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CALL FOR COMMENTS: ICANN Draft Five-Year Operating Plan (Version 1 FY2016-FY2020)
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 21, 2014

Nov. 21, 2014

Dear All, Alan Greenberg, Chair of the ALAC, has asked that a call for comments be made on the ICANN Draft Five-Year Operating Plan (Version 1 FY2016-FY2020)<https://community.icann.org/x/izTxAg>. Please submit any comments on the At-Large ICANN Draft Five-Year Operating Plan Workspace<https://community.icann.org/x/izTxAg> using the comments function. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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Re: [NA-Discuss] Volunteers
by Alan Greenberg Nov. 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014

Note that this is for the SELECTION COMMITTEE to select among the candidates that submit Expressions of Interest to be Members on the CCWG. In addition, ANYONE can take part in the CCWG as a Participant. You just need to sign up, attend teleconferences and participate in the e-mail list. Alan At 18/11/2014 09:10 AM, Glenn McKnight wrote: >Hi All > >We have Imran and Marie are willing to step up to represent NARALO for >the CCWG on >Enhancing Accountability. NARALO is the only RALO missing representation > >Judith has stepped down and I will remain on the committee providing our > required three names > >Please respond to me and Olivier to voice your opinion > >We need an answer as soon as possible. > >Thanks > >Glenn McKnight >mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com >skype gmcknight >twitter gmcknight >. >------ >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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Re: [NA-Discuss] Volunteers
by Alan Greenberg Nov. 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014

Glenn, if you are asking for NARALO to approve their appointment, it would be useful to provide full names, affiliation (ALS), and at least a very brief bio indicating what the person is suitable for the task. Alan At 18/11/2014 09:10 AM, Glenn McKnight wrote: >Hi All > >We have Imran and Marie are willing to step up to represent NARALO for >the CCWG on >Enhancing Accountability. NARALO is the only RALO missing representation > >Judith has stepped down and I will remain on the committee providing our > required three names > >Please respond to me and Olivier to voice your opinion > >We need an answer as soon as possible. > >Thanks > >Glenn McKnight >mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com >skype gmcknight >twitter gmcknight >. >------ >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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Re: [NA-Discuss] Volunteers
by Judith Hellerstein Nov. 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014

Hi alan, Le-Marie was was of the catalysts behind our ALS starting and she wants to get more involved in the icann accountability and iana transfer issues. Le-marie is on our isoc-dc board and has been very active with our isoc-dc chapter for over 5 years having organized a few panels, handling social media and also helping run events. As you may know The board of ISOC -DC did not want to become an ALS, so a few of us who were active with isoc-Dc started our on ALS. Le-Marie was one of the main instigators and was listed as co-head with me on our application. She is an entrepreneur having created a startup to work on a web application for conflict minerals and an engineer. Hope this helps for her bio and introduction. Best, Judith Sent from my iPad Judith(a)jhellerstein.com Skype ID: judithhellerstein > On Nov 20, 2014, at 2:51 AM, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca> wrote: > > Glenn, if you are asking for NARALO to approve their appointment, it would be useful to provide full names, affiliation (ALS), and at least a very brief bio indicating what the person is suitable for the task. > > Alan > > > At 18/11/2014 09:10 AM, Glenn McKnight wrote: >> Hi All >> >> We have Imran and Marie are willing to step up to represent NARALO for >> the CCWG on >> Enhancing Accountability. NARALO is the only RALO missing representation >> >> Judith has stepped down and I will remain on the committee providing our >> required three names >> >> Please respond to me and Olivier to voice your opinion >> >> We need an answer as soon as possible. >> >> Thanks >> >> Glenn McKnight >> mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com >> skype gmcknight >> twitter gmcknight >> . >> ------ >> 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 >> ------ > > ------ > 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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Call For Volunteers: Join A Generation Panel, Speak Up for Your Language
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 18, 2014

Nov. 18, 2014

Dear All, Satish Babu, Co-Chair of the At-Large Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Policy Working Group, in collaboration with Sarmad Hussain, Senior Manager of the ICANN IDN Program, has requested a call for volunteers in the Generation Panel. Kindly see the details below. ** Speak up for your Language! Join a Panel Today In the past, labels in the Internet's Root Zone could only contain ASCII characters. The rules for creating new top-level domain labels were simple: labels must (i) only be composed of letters in the English alphabet, and (ii) consist of two to 63 characters. All of that is changing now. The future holds a multilingual Internet, where a user from anywhere across the world can navigate entirely in his or her native language. Be a part of this historic change! ICANN is calling for volunteers to serve on one of several panels that will define the rules for generating new top-level domain labels for the script or writing systems for their community. Join a Generation Panel today by emailing idntlds(a)icann.org. Make sure to tell us the language you speak and the script or writing system you want to get involved with. Please help inform and motivate others to join as well. The goal of these panels is to support the use of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) by determining what is a valid top-level domain label in each script or writing system. This involves answering three questions: (i) which subset of characters from the various scripts can be used to form a label*, (ii) which of these characters (if any) may be considered confusable or variants by end users, and (iii) what are additional constraints** on these labels? As there is a single Root Zone, all such label generation rules for all the scripts must be merged into a single reference, which is called the Label Generation Rule-set (LGR). The ICANN community has established a procedure<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf> to develop the LGR for the Root Zone. This procedure is divided into three steps: 1. The basis is a subset of Unicode code points which may be appropriate for the Root Zone and called the Maximal Starting Repertoire (MSR). 2. Communities representing various scripts (e.g., Arabic, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Greek, Chinese, Latin, Thai, etc.) are invited to organize into Generation Panels to start from the MSR and propose the label generation rules (which contains the three types of rules defined above) for their respective scripts. 3. The script-based proposals developed by the communities are reviewed by a panel of experts called the Integration Panel. Proposals that meet the criteria in the procedure<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/lgr-procedure-20mar13-en.pdf> are integrated into the LGR by the Integration Panel. The LGR is incrementally built upon until it contains all the necessary scripts. For Step 1, ICANN recently released the Maximal Starting Repertoire (MSR-1)<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-06-20-en>, covering 22 scripts (Arabic, Bengali, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Han, Hangul, Hebrew, Hiragana, Kannada, Katakana, Lao, Latin, Malayalam, Oriya, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu and Thai) and containing 32,790 code points short-listed from 97,973 allowable code points from Unicode version 6.3. Work on additional scripts will be completed soon. Step 2 is now underway; ICANN needs your help in developing proposals to extend the Root Zone LGR to cover each of these scripts. There is a role for everyone: general script community representation as well as volunteers with knowledge of scripts, linguistics, Unicode, IDNA/DNS or policy. Volunteering is easy; just send an email to idntlds(a)icann.org. Join a Generation Panel today. Help ICANN support top-level domain names in your language! Note: *Code points appropriate for labels must be letters and should be in widespread modern use. **For example, a label cannot be formed entirely by combining marks and must contain at least two letters Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>

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Volunteers
by Glenn McKnight Nov. 18, 2014

Nov. 18, 2014

Hi All We have Imran and Marie are willing to step up to represent NARALO for the CCWG on Enhancing Accountability. NARALO is the only RALO missing representation Judith has stepped down and I will remain on the committee providing our required three names Please respond to me and Olivier to voice your opinion We need an answer as soon as possible. Thanks Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight .

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Vacancy on Selection committee
by Glenn McKnight Nov. 17, 2014

Nov. 17, 2014

We need someone to volunteer for the selection committee for the CCWG on Enhancing Accountability. Three reps per region and we have Glenn and Judith already volunteering and we need one more. Please respond ASAP‏ Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight .

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New NARALO ALS Application
by Glenn McKnight Nov. 12, 2014

Nov. 12, 2014

We received finally after months of followup with this organization Consumers Council of Canada. It is based in Toronto, Canada They have been doing some interesting research funded by CIRA http://www.cira.ca/about-cira/community-investment-program/ Consumers Council of CanadaDevelop practical guidelines for the display of findable, usable and relevant online agreements (i.e., End User License Agreement, Terms of Use/Service, Privacy Policy) to improve understanding of increasingly important terms and conditions and privacy considerations relevant to most Canadians, expanding the trust required for a healthy, sustainable Internet environment. Glenn Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight .

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New ALS Application received
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 12, 2014

Nov. 12, 2014

Dear all, This is to inform you that we received an ALS application from the Consumers Council of Canada. It is based in Toronto, Canada, and would be a member of NARALO if accepted. Please find the application form attached. Staff are preparing the Due Diligence. -- -- Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge

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PLEASE IGNORE - LUNCH - 1:10 PM
by Gisella Gruber Nov. 10, 2014

Nov. 10, 2014

Dear All, Please ignore this email. My iPhone seems to be sending old emails and/or drafts! Thank you. Kind regards, Gisella On 10/11/2014 18:35, "Gisella Gruber" <Gisella.Gruber(a)icann.org> wrote: >Dear All > >Lunch is kindly sponsored by PIR. > >Afilias was last night > >Thank you >Kind regards >Gisella > > > >> On 22 Jun 2014, at 10:42, "Garth Bruen" <gbruen(a)knujon.com> wrote: >> >> Provided by Afilias! >> >> Meeting point at 13h10 - after our morning session - Hotel Hilton >>Metropole >> EAST WING lobby (by check-in/reception and NOT on the registration side >>...) >> >> Check in with me and let me know how everything is going and if you are >> having any problems!!! >> >> ------------------------------------- >> >> Garth Bruen >> gbruen(a)knujon.com >> >> 617-947-3805 >> http://www.knujon.com >> Chair of ICANN At-Large North America (naralo.org) >> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/4/149/724 >> Blog: >> >>http://www.digitalcitizensalliance.org/cac/alliance/blog.aspx?ident=garth >> Twitter: @Knujon >> Skype: gobruen >> >> ³If history is deprived of the Truth, we are left with nothing but an >>idle, >> unprofitable tale² -Polybius >> >> >>

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