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EURALO Board members (Period 2 years 09 Dec 2015- 09 Dec 2017)
MEMBERS
Olawale (‘Wale) Shakiru BAKARE - United Kingdom (replacing Jordi Iparraguirre)
- Matthieu Camus - France
- Yrjö Länsipuro - Finland
- Annette Mühlberg - Germany
- Erich Schweighofer - Austria was appointed by consensus on 9/13/2016 (note: he occupied the position vacant by Mikhail Medrish - Russia- stepped down on 8/14/2016)
EURALO Board Calls
MEMBERS
• Jordi Iparraguirre - Spain
• Yrjö Länsipuro - Finland
• Mikhail Medrish - Russia
• Annette Mühlberg - Germany
• Matthieu Camus - France
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Reference documents:
EURALO Articles of Association
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EURALO Election process Dec 2015
EURALO Board member (replacement) Election 2016-2017
EURALO Board member (replacement) Election 2016
EURALO Task Force on At-Large Structure (ALS) engagement
Task Force on review and revision of the EURALO By- laws
EURALO MEMBERS GOALS FOR 2016-2017
Olawale Bakare
Dear EURALO Board Members,
Greetings to everyone.
Having read the draft of the proposal in an email sent (2nd March 2017) by Jean-Jacques Subrenat. Undoubtedly, the proposal captures the areas cogent to the multi-stakeholderism of ICANN policy development process.
As I believed, there are central to the framework for the building of consensus-based model the EURALO members should channel more energy and efforts in that direction.
I would suggest that the recommendations be integrated into the EURALO’s yearly strategic plan. If not totally, but to an extent, would serve as a measurable tool for the yearly outreach and/or engagement activities of the EURALO across Europe.
I would like to get actively involved in the EURALO strategic plan, contribute my quota to see that the recommendations are well implemented.
Matthieu Camus
Email sent Mon 1/18/2016 5:44 AM
Dear EURALO Board,
I wish you a very happy new year to all of you!
I reread the Wolf's document about the public interest. This vision is certainly common to the European multistakeholders.
As a Board member, I would like to explore this notion with the other members of EURALO. Below are some preliminary questions: - why the Internet (and especially domain name policies) is essentially seen by the politics as an economic tool and not a societal or cultural one? - can we share a compromise to consider some parts of the Internet as a common good? - how to improve the visibility of final users in the ICANN and how to have more weight on the policy making (related to accountability)?
Yrjö Länsipuro
- Email sent on Wed 12/30/2015 6:14 AM
Dear Olivier, all
I share your goals and look very much forward to our efforts to reach them in 2016. Wishing all of you a happy and successful New Year!
Yrjö
Email sent on Wed, 16 Dec 2015 20:09:37 +0200
Dear all,
Much along the same lines as Jordi, I would like to activate the hidden resources of the ALS's and get them involved in EURALO's policy/advice development work. Getting grassroots evidence from various parts of our continent would make our advice richer and more credible.
I would like to suggest that EURALO take an active role, showing an example to others, in continuing further the implementation of ATLAS II recommendation #28:
The ALAC should work with all RALOs and ALSes to map the current expertise and interests in their membership, to identify Subject Matter Experts and facilitate policy communication.
The implementation of #28 has started in various degrees at the RALO's, but so far mainly as a statistical exercise. What are needed are concrete data about what kind of specialized expertise is available from which ALS's, and names and contact details of people who are willing to give their input to the policy/advice development work. I suggest that EURALO takes it upon itself to devise a mechanism for getting this information, for its own benefit and as an example to others.
Best,
Yrjö
Annette Mühlberg
(please add goals here)
Erich Schweighofer
(please add goals here)
Olivier Crepin Leblond(ex officio)
- Goals sent to mailing list on 28/12/15:
- Dear EURALO Board members,
As 2015 is quickly arriving to a close, I wanted to briefly let you know of what my own goals are for EURALO in 2016:>
1. Outreach and in reach
We need to reach out and actively look for new potential At-Large Structures to join us, especially in countries which do not yet have a local At-Large Structure. This something which we should all be looking out for, in the contacts of the people that we know, in the conferences we all attend, at EuroDIG etc.
As for inreach, also known as "engagement", I am well aware that the majority of our ALSes are not particularly active in EURALO. Let's make this environment both more exciting, pertinent to our ALSes and valuable. I am saying "valuable" because I think we'll be fighting an already lost battle if our ALSes do not think there is any value in participating in EURALO and At-Large activities.
2. Skillsets
This ties in with what Yrjö was saying: we need to know our ALSes much more. Only if we know our ALSes better will we be able to specifically call upon specific ALSes when a particular topic of discussion or public comment request arrives on our table. So I support what Yrjö suggests that EURALO takes it upon itelf to devise a mechanism for getting this information.
3. Linking the ALAC to our ALSes
This really is a communications exercise. We have 3 ALAC members: Sébastien Bachollet, Sandra Höferichter, Jimmy Schultz
The RALO should be there as a full partner to our three ALAC members. They are not just individuals - they are an important channel to ICANN to voice our concerns. They are part of our community. I hope that we will be able to strengthen the link from the ALAC to the RALO.
These are just three personal goals. I know there are a lot more issues in EURALO, but I thought I'd start with the first three. I hope we'll be able to go further than these three goals and be able to pursue other goals that you are sharing with us.
Again, I am really excited to be able to work with you. I hope we will be able to be proactive throughout the year and bring that much needed energy to our EURALO members, to make EURALO inviting, exciting and effective.
Olivier
For Reference: Goals of previous Board members 2015-2017
Mikhail Medrish:
Summary by Olivier Crepin Leblond - Email sent to EURALO Board mailing list Fri 1/8/2016 11:56 AM
The Board is to review the EURALO main document, because this// //document today is far from the reality, from what we are doing. This is// //the main problem for the first period. Afterwards, we will try to write// //down what the EURALO Board is and what the tasks are that we’ll work// //during the next period of time, until the EURALO// //Board selection period. I suppose it’s necessary to do that. Thank you./
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Actual practices are far from the Articles of Association. Some examples. General Assembly elected a Chair of EURALO, but such role doesn’t mention in the Articles of Association. From the other side General Assembly were to elect Board and at the same time to appoint the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board, but did not do it. By the way, not the whole Board must be elected, but only a half for 2 years. Another half must be elected next year.
Goals- Email sent by Mikhail Medrish on Thu 1/14/2016 5:14 AM
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D. The section 7 of the Articles of Association defines the possibility of periodical and extraordinary membership fees the amount of which determines the General Assembly. These regulaions are still not put into action. I know from my experience that even the existence of such possibilities in Bylaw can be a deterrent for potential ALSes on joining EURALO.
Olivier Crepin Leblond
- Goals sent to mailing list on 28/12/15:
- Dear EURALO Board members,
As 2015 is quickly arriving to a close, I wanted to briefly let you know of what my own goals are for EURALO in 2016:>
1. Outreach and in reach
We need to reach out and actively look for new potential At-Large Structures to join us, especially in countries which do not yet have a local At-Large Structure. This something which we should all be looking out for, in the contacts of the people that we know, in the conferences we all attend, at EuroDIG etc.
As for inreach, also known as "engagement", I am well aware that the majority of our ALSes are not particularly active in EURALO. Let's make this environment both more exciting, pertinent to our ALSes and valuable. I am saying "valuable" because I think we'll be fighting an already lost battle if our ALSes do not think there is any value in participating in EURALO and At-Large activities.
2. Skillsets
This ties in with what Yrjö was saying: we need to know our ALSes much more. Only if we know our ALSes better will we be able to specifically call upon specific ALSes when a particular topic of discussion or public comment request arrives on our table. So I support what Yrjö suggests that EURALO takes it upon itelf to devise a mechanism for getting this information.
3. Linking the ALAC to our ALSes
This really is a communications exercise. We have 3 ALAC members: Sébastien Bachollet, Sandra Höferichter, Jimmy Schultz
The RALO should be there as a full partner to our three ALAC members. They are not just individuals - they are an important channel to ICANN to voice our concerns. They are part of our community. I hope that we will be able to strengthen the link from the ALAC to the RALO.
These are just three personal goals. I know there are a lot more issues in EURALO, but I thought I'd start with the first three. I hope we'll be able to go further than these three goals and be able to pursue other goals that you are sharing with us. Again, I am really excited to be able to work with you. I hope we will be able to be proactive throughout the year and bring that much needed energy to our EURALO members, to make EURALO inviting, exciting and effective.Olivier
Jordi Iparraguirre
Email sent to mail list on Thu 12/31/2015 5:17 AM
- Thanks Olivier, great strategy summary.
- I'd propose to agree on some actionable action items for each of the points, so we can set a plan and define owners, deliverables and datelines. The same if other people have more proposals.
Dear all, as agreed during the last EURALO teleconference, please find below my main goal for this term as Board member. We have a running purpose and raison d'etre in participating in the development of policies for the DNS. This is already running. But this main objective is in danger if we are not able to increase participation and to incorporate new people in these activities. It's a mater of increasing diversity of viewpoints and be able to do more, taking into account that we are all volunteers and that we invest in EURALO/ICANN our free time after our standard working hours. So my main objective would be to help improve internal EURALO processes to increase participation, lower the entry barriers for new people to join and participate in WG, and speed up the learning curve. Your feedback and support will be really welcome thanks, jordi
Yrjö Länsipuro
- Email sent on Wed 12/30/2015 6:14 AM
Dear Olivier, all
I share your goals and look very much forward to our efforts to reach them in 2016. Wishing all of you a happy and successful New Year!
Yrjö
Matthieu Camus
Email sent Mon 1/18/2016 5:44 AM
Dear EURALO Board,
I wish you a very happy new year to all of you!
I reread the Wolf's document about the public interest. This vision is certainly common to the European multistakeholders.
As a Board member, I would like to explore this notion with the other members of EURALO. Below are some preliminary questions: - why the Internet (and especially domain name policies) is essentially seen by the politics as an economic tool and not a societal or cultural one? - can we share a compromise to consider some parts of the Internet as a common good? - how to improve the visibility of final users in the ICANN and how to have more weight on the policy making (related to accountability)?
EURALO Task Force on At-Large Structure (ALS) engagement
Task Force on review and revision of the EURALO By- laws
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