the new gTLD objection to .HEALTH, they all deserve attention, but in the interest of time we should be particular about what we discuss on the call. There are three items which have been separated in different section of the agenda: One, is the objection itself for which we do not have the time on this call to rehash the entire history; two is the handling of the NARALO discussion and polling on the objection which will be covered under "4.3 Conduct and Procedure within NARALO"; three, the pending ALAC vote on the community objection to .HEALTH until ALAC business. Since the ALAC vote on the objection is the most current and important piece, all discussion about the objection should occur here. Finally, I try to include all pertinent items and anything forwarded to me by the region. If I have left ANYTHING out, this is not intentional, please remind me. Updated Agenda: https://community.icann.org/display/NARALO/NARALO+2013.03.11+Teleconference -Garth ------------------------------------- Garth Bruen gbruen(a)knujon.com 617-947-3805 http://www.knujon.com http://www.linkedin.com/pub/4/149/724 The Death of the Internet: http://astore.amazon.com/knujocom-20/detail/1118062418 Chair of ICANN At-Large NARALO Linkedin Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1870205 Blog: http://www.circleid.com/members/3296/ Twitter: @Knujon

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NOMCOM Feb Report
by Glenn McKnight March 10, 2013

March 10, 2013

Please find enclosed the public report of the NOMCOM February meeting for the community to be kept informed. Thanks Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight Http://www.globalcatalysts.com http://newsocialmedia.wordpress.com

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Wireless Device Independence Act of 2013
by Joly MacFie March 10, 2013

March 10, 2013

http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/467 I have endorsed this on behalf of ISOC-NY at https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/s467/report#nation citing usercentricity and calling it a "no-brainer". I trust I have the chapter's support. j -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Material for review by the ALAC regarding objection statements to 4 new gTLD applications
by Dev Anand Teelucksingh March 9, 2013

March 9, 2013

Dear All, Here is a summary of the information available for review by the ALAC regarding the RALO advice on the objection statements on community grounds to 4 new gTLD applications. Many of this information were linked on the Friday March 8 2013 ALAC's call (https://community.icann.org/x/8JNwAg) but are repeated here for reference. All of the wiki pages with the objection statements against : - applicant "DotHealth, LLC" for the ".HEALTH" string (https://community.icann.org/x/t4xwAg) - applicant "Goose Fest, LLC" for the ".HEALTH" string (https://community.icann.org/x/v4xwAg) - applicant "dot Health Limited" for the ".HEALTH" string (https://community.icann.org/x/xYxwAg) - applicant "Afilias Limited" for the ".HEALTH" string (https://community.icann.org/x/y4xwAg) have been updated with - links to applicants' Public Interest Commitments (PICs) - correspondence received by the gTLD Review Group over the past 48 hours, including * letters from individual applicants, * letters of support for objections from organisations and emails from the WHO clarifying issues raised on the NARALO list. With many of the correspondence received (even today), directed at the objection statement against Stable Tone Limited" for the "健康" string, the wiki page at https://community.icann.org/x/0YxwAg was also updated, for reference, even though this is no longer under ALAC's consideration, as per RALO advice. Also, there was discussion by the RALOs on the applicants and the objection statements and can be reviewed on the RALO mailing list archives: NARALO: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/na-discuss/2013-March/thread.html APRALO: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/apac-discuss/2013/thread.html LACRALO: https://community.icann.org/x/Q5FwAg (wiki page) gTLD Review Group List archives : http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/newgtldrg/ (for reference, but again all correspondence regarding the applications and objection statements have been posted on the individual wiki pages) Also, the objection statements are on community objection grounds. The community objection grounds page at https://community.icann.org/x/QgkQAg lists the 4 tests as specified in the Applicant GuideBook that the objection statement must meet for the objection to prevail. Also for useful reading on community objection grounds: Circle ID article: "Thinking Carefully About New gTLD Objections: Community (3 of 4)" http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130219_thinking_carefully_about_new_gtld_ob… Independent Objector's (IO) comments on controversial applications: http://www.independent-objector-newgtlds.org/english-version/the-independen… The IO comments shows the reasoning behind his decisions as to whether to file objections on community or limited public interest concerns. Kind Regards, Dev Anand Teelucksingh gTLD RG chair

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