11 April 2016

ALAC Nominations Open (from NARALO Operating Principles: At least once a year, on or before the First of July, or whenever a vacancy arises, the NARALO shall issue a call for nominations (including self-nominations) for members of the North American Internet community to serve on the ALAC. The call for nominations shall be open for at least 30 days. New ALAC members will be selected and announced sufficiently in advance of ICANN's annual meeting to allow them to be seated as required by Paragraph 10. Nominations other than self-nominations must be accepted within one week of the close of the nomination period.)

Other positions: The NARALO Operating Principles are less specific but are aligned with the ALAC selection.

9 May 2016

Nominations Close. (On 11 April 2016, NARALO approved by consensus that the requirement for a 30 day call for nominations could be reduced to 29 days.)

9 May 2016

NARALO Monthly Meeting – for positions where all nominees have either accepted or rejected the nomination (if required), the NARALO Chair will attempt to seek consensus on who to select.

16 May 2016

Deadline for Nomination Acceptance. Self-nominations need not be accepted.

18 May - 25 May 2016

For any position(s) where consensus was not reached during the NARALO meeting, an electronic poll of NARALO ALSes and unaffiliated members will be conducted.

Note: The vote procedure will be conducted based on relevant sections outlined in the NARALO Operating Principle. In an event of a tie for the NARALO ALAC Member (2015 AGM - 2017 AGM) selection, Section 19 of the NARALO Operating Principle will be applied

Newly selected ALAC Members and RALO leaders shall be seated at the close of the 2016 AGM on Friday November 4, 2016. The newly selected NomCom Delegate will be seated when the 2016 NomCom convenes.

Loris Taylor (nominated)

Murray McKercher

Eduardo Diaz

Robert Guerra

Monique Chartrand

Darlene Thompson

Evan Leibovitch

Leah Symekher

The Internet and its billions of users represent a global community for whom the Net

represents more than a communication tool. It is now an indispendable facility, a way of living,

a day to day cultural, social, personal or business asset. People now consider the Internet

access as a right, like any other utility.

To serve the global interest, ICANN still needs to better understand the public interest in order

to develop a clear concept, to adopt a global strategy and to shape policies that will clarify

the actual ambiguity regarding its engagement towards the end users.

Beyond the technology, ICANN needs people who are connected with the users, should they

be a consumer, an ISP or an independant worker. The Internet is for everyone and ICANN

must evolve its governance arrangements accordingly : a worlwide community which comes

in multiple subgroups protected by national, supranational entities governed by laws in

jurisdictions with which ICANN should build bridges. This is one of the many considerations

that I kept in mind during my 2 years term on the NomCom.

I believe that I can bring that perspective as an ALAC appointee. I served 30 years within the

Quebec government where I offered expertise in policy making, projet planning and

management, IT industry support, international affairs, to mention a few.

I've been on the board of ISOC Quebec since 2004 and president since 2007 (and yes I've

been reelected a week ago). Even though we address issues in a specific geographic region

using French, the problems and challenges that we're facing are the same as anywhere else

in North America and worldwide. This is why a global governance is critical and it must meet

the needs of the diverse community of users.

Besides my ISOC Quebec hat, I'm also serving as president of Connect Quebec, an initiative

started in 2007 to improve access to Internet services in the province and increase High

Speed Internet availabitity in rural regions facing a serious expertise deficit, lacking

competition, missing basic or high level training for users as well as regional ISPs.

Connect Quebec is engaged with regional and municipal stakeholders and governments in

solving issues that affect devitalized regions. This is where I meet with people that don't have

a say in ICANN, don't have any representation to assert their views. They just don't know how

ICANN impacts their life.

When I participated in the inception of the NARALO some 10 years ago, I believed that the

ALAC was to become the entity empowered by the ICANN community to achieve this remit, in

full collaboration with all AC/SO, and I still do.

Just like you, I agree that the IANA transition takes a lot of room and that the issue demands

a lot of efforts. I still believe that we must keep the focus on cyber-security, accessibility,

privacy. On the other hand, ICANN's accountability and transparency is still challenged by

possible conflicts of interest and capture by narrower interests. ALAC must respond.

Loris Taylor (nominated)

Murray McKercher

Eduardo Diaz

Robert Guerra

Monique Chartrand

Darlene Thompson

Louis Houle

Evan Leibovitch

Leah Symekher

It's been six month in the current chairmanship and the main focus has been engagement with the NARALO membership. This has

lead to some organizations opting out and the decertification process is underway. Meanwhile we are working to build the base in the underserved communities and raise the awareness of ICANN and NARALO.

NARALO despite it's size relative to the other RALO's it has been leaders in policy and we need to rebuild the volunteer base in this area through a process of proactive strategies will include policy primers and webinars targetting those individuals with a genuine interest in policy matters

Loris Taylor (nominated)

Joly MacFie

Robert Guerra

Monique Chartrand

Darlene Thompson

Evan Leibovitch

Leah Symekher

Loris Taylor (nominated)

Murray McKercher

Glenn McKnight

Judith Hellerstein

Monique Chartrand

Darlene Thompson

Robert Guerra

Louis Houle

Evan Leibovitch

Leah Symekher