[alac] ALAC Rio meetings announcement

["Denise Michel" <denisemichel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The following announcement was provided to ICANN for posting/distribution.
Your help in distributing it further would be appreciated.  A special thanks
to Erick for the Spanish and Portuguese translations.  Note that a comment
forum and initial information will on the ALAC's new website within the next
day or so (<http://alac.icann.org> *not* www.alac.icann.org)

Thanks.
Denise

ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee Meetings in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sunday, 23 March 2003

Hotel Sofitel, Botafogo Room



*Reuniões do At-Large de ICANN em Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Domingo, 23 Março 2003

Hotel Sofitel, Quarto De Botafogo



** Reunión del Comite Asesor At-Large del ICANN, en Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Domingo, 23 de Marzo del 2003, Hotel Sofitel, Botafogo Room

Hotel Sofitel, Salón Botafogo



Public Participation Encouraged ~  Participação pública incentivou ~
Participación Pública y Abierta



ICANN?s Interim At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) invites all interested
individuals to attend its meeting on Sunday, 23 March, from 08:30 to 16:30
in the Botafogo Room at the Hotel Sofitel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (see
<http://www.icann.org.br/rio/sofitel_index.htm>).  At the meeting, the ALAC
will address initial steps that need to be taken to form organizations
throughout the world which will involve, and represent in ICANN, a broad set
of individual user (At-Large) interests.  Attendees also will receive
briefings on key issues of interest to Internet users including the WHOIS
database, new top-level domains, and internationalized domain names.  A
proposed agenda is included below.



In addition, the ALAC will meet with members of the local Brazilian
individual Internet user community on Sunday, 23 March, from 16:30 to 18:30
at the same location.  Topics of discussion will include development of
Brazilian At-Large Structures and the challenges and concerns facing local
Internet users.



You can participate in these meetings by attending in person, or by
reviewing the meeting summaries that will be posted at <
http://alac.icann.org> and submitting comments to <alac-comments@xxxxxxxxx>.



Information on the ALAC and its members is available at
<http://www.icann.org/committees/alac/>. Information on ICANN can be found
at <http://www.icann.org>. Please contact <alac-comments@xxxxxxxxx> with
questions relating to this announcement. In addition to English, inquiries
and recommendations are welcome in the following languages: French, Spanish,
Italian, German, Japanese, Chinese, and Russian.

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*Anúncio



Reuniões do At-Large de ICANN em Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Domingo, 23 Março 2003

Hotel Sofitel, Quarto De Botafogo

A participação pública incentivou



O Interim ALAC Interino, (o Comitê Consultivo Interino do At-Large, o ALAC)
convida todos os indivíduos interessados para assistir a sua reunião o
Domingo 23 de Março,  08:30 a 16:30, no Quarto de Botafogo, ao Hotel
Sofitel, em Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (veja
http://www.icann.org.br/rio/sofitel_index.htm). Na reunião, o ALAC dirigirá
as etapas iniciais na organização das organizações no todo o mundo que
representam no ICANN ua quantidade larga do usuários individuales do
Internet. Os participantes também receberão instruções nos assuntos chaves
dos interesses dos usuários, como a base de dados do "WHOIS", novos domínios
do nível superior, e os nomes do domínio internacionais.



Além, o ALAC encontrará-se com os membros da comunidade local dos usuários
brasileiros do Internet ao Domingo, 23 de Março, de 16:30 as 18:30, no mesmo
lugar. Os tópicos da discussãos incluirám o desenvolvimento das Estruturas
At-Large do Brasil e dos desafios e as preocupaçãos que concernem os
usuários

brasileiros do Internet.



Pode participar nestas reuniões em pessoa, ou revisar os resumos da reunião
que serám colocado em <http://alac.icann.org> e emviando comentários a
<alac-comments@xxxxxxxxx>.



Informação no ALAC e em seus membros está disponível em:
<http://www.icann.org/committees/alac/>.  Informação sobre o ICANN pode ser
encontrada em: <http://www.icann.org/>http://www.icann.org>. Faça por favor
os contatos em <alac-comments@xxxxxxxxx> com perguntas relacionadas com este
anúncio.

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**Reunión del Comite Asesor At-Large del ICANN, en Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Domingo, 23 de Marzo del 2003, Hotel Sofitel, Salón Botafogo

Participación Pública y Abierta



El Comite Interino Asesor At-Large del ICANN (ALAC) invita a todos los
individuos interesados a participar de su reunión el día Domingo 23 de
Marzo, desde las 08:30 hasta las 16:30 en el salón Botafogo, en el Hotel
Sofitel, Rio de Janeiro (ver:
<http://www.icann.org.br/rio/sofitel_index.htm> ). En la reunión el ALAC
establecerá los pasos iniciales que se necesitan para formar organizaciones
en todos los lugares del mundo, que deberán involucrar, y representar en
ICANN, los intereses de los usuarios individuales (Usuarios At-Large). Los
participantes recibiran información en temas claves de interes para los
usuarios de Internet incluyendo: Bases Whois, nuevos dominios de alto nivel
e internacionalización de nombres de dominio. La agenda propuesta se incluye
al final.



Adicionalmente, el ALAC tendrá una reunión con los miembros de la Comunidad
Local de usuarios de Internet de Brazil, el domingo 23, desde las 16:30
hasta las 18:30 en el mismo sitio. Los temas de discusión incluiran el
desarrollo de Estructura At-Large Brasileña y los desafíos y las
preocupaciones que hacen frente a usuarios locales del Internet.



Usted puede participar en estas reuniones personalmente o revisando los
sumarios de las reuniones que se colocaran en < http://alac.icann.org>  y
enviando comentarios a: <alac-comments@xxxxxxxxx>.



Información sobre ALAC y sus miembros esta visible en:
<http://www.icann.org/committees/alac/>. Información sobre el ICANN puede
ser encontrada en: <http://www.icann.org>. Por favor contactese con
<alac-comments@xxxxxxxxx> para preguntas relacionadas a este anuncio.
Adicionalmente a preguntas y recomendaciones en ingles, son bienvenidas en:
frances, español, italiano, aleman, japones, chino y ruso.

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(Translation volunteered by LatinoamerICANN (A Alfa-Redi Project --
http://latinoamericann.derecho.org.ar)

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ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee

Sunday, 23 March 2003, 08:30 - 16:30

Hotel Sofitel, Botafogo Room

Open Meeting

Proposed Agenda



08:30    Introductions and briefings

  a.. Introductions of ALAC members and their regions
  b.. Briefing ? WHOIS database (issues, status and potential actions
regarding use of/requirements for domain name registration data)
  c.. Briefing ? New gTLDs (issues, status and potential actions regarding
introduction of generic top level domain names)
  d.. Briefing ? Internationalized domain names (issues, status and
potential actions regarding making domain names available in character sets
other than ASCII)
  e.. Briefing ? ICANN reform/policy processes/structures, ICANN Nominating
Committee
11:00    Discussion of At-Large Action Items (elements needed to build an
At-Large infrastructure)

  a.. Accreditation criteria for At-Large Structures
  b.. Approval process for At-Large Structures
  c.. RALO MOU (Regional At-Large Organizations Memorandum of
Understanding) -- guidelines for definition, composition, structure
  d.. Processes for outreach, education, global infrastructure building
  e.. Processes for At-Large input and ALAC advice on ICANN activities
  f.. ALAC relationships with other entities and efforts
4:30    Adjourn for public meeting with Brazilian Internet users community
(same location)



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