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Teleconference on Monday, September 10th
by Bret Fausett Sept. 10, 2007

Sept. 10, 2007

Noon, Pacific. 3:00 pm Eastern. Details here: https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi?10_september_2007 -- Bret

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Next Meeting of the NA RALO
by Thompson, Darlene Sept. 7, 2007

Sept. 7, 2007

Hi all, This is just a "heads up" that we have a regularly set conference call coming up on Monday and we have no agenda to speak of. The link is below. One thing left "hanging" from the last telephone conference was the planning for the LA Meeting. Michael or Dharma - do you have any news on this front that you could present? Other than that, perhaps Bret could set us up with some kind of an agenda. https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi?10_september_2007 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) 975-6531 Fax: (867) 979-8870 dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca

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Nominating Committee Candidates 2007
by Thompson, Darlene Sept. 7, 2007

Sept. 7, 2007

Hi all, As 1/2 of your acting Secretariat for the NARALO, the below was forwarded to me for distribution. Although we are rather past the time limit with this, due to the present delays with the vote on the ALAC Liaison, we now have more time to discuss our options. I had already forwarded the website link to Jacqueline so that nobody was left out but it looks like new things have been happening. So, please circulate any input that you might have ASAP so that all views will be represented. Thank you, 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) 975-6531 Fax: (867) 979-8870 dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca -----Original Message----- From: Robert Guerra [mailto:rguerra@privaterra.ca] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 10:03 AM To: Thompson, Darlene Cc: Beau Brendler; Alan Greenberg Subject: A Nominating Committee Candidates 2007 Darlene: As you seem to be the acting secretariat for NA RALO, I wish to officially communicate to you that the individuals listed below (and posted to the NA ALAC wiki) are being considered by the NA ALAC representatives as 2007 nominating committee candidates from the NA Region. Alan, Beau and I still have to discuss the names. In the meantime, it would be great to get comments from NA Ralo on the list of candidates identified so far. A rather interesting development is that Michael Geist indeed might be interested. I had emailed him earlier but not received a reply. As luck would have it, I spoke to him during yesterday's CIRA meeting and seemed interested. However, said he'd need consult a colleague to find out what the time commitment is like and get back to me ASAP. Should he confirm, then my short list would be Wendy and Michael. Thought I haven't committed myself to supporting anyone - Thought i'd share what my current preferences are. That being - one canadian - Michael (if he confirms), if not Evan (who has confirmed) - and one person from the USA - Wendy (in no particular order). I mention two names, as Wendy is also a candidate for Board liaison. The decision on ALAC board liaison should have been known by now. The results are being withheld for reasons that , well, i can't reasonably explain. I won't say more.... Suffice it to say.. that should Wendy be elected as liaison, then my short list would be entirely Canadian - namely Michael & then Evan (again in no order) Please share this message with NA RALO and other related at-large lists. regards Robert -- https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi? na_nominating_committee_candidates_2007 * Hugh Dierker [USA] o current chair of the GNSO's General Assembly + Proposed by Danny Younger + Confirmed * Michael Geist [Canada] o Professor, University of Ottawa Law School + Proposed by Robert Guerra + Contacted at CIRA annual meeting (Sept 6, 2007) + Will shortly reply if interested. + Bio: Brief Bio, Complete CV * Evan Leibovich [Canada] o ALS Representative, CLUE (Canada) + Proposed by Beau & Robert + Confirmed * Wendy Seltzer [USA] o Proposed by Robert Guerra o Confirmed * Danny Younger [USA] o Contacted - not available regards, Robert --- Robert Guerra <rguerra(a)privaterra.ca> Managing Director, Privaterra Tel +1 416 893 0377 _______________________________________________ NA-Discuss mailing list NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-lists .icann.org <http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-list s.icann.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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A Nominating Committee Candidates 2007
by Thompson, Darlene Sept. 7, 2007

Sept. 7, 2007

Hi all, As 1/2 of your acting Secretariat for the NARALO, the below was forwarded to me for distribution. Although we are rather past the time limit with this, due to the present delays with the vote on the ALAC Liaison, we now have more time to discuss our options. I had already forwarded the website link to Jacqueline so that nobody was left out but it looks like new things have been happening. So, please circulate any input that you might have ASAP so that all views will be represented. Thank you, 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) 975-6531 Fax: (867) 979-8870 dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca -----Original Message----- From: Robert Guerra [mailto:rguerra@privaterra.ca] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 10:03 AM To: Thompson, Darlene Cc: Beau Brendler; Alan Greenberg Subject: A Nominating Committee Candidates 2007 Darlene: As you seem to be the acting secretariat for NA RALO, I wish to officially communicate to you that the individuals listed below (and posted to the NA ALAC wiki) are being considered by the NA ALAC representatives as 2007 nominating committee candidates from the NA Region. Alan, Beau and I still have to discuss the names. In the meantime, it would be great to get comments from NA Ralo on the list of candidates identified so far. A rather interesting development is that Michael Geist indeed might be interested. I had emailed him earlier but not received a reply. As luck would have it, I spoke to him during yesterday's CIRA meeting and seemed interested. However, said he'd need consult a colleague to find out what the time commitment is like and get back to me ASAP. Should he confirm, then my short list would be Wendy and Michael. Thought I haven't committed myself to supporting anyone - Thought i'd share what my current preferences are. That being - one canadian - Michael (if he confirms), if not Evan (who has confirmed) - and one person from the USA - Wendy (in no particular order). I mention two names, as Wendy is also a candidate for Board liaison. The decision on ALAC board liaison should have been known by now. The results are being withheld for reasons that , well, i can't reasonably explain. I won't say more.... Suffice it to say.. that should Wendy be elected as liaison, then my short list would be entirely Canadian - namely Michael & then Evan (again in no order) Please share this message with NA RALO and other related at-large lists. regards Robert -- https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi? na_nominating_committee_candidates_2007 * Hugh Dierker [USA] o current chair of the GNSO's General Assembly + Proposed by Danny Younger + Confirmed * Michael Geist [Canada] o Professor, University of Ottawa Law School + Proposed by Robert Guerra + Contacted at CIRA annual meeting (Sept 6, 2007) + Will shortly reply if interested. + Bio: Brief Bio, Complete CV * Evan Leibovich [Canada] o ALS Representative, CLUE (Canada) + Proposed by Beau & Robert + Confirmed * Wendy Seltzer [USA] o Proposed by Robert Guerra o Confirmed * Danny Younger [USA] o Contacted - not available regards, Robert --- Robert Guerra <rguerra(a)privaterra.ca> Managing Director, Privaterra Tel +1 416 893 0377

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Chair/Secretariat
by Thompson, Darlene Sept. 5, 2007

Sept. 5, 2007

Hi all, Bret, I believe that any interested parties who wanted to take part in either the Chair or Secretariat functions of our group were to have proposals in by early August. I'm wondering what the status of that is. Thank you, 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) 975-6531 Fax: (867) 979-8870 dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca

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Communication to the Board: At-Large Structure Applications Handling
by Nick Ashton-Hart Sept. 4, 2007

Sept. 4, 2007

Dear ALAC and community members: As decided by the ALAC in their meeting on 10th August 2007, as a consequence of decisions taken by the ALAC in their meetings in San Juan, the Board of ICANN is to be formally requested to acknowledge certain changes to the way in which ALS applications are to be handled, and to acknowledge the written guidelines established by the Committee which replace a previously unwritten understanding between committee members of how to interpret the Minimum Criteria and Bylaw requirements related to ALS Applications. In my view, these changes are an important landmark in the development of the community, providing amongst many other benefits and features: * A truly bottom-up-driven applications review process - where the existing ALS community in the region new applicants are from are able to provide advice to the ALAC about applicants; * A standard and open way to evaluate applications which is in conformity with the RALO MoUs (the previous process, since it predated the RALOs' formation, was not); * A flexible system which allows much larger volumes of applications to be handled without an overly burdensome load on volunteer time and energy being required to process them; * A process and guidelines that learn from the more than 100 previous applications and which should ensure that questions about specific aspects of applications are raised and answered earlier in the cycle of applications management; * Utilising a new and online interface, the applications handling process will be transferred into a forms-based database environment which will make review of applications easier on all parties - especially the volunteer community. As the ICANN staff person who was the focal point for administration of this effort, I would be remiss in not thanking the many other members of staff who provided advice and reviewed various stages in the development of this work, which began in January 2007 - and I would also like to extend my compliments and admiration to the members of the community, and in particular the members of the At- Large Advisory Committee, who devoted considerable time and effort to completing this important work. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +41 (22) 595 85 44 mobile: +41 (79) 595 54 68 email: nashton(a)consensus.pro Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +41 (22) 595 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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Some "mythbusting" on online predators, stalking, teen/child online behavior, etc.
by Brendler, Beau Aug. 29, 2007

Aug. 29, 2007

http://www.netcaucus.org/events/2007/youth/20070503transcript.pdf While doing some research I ran across this transcript of a May panel discussion put together by the U.S.' Congressional Internet Caucus, on teen and child behavior online, predators, MySpace, etc. There's some interesting research cited, by at least one organization I can personally vouch for. Some of what's talked about is anecdotal, but the discussion is quite relevant to consideration and development of policy about privacy, predators, teens, children etc. as recently raised in the WHOIS debate, though WHOIS is not mentioned. Beau Brendler

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Comment on New TLDs Closes August 30
by Bret Fausett Aug. 27, 2007

Aug. 27, 2007

Dear Colleagues, This is just a reminder that the comment period on the GNSO's New Top- Level Domain policy paper closes on Thursday, 30 August 2007. The draft policy paper makes a number of recommendations for the introduction of new top-level domains. You may make comments either individually or on behalf of your respective At Large Structures. A link to the policy and the comment boards is here: http://www.icann.org/public_comment/#gtld-draft-final-report -- Bret Fausett

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Fwd: [icann-staff] Assistance with translation
by Nick Ashton-Hart Aug. 27, 2007

Aug. 27, 2007

Dear All: I hope that some of you will feel able to help out with this important work :) Begin forwarded message: > From: Paul Twomey <paul.twomey(a)icann.org> > Date: 27 August 2007 06:52:57 BDT > To: "Icann-Staff(a)Icann.Org Icann-Staff(a)Icann.Org" <icann- > staff(a)icann.org> > Subject: [icann-staff] Assistance with translation > > Dear Colleagues: > > As you will remember, an email was sent out requesting for > volunteers to check and correct translations of ICANN documents on > 11th July. Whilst a couple of volunteers did step forward, we are > still well-short of the 5 checkers per language that we require, > and it is essential that we have at least five well in advance of > the Los Angeles meeting in order to meet the demands for > multilingual documents which that meeting will impose on us. > > At the same time, we are trying not to ask members of the Staff to > volunteer for this task - as you are all fully occupied doing your > non-translation-related job. Ideally we are looking for members of > the ICANN community to help us out with this key, urgent need. > > It would therefore be a great help if you could pass along the text > of the email below - modified if you think that's needed - to the > constituencies that each of you work with. > > Many thanks in advance for your help with this crucial task! > > Paul T > ------ > > Dear Colleagues: > > As you know, ICANN is working to provide more access to its key > documents in non-English editions. > > What you may not know is that each translated document must be > checked before it is made publicly by someone either on the staff, > or in the ICANN community, who is fluent in both English and the > language of the translated text, to ensure that the quality of the > translation is good, but also that ICANN-specific terminology and > phrases are correctly rendered in the translated text. > > The increase in volume of translated documents means that the > existing pool of translation checkers is no longer sufficient to > the task. > > If we could get an additional five checkers in the languages listed > below, by rotating through the list of checkers we could ensure > that the 'fatigue factor' was removed for a good while - and also > increase the capacity of the system to release translations in a > more timely fashion. > > Do you know anyone who would be happy to help? Do you speak any of > these languages (alongside English) with sufficient skill to > volunteer yourself? > > If the answer to either of those questions is "yes" please send an > email to: trans-comm(a)icann.org, with the following information: > > 1) Name of the Checker > 2) Languages they can check > 3) Contact info for the person (an email address and, if possible, > a phone number too) > > The languages we need are: > > Spanish > Brazilian Portuguese > French > Arabic > Russian > Chinese > > Please note that no assumptions should be made that the above- > listed languages represent anything more than languages in which > translated texts of some documents will be made available from time > to time, and for which we need checkers in the interim period > whilst a more holistic enterprise-wide approach to multilingualism > is developed in concert with the community. > > There will be some special 'thank yous' to the people who help with > this task over time - but the biggest thank you will be from the > community themselves. Because of these key people, more people will > be able to participate in the work of ICANN throughout the world, > and a greater diversity of views and a richer debate will be had by > all stakeholders. > > We hope you will pass this along to suitable potential checkers and > thanks in advance for your help! > > -- > Regards, > > The ICANN Translations Committee > > trans-comm(a)icann.org >

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ALAC statement on the revision of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement
by Vittorio Bertola Aug. 20, 2007

Aug. 20, 2007

All, I would like to inform that the Registrar Accreditation Agreement Working Group of the ALAC is now collecting comments on a first draft of a document to be submitted to ICANN's consultation (attached). Comments from any ALS or participant would be welcome - also, I encourage any interested party to join the mailing list at http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/raa-wg_atlarge-lists.icann.… As the consultation closes on September 10 and the document will need some discussion by the ALAC, I would ask you to submit comments before the end of August. Regards, -- vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <--------

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