[At-Large] ALAC Mailing List Changes - an update

[At-Large Staff]

Dear ALAC List members:

Earlier today, I emailed you about some of the changes to the worldwide
At-Large lists, however, I misunderstood a part of what was intended with
respect to the new working committee list.

It is actually intended that this list will be viewable via the open
archives (and, since the mailing lists are all connected to forums on
atlarge.icann.org, you can see the list traffic there too), but not that you
would be able to subscribe to it, as per the ALAC resolution at its July
meeting, and in line with other similar lists such as the GNSO Council.

The following affects on the ALAC lists should be noted:
1. This list, alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org <alac at atlarge-lists.icann.htm> ,
will effectively be renamed to at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org
<at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.htm> . The list will no longer be a
combination of the working public list of the ALAC and also the worldwide
discussion list. It will simply be the worldwide discussion list. As at
present, anyone may subscribe to it, and any subscriber may post to it.
PLEASE NOTE that the limitation rule on the number of recipients in any
message sent to this list to be accepted (not bounced or moderated) will
remain at no MORE than 5.
2. A new list, called alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org
<alac at atlarge-lists.icann.htm> , will be created. It will be read/write for
ALAC members, RALO secretariats/chairs, and ALAC liaisons ­ and read-only
for everyone else. This will be the main working list of ALAC. Anyone may
review the archives at
http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org/ or
via the read-only forum available from
http://www.atlarge.icann.org/en/forum/204.
Separately, there is one new list: alac-announce at atlarge-lists.icann.org
<alac-announce at atlarge-lists.icann.htm> , which is being set up now. This
list will be for community announcements which are relevant to the entire
worldwide community. Staff and to-be-designated members of the ALAC
(including the ALAC Executive Committee of the Chair, Vice-Chairs, and
Rapporteur) will be able to post to it.

I have also been asked to remind you of the fact that there is another list,
ALAC-Internal, which is a closed list intended to be used primarily for
administrivia, coordinating travel, meeting times, and other things of a
non-substantive or confidential nature.

 
When will the changes take place?

The changes to this list will take place Friday morning at approximately
10:00 Eastern Time (UTC ­ 5). The transition should not take long; if an
email gets sent during the changeover it is expected that it will be queued
and go through after the technicians finish their work.

Other Important Facts:

1. If you are subscribed to the ALAC list at the time of the change, you
will be subscribed to the At-Large list once it is created. All of the
current ALAC list archives will also be available, as they are being renamed
along with the list and its configuration.
2. If you are subscribed to the ALAC list, you will also be subscribed to
the ALAC-Announce list (it is being configured as we speak; many of you will
already have received your subscription notification) ­ of course you can
unsubscribe yourself whenever you wish.
3. All Authorised ALS representatives will be subscribed to the
ALAC-Announce list once the changeover is complete. This will make it much
easier for community leaders and staff to reach every ALS representative
with one email. Any discussion which you wish to have on what you receive
would need to be redirected to one of the RALO lists, or the global
discussion-only list, as you think relevant.

Please let us know if you have any concerns or questions. We hope you will
find that these are helpful, and in particular that they help to ensure that
you are able to follow the business of the community more effectively than
may have been the case as a subscriber to the previous list.
-- 
Regards,

Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Frederic Teboul
ICANN At-Large Staff
email: staff at atlarge.icann.org