[ALAC] [ALAC-Announce] VOTE ANNOUNCEMENT: ALS Application (307) Internet Society Rural Development Special Interest Group

Wed Sep 18 02:31:44 UTC 2019

HI Satish and Olivier
I recall asking  Joly and Judith if they were submitted the ISOC Special
Needs SIG  which was originally a NARALO ALS that went in decommission.  It
too faced the same issues.  The organizers are mainly in North America but
membership open to all.
I think all the  Special Interest Groups have a similar situation .
G
Glenn McKnight
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On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 10:27 PM Satish Babu via ALAC <
alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:

> Dear Olivier,
>
> Thanks for raising this point. During the due diligence process, we had
> discussed precisely this point in the APRALO list, and had asked Staff to
> re-verify the geographical aspect.
>
> The responses we received from the applicant through Staff were as follows:
>
> a. The applicant is registered as a not-for-profit in India
>
> b. All office bearers of the organization are based in Asia-Pacific, as
> are apparently majority of the members.
>
> c. We considered the following section from ICANN's bylaws:
>
> (B) who are citizens or residents of countries within the Geographic
> Region of the RALO* will predominate in the  operation *of each At-Large
> Structure within the RALO, while not necessarily excluding additional
> participation, compatible with the interests of the individual Internet
> users within the region, by others.
>
> d. On this basis, we have proceeded to recommend admission  of this
> applicant to ALAC.
> Of course, we have not independently verified the information they have
> provided, but have taken it on trust.
>
> I also note that we have put on hold an application for membership from
> another ISOC SIG, because they could not confirm if they had met the above
> criterion.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> With kind regards,
>
>
>
>
>
>
> satish
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 6:44 AM Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Maureen,
>>
>> I am very surprised to see this having reached the ALAC with a
>> recommendation from APRALO that this should be accepted. This should have
>> been picked up at Due Diligence: Internet Society Special Interest Groups
>> are global as per the explanation on https://www.internetsociety.org/sigs
>> This countervenes ALAC rules which specify that ALSes must be
>> geographical. See tinyurl.com/ALAC-RoP-AdjDoc4-2013-07
>>
>> "2. Be organised so that participation by individual Internet users who
>> are citizens or residents of countries within the Geographic Region in
>> which the ALS is based will predominate in the ALS' operation. The ALS may
>> permit additional participation by others that is compatible with the
>> interests of the individual Internet users within the region."
>>
>> The key words are "be organised" - and as much as I support the work of
>> the Internet Society Rurel Special Interest Group, rural areas are not
>> limited to Asia. Unless there is a commitment that this SIG will restrict
>> the majority of its membership to come from the Asia region. The explicit
>> response of the SIG in due diligence was "this is a global SIG".
>>
>> I also have a concern that it would be possible to create one SIG after
>> another in ISOC and the meaning of ALS no longer applies as you are
>> effectively creating votes.
>>
>> The question of "geographical" was asked on the APRALO mailing list as
>> recently as 11 September 2019 (
>> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/apac-discuss/2019-September/004952.html
>> ) but I do not see any response to this.
>>
>> Kindest regards,
>>
>> Olivier
>>
>> On 18/09/2019 01:58, ICANN At-Large Staff wrote:
>>
>> Dear All,
>>
>>
>>
>> The regional advice from APRALO regarding the ALS Application (307)
>> Internet Society Rural Development Special Interest Group has been received.
>>
>>
>>
>> The following question has been posed to the ALAC:
>>
>>
>>
>> *****
>>
>> Question: Does the ALAC wish to accredit the (307) Internet Society Rural
>> Development Special Interest Group? The regional advice was to accept the
>> application.
>>
>> *****
>>
>>
>>
>> Please note that this vote will close on Tuesday, 24 September 2019 23:59
>> UTC.
>>
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>>
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