ICANN and LACRALO

 

ICANN and LACRALO About ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) "At-Large" Structures Latin America and the Caribbean Regional At-Large Organisation (LACRALO)   Why should you get involved with ICANN (and TTCS) How you can get involved with TTCS regarding LACRALO's agenda

 

This is a background page for Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) members to get a general idea about ICANN, ALAC, At-Large Structures.  For current issues before ICANN and hence before LACRALO, in which you can participate by contributing your comments/suggestions, see the LACRALO-upcoming-issues wikipage.

 

Here is another article re: At-Large, RALOs, and ALAC prepared by ICANN staff 

http://www.atlarge.icann.org/files/atlarge/briefing-note-participation-mechanisms-19feb09-en.pdf

 

 

 

About ICANN

 

From the ICANN's home page : "ICANN is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet's system of unique identifiers. These include domain names (like .org, .museum and country codes like .UK), as well as the addresses used in a variety of Internet protocols. Computers use these identifiers to reach each other over the Internet. Careful management of these resources is vital to the Internet's operation, so ICANN's global stakeholders meet regularly to develop policies that ensure the Internet's ongoing security and stability." More details.....

 

Key Links :

 

• ICANN's home page
• ICANN Blog - useful to keep track of important updates on issues
• ICANN structure - a diagram showing how the different organisations (ALAC, GAC, etc) operate under ICANN

 

 

At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)

 

 

ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is responsible for considering and providing advice on the activities of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), as they relate to the interests of individual Internet users (the "At-Large" community). ICANN, as a private sector, non-profit corporation with technical management responsibilities for the Internet's domain name and address system, will rely on the ALAC and its supporting infrastructure (At-Large Structures all over the world) to involve and represent in ICANN a broad set of individual user interests.

 

Key Links :

• ALAC home page
• ALAC Mailing List archives

 

 

"At-Large" Structures

 

Underpinning the ALAC will be a network of self-organizing, self-supporting At-Large Structures throughout the world involving individual Internet users at the local or issue level.

 

In August 2006, the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) applied for At-Large Structure status from ICANN on August 22nd, 2006 and was approved. The TTCS took part in the September 2006 and the December 2006 discussions into the formation of the Latin America and the Caribbean Regional At-Large Organisation (LACRALO).

 

 

Latin America and the Caribbean Regional At-Large Organisation (LACRALO)  

 

The At-Large Structures (either existing organizations or newly formed for this purpose) will self-organize into five Regional At-Large Organizations (one in each ICANN region â€“ Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America/Caribbean, and North America). The Regional At-Large Organizations will manage outreach and public involvement and will be the main forum and coordination point in each region for public input to ICANN. The TTCS is obviously part of the Latin American and Caribbean regional At-Large Organisation

 

At the 27th ICANN International Meeting in Sao Paulo from December 2005, the Operating Principles for the LAC RALO, as well as the Memorandum of Understanding with ICANN, were agreed by ICANN and 10 At-Large Structures (including Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society) in the region.

 

LACRALO MOU - MOU Between ICANN and At Large Structures in the LAC Region EN SIGNED.pdf

 

LACRALO Operating Principles -  Operating Principles of the LACRALO EN.pdf

 

 

Key Links  :

 

• LACRALO wiki - Based on SocialText, the wiki is the home page of LACRALO where contributions can be made by ALS within the region and ICANN staff.
• LAC-Discuss - This list is for discussions related to the LAC region of At Large Strcutures.   Anyone can view the  LAC-Discuss mailing archives.
• Briefing note from ICANN Staff about At-Large Structures for the At-Large Summit in March 2009 in Mexico City.

 

 

Why should you get involved with ICANN (and TTCS)

 

Vint Cerf, the former chairperson of ICANN (he stepped down in 2007) , gave an interview about ICANN and he did a short message on why one should be involved with ICANN.

 

 

 

 

 

How you can get involved with TTCS regarding LACRALO's agenda

 

First, if you haven't joined TTCS, please do so by joining our TTCS Announce email list by sending a blank email message to: ttcs_announce-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. This one way list is used to inform members about upcoming meetings and other Society activities for you to participate in.

 

Ultimately, we welcome your thoughts, comments about ICANN related issues, issues before the LACRALO, and what should be on the agenda.