[AFRI-Discuss] Welcome to At-Large!

Barrack Otieno otieno.barrack at gmail.com
Tue Aug 12 08:59:05 UTC 2014


Welcome on board Seun and Kris.

Best Regards

On 8/12/14, Seun Ojedeji <seun at osfon.org.ng> wrote:
> Hello Nathalie,
>
> Thanks for this information. Just to make a little correction (which I
> think was earlier made). It's open source foundation for Nigeria (not
> Africa :)). Thanks again for the opportunity to be part of the Large
> community.
>
> Regards
>
> sent from Google nexus 4
> kindly excuse brevity and typos.
> On 12 Aug 2014 08:58, "Nathalie Peregrine" <nathalie.peregrine at icann.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Seun,
>>
>>
>>
>> ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that
>> (203) Open Source Software Foundation for Africa been certified as an
>> At-Large Structure (ALS).  The ALAC greatly appreciates your group's
>> interest in involving individual users in ICANN and looks forward to
>> working with you and your colleagues.
>>
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>> 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.
>>
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>> 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.
>>
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>> 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 <
>> mailto:staff at atlarge.icann.org <staff at atlarge.icann.org>>
>> staff at atlarge.icann.org<mailto: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.
>>
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>> - At Large Mailing Lists. There are many At Large email lists, for each
>> region; you can sign up for them and manage your subscriptions at:
>>
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>> <http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo>
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>> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo . The points of contact
>> you identify will automatically be added to your region's 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 <
>> mailto:staff at atlarge.icann.org <staff at atlarge.icann.org>>
>> staff at atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff at atlarge.icann.org>.
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>> -  ALAC website. The ALAC website ( <http://www.atlarge.icann.org>
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>> www.atlarge.icann.org<http://www.atlarge.icann.org
>> <http://www.atlarge.icann.org%3chttp:/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
>> <mailto:staff at atlarge.icann.org <staff at atlarge.icann.org>>
>> staff at atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff at atlarge.icann.org>.
>>
>>
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>> -  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:
>>
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>> African Region:
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>> <http://www.afralo.org> www.afralo.org<http://www.afralo.org
>> <http://www.afralo.org%3chttp:/www.afralo.org>>
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>> Asia/Australia/Pacific Region:
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>> <http://www.apralo.org> www.apralo.org<http://www.apralo.org
>> <http://www.apralo.org%3chttp:/www.apralo.org>>
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>> European Region:
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>> <http://www.euralo.org> www.euralo.org<http://www.euralo.org
>> <http://www.euralo.org%3chttp:/www.euralo.org>>
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>> Latin America/Caribbean Region:
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>> <http://www.lacralo.org> www.lacralo.org<http://www.lacralo.org
>> <http://www.lacralo.org%3chttp:/www.lacralo.org>>
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>> North American Region:
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>> <http://www.naralo.org> www.naralo.org<http://www.naralo.org
>> <http://www.naralo.org%3chttp:/www.naralo.org>>
>>
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>> We have included an ALS Starter Kit that includes key information on ALAC
>> and At-Large communication tools. We have also included the Beginners
>> Guide
>> to Participating in At-Large which explains the organization of the
>> At-Large community and how to participate in its activities.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> <mailto:staff at atlarge.icann.org <staff at atlarge.icann.org>>
>> staff at atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff at atlarge.icann.org>.
>>
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>> Sincerely,
>>
>>
>>
>> The At-Large Advisory Committee
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>> <http://www.atlarge.icann.org>
>> www.atlarge.icann.org<http://www.atlarge.icann.org
>> <http://www.atlarge.icann.org%3chttp:/www.atlarge.icann.org>>
>>
>> <mailto:staff at atlarge.icann.org <staff at atlarge.icann.org>>
>> staff at atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff at atlarge.icann.org>
>>
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>> Regards,
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>> Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie
>> Peregrine and Terri Agnew
>>
>> ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC
>>
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