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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Eberhard,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">For your own reference. The ALACs role is quite clearly specified in the AC chapeau in the by-laws<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">“The Board may create one or more<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Advisory Committees<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in addition to those set
forth in this Article.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Advisory Committee<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>membership may consist of Directors only, Directors and non-directors, or non-directors only, and may also include non-voting or
alternate members.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Advisory Committees<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>shall have no legal authority to act for<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>ICANN, but shall report their findings and recommendations
to the Board.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">And it its own bylaw description:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white">“The role of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>ALAC<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white">shall
be to consider and provide advice on the activities of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>ICANN<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white">, insofar as they relate to the interests of individual Internet
users”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Insofar as they advise on policy development activities to the board as part of their role yes, but the ALAC is not directly responsible for policy development,
that role is for the supporting organizations the ASO, ccNSO and GNSO.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">-James<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Dr Eberhard W Lisse<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 27, 2015 4:36 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> CCWG Accountability<br>
<b>Cc:</b> directors@omadhina.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CCWG-ACCT] [WP1] Revised draft - Voting weights in community mechanism<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Co-Chairs,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I was previously unaware that the below was the ALAC's role, in particular the "charged with" part.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I thought At-Large was the name for the community of individual Internet users who participate in the policy development work of ICANN.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sent from Dr Lisse's iPad mini<o:p></o:p></p>
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On Jul 27, 2015, at 15:49, Alan Greenberg <<a href="mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca">alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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