[APAC-Discuss] Welcome to ICANN At-Large!

[ICANN At-Large Staff]

Dear Maureen,

ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that the
Cook Islands Internet Action Group has been certified as an At-Large
Structure (ALS).  The ALAC greatly appreciates your group¹s interest in
involving individual users in ICANN and looks forward to working with you
and your colleagues.

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.

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.

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:

- Point of Contact for your Organisation: Please send an email to
staff at atlarge.icann.org 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.

- At Large Mailing Lists. There are many At Large email lists, for each
region; you can signup for them and manage your subscriptions at:
http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo   . The points of contact
you identify will automatically be added to your region¹s 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.

- 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 staff at atlarge.icann.org .

-  ALAC website. The ALAC website (www.atlarge.icann.org) 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
staff at atlarge.icann.org .

-  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:

African Region:    
www.afralo.org
 
Asia/Australia/Pacific Region:
www.apralo.org
 
European Region:   
www.euralo.org
 
Latin America/Caribbean Region:
www.lacralo.org
 
North American Region:
www.naralo.org

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
staff at atlarge.icann.org .


Sincerely,


The At-Large Advisory Committee
www.atlarge.icann.org
staff at atlarge.icann.org
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On 04/01/2011 06:23, "Marilyn Vernon" <marilyn.vernon at icann.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> From:  Maureen Hilyard <hilyard at oyster.net.ck>
> Date:  Fri, 24 Dec 2010 20:51:36 -0800
> To:  Marilyn Vernon <staff at atlarge.icann.org>
> Cc:  Janice Douma-Lange <janice.lange at icann.org>
> Subject:  Application to join ALAC - from the Cook Islands
> 
> Kia orana
>  
> Please find attached an application form from our organisation in the Cook
> Islands - the ³Cook Islands Internet Action Group².  We are a new NGO, and it
> would be useful for us to be a part of ALAC. I am particularly keen to expose
> them to issues that are currently in the Public Comment section, so that
> members can feedback their views and we can contribute them to the ²public
> comment² discussions.
>  
> I really enjoyed my time as a Fellow in Cartagena and made a commitment to
> join our local internet group to ALAC as an ALS (encouraged by Cheryl
> Langdon-Orr during a bus-ride conversation).
>  
> I am also attaching the constitution of our registered NGO as per the
> instructions.
>  
> Regards
> Maureen
>  
>  
> Maureen Hilyard
> PO Box 156
> Avarua, Rarotonga
> COOK ISLANDS
> E: hilyard at oyster.net.ck
> M: +682 54641
> H: +682 28641
>  
>  
>  
>