[lac-discuss-es] It's Here! Brand New Website of the At-Large Community Launched!!!

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Subject: [lac-discuss-es] It's Here! Brand New Website of the At-Large Community Launched!!!
From: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:52:55 +0000

Dear All,

We are very pleased to announce the launch of the brand new website of the 
ICANN At-Large Community available at: 
atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/>!

Over the past year, the At-Large Community and ICANN Staff have provided 
dedicated efforts to create a more engaging website. The goal is to make the 
site an effective engagement tool and a one-stop shop for finding:
* ALAC policy advice<https://atlarge.icann.org/policy-summary>
* News<https://atlarge.icann.org/news>
* Meetings and Events<https://atlarge.icann.org/calendar>
* Activities of the ALAC<https://atlarge.icann.org/alac>, 
RALOs<https://atlarge.icann.org/ralos> and 
ALSes<https://atlarge.icann.org/alses>, and
* ways to get involved<https://atlarge.icann.org/get-involved> in the At-Large 
community

This community-driven effort has resulted in a big step forward for At-Large 
with this official release of the new website!

Post launch, we expect our website to continue to evolve with new content that 
can be easily created and updated. Other features that we anticipate to evolve 
include:
* ALS Applications - New submission process for organizations that apply to 
become ALSes
* Translations - Translations for additional static labels and content, public 
comment information from icann.org, and curated content submitted by the 
At-Large Community
* Accessibility - Continued progress towards WCAG Level AA 
certification<https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/>, relabeling of images 
with alternative text, and 
KIFs<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/53775155/kif-protocol.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1456165881000&api=v2>
* Content Templates - Additional formats for content authoring via the generic 
content template

Please expect to see updates on a bi-weekly basis with light feature releases 
every quarter. The next update will be in June 2016. The previous old site will 
be unpublished and archived at legacy-atlarge.icann.org.

We hope you enjoy using the new website and find that it has an updated look 
and easy to access information.

We would also like to thank our At-Large Community, especially the At-Large 
Website Revamp 
Taskforce<https://atlarge.icann.org/working_groups/website-revamp>, as well as 
our ICANN IT team and offshore developers who gave their time, energy, and 
support to make the new website live!

For any questions, suggestions, feedback or comments, please email Ariel Liang 
(ariel.liang@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:ariel.liang@xxxxxxxxx>) of At-Large Staff and/or 
Laura Bengford (laura.bengford@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:laura.bengford@xxxxxxxxx>) of 
ICANN's Digital Engagement and Product Team.

Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, 
Terri Agnew and Yesim Nazlar
ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community
E-mail: staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Facebook: 
www.facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>
Twitter: 
@<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

Chris Gift, Laura Bengford, Jeff Salem, Steve Allison
ICANN Product Management - Digital Engagement

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