Saturday, 2 March 2024
Welcome to ICANN79: At-Large Leadership Work Session
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No action items recorded.
At-Large Leadership: Strategic Priorities and Metrics Work Session
High-Level Notes
Cheryl Langdon-Orr introduced the background of metrics within the At-Large community referencing the recent At-Large Review.
Jonathan Zuck provided an update on ICANN's project management tool and also described a distributed model of distribution.
Jonathan Zuck noted the process to develop metrics must need be objective.
Cheryl Langdon-Orr noted that metrics should be: S.M.A.R.T = Specific; Measurable; Achievable; Relevant and Time based/bound
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No action items recorded.
At-Large Policy Discussion
High-Level Notes
Justine Chew provided key general updates on the Applicant Support Program (ASP).
Justine Chew noted focus will be on Section 5.
Justine Chew answered questions regarding the deposit for successful ASP applicants
Justine Chew provided overview of what kind of support may be provided and the application evaluation phases and categories. There are still dependencies regarding this.
Justine Chew and Cheryl Langdon-Orr answered questions regarding the evaluation phases and categories.
Justine Chew and Cheryl Langdon-Orr provided overview and answered questions regarding the ASP evaluation period.
Justine Chew and Cheryl Langdon-Orr provided an overview of application fee reduction for successful applicants.
Action Items
Create polls for ASP Handbook in subsequent CPWG call
Sunday, 3 March 2024
Joint Session: ALAC-GAC
High-Level Notes
Jonathan Zuck and Nico provided a welcome
Rosaline Kenny-Birch provided a brief history about the Applicant Support Program (ASP). Mentioned a linkage between ASP, UA, and IDNs, along with information about the challenges that the ASP program faced during the 2012 round.
Tracy Hackshaw highlighted the importance of effective communications and outreach for the ASP.
Justine Chew reiterated importance of providing public comment to on the Draft ASP handbook. Mentioned that there are dependencies to the launch of the ASP and the differences between previous round of ASP and the upcoming round of ASP.
Tracy Hackshaw provided an overview of the IGO criteria for ASP, along with the types of support available to successful ASP applicants.
Greg Shatan provided an overview about Supplemental Recommendation 17.2.
Justine Chew highlighted the ALAC's position on ASP. Wants to ensure ASP is a success. Goal of increasing number of applicants from underserved regions. Awareness and funding are both areas of concern. Emphasized the need for an open communications plan that can be shared with the GAC and ALAC networks.
Rosaline Kenny-Birch reiterated the importance of fostering diversity through the ASP.
Justine highlighted two opportunities for GAC's participation in providing input about ASP handbook. These include cross-endorsement of statements and/or joint letter to the ICANN Board.
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- jonathan.zuck and the ALAC will work on DNSSEC materials to share with SSAC for their input.
Monday, 4 March 2024
At-Large Leadership Working Session with NPOC Leadership
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No action items recorded.
Tuesday, 5 March
At-Large Leadership Working Session on the ICANN Grant Program
High-Level Notes
Giovanni Seppia provided an overview of what the ICANN Grant Program is, its origin, and how the program is funded.
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- Michelle DeSmyter and Gisella Gruber to schedule a 90 mins At-Large webinar on the Grant Program in the next few weeks. The announcement and call to be in EN/ES/FR.
At-Large Regional Leaders Coordination session with RVPs
NARALO:
NARALO Chair Greg Shatan and RVP for North America Naela Sarras highlighted the FY24 NARALO achievements and also set out the outreach plans for FY25, including ICANN82 taking place in Seattle.
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- Silvia Vivanco to add Cross-RALO activities on the At-Large CIP page.
Joint Session: ICANN Board & ALAC
High-Level Notes
Alan Greenberg asked the ICANN Board to provide clarification regarding the prohibition of former CCWG-AP members from applying for grants and would like to see the Board remove it for upcoming rounds of the grant program, including the first round.
Jonathan Zuck pointed out that staff have a one-year prohibition from applying, which should be applied to CCWG-AP members.
Maarten Botterman noted that the Board would like to avoid self-dealing in the grant program and to ensure that ethical responsibility is practiced. Currently, Org plans to move forward with this round of grant applications and looks forward to learning from the implementation of this program and how it can be improved.
Edmond Chung along with many others are interested in seeing the grant program move forward and the Board has heard the communities concerns regarding the CCWG-AP prohibition. He urges the community to revisit the discussions that happened to see how this issue can be move forward and remedied.
Amrita Choudry asked the Board how end-user voices could be supported in upcoming internet governance fora.
Veni provided information about the ICANN org engagement activities that are being conducted to discuss these different Internet Governance Forums.
Sebastien Bachollet noted that updates regarding these forums should be communicated effectively and would appreciate more regular updates regarding ICANN org's engagement activities.
Veni stated that there is no formal outreach structure and providing talking points to outside organizations are not within remit.
Alan Greenberg provided information about NIS2 and the ALAC's previous advice on registration verification. Alan Greenberg believes policy work is needed for NIS2 and access to registration data. wants the same level of protections for registrants regardless
Becky Burr encouraged the ALAC to keep in mind whether policy would be need to ensure security and stability along with any anti-trust laws that may come into play.
Jonathan Zuck defined success in contention resolution as not having the same process repeated in the upcoming round. This could include auction of first resort and additional advice regarding private resolution
Leon Sanchez confirmed that the success could be a mechanism that would prevent what was done in the past round.
Justine Chew provided an update on the top three issues of importance for the ALAC as they relate to the Next Round of New gTLDs. This includes auctions/private resolution and gaming prevention, applicant support (funding plan, communications plan, and recommendation 17.2 and non-financial support), and PICs/RVCs. Justine Chew emphasized that ALAC has a large network that could be leveraged.
Becky agreed that there are many questions that need to be clarified.
Leon Sanchez asked what panel what they would like to know about the Ombuds selection process.
Sebastien Bachollet provided an explanation of the questions that the ALAC had regarding the Ombuds selection process.
Danko provided an update on the Ombuds selection process and the committee that has been formed.
Action Items
NARALO Round Table "DNS and Domain Abuse in the Digital Economy" (At-Large Plenary hosted by NARALO)