Re: [ga] Re: ICANN ALAC

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Danny, Denise and all former DNSO GA members or other interested
stakeholders/users,

  Who decides what a "higher caliber" of candidate is, and how?  For
instance I would not consider Vittorio or Denise as being of
"Higher Caliber".

Danny Younger wrote:

>    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

Regards,
--
Jeffrey A. Williams
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