Application
for "At-Large Structure" (ALS) Designation
Contact
Information
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Organization's
Name: AmericaAtLarge (America@Large)
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Organization's
email address: mail@xxxxxxxxx
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Organization's
phone number (include country/city codes):
808-258-8655
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Organization's
address (location and postal address, if different):
AmericaAtLarge
P.O. Box
89681
Honolulu, HI
96830
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Organization's
website (URL) (if available):
AmericaAtLarge.org
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Organization's
contact for ALS application (email, phone, address):
secretary@xxxxxxxx
808-258-8655
AmericaAtLarge
P.O. Box
89681
Honolulu, HI
96830
Description
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Is
your organization constituted so that participation by individual
Internet users who are citizens or residents of countries within the
Geographic Region in which your organization is based will
predominate in your organization's operation?
Yes.
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Describe
you organization's constituents/membership (number, citizenship/
location, defining characteristic -- e.g. profession for
professional societies):
Directors:
3
Voting
Members: None at this time. When established, we plan to charge a
nominal membership fee for members who which to have voting interest
in the organization and some of its recommendations. We also plan to
establish other value-added programs with this type of membership.
This is done primarily to prevent the skewing of viewpoints from
anonymous membership.
Members:
10 students and faculty of two colleges in Honolulu, from varying
ethnic backgrounds. Their primary purpose being the test subjects in
development of our information system. Future members will receive
information on developments through newsletters and announcements,
and will be able to provide input on their
viewpoints.
At-Large
Members: 126,000,000 (est.), who primarily use the Internet for
email, research, and commerce, based on recent research. This
membership base represents the number of individual users within the
United States.
Directors
are chosen consistent with the organizational
by-laws.
Voting
Members will be identified by a unique identifier that may consist of
a username and password or other identifiable
feature.
Members
consist of individuals identifiable by their individual (or multiple)
(a) email addresses and (b) password.
At-Large
members consist of all individuals within the geographic boundaries
of the United States of America who is a user or potential user of
the Internet.
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Explain
the eligibility requirements (if any) for your organization's
constituents/membership (if you provide a written application for
admission as a member, you may attach a copy):
Members:
free membership for individuals with a valid email address AND
resides, works, or has fiduciary interest in the geographic region of
America. Currently, members may sign up at
http://group.AmericaAtLarge.org.
Voting
Membership has not yet been activated.
Organizational
Sponsors: organizations based in, having offices in, or have
fiduciary interest in America and are willing to provide monetary or
non-monetary support for the organization.
Chapters:
newly formed or established organizations with 3 or more members who
represent a local geographic area, such as schools or localized
organizations. Each chapter will be allocated a third level domain
and email address under our organization's domain
name.
Committees:
specialized concerns will be addressed through the formation of
committees made up of members to address specific concerns or
interests and reporting directly to the Chief Policy
Advisor.
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In
what language/s does your organization conducts its
business?
English.
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Provide
support for the statement that your organization is self-supporting
(by answering "yes" you confirm that it will not rely on ICANN
for funding):
Yes.
AmericaAtLarge is a non-profit corporation that will accept funding
from Organizational Sponsors and grantmaking institutions in order to
maintain its budgetary requirements. The corporation will be seeking
tax-exempt status.
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Describe
you organization's structure (e.g. governing and decision-making
bodies and processes):
Governed
by the Board of Directors and approved by-laws, AmericaAtLarge will
disseminate information about issues of interest to members
periodically, and form committees when interest levels reach a
significant portion of the membership. The Chief Policy Advisor will
collect information from the membership and recommend decisions to
ICANN through a written report to the RALO and/or appropriate
committee.
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Does
your organization commit to supporting its individual
constituents'/membership's informed participation in
ICANN?
Yes.
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Describe
how your organization keeps its constituents/membership informed
about, and enables them to participate in, decisions regarding
issues of interest:
Our
constituents/membership is kept informed about issues of interest via
periodic email newsletters, and may participate in discussions
through the organization's website.
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Does
your organization post on the Internet publicly-accessible, current
information about your organization's goals, structure,
description of constituent group(s)/membership, working mechanisms,
leadership, and contact(s) (if this information currently is
available, provide URLs)?
Yes.
http://AmericaAtLarge.org
Other
URL's registered for this organization's exclusive
use:
AmericaAtLarge.com
AmericaAtLarge.net
AmericaAtLarge.us
AmericaALarge.com
AmericaALarge.net
AmericaALarge.org
AmericaALarge.us
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Provide
information on your organization's leadership (leaders' names,
positions, emails):
Dr.
Richard Nicklas President
President@xxxxxxxx
Administrative
Officer
Everett
P. Priestley Vice President
Joseph
Robbie Treasurer Treasurer@xxxxxxxxx
Public
Relations Officer
Randy
Glass Secretary Secretary@xxxxxxxxxx
Executive
Director
Chief Policy
Advisor
Dr.
Niti Villinger Advisor
DrVillinger@xxxxxxxxxxx
Objectives
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What
is your organization's primary goal or mission (please attach any
mission or policy statement for your organization, if in writing, or
provide a URL, if posted):
Mission
Statement: To develop and maintain a sound structure to facilitate
the flow of information required for the establishment of policies
affecting the Internet and its community of users.
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What
ICANN-related issues currently are of interest to your
organization's constituents/membership:
Current
Issues:
-Domain
Name System (DNS) management and stability
-Domain
Name Registrations
-Internet
Architecture Stability
-Intellectual
Property
-WHOIS
Database Administration
-Internet
Censorship and Privacy
-Freedom
of Communication
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If
formed, will your organization commit to assisting the Regional
At-Large Organization (RALO) for the region in which your
organization is based in performing its function?
YES.
Signature
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(Include
the name, and title, if applicable, of the individual who is
authorized by your organization to sign this application and commit
your organization to comply with ALS criteria.)
______________________
Randy
Glass
Secretary
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