Well, here's a start. The acronyms I run into most are: ALAC: at-large advisory committee CCNSO: country code names supporting organization GNSO: generic names supporting organization ccTLD: country code top-level domain gTLD: global (or generic? They seem to be used interchangably) top-level domain TLD: top-level domain GAC: government (or governmental) advisory committee IANA: Internet assigned numbers authority NCUC: non-commercial users constituency PDP: policy development procedure (or process?) RAA: registrar accreditation agreement SSAC: security and stability advisory committee UDRP: uniform dispute resolution policy (or uniform domain-name dispute resolution policy) You can also look at the following wikipedia pages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN There's a French version here but with far fewer acronyms listed http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Corporation_for_Assigned_Names_and_Num... Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority -----Original Message----- From: Louis Houle [mailto:louis.houle@oricom.ca] Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 11:11 AM To: Brendler, Beau Cc: NA Discuss; Evan Leibovitch; Darlene Thompson Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] List of ALAC working groups, leadership, etc. Hello Beau Thanks for the list, it's helpfull. You know what would also be usefull to add to the list ? The full name of some of the acronyms. It's getting so complicated to remember all of them. As we say in French: «it's enough to loose my latin» (-;)]. A word or two on the role and mandate of our collegues would also be great. Have a nice Sunday Here in Québec, we're in the middle of a snow storm, so if you like skiing or snowboarding, we have plenty of a «white» Christmas to offer you ! (-;)]) Louis Houle Président ISOC Québec Brendler, Beau a écrit :
Greetings...
During the conference call yesterday I mentioned that the ALAC was working to improve its internal organization and flesh out its working groups on policy issues.
There was a request for more detail, so here is the most current version of the document. The invitation remains open from me, to send me your positions/concerns/thoughts on ANY of the policy areas (not just the ones in which I'm on a working group), and I will make sure your positions are heard.
As far as I can figure out, this is not currently posted elsewhere. It may change, also, after the next ALAC conference call, as there are a couple of matters up for a vote or undecided (I have nominated myself for GAC liaison, for instance, though that's not yet an official position, and there's another candidate, Izumi Aizu, so eventually, I assume there will be a vote.)
-----Original Message----- *From:* alac-internal-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac-internal-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] *On Behalf Of *Nick Ashton-Hart *Sent:* Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:14 AM *To:* ALAC & Secretariats Internal *Subject:* [ALAC-Internal] Complete list of ALAC Officers, Liaisons,and Working Group volunteers
Dear All:
Here is the current state of the listing. Note that this does as requested incorporate all positions.
There are still a few working groups which require an ALAC Issue Coordinator and/or chair or co-chair.
An Excel-based version of this information, by ALAC member instead of by subject, will shortly be made available.
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