Schedule: Friday, 06 March 2009
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
What it is | This is the General Assembly of the African Regional At-Large Organisation (AFRALO).
Why it's important | This is the first AFRALO General Assembly after its formation in Lisbon in 2007. It will allow the AFRALO members to discuss policy priorities for the coming year, the formation of an executive committee, and how the involvement of regional Internet user organizations can be enhanced.
Who should attend? | All African Regional At-Large Representatives, anyone interested in At-Large.
Instructions on how to participate remotely may be found at this URL:
https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?insurgentes_3_remote_participation
Chatroom: http://icann.na3.acrobat.com/afralo-ga-2009/
Summit Microsite: The At-Large Summit microsite has complete information at: http://www.atlarge.icann.org/summit.
What it is | This is the General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Regional At-Large Organisation (APRALO).
Why it's important | This is the third APRALO General Assembly since its formation in Bali in 2007. It will allow the APRALO members to discuss the operating principles, current ICANN policy issues and conduct elections for leaders for the forthcoming year.
Who should attend? | All Asian-Pacific Regional At-Large Representatives, anyone interested in At-Large.
Instructions on how to participate remotely may be found at this URL:
https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?alameda_2_remote_participation
Chatroom: http://icann.na3.acrobat.com/apralo-ga-2009/
Summit Microsite: The At-Large Summit microsite has complete information at: http://www.atlarge.icann.org/summit.
What it is | This is the General Assembly of the European Regional At-Large Organisation (EURALO).
Why it's important | This is the third EURALO General Assembly since its formation in Lisbon in 2007. It will allow the EURALO members to discuss priorities for the coming year, the structure of its Board, and conduct elections for leaders for the forthcoming year.
Who should attend? | All European Regional At-Large Representatives, anyone interested in At-Large.
Instructions on how to participate remotely may be found at this URL:
https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?alameda_3_remote_participation
Chatroom: http://icann.na3.acrobat.com/euralo-ga-2009/
Summit Microsite: The At-Large Summit microsite has complete information at: http://www.atlarge.icann.org/summit.
What it is | This is the General Assembly of the LACRALO Regional At-Large Organisation (AFRALO).
Why it's important | This is the third LACRALO General Assembly since its formation in Sao Paulo in 2006. It will allow the LACRALO members to discuss policy priorities for the coming year, conduct a vote on a proposed amendment to the operating principles, and conduct elections for leaders for the forthcoming year.
Who should attend? | Regional Latin-American and Caribbean At-Large Representatives, anyone interested in At-Large
Instructions on how to participate remotely may be found at this URL:
https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?alameda_4/5_remote_participation
Chatroom: http://icann.na3.acrobat.com/lacralo-ga-2009/
Summit Microsite: The At-Large Summit microsite has complete information at: http://www.atlarge.icann.org/summit.
What it is | This is the General Assembly of the North-American Regional At-Large Organisation (NARALO).
Why it's important | This is the third NARALO General Assembly since its formation in Puerto Rico in 2007. It will allow the NARALO members to discuss policy priorities for the coming year, internal operating procedures and Information Sharing Strategies.
Who should attend? | All North-American Regional At-Large Representatives, anyone interested in At-Large.
Instructions on how to participate remotely may be found at this URL:
https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?alameda_1_remote_participation
Chatroom: http://icann.na3.acrobat.com/naralo-ga-2009/
Summit Microsite: The At-Large Summit microsite has complete information at: http://www.atlarge.icann.org/summit.
What it is | The Country-Code Names Supporting Organisation (ccNSO) which helps develop global policy for country code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs), convenes both a members meeting and a Council meeting in Mexico City.
Why it's important | The Council and Members will discuss a number of issues affecting a cross-section of the world's country codes. Additionally there will be updates on developments and best practice from various ccTLD managers.
Who should attend? | Anyone with an interest in ccTLD issues specifically, and the Domain Name System in general, including registrars, registries, businesses, Internet Service Providers, Internet users, and government representatives.
What it is | The gTLD Registries Constituency is a constituency
within the Generic Name Supporting Organisation (GNSO) and its primary
role is to represent the interests of gTLD Registries that are
currently under contract with ICANN to provide gTLD Registry Services.
Why it's Important | The in-person meetings held in conjunction
with the ICANN meetings provide an opportunity for productive and
constructive discussions on issues that involve ICANN consensus
policies that relate to interoperability, technical reliability and/or
stable operation of the Internet or domain name system.
Who should attend? | Anyone with a vested interest in these
issues is encouraged to attend the open session of the gTLD Registries
Constituency meeting while in Mexico City.
What it is | The Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) is the
home for civil society organisations in ICANN's Generic Names
Supporting Organisation (GNSO).
The members are registrars accredited by and under contract to ICANN.
Registrars provide the interface between registrants and registries in
getting domain names.