NARALO Monthly Teleconference
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Date: Monday, 12 August 2013
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(Was 6.2 NARALO GA - Los Angeles)
4. Review of Communication/Outreach Strategy
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4.1 The Chair has created a DRAFT/TEST editable PDF form application based on the existing WORD version. This will eventually be replaced with an online form which is being discussed at the ALAC level. (Garth)
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5. Our Community (10 Minutes)
5.1 (NEXT TELECONFERENCE) ALS Spotlight: Telecommunities Canada
5.2 Changes to NARALO Operating Procedures (Proposed, for discussion and consensus)
5.2.1: #7 Removal of the phrase "as long as they fulfill the language requirements" and expansion from "person" to "persons".
5.2.2: #9: Addition of "ALAC Rules of Procedure" to the list /guiding documents for NARALO officers
5.2.3: #11: Changes the requirement for candidacy from "Statement of Interest" submission to "nomination"
5.2.4: #12: Change of language to match change in #11
5.2.5: #15: Change "ALSes" to "General Assembly"
5.2.6: #16: Change "vote" to "participation"
5.2.7:
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5.X Potential De-accreditation of The Alberta Community Network Association (Garth)
5.3.1 Paragraph 16 of our Operating Principles state that: "When an ALS representative does not vote in 3 consecutive NARALO elections or does not contribute a comment on ICANN policy through collaboration on the At-Large discussion lists in 12 consecutive months, it automatically loses its voting rights and active status within the NARALO. The ALS should be notified of the status change and may regain its voting rights and active status if within the next 12 months it votes or participates to online discussions, otherwise the Chair will submit to ALAC a request for de-certification of that ALS."
5.3.2 In reference to this the Chair sent a postal letter to the this ALS and had not received a response.
5.X Elections, Elections, Elections (Darlene) 2013 NARALO Selection, Election and Appointments Workspace
5.5.1 Chair Re-Elect: Garth Bruen
5.5.2 Secretariat: Tied - Runoff Election to be held TBD
5.X Disconnect Between "Individual Internet Users" and the reality of ALSe (Garth)
5.8.1 Why unaffiliated Statements of Interest (SOI) are important - Documented Participants v. "Lurkers"
5.X Adding Officers, Expanding Participation
5.8.1 Vice-Chair. Other regions have Vice-Chairs. The volume of work is expanding, the need for more support within this group is growing. Vice-Chairs are a common requirement for the GA. The Chair will draft language for updating the Operating Principles to be submitted to the region for review. We will follow the ROP and hopefully incorporate this post so it can part of the election this year.
5.8.2. Concept of a "Floating" Funded Post.
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#17: (A)Unaffiliated NARALO members Must Submit an Affirmation to At-Large Staff. (B) Failure to meet criteria terminates membership. (C) In the event of a tie, the unaffiliated representative will cast an extra vote.
5.2.8: #18: Participation to NARALO affairs and discussions implies agreement with the NARALO Code of Conduct.
5.2.9: #19: In the case of a tie in any election for Chair or Secretariat, the decision of who is declared winner will rest on a secret ballot of three people. Those three persons will be selected, from the current occupants of the following positions, in order, excluding any people who are among the tied candidates: the three current ALAC members, the NARALO Chair, the NARALO Secretariat (or representative thereof if the position is filled by more than one person or an organization). Should there not be three persons who meets these requirements, the selection shall be by random choice overseen by At-Large Staff.
5.2.10: #20: All consensus decisions and votes of the General Assembly members shall weight all members equally.
5.2.11: #21: Where these Operating Principles may conflict with the NARALO Rules of Procedure for Meetings or the Memorandum of Understanding with ICANN, these Operating Principles shall prevail.
6. The At-Large Summit & NA GA
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7. New gTLDs
7.1 Now what?
8. Committee/Working Group Activity - Future Space for All WG/Committee Reports
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8.1 NOMCOM - Report supplied to list (Glenn)
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10.2 Language and Translation (4 Minutes)
10.2.1: An abstract of the Naralo Monthly Meeting that we could post on our Web site (or RSS it), including some of the documents produced by ICANN, that we discuss and that would be worth translating to attract attention toward NARALO.
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10.2.3: Translations of Registrar/Registry documents in local languages(where the company operates) to avoid consumer disputes.
10.3 Travel (1 Minute)
10.3.1 Sponsored NARALO Members should advise the Chair if they had any problems with travel Durban arrangements. Chair has created an ongoing Sub-Report on Travel issues and welcomes comments from the community. Thanks to assistance from Constituency Travel we were able to resolve a number of questions.All travel-sponsor related issues should be reported or copied to the Chair.
10.3.2 Travel Support Guidelines
11. Any Other Business "AOB" (2 Minutes)
11.1 News
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11.2 "At-Large" and "AtLarge" As reserved strings (Tom L.)
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