NARALO member Thomas John Lowenhaupt (R.I.P)

• Reflection by Greg Shatan/Joly MacFie
• 1 minute of silence

041

Introductory Remarks by NARALO Chair

→: To put the meeting in perspective  and bring-up anything of general interest to the membership:

• • 90 minutes meeting today
  • New Topics in this meeting

    • Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC) & Board Member Selection Process Committee (BMSPC)

    • Universal Acceptance (UA)
    • Snipped Webinar :: Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) and the Latin Script by Bill Jouris 
  • Introduction of new Individual  members
    • Denise de Alcantara
    • Nat Cohen
    • Bill Jouris
  • Update Reports
    • FY20 NARALO Discretionary Funds 
    • Real-Time Transcription (RTT)
    • Outreach Group 
      
      • Reminder of FY20 Events
    • ATLAS III/NASIG updates
    • Student Outreach by  the North American Graduate Students At-Large Structure
    • Policy update presentation by Johnathan Zuck
    • EPDP

Eduardo

Introduction of New Individual  Members

→  To introduce new individual members to the region

• New member:
  • Nat Cohen
  • Denise de Alcantara-Hochbaum
  • Bill Jouris

Eduardo

Nat

Denise

Bill

ATLAS III &2019 North America School of Internet Governance (NASIG 2019)

→:To provide an ATLAS III and NASIG update

• ATLAS III  ← Eduardo
  • Selected applicants
  • ATLAS III Timeline - @ 12 July 2019.pdf
• NASIG 2019 ← Glenn
  • Timeline details 

Eduardo

Glenn

FY20 NARALO Discretionary Funds

→ To report on the use of the funding for FY20 outreach and engagement activities by Regional At Large Organizations (RALOs) - $4k/RALO

• Reminder on steps to apply (FY20 RALO Requests for Funding to support an Outreach Activity):  ← Eduardo
  1. A request form needs to be completed to initiate the process.
  2. The request needs to be reviewed and approved by Regional Leadership prior to sending to ICANN org staff. 
  3. The request must be sent to Silvia Vivanco and Heidi Ullrich at least three weeks prior to the planned activity. 
  4. Approval (or not) will be informed via email to the organization representative that made the request.
• For this meeting
  • Current Balance : $3,500
  • Approved
    • September-Adrian Schmidt ::  $300 for equipment
      

      • Building awareness of ICANN to the technical and business students. Expected participants 25-30

    • November 2-Glenn McKnight :$200  for food
      • GDPR for Citizens at the Montreal CoWork location

Eduardo

Adrian

Universal Acceptance (UA)

→  To create a team of volunteer to liaise with the UA Org to educate NARALO in UA concepts and help identify ways on how our RALO and the UA Org could work together to help spread the importance of UA in our region. Team updates will be covered within this discussion topic.

Eduardo

Denise

Student Outreach by  the North American Graduate Students At-Large Structure

→: To provide an updated report on efforts related to outreach University students by this At-Large Structure 

• F/U syllabus work and Google doc for research material

David

Anna

NARALO Policy Group Update Report

→: To provide an update report by the head of the Policy Group as to the ICANN policies being discussed at the moment affecting NARALO end-users and/or interest to NARALO members in general

• • •  At-Large Policy Advice Updates

Jonathan

NARALO Outreach Group Update Report

→: To provide a summary of the NARALO Outreach Group efforts

• Remainder of CROP Trips FY20 (1 July 2019 through 20 June 2020)
  1. ARIN
     • ARIN 45 April 26 / 29 2020 @Louiville, Kentucky :: Application deadline is January 10, 2020
       • Application form:: https://forms.gle/wJsh1mikYKRJMsy57
       • As of Aug 12 - Five applications
  2. NonprofitTechnology Conference 2020 (NTC 20) March 24/26 @Baltimore,Maryland :: Application deadline is January 10, 2020
     •  Application form:: https://forms.gle/r7A8CEZsTRdiFf9q8
     • As of Aug 12  Zero Applications
  3. Net Digital Inclusion 2020 (NDIA 20), April 7/9 @Portland, Oregon :: Application deadline is January 10, 2020
     • Application form :: https://forms.gle/PfYjZUeYNdxD7D5x5
       As of August 12  Zero Applications

Glenn

EPDP on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data

→: To provide an update report on this effort

Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC) & Board Member Selection Process Committee (BMSPC)

--> To call for volunteers to participate in these groups and to update the region on its work

Snipped Webinar :: Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) and the Latin Script

→  IDN is one of the ALAC moving topics @ June 2019 .Our region should be more aware of what it is so it can be more effective in its appreciation for such an important concept that affects millions of Internet end user around the world.

Bill

Jouris

if we get to them...

North America Stakeholder Engagement

→: To provide an update report on North America Stakeholder Engagement efforts

• Current and future engagements

Chris

Joe

NARALO ALAC members Update Reports

→: To provide a summary by our current NARALO representatives in ALAC of what was discussed since our last meeting in ALAC regarding policy and anything else that the region should be aware about.

Javier

John L.

Marita

NARALO Education Group Update Report

→: To provide provide an update report by the head of the Educational Group since our last call.

RIR Outreach

→: To provide a report on RIR outreach efforts

Real-Time Transcription (RTT) 

LEAD: Judith Hellerstein supported by Silvia Vivanco (ICANN Staff)

→  To provide an update report on the results of this resource.

• FY20 Additional Budget Request (ABR)
• Approved:
  • Real-Time Transcription (RTT) of up to ten (10) hours of Inter-sessional At-Large teleconference calls in English during FY20
    • Up to date report

Judith

Silvia/Heidi

to be updated in the future...

Academic Credits

→:To work on ways that we could possibly exchange academic credit for students who participate in ICANN policy development processes

Chris

Yubelkys

David

Any Other Business (AOB)