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REVISED: ALAC Objections Procedure
by Claire Craig May 6, 2025

May 6, 2025

Dear Members of the OFB-WB Please see attached the revised ALAC Objections Procedure completed by the Small Team. As you should be aware, this was discussed at the last OFB-WG call on Thursday 1 May 2025. At that time a vote of the ALAC was taken because we had quorum on the call and the final version was approved. The Alac Chair agreed to rely on the poll already taken. Claire C. Craig Co-Chair OFB-WG Claire, This message is being sent on Dev Anand Teelucksingh and my behalf. As agreed during our Thursday OFB meeting, you should forward this message to the ALAC on behalf of the OFB and you may also copy the CPWG for its information. The attached document was created by the ALAC Objections small group and subject to one concern (see below), has the support of the small group and those present on the OFB call on 01 May 2025. During that call, a majority of ALAC Members were present and unanimously supported the document (those present were Aziz, Bukola, Claire, Eunice, Justine, Lilian, Satish and Shah). Jonathan may choose to conduct a new poll of the ALAC to include all Members, or rely on the poll already taken. The concern mentioned is as follows: Tijani has expressed concern about the option for a gARG member to recuse themselves from a specific application(s) instead of resigning. He feels that allowing recusal and not mandating resignation may impact our credibility and lessen the strength of our objections, and that the gARG should be fully free of any conflict with ALL applications. If that is not the case, the applicant may use this to attempt to undermine our standing. He also feels that no one is indispensable and the rest of the gARG people can cover anything. The counterargument is that a resignation of a person with specific skills or knowledge due to a conflict with one application may impact our ability to respond to another un-connected application and may impact our ability to respond to an appeal. Moreover if there are multiple such resignations the overall team may be impacted. Recusal is an effective remedy in the ICANN Board and should suffice for us. Although we did not take a full poll of the small group nor the OFB, I do not believe that any of those on calls over several weeks supported this concern, but Dev and Clair can confirm. Should the ALAC choose to alter this, the document can be quickly revised. Alan -- CCC

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Meeting invitation: At-Large Operations, Finance and Budget Working Group (OFB-WG) Call on Thursday, 08 May 2025 at 18:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff May 4, 2025

May 4, 2025

Dear All, The next At-Large Operations, Finance and Budget Working Group (OFB-WG) Call has been scheduled for Thursday, 08 May 2025 at 18:00 UTC for 90 mins. For other times: https://tinyurl.com/4c3d9e6w The agenda and call details can be found at: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/AYB5Dw Zoom Room: https://icann.zoom.us/j/92139943237?pwd=RR7XGoRSXgUGFm2K4QKyAFEp54AzQb.1 / Password: OFBC#12345 Real time transcription (RTT) available at (subject to availability): https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ICANN Wiki Workspace: https://community.icann.org/x/koTsBw Other toll-free numbers: https://www.adigo.com/icann [adigo.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.adigo.com_icann&d=…> If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you. Kind Regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>

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At-Large Operations, Finance and Budget Working Group (OFB-WG) Call
by ICANN Policy Calendar May 4, 2025

May 4, 2025

Dear All, The next At-Large Operations, Finance and Budget Working Group (OFB-WG) Call has been scheduled for Thursday, 08 May 2025 at 18:00 UTC for 90 mins. For other times: https://tinyurl.com/4c3d9e6w The agenda and call details can be found at: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/AYB5Dw Zoom Room: https://icann.zoom.us/j/92139943237?pwd=RR7XGoRSXgUGFm2K4QKyAFEp54AzQb.1 / Password: OFBC#12345 Real time transcription (RTT) available at (subject to availability): https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ICANN Wiki Workspace: https://community.icann.org/x/koTsBw Other toll-free numbers: https://www.adigo.com/icann [adigo.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.adigo.com_icann&d=…> If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you. Kind Regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>

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ALAC Objections procedure
by Alan Greenberg May 2, 2025

May 2, 2025

Claire, This message is being sent on Dev Anand Teelucksingh and my behalf. As agreed during our Thursday OFB meeting, you should forward this message to the ALAC on behalf of the OFB and you may also copy the CPWG for its information. The attached document was created by the ALAC Objections small group and subject to one concern (see below), has the support of the small group and those present on the OFB call on 01 May 2025. During that call, a majority of ALAC Members were present and unanimously supported the document (those present were Aziz, Bukola, Claire, Eunice, Justine, Lilian, Satish and Shah). Jonathan may choose to conduct a new poll of the ALAC to include all Members, or rely on the poll already taken. The concern mentioned is as follows: Tijani has expressed concern about the option for a gARG member to recuse themselves from a specific application(s) instead of resigning. He feels that not allowing recusal may impact our credibility and lessen the strength of our objections, and that the gARG should be fully free of any conflict with ALL applications. If that is not the case, the applicant may use this to attempt to undermine our standing. The counter argument is that a resignation due to a conflict with one application may impact our ability to respond to another un-connected application and may impact our ability to respond to an appeal. Recusal is an effective remedy in the ICANN Board and should suffice for us. Although we did not take a full poll of the small group nor the OFB, I do not believe that any of those on calls over several weeks supported this concern, but Dev and Clair can confirm. Should the ALAC choose to alter this, the document can be quickly revised. Alan

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REVISED: ALAC Objections Procedure
by Alan Greenberg May 2, 2025

May 2, 2025

REVISED TO CORRECT A TYPO AND ADDRESS ADDITIONAL TIJANI'S CONCERN Claire, This message is being sent on Dev Anand Teelucksingh and my behalf. As agreed during our Thursday OFB meeting, you should forward this message to the ALAC on behalf of the OFB and you may also copy the CPWG for its information. The attached document was created by the ALAC Objections small group and subject to one concern (see below), has the support of the small group and those present on the OFB call on 01 May 2025. During that call, a majority of ALAC Members were present and unanimously supported the document (those present were Aziz, Bukola, Claire, Eunice, Justine, Lilian, Satish and Shah). Jonathan may choose to conduct a new poll of the ALAC to include all Members, or rely on the poll already taken. The concern mentioned is as follows: Tijani has expressed concern about the option for a gARG member to recuse themselves from a specific application(s) instead of resigning. He feels that allowing recusal and not mandating resignation may impact our credibility and lessen the strength of our objections, and that the gARG should be fully free of any conflict with ALL applications. If that is not the case, the applicant may use this to attempt to undermine our standing. He also feels that no one is indispensable and the rest of the gARG people can cover anything. The counterargument is that a resignation of a person with specific skills or knowledge due to a conflict with one application may impact our ability to respond to another un-connected application and may impact our ability to respond to an appeal. Moreover if there are multiple such resignations the overall team may be impacted. Recusal is an effective remedy in the ICANN Board and should suffice for us. Although we did not take a full poll of the small group nor the OFB, I do not believe that any of those on calls over several weeks supported this concern, but Dev and Clair can confirm. Should the ALAC choose to alter this, the document can be quickly revised. Alan

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Meeting invitation: At-Large Operations, Finance and Budget Working Group (OFB-WG) Call on Thursday, 01 May 2025 at 14:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff May 1, 2025

May 1, 2025

Dear All, The next At-Large Operations, Finance and Budget Working Group (OFB-WG) Call has been scheduled for Thursday, 01 May 2025 at 14:00 UTC for 90 mins. For other times: https://tinyurl.com/4c3d9e6w The agenda and call details can be found at: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/DADEDg<https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/BQC6DQ> Zoom Room: https://icann.zoom.us/j/92139943237?pwd=RR7XGoRSXgUGFm2K4QKyAFEp54AzQb.1 / Password: OFBC#12345 Real time transcription (RTT) available at (subject to availability): https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ICANN Wiki Workspace: https://community.icann.org/x/koTsBw Other toll-free numbers: https://www.adigo.com/icann [adigo.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.adigo.com_icann&d=…> If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you. Kind Regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

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REMINDER / Meeting invitation: At-Large Operations, Finance and Budget Working Group (OFB-WG) Call on Thursday, 01 May 2025 at 14:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff April 30, 2025

April 30, 2025

Dear All, The next At-Large Operations, Finance and Budget Working Group (OFB-WG) Call has been scheduled for Thursday, 01 May 2025 at 14:00 UTC for 90 mins. For other times: https://tinyurl.com/4c3d9e6w The agenda and call details can be found at: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/DADEDg Zoom Room: https://icann.zoom.us/j/92139943237?pwd=RR7XGoRSXgUGFm2K4QKyAFEp54AzQb.1 / Password: OFBC#12345 Real time transcription (RTT) available at (subject to availability): https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ICANN Wiki Workspace: https://community.icann.org/x/koTsBw Other toll-free numbers: https://www.adigo.com/icann [adigo.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.adigo.com_icann&d=…> If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you. Kind Regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

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ATTENTION ALL - Call for volunteers- Open till Monday April 28- PC Governance Document for the Recognition, Maintenance, and Derecognition of RIRs
by Silvia Vivanco April 29, 2025

April 29, 2025

Dear OFB Members, On behalf of OFB co-chairs, we are seeking At-Large Community volunteers to consider the Governance Document for the Recognition, Maintenance, and Derecognition of RIRs<https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/alacpolicydev/pages/22836…> , recently posted for public comment by ICANN org. Your insights and/or expertise on the subject matter for public comment would be helpful for: * Firstly, reviewing and identifying any need for the ALAC to submit a comment, and secondly, where such need arises, presenting issues - in the form of bullet points - for discussion at one or more Working Group calls. * If the Working Group subsequently reaches consensus on the need for an ALAC comment, volunteering as a penholder to craft a concise thoughtful response (i.e. an ALAC statement) to this public comment proceeding. As this public comment proceeding will close on 27 MAY 2025, the proposed schedule for the above-mentioned tasks is as follows: * Call for volunteers – 24 April- 28 April * Reviewer(s): Establish if an ALAC comment is needed. * Reviewer(s): Initial Bullet Point(s) presentation and rationale for discussion in order to establish working group consensus – call 01 May 2025 And if needed, * Penholder(s): First Draft Statement presentation and discussion – OFB call on May 08, 2025 * Community: Comment on Draft Statement –09 May 2025 – 14 May 2025 * Penholder(s): Final Draft Statement presentation –OFB call on May 15, 2025 * ALAC: Vote on Final Statement – 16 May 2025 – 21 May 2025 * Staff: Submission of ALAC Statement – 27 May2025 Thank you! Silvia Silvia Vivanco Senior Manager, At-Large Regional Affairs Website: atlarge.icann.org<http://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icannatlarge<http://facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> [signature_375949695]

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Fwd: ATTENTION ALL - Call for volunteers- Open till Monday April 28- PC Governance Document for the Recognition, Maintenance, and Derecognition of RIRs
by Pari Esfandiari April 28, 2025

April 28, 2025

Dear Silvia, I would like to join this group as a reviewer and pen holder. Thanks and cheers, Pari On Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM Silvia Vivanco via OFB-WG <ofb-wg(a)icann.org> wrote: > Dear OFB Members, > > On behalf of OFB co-chairs, we are seeking At-Large Community volunteers > to consider the *Governance Document for the Recognition, Maintenance, > and Derecognition of RIRs > <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/alacpolicydev/pages/22836…>* > , recently posted for public comment by ICANN org. > > Your insights and/or expertise on the subject matter for public comment > would be helpful for: > > * Firstly, reviewing and identifying any need for the ALAC to submit a > comment, and secondly, where such need arises, presenting issues - in the > form of bullet points - for discussion at one or more Working Group calls. > > * If the Working Group subsequently reaches consensus on the need for an > ALAC comment, volunteering as a penholder to craft a concise thoughtful > response (i.e. an ALAC statement) to this public comment proceeding. > > As this public comment proceeding will close on 27 MAY 2025, the proposed > schedule for the above-mentioned tasks is as follows: > > - Call for volunteers *– 24 April- 28 April * > - *Reviewer(s)*: Establish if an ALAC comment is needed. > - *Reviewer(s)*: Initial Bullet Point(s) presentation and rationale > for discussion in order to establish working group consensus – *call 01 > May 2025 * > > And if needed, > > - *Penholder(s)*: First Draft Statement presentation and discussion – *OFB > call on* May* 08, 2025* > - *Community*: Comment on Draft Statement –*09* *May 2025 – 14 May > 2025* > - *Penholder(s)*: Final Draft Statement presentation –*OFB call on* *May 15, > 2025* > - *ALAC*: Vote on Final Statement – *16 May 2025 – 21 May 2025* > - *Staff*: Submission of ALAC Statement – *27 May2025* > > > > Thank you! > > Silvia > > > > Silvia Vivanco > > Senior Manager, At-Large Regional Affairs > > Website: atlarge.icann.org > Facebook: facebook.com/icannatlarge > Twitter: @ICANNAtLarge <https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> > > > > [image: signature_375949695] > _______________________________________________ > OFB-WG mailing list -- ofb-wg(a)icann.org > To unsubscribe send an email to ofb-wg-leave(a)icann.org > > _______________________________________________ > By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your > personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance > with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and > the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos) You can > visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or > configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or > disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on. > -- Pari Esfandiari President *Global TechnoPolitics Forum <http://www.technopolitics.org> * *Pario <http://www.parioconsultants.com>- Architects of Ideas* info(a)TechnoPolitics.org <info(a)technopolitics.org> *Linkedin Profile <https://www.linkedin.com/in/pariesfandiari/>* Tel: +1-202*-735-1415* (Office) : +1-310-435-0888 <http://voice.google.com/calls?a=nc,%2B13104350888> (Cell) : +44-731-210-4049 <http://voice.google.com/calls?a=nc,%2B447312104049> (Cell) -- Pari Esfandiari President *Global TechnoPolitics Forum <http://www.technopolitics.org> * *Pario <http://www.parioconsultants.com>- Architects of Ideas* info(a)TechnoPolitics.org <info(a)technopolitics.org> *Linkedin Profile <https://www.linkedin.com/in/pariesfandiari/>* Tel: +1-202*-735-1415* (Office) : +1-310-435-0888 <http://voice.google.com/calls?a=nc,%2B13104350888> (Cell) : +44-731-210-4049 <http://voice.google.com/calls?a=nc,%2B447312104049> (Cell)

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Re: STARTING in 5 MINUTES REMINDER! Meeting invitation: At-Large Operations, Finance and Budget Working Group (OFB-WG) Call on Thursday, 24 April 2025 at 18:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff April 24, 2025

April 24, 2025

Dear All, The next At-Large Operations, Finance and Budget Working Group (OFB-WG) Call has been scheduled for Thursday, 24 April 2025 at 18:00 UTC for 90 mins. For other times: https://tinyurl.com/rykv6u9d The agenda and call details can be found at: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/BQC6DQ Zoom Room: https://icann.zoom.us/j/92139943237?pwd=RR7XGoRSXgUGFm2K4QKyAFEp54AzQb.1 / Password: OFBC#12345 Real time transcription (RTT) available at (subject to availability): https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ICANN Wiki Workspace: https://community.icann.org/x/koTsBw Other toll-free numbers: https://www.adigo.com/icann [adigo.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.adigo.com_icann&d=…> If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you. Kind Regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

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