[EFN-Collaboration] Re: [EmergingFutures-announcements] EFN has
been certified as an ICANN At-Large structure!
Kachina Katrina zavalney
kachinakatrina at gmail.com
Fri May 18 13:17:13 EDT 2007
Yes, this is fabulous! How did this come about? Michael, when you get a
moment can you share some insight on how to best use this tool?
thank you. Keep on movin!
-Katrina*
On 5/18/07, Ted Ernst <ted at emergingfutures.net> wrote:
>
> Michael Maranda can better explain what this means. From what I
> understand, it means we are now ostensibly part of the worldwide
> governance of the internet domain-name system, and can work with other
> At-Large structures to form the North American organization of such
> groups.
>
> Congratulations to us! :-)
>
> peace,
> ted
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: ICANN At Large Staff <staff at alac.icann.org>
> Date: May 18, 2007 11:53 AM
> Subject: Welcome to ICANN At-Large!
> To: ted at emergingfutures.net
>
>
>
>
> Friday, May 18, 2007
>
> TO: Emerging Futures Network (EFN)
>
> FROM: ICANN Interim At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)
>
> SUBJECT: At-Large Structure Certification
>
> ICANN's Interim At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to
> inform you on behalf of the At-Large community in ICANN that EFN has
> been certified as an At-Large Structure (ALS). The ALAC greatly
> appreciates your groups' 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 ALSes, 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 alac.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
> contacts you identify will automatically be added to:
>
> · your region's list just for accredited ALSes to discuss regional
> issues;
>
> · Your region's discussion list;
>
> · The worldwide At-Large discussion list.
>
> You are of course 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 alac.icann.org.
>
> - At-Large related websites: There are a few websites you should
> be aware of:
>
> · The ALAC website (www.icannalac.org) is the independent voice
> of the At-Large Advisory Committee and 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 'official' ICANN website for the At-Large community is at
> http://www.alac.icann.org. This site will be replaced with a much more
> up-to-date and modern site but in the meantime is a good source of
> information and has links to all the At-Large related URLs and links
> to other parts of icann.org.
>
> · The ALAC Working Wiki: Much of the administrative and policy
> development coordination work is made available and developed on the
> ALAC's working wiki at http://st.icann.org/alac. Meeting agendas,
> recordings of meetings, minutes, and all kinds of important documents
> for the whole community are to be found there. Of particular interest
> is the page where the Community can follow, and volunteer, to
> participate in the policy development processes throughout ICANN which
> At-Large is engaged in – feel free to join in at
> https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?at_large_policy_working_groups.
>
> · At-Large Regional Websites. Regional 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. They are:
>
> African Region:
> http://www.afralo.org/
>
> Asia/Australia/Pacific Region:
> http://www.apralo.org/
>
> European Region:
> http://www.euralo.org/
>
> Latin America/Caribbean Region: http://www.lacralo.org/
>
> North American Region:
> http://www.naralo.org/
>
> - Regional WiKi: Each At Large Region has a Wiki that allows the
> region to collaborate and all ALSes are welcome to have edit
> privileges to help provide information on their activities. These
> wikis create the regional websites shown above. If you wish to have a
> user account, send an email to your regional staff mailing list with
> the request. The list addresses are:
>
> AFRI-Staff at atlarge-lists.icann.org Africa
>
> APAC-Staff at atlarge-lists.icann.org Asia/Australia/Pacific
>
> EURO-Staff at atlarge-lists.icann.org Europe
>
> LAC-Staff at atlarge-lists.icann.org Latin America & The Caribbean
>
> NA-Staff at atlarge-lists.icann.org North America
>
> 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 alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org
>
>
>
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