[EURO-Discuss] Project appeal + Date/Time for Tel. Conference

Wed Jan 16 17:28:22 EST 2008

Dear All:

With respect to doing work on policy initiatives underway within ICANN  
at the moment, there are a number of policy working groups established  
for all regions in At-Large to participate in - more input from Europe  
would be most welcomed by  the participants and the complete list  of  
working groups, current activities, etc can be found at: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?at_large_policy_working_groups

You can also find links to all these  activities from  
www.alac.icann.org.

Once again, all the dial in details (and all other details of  the  
call) are available at: https://st.icann.org/euralo/index.cgi?17_january_2008

On 14 Jan 2008, at 22:05, Desiree Miloshevic wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I'd like to echo what Roberto had said. In my opinion - we should  
> set up
> different committees consisting of current EURALO board members and if
> there are any additional RALO members/volunteers and start drafting  
> some
> responses / statements on all current policy issues.
>
> I am happy to do it at our next conference call and volunteer to  
> take a
> lead on some issues, e.g. on domain name front running and AGP review
> and JPA.
>
> I think that organising of User summit will take some time, but we
> cannot all focus on that.  some policy work within EURALO and  
> contribute
> to the ongoing debate.
>
> Btw - I plan to be in Geneva (Monday 6pm) and in Delhi, so there  
> will be
> more of us.
>
> Wolf - can you post the dial in link numbers, before the call?
>
> thanks
>
> Desiree
> --
>
> Annette Muehlberg wrote:
>> dear wolf, dear all,
>>
>> i would like to add two issues:
>> 1. new geo/city tlds: how to make it a win-win situation for  
>> governments and
>> users
>> 2. how to deal with the "morality"-issue presented in the last gnso- 
>> workshop
>> at the last icann meeting.
>>
>> i am ready for the tel conf this thursday 16:00 utc.
>> but i doubt that i will make it to geneva in february, but we will  
>> see.
>>
>> warm greetings
>> annette
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jeanette Hofmann" <jeanette at wzb.eu>
>> To: "Discussion for At-Large Europe" <euro-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org 
>> >
>> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 2:56 PM
>> Subject: Re: [EURO-Discuss] Project appeal + Date/Time for Tel.  
>> Conference
>>
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I am very much in favor of this. One of the issues I would like to  
>> see
>> ALAC discuss is registrant representation in DNS regulation. Should
>> domain name registrants perhaps have some beneficiary rights when it
>> comes to registry and registrar contracts or policies?
>>
>> jeanette
>>
>> Roberto Gaetano wrote:
>>> Happy New Year.
>>>
>>> I have a proposal, that might sound funny to some folks: why don't  
>>> we plan
>>> to do in 2008 some work on policy? After all, that's why ALAC and  
>>> the
>>> RALOs
>>> have been created, to provide input to ICANN on policy decisions.
>>>
>>> There are plenty of subjects on the table: the modification of the  
>>> current
>>> regime for the Add Grace Period, issues related to domain name  
>>> tasting,
>>> the
>>> comments to USG about the JPA, feedback on the Accountabiity and
>>> Transparency document, comments solicited by the GNSO about the  
>>> WhoIs,
>>> modification of the geographic regions, and more.
>>>
>>> The ALAC Review is starting. It would be very embarassing if the  
>>> reviewers
>>> find out that all what has been done is some basic administration,
>>> organization of meetings, participation to IGF, etc., but no  
>>> substantive
>>> contribution to the policy making process. One might wonder  
>>> whether the
>>> money that ICANN is putting into this process is not wasted?!?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Roberto
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: euro-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org
>>>> [mailto:euro-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org] On
>>>> Behalf Of Wolf Ludwig
>>>> Sent: Monday, 14 January 2008 03:19
>>>> To: 'Discussion for At-Large Europe'
>>>> Subject: [EURO-Discuss] Project appeal + Date/Time for Tel.  
>>>> Conference
>>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> first of all, I wish you all the best for the New Year! And
>>>> the change of year is always a good opportunity to strike a
>>>> balance on the precedent one: After an almost fulminate start
>>>> and debate around the creation of EURALO our RALO and its
>>>> list fall in agony at the second part of last year. There
>>>> were some signs and expressions of frustration and it seems
>>>> to be difficult to define and find a way out of this
>>>> prevailing silence.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks to Sébastien who took the initiative a week ago we
>>>> have to make another effort now - to restart with a telephone
>>>> conference at least. After a phone call I had with Sébastien,
>>>> we both believe there is a unique chance for EURALO ahead
>>>> that we cannot miss. Thanks to Sébastien and some
>>>> RALO-friends from North America, there was this great idea
>>>> and project of a User's Summit to be organised and held along
>>>> the ICANN meeting this summer in Paris - as one of the
>>>> outcomes of the LA meeting in autumn 07.
>>>>
>>>> This project offers a real and unique chance for us to
>>>> re-animate and revitalize our cause, commitments and
>>>> legitimacy. Some of us (Sébastien, Wolfgang, Annette and I
>>>> etc.) are supposed to participate at ICANN's next meeting in
>>>> February in New Delhi having a chance to discuss and
>>>> elaborate some more planning and organisational details
>>>> there. What we do need is not much: Three to five people from
>>>> EURALO (or even more), besides Sébastien, Annette and me, to
>>>> take the initiative and to establish an EURALO organisational
>>>> committee (OC) for the User's Summit.
>>>>
>>>> Almost immediately after ICANN's New Delhi meeting there is
>>>> another IGF-preparatory consultation meeting foreseen in
>>>> Geneva (26 - 28 Feb. 08) offering an opportunity for some
>>>> more of us (Jeanette, Bill, Karen) to meet in Geneva - as a
>>>> combined board and OC meeting. Such a prep. meeting in
>>>> Geneva, let's say on Monday 25 February, will be easy to
>>>> organize there - and I will try to find some sponsoring money
>>>> for it if needed. The main goal and outcome of it would be a
>>>> concise draft of project for the User's Summit in summer.
>>>> After such a prep. meeting we would have about four months to
>>>> get the work done on a common EURALO project. And thereby we
>>>> could hopefully revitalize and strengthen EURALO's capacities
>>>> (-- otherwise I cannot imagine any other way out for EURALO's
>>>> future).
>>>>
>>>> Please let us know your ideas about this appeal and who is
>>>> interested to work with Sébastien, Annette and me on this project.
>>>>
>>>> According to Sébastien's Doodle-Survey the best date and time
>>>> for our Phone Conference is Thursday 17 January 2008 at 16h00
>>>> UTC (= 17h Paris time).
>>>> I would kindly like to ask Nick to care about the necessary
>>>> arrangements for this Tel-Conf. next Thursday (Thanks!)
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Wolf
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> comunica-ch
>>>> phone +41 79 204 83 87
>>>> www.comunica-ch.net
>>>>
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>>>>
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