[ALAC] [APAC-Discuss] REMINDER/Meeting Invitation and Call for Comments - ALAC call to discuss the proposed version of their NEW Rules of Procedure (RoPs) - Tuesday, 19 March 2013 at 2100 UTC

Holly Raiche h.raiche at internode.on.net
Sun Mar 17 19:18:37 UTC 2013


Hi

Just a reminder that I will not be able to attend, so my apologies for this call

Holly
On 17/03/2013, at 11:51 AM, Heidi Ullrich wrote:

> When: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 9:00 PM-10:30 PM. GMT Standard Time
> Where: 2100 UTC - Adigo EN 1638, ES 1738, FR 1838 /(for the time in various
> time-zones click here
> <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=ALAC+meeting+for+f
> inal+review+of+the+revised+ROPs&iso=20130319T21> )
> 
> Adobe Connect:  http://icann.adobeconnect.com/alac
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> 
> **
> 
> 
> 
> On behalf of Olivier Crepin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, and Cheryl
> Langdon-Orr, Chair of the At-Large Rules of Procedure Working Group, please
> see the important note below regarding an upcoming ALAC Meeting to review
> the revised ALAC Rules of Procedure (RoPs): 
> 
> **
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> As per a previous discussion and agreement of the ALAC on 22 January 2013,
> the ALAC will be holding a single purpose teleconference call to discuss the
> proposed version of their NEW Rules of Procedure (RoPs) before a Call to
> Vote to Ratify and Adopt these (or not) which is to be conducted online and
> prior to the 46th ICANN Meeting to be held in Beijing 7-11 April 2013.
> 
> This special meeting of the ALAC, which is open to all members of the
> At-Large Community, especially RALO Leadership and ALS members, is now
> announced. This call will be held on Tuesday, 19 March 2013 at 2100 UTC
> (2100 UTC =1400 PDT, 1700 EDT, 2200 CET, 5am Hong Kong (+1 Day) and 8am
> Sydney (+1 Day).  The Wiki page for this meeting is found at
> <https://community.icann.org/x/WpVwAg> https://community.icann.org/x/WpVwAg.
> 
> FR and ES interpretation has been confirmed for this meeting. 
> 
> All Members of the ALAC and members of the At-Large Community are requested
> to RSVP their attendance at this call to At-Large Staff (
> <mailto:staff at atlarge.icann.org> staff at atlarge.icann.org) indicating if they
> will be joining one of the interpreted channels.
> 
> IMPORTANT: The 15 Members of the ALAC are encouraged to place any comments
> they have in the COMMENTS section of the meeting page (see:
> <https://community.icann.org/x/WpVwAg> https://community.icann.org/x/WpVwAg)
> or e-mail to the ALAC Working List ( <mailto:alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
> alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org), particularly if they will not be able to
> attend this meeting. 
> 
> Members of the At-Large Community who wish to have any input or comments on
> these proposed new RoPs considered at this meeting should send these
> contributions to one of the ALAC Members from their Region or via email to
> the Chair of the Rules of Procedure Working Group, Cheryl Langdon-Orr (
> <mailto:langdonorr at gmail.com> langdonorr at gmail.com).
> 
> Background on these proposed new ALAC RoPs and opportunity for final ALAC
> review:
> 
> This final version of the new ALAC RoP  (see:
> <https://community.icann.org/x/VoYi> https://community.icann.org/x/VoYi and
> attached) is the product of an extensive process carried out by some 33
> members of the At-Large Community (ALAC Members, formal Regional
> representatives as well as individual ALS and RALO members of the At-Large
> Community who volunteered to the ALAC  Metrics and RoP Review WG(s).  
> 
> These volunteers have, in face-to-face and teleconference meetings of the
> Working Group (WG) as a whole and of the new Rules section Drafting Teams
> (DTs), committed well over 500 person-hours in review of the current RoPs
> and support material including previous versions, discussion of all rules
> merits, and in drafting of and editing this new Rules proposed text. A
> summary of who participated in the various RoP meetings can be found at:
> <https://community.icann.org/x/SgoQAg> https://community.icann.org/x/SgoQAg.
> 
> In addition, and unfortunately difficult to measure and capture, is an
> extraordinary amount of time spent by the WG's Drafting Teams (DTs)
> leadership and section pen-holders (noting each DT was in itself, like the
> RoP Review WG as a whole, a deliberately regionally balanced group) and even
> more hours and effort again contributed by several current and previously
> serving ALAC Members during the final stages of integration and editing of
> the version you are presented with here. 
> 
> The majority of the ALAC has been directly involved with  the Rules of
> Procedure WG and DTs’ activities and in several cases served as Leads and/or
> Pen-Holders for the discussion and drafting, and therefore it is unexpected
> and doubtful that any significant or substantial omissions or edits will be
> proposed for discussion either at or before the conference call.  Also it is
> recognised that the ALAC has at its regular meetings been continually
> appraised of the progress of this Rules Review and also that all business of
> the  Review WG/DTs has been done in an open and transparent manner with
> archives and records being held and publicly available on the relevant ALAC
> wiki pages.  
> 
> It must also be noted by the ALAC as a whole and by the wider At-Large
> Community in general, that virtually every concept and issue relating to
> these proposed new ALAC RoPs was discussed extensively, prior to any
> drafting, and often reviewed line by line, mostly over several visits /
> revisits at several meetings. Anything that was even slightly controversial
> or where people had differing views was debated and in virtually all cases,
> what has ended up in these Rules has a strong consensus of those working on
> the original drafting team and the final reviewers. 
> 
> It is also important to note that several of the 'Adjunct Documents'
> referred to in these new Rules are not as yet completely finalised nor have
> they been reviewed (as such) by the ALAC.  However, they are all to be drawn
> from existing ALAC policy and practices and will be shortly available. The
> vote for the adoption of these new ALAC RoPs does not need to be delayed
> until they are prepared and circulated, but rather the new RoPs will not
> come into effect until those Adjunct Documents are all approved by the ALAC.
> 
> 
> Specific details on the ALAC vote plans and procedures relating to these new
> ALAC Rules will be discussed during this special ALAC meeting on 19 March
> 2013, but it is our hope that the vote can commence shortly after the ALAC
> monthly call on 26 March 2013.  
> 
> Regards,
> Cheryl Langdon-Orr and Olivier Crepin-Leblond
> 11 March 2013
> 
> **
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Heidi 
> 
> 
> 
> Heidi Ullrich
> 
> Director for At-Large
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