[AFRI-Discuss] RE : AFRI-Discuss Digest, Vol 5, Issue 1

Nick Ashton-Hart nick.ashton-hart at icann.org
Fri Mar 2 05:50:42 EST 2007


We can most certainly provide you with very good French translations.

On 02/03/07, CAFEC <cafec3m at yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Effectively, we have a national plate form for exchanging and discussing
> about some resolutions from differents grass-roots community in DR Congo.
> It will be easy for us if we can have douments in french language because DR
> Congo is french speaking. Resolutions translated in french from the At large
> office.
> In national level, we can translate it in local languages towards some
> events or workshop or campagn.
>
> Baudouin
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> 1. Preparing for Lisbon: Resolutions from At-Large to the larger
> community? (Nick Ashton-Hart)
> 2. Re: [At-Large] Preparing for Lisbon: Resolutions from
> At-Large to the larger community? (Vittorio Bertola)
> 3. Re: [At-Large] Preparing for Lisbon: Resolutions from
> At-Large to the larger community? (Nick Ashton-Hart)
> 4. Re: [LAC-Discuss] Fwd: AP-RALO completed MoU and OP Today
> ( Jos? Ovidio Salgueiro A. )
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 16:45:38 +0800
> From: Nick Ashton-Hart
> Subject: [AFRI-Discuss] Preparing for Lisbon: Resolutions from
> At-Large to the larger community?
> To: At-Large Worldwide
> Cc: LAC Discuss , "Carlton A.
> Samuels" , Europe Discuss
> , Africa Discuss
> , Asia-Pacific Discuss
> , NA Discuss
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> Dear All:
>
> May I suggest to you that the At-Large community has a unique
> opportunity at the upcoming Lisbon meeting to agree a few
> resolutions on key issues which are in the public and icann policy
> 'Eye' at the moment. With at least two RALO MoUs being concluded, and
> likely the European one too, the conference will have a big spotlight
> on the community.
>
> I submit for you all to consider that this spotlight could be used by
> the community to focus attention on the issues which you care about.
>
> There could for example be resolutions on:
>
> 1) Domain Tasting - the negative consequences to end-users which many
> in the community have highlighted and a call for the GNSO and ICANN
> Board to begin a PDP as an urgent matter;
>
> 2) Registry and Registrar performance - the issue of Registerfly has
> brought to the fore issues of enforcement and the role of ICANN in
> enforcing these contracts. A resolution could highlight these and
> call for action; a number of proposed actions have been mooted on
> community lists. There's also the issue of switching registrars and
> the difficulty that poses for people which has been brought up in the
> African discussion lists
>
> By resolution, I mean something brief - one page per issue - in the
> style of a UN resolution with adjectives leading each paragraph of a
> preamble section, and then a section with specific recommendations
> for action (not in great detail necessarily but the high-level
> principles or actions which should be made).
>
> At the ALAC monthly teleconference on 6th March, could the committee
> perhaps propose to discuss this?
>
> If one member of the committee could draft a one-page document on the
> above structure to be completed within a week, then there would be
> time to send it out to all the regions for their review and comment,
> and then at Lisbon the two regions present and the ALAC could agree a
> final text and release it to the rest of ICANN.
>
> If nobody on the ALAC is able to do the drafting, I'm happy to do a
> draft as a "backup drafter" and then forward it to be reviewed.
>
> I hope this will not be thought presumptuous. I don't wish to 'take
> over' the policy work of the community, but I do see a real
> opportunity for the community to make a big splash of substance at
> the next meeting and wouldn't like to see that opportunity lost or
> wasted. At the same time I do understand that people are all
> volunteers and I'm happy to help in any way I can.
>
> There are those - even in the community - who do not believe the At-
> Large community has the ability to influence ICANN's work. I do not
> believe they're right, but it seems to me one of the best ways to
> find out is to take a strong stand and suggest proactive steps to
> improve things.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Nick Ashton-Hart
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> Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:47:43 +0100
> From: Vittorio Bertola
> Subject: Re: [AFRI-Discuss] [At-Large] Preparing for Lisbon:
> Resolutions from At-Large to the larger community?
> To: Nick Ashton-Hart
> Cc: LAC Discuss , "Carlton A.
> Samuels" , At-Large Worldwide
> , Europe Discuss
> , Africa Discuss
> , Asia-Pacific Discuss
> , NA Discuss
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> Nick Ashton-Hart ha scritto:
> > Dear All:
> >
> > May I suggest to you that the At-Large community has a unique
> > opportunity at the upcoming Lisbon meeting to agree a few resolutions
> > on key issues which are in the public and icann policy 'Eye' at the
> > moment. With at least two RALO MoUs being concluded, and likely the
> > European one too, the conference will have a big spotlight on the
> > community.
>
> I think that your suggestion is good.
> I also think that we desperately need leadership to this effect.
> Annette's illness is unfortunate, and we need someone to write down a
> todo list with actions and deadlines, force people to sign up for items,
> and push them until they deliver on time. And we need it now, if we want
> to make it by Lisbon.
> As all volunteer groups, this is an individual-driven effort, so I would
> suggest that any of us who feels like doing it, and especially those who
> would like to serve as Vice Chairs, takes this task upon him/her.
> (I mean - I can do it if you wish, but we really need to create new
> leadership, not rely on the old one...)
> --
> vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <--------
> --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <--------
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 18:17:20 +0800
> From: "Nick Ashton-Hart"
> Subject: Re: [AFRI-Discuss] [At-Large] Preparing for Lisbon:
> Resolutions from At-Large to the larger community?
> To: "Vittorio Bertola"
> Cc: LAC Discuss , "Carlton A.
> Samuels" , At-Large Worldwide
> , Europe Discuss
> , Africa Discuss
> , Asia-Pacific Discuss
> , NA Discuss
>
> Message-ID:
> <240ba2f70703010217x3e26b005gf47dbea98185f926 at mail.gmail.com>
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> To the extent that the effort involves purely coordination, I can help
> with that - chasing people for contributions etc. The development of
> the draft text is, I would submit, perhaps best done in the first
> instance by those in ALAC familiar with the issues in question, and
> only by the staff in the case that nobody has the time to do this work
> (though, perhaps, as these first drafts are just that - drafts - and
> completely subject to amendment, perhaps in some ways it is less
> important who is the first drafter...
>
> I have put a first-draft of an Agenda together for the ALAC
> teleconference on the ALAC Working Wiki.
>
>
> On 01/03/07, Vittorio Bertola wrote:
> > Nick Ashton-Hart ha scritto:
> > > Dear All:
> > >
> > > May I suggest to you that the At-Large community has a unique
> > > opportunity at the upcoming Lisbon meeting to agree a few resolutions
> > > on key issues which are in the public and icann policy 'Eye' at the
> > > moment. With at least two RALO MoUs being concluded, and likely the
> > > European one too, the conference will have a big spotlight on the
> > > community.
> >
> > I think that your suggestion is good.
> > I also think that we desperately need leadership to this effect.
> > Annette's illness is unfortunate, and we need someone to write down a
> > todo list with actions and deadlines, force people to sign up for items,
> > and push them until they deliver on time. And we need it now, if we want
> > to make it by Lisbon.
> > As all volunteer groups, this is an individual-driven effort, so I would
> > suggest that any of us who feels like doing it, and especially those who
> > would like to serve as Vice Chairs, takes this task upon him/her.
> > (I mean - I can do it if you wish, but we really need to create new
> > leadership, not rely on the old one...)
> > --
> > vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <--------
> > --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <--------
> >
>
>
> --
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> Regards,
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 09:04:05 -0400
> From: " Jos? Ovidio Salgueiro A. "
> Subject: Re: [AFRI-Discuss] [LAC-Discuss] Fwd: AP-RALO completed MoU
> and OP Today
> To: , "At-Large Worldwide"
> , ,
> "Africa Discuss" , "Europe
> Discuss" , "LAC Discuss"
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> Great news, congratulations!!!!
>
>
>
> Jos? Ovidio Salgueiro A.
> jsalgueiro at cantv.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nick Ashton-Hart
> To: At-Large Worldwide ; na-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org
> ; Africa Discuss ; Europe Discuss ; LAC Discuss
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 11:54 AM
> Subject: [LAC-Discuss] Fwd: AP-RALO completed MoU and OP Today
>
>
> I thought the wider At-Large world would be keen to hear the good news from
> Asia today. Congratulations to the AP At-Large Community :) It was great to
> meet you all and I look forward to helping to facilitate your making a
> difference for a long time to come :)
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Izumi AIZU
> Date: 28-Feb-2007 22:57
> Subject: [APAC-Discuss] AP-RALO completed MoU and OP
> To: Interim ALAC , Asia-Pacific Discuss
>
> Dear all,
>
> I would like to take this opportunity to report that AP RALO formation
> meeting here in Bali during APRICOt took place today, and I am pleased
> to share that we have completed most of the tasks for the formation,
> we reached the consensus on Draft MoU with ICANN, and also
> on Operating Principles.
>
> 12 ALS representative out of 13 gathered here and we put our initiating
> signatures to the documents, to be submitted to the ICANN Board.
>
> We could not complete the selection of new ALAC members and
> officers, but agreed with the selection schedule, including the nomination
> starting shortly, for a week, etc. The official announcment should come
> any time soon together with the minutes of our meeting.
>
> As one of "interim" members of ALAC together with Ms. Hong Xue
> from AP region, I personally feel greatful to all the support and
> active involvement of all ALS members here in our region, as well
> as staff support, and also all the friendly advices and suport from
> larger ALAC friends in other regions and othe ICANN community
> memebrs. Nom-com designated Siavash did the great job
> of charing the session of the entire day. Special thanks to Siavash!
>
> Well, the real tasks will be still there, and not easy, but I hope
> we will eventually make rational and meaningful steps to bring
> the voices of individual users in this region to the ICANN policy
> process.
>
> izumi
>
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