<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14px"><div><span></span></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9924" dir="ltr">This is a great news and well appreciated. Thank you for the thorough considerations, acceptance and Certification. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9925" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9927" dir="ltr">We are grateful. Cheers!!!</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9926" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9949" dir="ltr"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9956" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9858"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9857" color="#0000bf" face="comic sans ms">Dr. Wunmi Hassan</font></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9950"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9955" color="#0000bf" face="Comic Sans MS">President/CEO</font></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9929"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9928" color="#0000bf" face="Comic Sans MS">High Tech Centre for Nigerian Women and Youths</font></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9912"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9911" color="#0000bf" face="Comic Sans MS">Hse 3, F5 Street, Citec Mbora Estate, Abuja OR</font></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9914"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9913" color="#0000bf" face="Comic Sans MS">46, Lobito Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja</font></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9888" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9887" color="#0000bf" face="Comic Sans MS"></font><br></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9916" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9915" color="#0000bf" face="Comic Sans MS"><a id="ms__id6036" href="http://www.hightechwomen-ng.org/">www.hightechwomen-ng.org</a></font></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9918" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9917" color="#0000bf" face="Comic Sans MS">+234 8034241874</font></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9919" dir="ltr"><font color="#0000bf" face="Comic Sans MS"></font><br></div><div class="signature" dir="ltr"><font color="#0000bf" face="Comic Sans MS"></font><br></div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9872" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 14px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9871" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9874" dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9875" face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> "staff@atlarge.icann.org" <staff@atlarge.icann.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Hassan Wunmi <reachaoh@yahoo.co.uk>; akinpense2@gmail.com <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> ALAC Internal List <alac-internal@atlarge-lists.icann.org>; Afri-Discuss <afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org>; ICANN Staff <staff@atlarge.icann.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, 22 May 2015, 18:20<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Welcome to At-Large!<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9870"><br><div id="yiv2349345161"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9869"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9868"><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Dear Dr Hassan and Emmanuel,</span></div><span id="yiv2349345161OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9867" style="-ms-word-wrap: break-word;"><span id="yiv2349345161OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9866" style="-ms-word-wrap: break-word;"><span id="yiv2349345161OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9865" style="-ms-word-wrap: break-word;"><span id="yiv2349345161OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9864" style="-ms-word-wrap: break-word;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9873" style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432563336094_9863" style="font-size: medium;">ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that (223) High Tech Centre for Nigerian Women and Youths has been certified as an At-Large Structure (ALS). The ALAC greatly appreciates your group's interest in involving individual users in ICANN and looks forward to working with you and your colleagues.</div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;">The purpose of ALS certification is to recognize that your organization meets the necessary criteria to involve individual Internet users at the local or issue level in ICANN activities, and that your organization will support its individual members' informed participation in ICANN efforts that affect end-users.</div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;">The ALAC is eager to promote a productive working relationship between your organization, other ALS, and the ALAC (and ICANN in general), and your input on how we can make this a success would be greatly appreciated.</div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;">We would like to offer some initial tools to help your organization keep its members informed (about significant news from ICANN and information on ICANN policy-development efforts) and engaged in activities of interest:</div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;">- Point of Contact for your Organisation: Please send an email to <a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org">mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org</a> identifying the names and email addresses of one or two individuals who will be the point of contact for information and correspondence regarding ICANN At-Large. If this changes, please let us know.</div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;">- At Large Mailing Lists. There are many At Large email lists, for each region; you can sign up for them and manage your subscriptions at:</div><div style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo</a> . The points of contact you identify will automatically be added to your region's list just for accredited ALSes to discuss regional issues and to the mailing list for Staff announcements (only Staff can post messages to that list); you are invited to join others as you wish.</div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;"></div><div style="font-size: medium;">- ALS information. Information about your organization will be shared with the At-Large community to enable individuals interested in your group's activities to contact you, and to encourage cooperation with other groups interested in ICANN activities in your geographic region. Please complete and email the form at the bottom of this note to <a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org">staff@atlarge.icann.org</a>.</div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;">- ALAC website. The ALAC website (<a href="http://www.atlarge.icann.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.atlarge.icann.org</a>) is a good source for ICANN news and information of interest to individual Internet users. We encourage you to provide your members with a link. The ALAC relies on volunteers to translate information into multiple languages. Translations of documents on the website are welcome and should be sent to <<a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org">mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org</a>> </div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;">- At-Large Regional Websites. Regional wiki webpages also have been created to distribute information (including in local languages) on activities, events and issues of particular interest to people in each region. These are maintained by the community. They are:</div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;"></div><div style="font-size: medium;">African Region: <a href="http://www.afralo.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.afralo.org</a> </div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;">Asia/Australia/Pacific Region: <a href="http://www.apralo.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.apralo.org</a></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;">European Region: <a href="http://www.euralo.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.euralo.org</a></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;">Latin America/Caribbean Region: <a href="http://www.lacralo.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.lacralo.org</a></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;">North American Region: <a href="http://www.naralo.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.naralo.org</a></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;"></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;">We have included an Starter Kit that includes key information on ALAC and At-Large communication tools. We have also included the ALS Beginners Guide which explains how best to engage within At-Large.</div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;">We look forward to working with you and your organization's members to advance individual Internet users' interests within ICANN. If you have any questions, or need additional information, please contact us at <a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org">staff@atlarge.icann.org</a>.</div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;">Sincerely,</div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;">The At-Large Advisory Committee</div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.atlarge.icann.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.atlarge.icann.org</a></div><div style="font-size: medium;"> <a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org">staff@atlarge.icann.org</a></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;">---------------------------</div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;"></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;">Name:</div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;"></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;">Location (city/country/region; whatever is relevant to your membership):</div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;"></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;">Mission:</div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;"></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;">Member benefits:</div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;"></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;">Contacts (name/s and email address/es -- title/s optional):</div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;"></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;">Website:</div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;"></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;">Other (additional informational you would like included):</div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;"></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;"></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style="font-size: medium;"></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>