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DRAFT text for ALAC Discussion/ approval as => Comments are due on or before COB July 2928th, 2011  after which the resulting text (subject to format/style edit)  will be transmitted to NTIA as Comments  from the ALAC.

At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) comments in response to the IANA Further Notice of Inquiry (FNOI)

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At-Large is the name for the community of individual Internet users who participate in the policy development work of ICANN. More than 134 At-Large Structures (ALSes) each representing the views of hundreds and indeed thousands more individual Internet users are active throughout the world. At Large Structures are accredited organisations who are included in the ICANN community and its activities, as way to participate in building the future of the worldwide Domain Name System (DNS) and other unique identifiers which every single user of the Internet relies on with every online visit they make.  These ALSes are organised into 5 Geographically defined  Regional At-Large Organisations (RALOs); for more detailed information on this and these structures please see the Google Map of the RALOs and ALSes at: http://www.atlarge.icann.org/maps/   and it is through this unique and well balanced model that we claim a truly global spread of influence between ICANN and end users and individual domain name registrants 'at-large'.

About the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)  

The At-Large community selects a 15 person committee with 3 representatives  from each of the 5 ICANN Geographic Regions. Two of these are selected/elected for staggered 2 year terms by each of the RALOs and the third is appointed via the ICANN Nominating Committee process again for 2 year terms and staggered with 3 regions alternating with the other 2 in appointment rotation. The At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is an essential driving force, maintaining openness, ensuring accountability and transparency in ICANN's role in the naming and addressing of the Internet. These ALAC Comments to NTIA were discussed during the July meeting of the ALAC and developed from Wiki based draft materials and text that was open to public comment and input until end 28th July. Before transmission to NTIA.  It will become a 'Statement of the ALAC' when ratified by an online vote of the ALAC during August 2011.

The attached . This graphic shows the relationships of each of these structure party with within ICANN At-Large, RALO and ALAC in ICANN diagram

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