[ga] Re: ICANN ALAC

[Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Denise,
 
Please convey my congratulations to Annette Muehlberg and John Levine.
 
Best regards,
Danny

ICANN At-Large - Denise Michel <michel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Danny,

On behalf of ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), I extend their 
thanks to you for volunteering to serve on the ALAC. ICANN?s Board of 
Directors appointed Annette Muehlberg from Germany and John Levine from 
the U.S.A to the ALAC.

The ALAC recommended that the Board appoint Muehlberg and Levine after 
undertaking a lengthy process of outreach and consideration. The ALAC 
solicited volunteers and public input, reviewed volunteers? backgrounds 
and statements of interest, conducted due diligence, selected finalists 
for additional questioning and, after extensive deliberations, selected 
the recommended candidates.

The selection process was challenging due to the high caliber of 
candidates who were willing to serve on the ALAC. Although you were not 
selected by the Board for an ALAC slot, we hope that you will consider 
being involved in At-Large in other ways. Opportunities for involvement 
include:

- Forming an Internet user group and seeking "At-Large Structure" 
designation, or encouraging a group you are affiliated with to be 
designated an "ALS," and becoming more active in ICANN At-Large;
- Serving as a liaision on a policy task force, or reporting to the ALAC 
and the community on an issue or activity of interest to At-Large; 
current issues the ALAC is involved with/tracking are listed below;
- Providing input on current issues and/or raising additional issues in 
which the ALAC should be involved;
- Serving as an At-Large delegate to ICANN's Nominating Committee 
(selected each January);
- Volunteering for other leadership positions (the Nominating Committee 
seeks candidates for appointment to numerous ICANN leadership positions 
including the ALAC and the Board).

Thank you, again, for volunteering to serve on the ALAC. We hope you 
will continue to be interested and active in At-Large.

Regards,
Denise Michel
michel@xxxxxxxxx

The ALAC currently is involved in the following issues/activities:

* Internet governance and the World Summit on the Information Society
* ICANN policy on registry service changes
* Verisign Registry Re-direction of Queries for Non-existant Domain Names
* WHOIS database (access to/requirements for domain name registration data)
* New gTLDs (introduction of generic top level domain names)
* Internationalized domain names (making domain names available in 
character sets other than ASCII)
* Intellectual property issues and WIPO recommendations
* .Net Request for Proposals
* ICANN's Strategic Plan

More information is available at www.alac.icann.org

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