January 2016 - ttf - lists.iana.org

TTF proposal to ICANN for FY17 - Fixing the bugs in ICANN’s machine translation tool used for the LACRALO mailing lists
by Dev Anand Teelucksingh March 24, 2016

March 24, 2016

Dear All, Today is the deadline for budget proposals to be submitted to the At-Large Finance and Budget Subcommittee (FBSC). One longstanding technology issue is the machine translation used on the LACRALO mailing list. This has been documented extensively by the TTF at https://community.icann.org/display/LACRALO/discussion-of-LACRALO-mailing-l… Currently, the key issue is that ICANN doesn't have any dedicated persons to fix this software tool. There is only one person from ICANN IT staff who attempts to work on a new version of the translation tool in his spare time, outside of ICANN hours. As this ICANN IT person is very busy at ICANN and his volunteer efforts are appreciated, he has little to no spare time to work on fixing the outstanding bugs in the software. It is clear that a person is critically needed at ICANN with a mandate to fixing this software. Hence this budget request is for funding to be made available to ICANN IT staff for ICANN to hire a programmer to work on ICANN’s new machine translation tool and fix the remaining bugs so that the new software tool can be installed and ease the communication difficulties faced by LACRALO, the At-Large Community and ICANN Staff over the past 6 years. Although this proposal was submitted to LACRALO earlier in the week, it appears that LACRALO will not be considering any proposals for submission. Hence, the TTF will be submitting the attached proposal to the FBSC for their review. Kind Regards, Dev Anand Teelucksingh, TTF chair

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Agnew issues with skype
by Terri Agnew Jan. 29, 2016

Jan. 29, 2016

Good Morning Tech Team, I seem to be having some issues with skype. It started last night and continues today for me. I am able to receive messages when someone skypes me on a 1x1 skype but unable to see any messages on the group skype chat, I am on several of these. I have updated skype on my PC, rebooted both PC and telephone. Any other suggestions I should try? Kind regards, Terri

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Follow up on pending AI
by Silvia Vivanco Jan. 20, 2016

Jan. 20, 2016

Dear Dev and TTF members, This is a friendly reminder to follow up on the following pending Action Item- of the RALO Secretariats meeting in Dublin, * With regards to implementation of ATLAS II Recommendation 31, TTF to be in touch with Bogdan Manolea,(Association for Technology and Internet Romania on the simple tools and methods to facilitate participation in public comments, and the use of crowdsourcing.(PENDING) Kindly let us know the status, Thank you! Silvia Silvia Vivanco Manager, At Large Regional Affairs ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org/>

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Skype Translator now integrated with Skype for Windows
by Dev Anand Teelucksingh Jan. 18, 2016

Jan. 18, 2016

http://blogs.skype.com/2016/01/13/skype-translator-empowers-more-people/ The latest Skype for Windows client now has Skype Translator built in, so no need for the separate Skype Translator for Windows Modern app. The Skype Translator features will work when communicating with any other Skype client (on Mac, Linux, mobile app) but translation works for one-to-one communication. It doesn't work on group chats Updated https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Skype+Translator Dev Anand

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Reminder: Adigo 3535 / Meeting Invitation: At-Large Technology Taskforce 18 January 2016
by staff＠atlarge.icann.org Jan. 17, 2016

Jan. 17, 2016

Dear All, The next At-Large Technology Taskforce call is scheduled on Monday 18 January 2016 at 15:00 UTC. Please join with Adigo code 3535 for this call only! Adobe Connect room:http://icann.adobeconnect.com/atlargetechtaskforce/ <http://icann.adobeconnect.com/atlargetechtaskforce/> For other times: http://tinyurl.com/j34rnoy The draft agenda and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/95dlAw Wiki Workspace:https://community.icann.org/x/mblYAw If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at:staff@atlarge.icann.org. Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew and Yeşim Nazlar ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org 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>

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At-Large Technology Issues ; your feedback requested
by Dev Anand Teelucksingh Jan. 17, 2016

Jan. 17, 2016

Dear All One of the items that will be discussed on tomorrow's call is the At-Large Technology Issues page at https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Technology+Issues This page seeks to track possible technology related issues noted by the At-Large Technology Taskforce Working Group and the At-Large Community for raising with ICANN Staff. ICANN Staff were on the last TTF call and have said they will be reviewing these issues and give feedback on tomorrow's call. So, if you or anyone you know in At-Large (ALAC/RALOs) has any issues/challenges that may be technology related, let's hear them! Or if you have suggestions on how to solve/approach the issues listed on the Technology Issues page, let's hear them. Identifying problems are the first step in identifying solutions. Kind Regards, Dev Anand

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Skype Preview integration with Slack
by Dev Anand Teelucksingh Jan. 15, 2016

Jan. 15, 2016

www.skype.com/en/features/slack/ Once the integration is added, you can type /skype in any channel to start a free group call. Dev Anand

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REMINDER - FY 16 At-Large Captioning Pilot Project- Submit request by Jan 15!
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 15, 2016

Jan. 15, 2016

Dear All, On behalf of Judith Hellerstein, If you would like to have a teleconference captioned during this pilot phase please submit your request to At-Large Staff<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> by January 15th. As agreed to by the At-Large Captioning Pilot Project group, the implementation of this project will be structured as follows: * Three calls to include captioning each month for a total of 9 teleconferences, not exceeding 60 minutes per call (with the exception of the ALAC Monthly Meeting) * The calls shall be held between January - April 2016. * During the first pilot phase of this captioning project the language used will be English. * In order to select the calls the captioning team has developed a set of criteria to evaluate and rate the requests. The request for captioning must meet at least one of these criteria to be put on the list. Criteria for Captioning: 1) Are there persons with disabilities or with limited bandwidth participating? 2) Are there webinars of general interest to the ICANN community that would increase the engagement of non-native English speakers? 3) Are the meetings or discussions about accessible tools or software? * The At-Large Captioning Pilot Project group, in collaboration with At-Large Staff, will select the calls that will have captioning based on the criteria noted above. * A short poll will be made at the end of each call where captioning is used to ask for feedback on the captioning program during that call. See further details Wiki: At-Large Captioning Pilot Project<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Captioning+Pilot+Proje…><https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Captioning+Pilot+Proje…>. Thank you for your support in the planning and implementation of this exciting project. Kind regards Judith Hellerstein At-Large Captioning Pilot Project group lead and NARALO Secretary Thank you! Kind regards, 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(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> 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> [unknown.png]

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Adigo 3535 / Meeting Invitation: At-Large Technology Taskforce 18 January 2016
by staff＠atlarge.icann.org Jan. 14, 2016

Jan. 14, 2016

Dear All, The next At-Large Technology Taskforce call is scheduled on Monday 18 January 2016 at 15:00 UTC. Please join with Adigo code 3535 for this call only! Adobe Connect room:http://icann.adobeconnect.com/atlargetechtaskforce/ <http://icann.adobeconnect.com/atlargetechtaskforce/> For other times: http://tinyurl.com/j34rnoy The agenda (to be updated) and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/95dlAw Wiki Workspace:https://community.icann.org/x/mblYAw If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at:staff@atlarge.icann.org. Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew and Yeşim Nazlar ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org 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>

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Meeting Invitation: At-Large Technology Taskforce 18 January 2016
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 11, 2016

Jan. 11, 2016

Dear All, The next At-Large Technology Taskforce call is scheduled on Monday 18 January 2016 at 14:00 UTC. Adobe Connect room: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/atlargetechtaskforce/ For other times: http://tinyurl.com/jnc36u8 The draft agenda and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/95dlAw Wiki Workspace:https://community.icann.org/x/mblYAw If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at:staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew and Yeşim Nazlar ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> 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> [unknown.png]

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