[APAC-Discuss] Welcome to ICANN At-Large!

[Hong Xue]

Let APRALO colleagues join me to warmly welcome Maureen and the new
ALS. We are looking forward to working with you.

Hong




On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Maureen Hilyard <hilyard at oyster.net.ck> wrote:
> Kia orana everyone
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> This is great news. Many thanks to all involved. I will inform my membership
> of this significant development and we will nominate another point of
> contact person from our group.
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> Regards
>
> Maureen
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> From: ICANN At-Large Staff [mailto:staff at atlarge.icann.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, 22 February 2011 11:52 p.m.
> To: hilyard at oyster.net.ck
> Cc: APRALO; ALAC Internal List
> Subject: Welcome to ICANN At-Large!
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> Dear Maureen,
>
> ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that the
> Cook Islands Internet Action Group has 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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
> 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.
>
> - At Large Mailing Lists. There are many At Large email lists, for each
> region; you can signup for them and manage your subscriptions at:
> 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 staff at atlarge.icann.org .
>
> -  ALAC website. The ALAC website (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
> staff at atlarge.icann.org .
>
> -  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:
>
> African Region:
> www.afralo.org
>
> Asia/Australia/Pacific Region:
> www.apralo.org
>
> European Region:
> www.euralo.org
>
> Latin America/Caribbean Region:
> www.lacralo.org
>
> North American Region:
> www.naralo.org
>
> 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
> staff at atlarge.icann.org .
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> The At-Large Advisory Committee
> www.atlarge.icann.org
> staff at atlarge.icann.org
> ---------------------------
>
> Name:
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> Location (city/country/region; whatever is relevant to your membership):
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> Mission:
>
> Member benefits:
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> Contacts (name/s and email address/es -- title/s optional):
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> Website:
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> Other (additional informational you would like included):
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> On 04/01/2011 06:23, "Marilyn Vernon" <marilyn.vernon at icann.org> wrote:
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> From: Maureen Hilyard <hilyard at oyster.net.ck>
> Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 20:51:36 -0800
> To: Marilyn Vernon <staff at atlarge.icann.org>
> Cc: Janice Douma-Lange <janice.lange at icann.org>
> Subject: Application to join ALAC - from the Cook Islands
>
> Kia orana
>
> Please find attached an application form from our organisation in the Cook
> Islands - the "Cook Islands Internet Action Group".  We are a new NGO, and
> it would be useful for us to be a part of ALAC. I am particularly keen to
> expose them to issues that are currently in the Public Comment section, so
> that members can feedback their views and we can contribute them to the
> "public comment" discussions.
>
> I really enjoyed my time as a Fellow in Cartagena and made a commitment to
> join our local internet group to ALAC as an ALS (encouraged by Cheryl
> Langdon-Orr during a bus-ride conversation).
>
> I am also attaching the constitution of our registered NGO as per the
> instructions.
>
> Regards
> Maureen
>
>
> Maureen Hilyard
> PO Box 156
> Avarua, Rarotonga
> COOK ISLANDS
> E: hilyard at oyster.net.ck
> M: +682 54641
> H: +682 28641
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-- 
Dr. Hong Xue
Professor of Law
Director of Institute for the Internet Policy & Law (IIPL)
Beijing Normal University
http://www.iipl.org.cn/
19 Xin Jie Kou Wai Street
Beijing 100875 China