[lac-discuss-es] Welcome to ICANN At-Large!
Dear Ricardo and Nicolas,
ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that ISOC
Paraguay has been certified as an At-Large Structure (ALS). The ALAC greatly
appreciates your group's interest in involving individual users in LACRALO and
ICANN and looks forward to working with you and your colleagues.
The ALAC is eager to promote a productive working relationship between your
organization, other ALSes, and the ALAC (and ICANN in general), and your input
on how we can make this a success would be greatly appreciated.
It’s very important to keep the members of your organization informed (about
significant news from ICANN and information on ICANN policy-development
efforts) and engaged in activities of interest. Here are a few of the tools
members of At-Large find useful:
The At-Large wiki space is where you can find most of the relevant information:
The At-Large introductory
page<https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=2265510> help you
navigate through the wiki contents. This is where you can find the latest
announcements, and subscribe to the At-Large Google
calendar<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Calendar> at the bottom of
the page. This will ensure you never miss a meeting!
From any chosen page in the At-Large wiki, you can find your bearings easily by
navigating via the purple box at the top left hand corner of the page. It is
very convenient to be able to consult the latest At-Large Policy Development
Activity<https://community.icann.org/x/bwFO>, find out more about the Regional
At-Large Organizations
(RALOs)<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Regional+At-Large+Organisations>,
and about At-Large Working
Groups<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Working+Groups>.
For the most up to date information about At-Large meetings during ICANN Public
meetings, it is worth bookmarking this wiki
page<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/ICANN+Meetings>!
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: http://www.afralo.org<http://www.afralo.org/>
Asia/Australia/Pacific Region: http://www.apralo.org<http://www.apralo.org/>
European Region: http://www.euralo.org<http://www.euralo.org/>
Latin America/Caribbean Region: http://www.lacralo.org<http://www.lacralo.org/>
North American Region: http://www.naralo.org<http://www.naralo.org/>
At-Large Mailing Lists. There are many At-Large email lists, for each region,
you can sign up to them and manage your subscriptions at:
http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo. The primary and secondary
points of contact you have identified in the application form 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.
ALAC website. The ALAC website<http://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 At-Large
staff.<mailto:staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
ICANN website: The ICANN website<https://www.icann.org/> is where all
announcements<https://www.icann.org/news> are posted, and where you can find
practical information about ICANN Public meetings<http://meetings.icann.org/>.
Skype chat: At-Large community members and staff use Skype group chats
extensively. A group chat exists for most Working Groups and RALOs. So please
don¹t hesitate to send At-Large Staff your Skype ID and we’ll gladly add you to
the relevant chats. Please click here <http://www.skype.com/en/> if you don¹t
have a Skype account. It’s free and staff are available to help if you run into
any trouble.
Facebook: The At-Large community has its own Facebook
page<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge?fref=ts>. It’s useful to keep up
with announcements and helpful information.
Twitter: Members of At-Large tweet extensively and are particularly active
during ICANN Public meetings. Follow At-Large on
Twitter<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge?lang=fr%3E>!
We will forward the At-Large Beginners’ guide shortly, as it is in the process
of being updated. In the meantime, please refer to the most recent LACRALO
Monthly Call<https://community.icann.org/x/W3bwAw>. You may also like to refer
to the LACRALO wiki space<https://community.icann.org/x/NJQi> for further
engagement opportunities.
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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
Sincerely,
The At-Large Advisory Committee
http://www.atlarge.icann.org<http://www.atlarge.icann.org/>
staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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