<html><head><style>body{font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px}</style></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">Dear EURALO Colleagues,</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">below, please find an exchange of messages between Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of EURALO, and myself. I appreciate Olivier’s quick reaction, the corrections he brought to my message (number of seats on EURALO Board), and his helpful comments.</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">Best regards,</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">Jean-Jacques.</div> <br> <div id="bloop_sign_1488476556441666048" class="bloop_sign"></div> <br><p class="airmail_on">Le 2 mars 2017 à 18:23:09, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond (<a href="mailto:ocl@gih.com">ocl@gih.com</a>) a écrit:</p> <blockquote type="cite" class="clean_bq"><span><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><div></div><div>
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Dear Jean-Jacques,<br>
<br>
thank you for your follow-up. First, a quick correction to Silvia's
email address, as you appear to have it as <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:no-reply@icann.org">no-reply@icann.org</a> which is when
one updates WIKI pages. I have amended Silvia's address
accordingly.<br>
Please find my comments interspersed in your text.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02/03/2017 17:49, Jean-Jacques
Subrenat wrote:<br></div>
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Dear Silvia & All,</div>
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here is my contribution on the action item under reference.</div>
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Currently, and unless I’m mistaken, the EURALO Board has 11
members. In the past twelve months, about a third of these members
have intervened in EURALO monthly meetings (audio, chat or
emails).</div>
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The EURALO Board actually has only 5 members:<br>
<ul>
<li>
<p><span style="color: rgb(31,73,125);">Olawale (‘Wale) Shakiru
BAKARE - United Kingdom</span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p> Yrjö Länsipuro - Finland</p>
</li>
<li><strong> </strong>Eric Schweighofer - Austria<br></li>
<li> Annette Mühlberg - Germany</li>
<li> Matthieu Camus - France</li>
</ul>
All other "members" - ie. ALAC representatives, Secretary &
EURALO Chair are ex-officio.<br>
<br>
Originally I asked each member of the EURALO Board to share with
others what they goals were during their tenancy. These are
reflected on <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://community.icann.org/x/0QB1Aw">https://community.icann.org/x/0QB1Aw</a>
. <b><font color="#FF0000">I gather that these should be updated
since Mikhail Medrish and Jordi Iparraguire have been
replaced.</font></b><br>
<br>
<br>
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I suggest we consider the following:</div>
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<div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;">What are the
essential functions the EURALO Board must undertake or uphold? Each
item is followed by a recommendation.</div>
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<div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><u>1) Ensure
conformity of EURALO procedure and actions with existing legal or
structural obligations</u> (ICANN, ALAC and EURALO By-laws, Rules
of procedure, Accepted standards in meetings, etc.). This applies,
but is not limited to: membership, quorum, elections, rough
consensus.</div>
<div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><b>Recommendation
1</b>: a Board member with experience in these areas, and perhaps
with a legal background, should be appointed as the « Legal
reference point ».</div>
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Excellent idea.<br>
<br>
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<div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><u>2) Consolidate
relations with ALAC and other parts of ICANN</u>. As in most ACs
and SOs, the Chair of EURALO does this, and does it well (good
visibility, good inter-personal skills, deep knowledge of the
issues).</div>
<div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><b>Recommendation
2</b>: no change.</div>
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I would like to see our ALAC members take an extra care in
fostering the link between ALAC and EURALO. They are our
ambassadors on the ALAC. I would also like to see them take a
leadership role on the ALAC, like Chairing a working group. As for
the EURALO Board members, ideally they could chair a EURALO working
group.<br>
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<div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><u>3) Enhance
cooperation between EURALO and its ALSs</u>. Over the years, this
function has been carried out mainly by the Chair and/or Secretary.
But with the gradual growth in the number of ALSs, this now
requires a dedicated approach. Among other areas where cooperation
would be appreciated: help in launching ALS surveys, help in
participating in ICANN events, travel and accommodation support,
etc.</div>
<div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><b>Recommendation
3</b>: designate a Board member who, with the help of Support
Staff, would be the prime contact point for all EURALO ALSs.</div>
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<br>
Would this be an "inreach" officer? I would really support this
too.<br>
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<div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><u>4) Consolidate
EURALO contributions to ALAC and ICANN policy
development</u>. </div>
<div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;">One of the current
tasks is the appraisal of the At-Large Review: because of its
complexity, but even more because of the implications of some of
the recommendations in that Review, it is necessary to make sure
that contributions are made on time, and that they are
relevant.</div>
<div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><b>Recommendation
4</b>: designate a Board member who is familiar with Policy
development in the ICANN ecosystem, and who has a track record of
making trains depart and arrive on time, at the right
station.</div>
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Excellent.<br>
<br>
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<div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;">I hope this is
useful.</div>
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<br>
This is <b>*very*</b> useful.<br>
<br>
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<div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;">Dear Silvia,</div>
<div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;">if Olivier agrees,
may I suggest that you send this out to the EURALO list? Thank
you.</div>
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<br>
Please do so. Jean-Jacques, please email the EURALO list yourself,
so we can follow-up directly.<br>
<br>
Kindest regards<br>
<br>
Olivier<br>
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