Report: AFRALO - Monthly Meeting
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Establishment of a group of former AFRALO leaders.
- ALAC Appointee Selection Committee and ALAC Community Engagement Subcommittee members and alternates (hadia.elminiawi)
- AFRALO - ALAC Appointee Selection Committee member and alternate
- Kiza Patrick member
- Houda Chihi alternate
- AFRALO - ALAC Community Engagement Subcommittee members and alternate
- Hadia Elminiawi member
- Muriel Alapini member
- Bram Fudzulini alternate
- AFRALO - ALAC Appointee Selection Committee member and alternate
- Preparation of ICANN 82 AFRALO-AFRICANN statement - ICANN82 Registration opened - (Hervé HOUNZANDJI)
Herve reminded the usual process to manage to.
He is going to send to the members the mail about the call of topics tomorrow.
- Global Stakeholder Engagement (GSE) Africa updates (Yaovi Atohoun)
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- Recent and upcoming ALAC activities (aziz.hilali - bukola.fawole)
- @Bukola Oronti
- ALAC request a representative from each of the five regions for the ALAC Subcommittee on Appointment Selection (AASC) for 2025 (1 year term) and the new AFRALO representative is Kiza Patrick.
- ALAC newly formed WG for Outreach and Engagement purposes known as ALAC Community Engagement Subcommittee (ACES) opened its call for membership and requested for each region to nominate a regional rep. The call was from 16th Dec 2024 to 3rd Jan 2025.
- AtLarge ICANN82 Planning Committee call in preparation for the next ICANN meeting is still on. The next meeting is Monday at 17:00 UTC.
- AtLarge is drafting a comment/statement on the CIP framework developed by the CIP-CCG which is already open for comments. We all as AtLarge are encouraged to read through the draft and provide our comments on it before it goes to the ALAC for ratification.
- Ratified statements by ALAC since the last AFRALO monthly call:
- Proposed Revisions to Community Anti-Harassment Policy. - 13th Dec 2024
- Joint ALAC-SSAC Correspondence regarding Automated Delegation Signer (DS) Automation. - 23 Dec 2024.
- @Bukola Oronti
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No ALAC updates. But Aziz was in IGF24. . And according to him, in IGF24 meeting, ALS present on the ground have had a meeting with the new ICANN CEO. He also mentioned, many African ALS were present, many concerns about remote participation. IGF24 recommended Strengthening digital cooperation and sustainable development.
- Recent and upcoming AFRALO/ALS activities and Updates from Individual Members (All)
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Reminder of the next positions ...open leaderships positions.
The 2025 Nomcom website is updated at https://www.icann.org/nomcom2025 . The 2025 NomCom will fill ten (10) open leadership positions:
Three members of the ICANN Board of Directors
One member of the PTI Board of Directors
Three regional representatives to the At-Larg Advisory Committe (ALAC) – one each from the Africa region; the Asia, Australia and Pacific region, and the Latin America and Caribbean region
One member of the Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) Council
Two members of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council
The Application period will open on 14 January 2025 at 00:00 UTC and the deadline to submit applications is 15 28 March 20254 at 23:59 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
The website contains lot of information including theLeadership Positions Information and and Job Descriptions, the application process, theInvitation for 2025 Candidates, the Overall Criteria, the Qualifications sought, the NomCom Process and Background etc.
For full consideration in the application process, candidate applications must be submitted by 28 March 2025 at 23:59 (UTC). Individuals who do not complete their personalized online application by 28 March 2025 at 23:59 (UTC) will not be considered for selection by the NomCom.
The NomCom is currently preparing itself to accept the applications. Today and tomorrow, we are being accustomed and trained on the platform the applicants will be using to send their applications and we will be working on the applications.
- CIP - CCG Update - AFRALO CIP document - AFRALO representatives
Define how we can improve our criteria To be read : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T0xtCnO1iYRLWQ0ueN2ZRZDdTW3F2PAE/edit
- AFRALO Social Media Working Group Update - (bukola.fawole and Team)
No updates.
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Following the message Herve sent to the community, Herve thanks those sent to Remmy some articles for the next newsletter.
6. AFRALO Membership Matters (Hervé HOUNZANDJI)
Herve proposed to the community to create a special vol edition of our newsletter only focused for the ALS. . This edition will be dedicated exclusively to showcasing information and updates from our ALS representatives.
7. AOB
With no other business being proposed, @Hadia closed the meeting by once again encouraging all members to actively participate in AFRALO activities.
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