Hallo zusammen,
unser 2011 gestellter Antrag auf Mitgliedschaft bei der ICANN als
"At-Large Structure" wurde nun nach einem langen Prozess - Due Diligence
durch die Mitarbeiter, Mitgliederbefragung der Regionalorganisation und
schlussendlich einer Abstimmung im ALAC-Vorstand - angenommen.
Damit ist Wikimedia Österreich seit dem 25. April 2012 von der ICANN als
At-Large Structure anerkannt und vertritt somit innerhalb der ICANN
At-Large Community und der europäischen Vertreterorganisation EURALO die
Interessen der Zivilgesellschaft gegenüber der Internetverwaltung.
Mehr Informationen über die Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers findet man in Wikipedia:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN
Darüberhinaus ist das PDF im Anhang sehr interessant.
Als ich Anfang 2010 zum ersten Mal mit Wikimedia CH bei der ICANN
Mitglied wurde gab es das noch nicht.
Ähnlich wie Wikimedia ist auch das ICANN-Universum für Aussenstehende
sehr verwirrend, auch heute suche ich noch öfter als dass ich finde.
Von unserer Mitgliedschaft erwarte ich kurzfristig keine Änderungen oder
Aktivitäten, ich halte es aber für eine strategisch wichtige
Mitgliedschaft um an der richtigen Stelle "den Fuss in der Tür" zu haben
und über die ICANN-Mailinglisten frühzeitig über die Entwicklung neuer
Richtlinien für das Internet informiert zu sein.
Viele Grüsse,
Manuel
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Betreff: Welcome to ICANN At-Large!
Datum: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:10:29 -0700
Dear Manuel Schneider:
ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that
(162) Wikimedia Austria has been certified as an At-Large Structure
(ALS). The ALAC greatly appreciates your group’s interest in involving
individual users in ICANN and looks forward to working with you and your
colleagues.
The purpose of ALS certification is to recognize that your organization
meets the necessary criteria to involve individual Internet users at the
local or issue level in ICANN activities, and that your organization
will support its individual members' informed participation in ICANN
efforts that affect end-users.
The ALAC is eager to promote a productive working relationship between
your organization, other ALS, and the ALAC (and ICANN in general), and
your input on how we can make this a success would be greatly appreciated.
We would like to offer some initial tools to help your organization keep
its members informed (about significant news from ICANN and information
on ICANN policy-development efforts) and engaged in activities of interest:
- Point of Contact for your Organisation: Please send an email to
staff(a)atlarge.icann.org identifying the names and email addresses of one
or two individuals who will be the point of contact for information and
correspondence regarding ICANN At-Large. If this changes, please let us
know.
- At Large Mailing Lists. There are many At Large email lists, for each
region; you can signup for them and manage your subscriptions at:
http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo . The points of contact
you identify will automatically be added to your region’s list just for
accredited ALSes to discuss regional issues and to the mailing list for
Staff announcements (only Staff can post messages to that list); you are
invited to join others as you wish.
- ALS information. Information about your organization will be shared
with the At-Large community to enable individuals interested in your
group's activities to contact you, and to encourage cooperation with
other groups interested in ICANN activities in your geographic region.
Please complete and email the form at the bottom of this note to
staff(a)atlarge.icann.org.
- ALAC website. The ALAC website (
www.atlarge.icann.org) is a good
source for ICANN news and information of interest to individual Internet
users. We encourage you to provide your members with a link. The ALAC
relies on volunteers to translate information into multiple languages.
Translations of documents on the website are welcome and should be sent
to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org.
- At-Large Regional Websites. Regional wiki webpages also have been
created to distribute information (including in local languages) on
activities, events and issues of particular interest to people in each
region. These are maintained by the community. They are:
African Region:
www.afralo.org
Asia/Australia/Pacific Region:
www.apralo.org
European Region:
www.euralo.org
Latin America/Caribbean Region:
www.lacralo.org
North American Region:
www.naralo.org
We look forward to working with you and your organization's members to
advance individual Internet users' interests within ICANN. If you have
any questions, or need additional information, please contact us at
staff(a)atlarge.icann.org.
Sincerely,
The At-Large Advisory Committee
www.atlarge.icann.org
staff(a)atlarge.icann.org
--
Manuel Schneider
Wikimedia Österreich - Gesellschaft zur Förderung freien Wissens
www.wikimedia.at