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Welcome Frederic Teboul to the At-Large Staff
by Nick Ashton-Hart April 7, 2008

April 7, 2008

It is my pleasure to introduce you to Frederic Teboul, the new At-Large Regional Affairs Manager. Born in Marseille, France, he began his career in the French Foreign Service in Israel in 1997; he subsequently worked for several parts of the United Nations' system from 2000 to 2005 in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Geneva, Kosovo, New York and Athens. He comes to us most recently from the private sector, where he served as Business Development and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Director for the third-largest Greek maritime operator. His experience in the public and private sectors in a wide variety of international decision-making environments, working with governments, civil society, and industry stakeholders from more than 200 different countries, makes him a valuable addition to the At-Large team in the Policy Unit. He will be responsible in particular for supporting the Regional At-Large Organisations (RALOs), facilitating their involvement in policy development and assisting them in their work representing the individual Internet user interest in ICANN. Frederic has a PhD in Social Science from IAE-University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, an MA in Political Science and International Relations from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and an Executive MBA from the Athens University of Economics and Business. He is a native French speaker, and also has knowledge of Romanian and Hebrew - with a little Italian, Spanish, Arabic, and Greek thrown in for good measure. I hope you will join me in giving Frederic a warm welcome! He can be reached at frederic.teboul(a)icann.org, or of course staff(a)atlarge.icann.org -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile: +41 (79) 595 54-68 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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Community Input Requested on Two Draft Statements from ALAC to the ICANN Board
by At-Large Staff April 7, 2008

April 7, 2008

Dear Community members: [ENGLISH TEXT] We have been asked to notify you that two draft statements to the ICANN Board from the At-Large Advisory Committee are now open for comments from all members of the At-Large community. Comments will be accepted until 16th April 2008, at 1200 UTC, after which time comments will be reviewed by the ALAC Finance and Budget committee before transmitting the final text to the Board of Directors as an Advisory Committee statement. Draft Statement to the ICANN Board on the Budget and Operational Plan Framework for 2008/2009: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?al_alac_bud_sc_0308_1_2 Draft Sttatement to the ICANN Board and to the Public Consultation on an ICANN Travel Policy for Volunteers: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?al_alac_bud_sc_0308_1_1 These two are important because the planning now going on and especially the consultation related to travel support can have significant impacts upon the participation of the At-Large community in ICANN meetings and in the work of ICANN. Comments may be made by clicking the Comment¹ button at the top of each of these pages. Please do sign your name in your comments, or the name of your ALS if you are commenting on behalf of an ALS. [SPANISH TEXT (from Google)] Se nos ha pedido que le avise de que dos proyectos de declaraciones a la Junta de la ICANN At-Large Comisión Consultiva están abiertas para Los comentarios de todos los miembros de la comunidad At-Large. Los comentarios se aceptarán hasta el 16 de Abril de 2008, a las 12.00 UTC, después de que el tiempo Comentarios serán revisados por el ALAC comisión de Finanzas y Presupuesto Antes de transmitir el texto definitivo al Consejo de Administración como un Comisión Consultiva declaración. Proyecto de Declaración a la Junta de la ICANN en el Presupuesto y Plan Operativo Marco para 2008/2009: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?al_alac_bud_sc_0308_1_2 Sttatement proyecto a la Junta de la ICANN y para la consulta pública sobre una política de la ICANN de viajes para Voluntarios: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?al_alac_bud_sc_0308_1_1 Estas dos son importantes, porque la planificación de ahora pasa - y Especialmente la consulta relacionados con los viajes de apoyo - puede tener Impactos significativos sobre la participación de la comunidad At-Large En reuniones de la ICANN y en la labor de la ICANN. Los comentarios pueden ser presentadas por clic en el 'comentario' botón en la parte superior de Cada una de estas páginas. Por favor, firme su nombre en sus comentarios, o El nombre de su ALS si está comentando en nombre de una ALS. [TRADUCCION FRANCAIS (a Google)]: On nous a demandé de vous aviser de deux projets de déclarations à la Conseil d'administration de l'ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee sont maintenant ouvertes pour les commentaires de tous les membres de l'At-Large communauté. Les commentaires seront Acceptées jusqu'au 16 avril 2008, à 1200 UTC, après quoi les commentaires seront examinés par l'ALAC commission des Finances et du Budget Avant de transmettre le texte final au conseil d'administration en tant que Comité consultatif déclaration. Projet de Déclaration à l'ICANN sur le budget et de plan opérationnel cadre pour 2008/2009: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?al_alac_bud_sc_0308_1_2 Projet Sttatement à l'ICANN et à la consultation publique sur l'ICANN de voyage pour Bénévoles: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?al_alac_bud_sc_0308_1_1 Ces deux sont importantes parce que la planification en cours - et en particulier la consultation relatives aux voyages de soutien - peut avoir de vastes répercussions sur la participation de la communauté At-Large Réunions de l'ICANN et dans les travaux de l'ICANN. Les commentaires peuvent être faits en cliquant sur le lien 'commentaire' bouton en haut de chacune de ces pages. S¹il vous plaît faire signer votre nom dans vos commentaires, ou le nom de votre ALS si vous êtes en commentant le compte d'un ALS. --- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Frederic Teboul ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Proposal for North American Indigenous TLD
by Danny Younger April 4, 2008

April 4, 2008

A proposal has been fielded for a new gTLD for the North American Indigenous community (.nai) -- details at http://wampum.wabanaki.net/vault/2008/04/004460.html This appears to be an effort spearheaded by Eric Brunner-Williams who earlier in DNSO Working Group C proposed the TLD .naa (a gTLD scoped to North America and the territories, trusts and treaty dependencies of the United States and Canada, and delegated to the designates of the National Congress of American Indians/Assembly of First Nations) -- see http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/19991023.NCwgc-report.html It looks like Eric is currently affiliated with CORE, (and he has had prior experience with the gTLD submission process via the SWITCH .org proposal). Some in the NARALO may wish to assist in this effort. The primary obstacle, of course, will be the cost of the the ticket to the ICANN Ball. ____________________________________________________________________________________ OMG, Sweet deal for Yahoo! users/friends:Get A Month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. W00t http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text2.com

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FW: Reminder: Regional Advice on PCNA
by Thompson, Darlene April 4, 2008

April 4, 2008

Hi all, Right now the ALAC is considering the application of PCNA as an ALS. I put my two cents worth in because I know the group and they are active in ICANN-related areas. If anybody else out there knows of any reason that they should not be accredited, please let me know. PCNA is active in B.C. with various networks of telecentres both regionally and internationally. 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: Matthias Langenegger [mailto:matthias.langenegger@icann.org] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 11:24 AM To: Thompson, Darlene; At-Large Staff; Evan Leibovitch Subject: Reminder: Regional Advice on PCNA Dear Darlene, Thank you for reply! Does your support reflect the opinion of the north-American ALS community? Did you contact them and are their views congruent to yours? We will then pass this information on the ALAC for its review. Best Regards, Matthias On 28/03/2008 13:40, "Thompson, Darlene" <DThompson(a)GOV.NU.CA> wrote: Hi all, I am personally aware of the PCNA and have had many dealings with them. I have fully reviewed the due diligence report and can find it to be concise and accurate. This group is active with Internet Governance issues on a global scale through their dealings with Telecentres.org. I would whole heartedly support their application as an ALS. 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) 975-5631 Fax: (867) 975-5610 dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca ________________________________ From: At-Large Staff [mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org] <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org%5d> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 7:18 PM To: Evan Leibovitch; Thompson, Darlene Cc: At-Large Staff Subject: Regional Advice PCNA Dear Evan and Darlene, On the 1st of February we received a north-American ALS application from PCNA. Please find the Due Diligence form attached. We kindly ask you to provide us with the regional advice for this ALS in your capacity as At-Large Secretaries for this region. Your advice will support the ALAC review on this application. According to our timeline for ALS applications the due date for the regional advice in on the 4th of April. Please contact us if it is not possible for you to send us the advice in time. We would like to remind you that the DD form can contain sensitive information. Please read the form carefully before sending it off to third parties. Matthias Langenegger At-Large Coordination Officer Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: matthias.langenegger(a)icann.org Main Tel: +41 (79) 644 65 35 Fax: +41 (22) 594 85 44 Skype ID: matthiaslangenegger

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ARIN Participation at the Nonprofit Technology Conference
by Richard Jimmerson April 1, 2008

April 1, 2008

I saw that someone mentioned the Nonprofit Technology Conference on this list a few weeks back. I wanted to write back to give a brief description of ARIN's participation in the event. ARIN participated in the "Science Fair" which was the NTC exhibition event. We spoke to many people one-on-one about IPv4 depletion and the need to consider IPv6 adoption. On Friday, we held a 90-minute conference session to discuss details about IPv4, IPv6, the Regional Internet Registry System, and other educational topics. We encouraged everyone we spoke to, to participate in the ARIN policy development process as well as other processes and activities. Attendees' technical knowledge ranged from minimal to extensive, but we found everyone extremely interested in learning more about the issues facing the Internet community. We distributed hundreds of fact sheets, multimedia CDs, and comic books to people who planned to read the materials themselves or pass along to the more technical staff members not present at the event. This was a very useful and valuable conference to attend. We gained a wealth of information regarding the various ways that nonprofit organizations are using "Internet Technology" in their communities. Please contact me if you are interested in talking about the event in general, ARIN's participation in it, or other events where you think ARIN could participate. Richard Jimmerson Chief Information Officer American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) http://www.arin.net

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ARIN Public Policy Meeting Remote Participation
by Richard Jimmerson March 31, 2008

March 31, 2008

The ARIN community will hold its 21st Public Policy and Members Meetings next week in Denver, Colorado. The entire meeting will be webcast and available for participation remotely to all who cannot attend in person. Your participation in the ARIN policy and other processes is very important. Viewing the webcast of this meeting is an excellent way for you to stay informed of all policy and technical discussion taking place inside the ARIN region. The remote participation facilities go a step further and give you the same full interactive access to the ARIN Public Policy Meeting, just as if you were physically in the meeting room in Denver. Questions and statements you submit using ARIN's remote participation facilities can be brought to the floor microphone by a member of the ARIN staff. Webcast and remote participation information is available at this link. http://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXI/webcast.html Anyone may participate in ARIN's policy process and this meeting. You do not have to be a member of ARIN or pay a fee to use these remote participation facilities. You do, however, need to register to participate remotely in advance of the meeting. If you are interested in participating in ARIN's Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process or just the meeting in general, please take advantage of the remote participation facilities. There are several policy proposals currently under discussion by the ARIN community and we encourage you to participate. One example of the policy proposals currently under discussion is 2008-3: Community Networks IPv6 Allocation. This policy proposal seeks to change ARIN's Number Resource Policy Manual to allow for IPv6 assignments to community networks. You can find this policy proposal along with all the others on the agenda for the Denver meeting at the following link. http://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXI/agenda.html You can also find the proposals in the "Policies" section of the ARIN website. This section of the ARIN website provides a description and links to the ARIN Number Resource Policy Manual (NRPM), Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process (IRPEP), and the archive of all active proposals under discussion. You will also find information on this page about how to participate in the ARIN policy process. Again, there are no fees or membership required to participate. Anyone may participate. http://www.arin.net/policy/index.html Warm regards, Richard Jimmerson Chief Information Officer American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)

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FW: [Secretariat] FW: Upcoming Budget Committee Meeting
by Thompson, Darlene March 28, 2008

March 28, 2008

Hi all, See e-mail way below. So, this is on the same vein as Evan's last e-mails to the region. We need to figure out what our regional priorities are to bring them forward. It is very likely that this telephone conf will be held on Monday or Tuesday so any input on this is well appreciated by myself (and I will be sure to be checking my e-mails over the weekend - hubby out of town and I have nothing better to do). If I do not receive any other input, then I will be going forward with the idea of having 3-4 outreach meetings per year. Again, any input is welcome. Darlene 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) 975-5631 Fax: (867) 975-5610 dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca ________________________________ From: secretariat-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:secretariat-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of At-Large Staff Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 11:25 AM To: secretariat(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: [Secretariat] FW: Upcoming Budget Committee Meeting -- Regards, ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org ------ Forwarded Message From: At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:20:31 +0100 To: Cheryl Langdon-Orr <cheryl(a)hovtek.com.au>, Vanda Scartezini UOL <vanda(a)uol.com.br>, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca>, Annette Muehlberg <annette.muehlberg(a)web.de>, Fatimata Seye Sylla <fsylla(a)gmail.com> Cc: <secretariats(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Conversation: Upcoming Budget Committee Meeting Subject: Upcoming Budget Committee Meeting To the ALAC Budget Subcommittee: Cheryl, Vanda, Alan, Annette, and Fatimata, cc: At-Large Secretariats As you know, a Doodle page has been setup to schedule the Budget Subcommitee meeting requested at the last meeting of the ALAC on 11th March. At present, only Cheryl and Fatimata have said which dates are suitable for them - I hope that the rest of you will respond as a matter of urgency so this meeting can be scheduled - the URL again is: http://www.doodle.ch/9ewginbz2biwd3cy We have setup an agenda page for this meeting, at https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?bc_april_meeting We are in the process of linking the documents related to that agenda to the page, as well as providing references to the supporting information related to them. The Chair of ALAC has asked me to remind members of the Finance and Budget Subcommittee that they should be attending the meeting as representatives of their regions. In particular, she draws to your attention that this means that you should be bringing to the meeting any suggestions for activities and events that your region believes to be important for the financial year beginning July 1 2008, running to the end of June 2009. Members of the Secretariats: I would like to appeal to you once again in the same vein - please ensure that any regional priorities which have a financial impact are sent to the members of the budget committee, and also to the staff at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org as soon as possible. The staff would like to remind everyone once again that the process of taking input from the constituencies began with an email on January 9th, from Denise Michel, VP of Policy Development. The Director of At-Large followed this up with an email on 30th January, reiterating the call for input. You may find PDFs of these emails at https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?finance_and_budget_committee. Of course, in New Delhi calls for budget input and a review of the budgeting process was conducted. Complete information on the budgeting and operational planning cycle can be found at http://www.icann.org/planning/ The staff confirm hereby that as of date of this email we have received the suggestions listed below as regards regional priorities with a budget impact for the upcoming fiscal year: 1. We have drawn to the Chair's attention the proposal made some time ago by Wendy Seltzer for research to be done, and have asked for a copy of the proposal in its last form from Wendy, which could form one suggestion for future work this coming year. 2. We have the draft budget for the At-Large Summit. 3. APRALO has proposed participation in the IGF from its region (since the IGF will be held in the Asia-Australia-Pacific region this year). APRALO has a draft proposal which we very much hope will be finalised imminently. 4. LACRALO has said that it believes there must be funding to allow its region to meet at least once-yearly face-to-face whether at an ICANN International Meeting in the region in the given year, or separately, if there is to be no international meeting in LAC that year due to the rotation between regions which occurs. As has been repeatedly stated, the staff would prefer to build a draft budget based to the greatest possible extent upon priorities identified by the At-Large community. We believe it would be extremely helpful for each RALO to send at least some written thoughts on this important subject. We do trust that the meeting of the Finance and Budget Subcommittee in the coming few days will provide substantial additional input. At the same time, on 30th January we did inform the community that input should reach us by the beginning of March - and it is now the end of March, so we need whatever comments you would care to make as soon as possible. Of course, like all parts of the ICANN community, At-Large will be able to comment on the draft budget and operating plan once it is publicly posted. There will be opportunites for At-Large community members to participate in telephonic briefings on the draft budget once it is posted in order to help the community offer comments and understand the draft budget and its provisions for the At-Large community. -- Regards, ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org ------ End of Forwarded Message

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US Registrars and the Sudan Sanctions Program of the US Treasury Department
by Danny Younger March 26, 2008

March 26, 2008

a very informative piece by John Berryhill: http://www.johnberryhill.com/Sudan.html ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping

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New Community Website - conversion done, new site online!
by Nick Ashton-Hart March 25, 2008

March 25, 2008

Dear members of the community: I'm very pleased to be able to tell you that the conversion has been completed and the new website is up and running at www.atlarge.icann.org! There's still much to do though: 1. We will begin to change the menu structure on both the sides and the top to make things more intuitive. A number of documents also need to be changed from one long piece of text (like the main page) to individual 'pieces' of standalone text. The integration of forums and mailing lists for a two-way link between them is also pending. As those things are done we will also: 2. start migration a lot of the wiki content over to the main site - and also migrate the calendar from Google calendar 3. We'll create the regional sub-sites, so that it will become possible to allow community contribution of material to the site. 4. We'll start to 'turn on' features such as: RSS-feeds of blogs of members of the community related to ICANN (we will put out a call for those of you with blogs to send your URLs in - but hang on; we're not ready quite yet. I hope that you are all as excited by this milestone as I am. It has been a year in the making, and it may still look a bit like the old site - but we've now got a solid foundation to build a truly collaborative future! -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile: +41 (79) 595 54-68 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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Draft GNSO Improvements Statement from At-Large: Comments due by 31st March 1200 UTC
by At-Large Staff March 25, 2008

March 25, 2008

Dear Members of the At-Large Community: I have the pleasure to provide you with the attached draft statement of the ALAC Ad-Hoc Working Group on GNSO Improvements. It is intended that the statement should be transmitted by the At-Large Advisory Committee to the Board of Directors of ICANN as a formal statement on behalf of the At-Large community. In order to do this, the following timeline has been established by the Working Group: 1. At-Large community views on the document are requested to be received not later than 31st March at 1200 UTC; 2. The Working Group will meet on 31st March to revise the statement as necessary to reflect the views of the community; 3. The Chair of the ALAC will transmit the finalised statement to the Board of Directors directly after it is finalised. We are requested to point out to you that the consultation on the GNSO Improvements proposal has been extended to 25th April 2008. As a result, the attached statement once finalised will also be transmitted to that public consultation. The consultation is open to all concerned and it is the hope of the ALAC that many members of the community will take this opportunity to comment directly. The consultation can be found at: http://www.icann.org/public_comment/#gnso-improvements-report-2008. Comments may be sent directly to gnso-improvements-report-2008(a)icann.org. The comments of others may be found at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-improvements-report-2008/ -- Regards, ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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