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This space is to archive all Items that have been discussed and closed during the NARALO monthly meetings. NOTE: Please archive Items in numerical order.

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ITEM 002: 2018 NARALO Individual Member Representative (IMR) Elections

LEAD: Alan or Staff

OPEN: 20 Nov 2017, CLOSED: 14 May 2018

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DESCRIPTION: To provide an update on the 2018 NARALO IMR Elections according to Paragraph 3.3 of the 2017 approved NARALO Rules and Procedures state that “Appointment of a new voting representative and alternate(s) of the Individual Members shall take place as soon as practical after each ICANN Annual General Meeting”.  

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DESCRIPTION: NARALO members should be encouraged to update/create their Statement of Interest (SOI).  

20 November 2017: [Recording: --] This item was not discussed during the meeting. Action to take: NARALO secretary to coordinate with staff to encourage all NARALO members to update/create their SOIs. Item lead change to Glenn McKnight. [Decision]: Carry forward to next meeting.

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ITEM 005: 2018 NomCom update report

LEAD: Leah Sykmekher

OPEN: 20 Nov 2017, CLOSED: 

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1. 1. Understand policy issues with an aim to become “matter experts” in selected policy issues
   2. Prepare NARALO statements/comments for ALAC and/or any other group
   3. Coordinate with the Education WG to prepare snippet (~ 15 minutes) webinars related to policy

Education WG:

o   Scope:

§  Any issues (i.e. policy, process, etc.) affecting NARALO end-users and/or interest to NARALO members in general.

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--->11 December 2017: [Recording: 05:01ƒ] Policy & Outreach WG ratified scope and responsibilities (s&r). Education WG ratified s&r with the following change to responsibility "a": Identify issues that have impact on ICANN's mission and NARALO region and prepare multimedia educational materials to highlight the issue and consequences in "layman terms". [Decision]: Open discussion items for each individual group to report work in progress and close this discussion item. Educaton WG: Wiki page created to communicate tasks as done. Invitation was sent to community and five individuals are part of the WG. First meeting will be programmed before the year ends to start organizing 'hot topics' to be developed. Responsibility # 1 has been modified and will be discussed in the first meeting. Approved to close.

ITEM 009: NARALO Hot Topics

LEAD: John Laprice / Policy Group

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DESCRIPTION: Seven (7) NARALO hot topics (HTs) were identified during the General Assembly (GA) held in New Orleans in April 2017. These are as follows: Privacy, Trust, Surveillance, Net Neutrality, Digital Literacy, Universal Internet Access and Cybersecurity. You can see a summary of these HERE. The original discussion that occurred during the GA is located HERE.  Volunteers have been assigned lead roles to f/u on the HTs. We need to re-confirm them. In addition, each HTs needs to be clearly defined indicating what is the specific issue(s) that affects our region and what outcome we want to see after discussing them.

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20 November 2017: [Recording: 37]  Kick-off: December 15, 2017, FBSC decisions by end of January 2018. See FY'18 workspace HERE for previous submissions. FY'19 workspace is HERE for time lines and more information. More details in the recording. [Decision]: Carry forward to next meeting.

11 December 2017: [Recording: 44:39] Announcement made by ICANN Finance HERE on December 5, 2017. Action required: report on next  steps. Clarify Core vs. Non-core. See the At-Large ABR wiki page HERE to check next steps in the time line. Core items get funded every year. It was clarified that in the case of Internet Schools that budget comes from the Global Engagement group. In this case, an ABR has to be generated every year if such event is to be funded. [Decision]: Carry forward to next meeting

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--→ 11June [Recording: 23:20]  $4,000/RALO , $15,000 for Communication and Outreach, $1,200 for Chair transition and $12,000 for a Two Hall event during ICANN63. See WIKI HERE for more specific information. [Decision]: Close Item

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-→ 08 January 2018: [Recording: --]  Call made to the region resulted in 0 interest.  [Decision]: Recommend to close.

ITEM 015: NARALO Newsletter

LEAD: Eduardo Díaz

OPEN: 20 Nov 2017, CLOSED: 11 Dec 2017

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--->11 December 2017: [Recording: 24:20]  [Decision]: New editors Glenn McKnight and Shelly Robison announced. Links to the newsletter in the Wiki archive are not working. Glenn will continue to work off-line with staff until the problem is fixed. No objection received to have the new editors. Approved to close.

TEM 018:  ALAC and the ALAC Appointee Selection Committee (AASC)

LEAD: Eduardo Díaz

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DESCRIPTION: Under the request of Alan Greenberg, Chair of the ALAC and the ALAC Appointee Selection Committee (AASC), we are issuing a call for members of the 2018 AASC.The AASC reviews applications for various positions related to the ALAC and makes recommendations to the ALAC on which candidates to appoint or endorse.The AASC is Chaired by the ALAC Chair and is composed of: 

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--->11 December 2017: [Recording: 06:17] The call was made.  Judith was the only one interested in representing NARALO. A letter went out confirming the member selected. Recommend to close this item. [Decision]: Approved to close.

ITEM 019:  ALAC Finance and Budget Sub-Committee (FBSC)

LEAD: Eduardo Díaz

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DESCRIPTION: Under the request of Alan Greenberg, Chair of the ALAC and ALAC Finance and Budget Sub-Committee (FBSC), we are issuing a call for members of the 2017-2018 FBSC.  The tasks of the FBSC include but are not limited to: 

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--→ 09 april [Recording: 33] Presentation given. Please see details starting at page 18 in the transcript. Tom would like to know from anyone in the group how well city TLDs are serving the needs of resident of various cities.  [Decision]: Recommend to close.

ITEM 031: North America Stakeholder Engagement Strategy for FYI 18/19

LEAD: Chris Mondini / Joe Catapano

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DESCRIPTION:  To discuss the final North America Stakeholder Engagement Strategy for FYI 19/20 to be launch on May 14, 2018.

--→ 14 May [Recording: 32:35 ]  Presentation was given.  [Decision]: Close discussion.

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DESCRIPTION:  To call for volunteers to provide feedback about the NARALO.ORG  website as to navigation and content.

14 May [Recording: 5:04]   Expanded on Anna Loop's background. Discussion starts in transcript page #4. The following people volunteer to help in the group: Judith, Joy and Susannah. Some problems were discussed.  [Decision]: Carry forward to next meeting.

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→ 13 August [Recording: 12:00]: Everybody has given feedback on the changes and updating of the links. Evin has worked hard on fixing the site. So if there are any other comments from any other community members, please let us know. [Decision]: Close item.

ITEM 033: New ALS :: North American Graduate Students (NAGS)

LEAD: David Morar / Anna Loup

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DESCRIPTION: To provide an understanding of Universal Acceptance as related to ICANN's mission. Universal Acceptance ensures that all domain names and email addresses can be used by all Internet-enabled applications, devices and systems. It is essential for the continued expansion of the domain name system and provides a gateway to the next billion Internet users. Basic info here. Jonathan's Presentation.

Universal Acceptance.pptm

→ 09 July [Recording: 35:40] Webinar give. Please transcript page 20 for more details. [Decision]: Close Item.

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DESCRIPTION: Short presentation on the "Work Ahead to meet the Implementation Review" (https://icann-community.icannatlassian.orgnet/wiki/displayspaces/ALRW/pages/96932300/At-Large+Review+Implementation+Overview+Proposal) based on the 'Organizational Review of the At-Large - Final Report and Recommendations' approved by the ICANN Board (https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2018-06-23-en#1.h). During the ICANN Panama Meeting some ideas where shared as to what lies ahead for RALOs.

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ITEM 049: Presentation : Brief Read Out of the Highlights of ICANN63

LEAD: Chris Mondini

OPEN: 12 November 2018, CLOSED: 12 November 2018

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DESCRIPTION: To provide a report on the request and/or use of discretionary funds and/or FY20 ABR for NARALO

• FY20 (final board approval is 3 May 2019) :
  • Live streaming for all Ralos - Not Approved
  • Writing Course/Workshop - Approved for submission
  • North American Indigenous Fellowship - Not approved
  • Second North American School of Internet Governance (NASIG) - Approved for submission
• 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
      • F/U: Judith & Silvia to coordinate FY20 RTT meeting schedule
    • Funding for FY20 outreach and engagement activities by Regional At Large Organizations (RALOs) - $4k/RALO
      • Is there a link to this page?

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→ 13 May: The use of discretionary funds was promoted. There is a balance of $96 that can be used until June 30th . Silvia to coordinate a meeting for scheduling real-time transcription  (RTT) for FY20 with Judith.

Topic 053: FY20 ALAC/RALO Additional Budget Requests (ABR)

LEAD: Eduardo Díaz / Glenn McKnight

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• • Proposals should include ways in which will make the entire At-Large community more effective and develop the At-Large community rather than a single section of the At-Large community.
  • Outreach should not be a major focus. Activities to improve engagement with existing members is encouraged.
  • If any request is made on outreach, it should go through the CROP program or as a part of a larger ALAC request for RALO Discretionary Funding. 
  • RALO requests should be strategic and in line with their RALO's strategic outreach plans and must be endorsed by their RALO prior to being submitted for consideration by the FBSC.

  • Staff is currently expecting that basic resources for community communications/printing will be supported through the core ICANN budget, but that community proposals for printing , etc. will be accepted as a back-up in case expectations change.  Specific proposals for communications resources beyond simple printing and editing functions should be prepared and submitted.
    
    

    Timeline	Start	End	Status
    Kick off and Submission period	11/05/2018	25/01/2019	In progress
    FBSC representatives and/or staff to send notice of opening of FY20 Additional Budget Request (ABR) process to RALOs	15/11/2018	15/11/2018	Completed
    RALOs to review any ALS request or complete a template on behalf of the RALO and send requests to staff@atlarge.icann.org	26/11/2018	04/01/2019	Completed
    Discussion of Proposals with Finance Staff and FBSC	07/01/2019	11/01/2019	Completed
    Revised proposals to be sent to the FBSC for final review.	14/01/2019	18/01/2019	Completed
    The ALAC to review the proposed At-Large FY20 ABRs during their monthly call	22/01/2019	22/01/2019	Completed
    The FBSC to review all the RALO requests.	23/01/2019	23/01/2019	Completed
    Submissions Due – send to planning@icann.org	25/01/2019	25/01/2019	Completed
    Preliminary review of requests by ICANN.org	28/01/2019	08/03/2019	On target
    SO/AC consultations at ICANN 64 (by request, during Constituents’ Day)	09/03/2019	15/03/2019	On target
    Final assessments and recommendations by ICANN.org	18/03/2019	31/03/2019	On target
    ICANN Board Finance Committee Review and recommendation for approval to the Board	15/04/2019	19/04/2019	On target
    ICANN Board review and approval at May Board meeting	22/04/2019	03/05/2019	On target

    
    

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Topic 055: 2019 NomCom update report

LEAD: Leah Symekher

OPEN: 10 December 2018, CLOSED: 7 July 2019 

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Topic 056: ATLAS III & North America School of Internet Governance (NASIG 2019)

LEAD: Eduardo Díaz

OPEN: 14 January 2019, CLOSED: 09 December 2019

TYPE: Outreach

DESCRIPTION: To provide an ATLAS III and NASIG update

→ 11 February  [Recording:XX:XX]: Changed Topic title and description. Update given. Check transcript starting in page #4 for more details.

→ 08 April : [Recording:16:00]: Maureen Hilyard  was invited to provide a report on ATLAS III. Glenn provided the NASIG update starting at 24:00. 

→ 13 May: [Transcript page : 08] Current number of applications for ATLAS III is 40. John Laprise went through the training on the selection process with the group that designed the rubric. That’s on target. NASIG report not provided. 

→ 10 June: [Transcript page: 03] Glenn provided a summary update for NASIG. On ATLAS III more than 80 application are received but only 67 pass the first test. 

→ 15 July: Please refer to transcript page 9 for more details.

→ 09 September: Please refer to transcript page 1 for more details about ATLAS III and page 4 for NASIG 2019.

→ 21 October: Report given. See transcript page #20 for more details.

→ 18 November: Adrian's report starts on transcript page 6. Excerpt: "It was great, very intense days, three days. I was trying to count the hours. It was from eight a.m. until eight p.m. sometimes Well, if you count the Social so that’s not fair. But sometimes we went even longer. And yeah, we went from everything from personal presentation all the way to how to manage the Board. So, there was very intense training in three days.". , David's report start on transcript page 7. Excerpt: "It really was an excellent program from my perspective as a newcomer to ICANN. I would like to highlight the fact that we had the North American School of Internet Governance, which started just before the ATLAS III Program, and between the two programs, I certainly a much better understanding from NASIG for Internet Governance in general, and then from ATLAS III, I have a very good understanding of how ICANN operates with the MultiStakeholder environment, with the different process, as well as the specific soft skill that were being introduced for each of us as leaders in the ATLAS III Program". Alfredo's report on NASIG starts on transcript page 8. Excerpt: "...[participants] had the opportunity to interact with representatives from different sectors and organizations within the internet ecosystem. We had Andrew Sullivan, the CEO and President of ISOC. We had Board Members from ICANN. We had from the Public Sectors, Civil Society. I mean, we had representation from all the sectors so that the audience, the participants, could have a good idea of what happens within the Internet Governance Organizations and how they can better serve the different organizations that were represented.". Judith report starts on transcript page 10. Excerpt: "And we had very active discussions on cyber issues, on learning about domains and RARs, on gender, on connectivity issues. We ranged the gamut of a series of different Internet Governance work. One of the topics was is ICANN still relevant and talked about what ICANN’s role is the new government area. And so, we had a collection of different ICANN Board Members because they were in town for the ICANN Meeting, and so we had very good representation of the ICANN Board mixed in with some of long time speakers, as well as we had discussions with the RARs and the difference in RARs and ccNSO, and what the difference in all the different constituencies are."

→ item closed. Opening a new discussion topic to f/u post ATLAS III activities

Topic 057: Presentation: What is ahead for ICANN in 2019

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DESCRIPTION: To provide a fresh perspective of pending ICANN policies, reviews and issues in 2019. 

→ 14 January  [Recording: 44:15]: From transcript : "...There’s security, ICANN’s governance model, the DNS and unique identifiers, geopolitical issues and financial health.". Check transcript starting in page #26 for more detail - Close

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DESCRIPTION: To provide a summary of the ICANN 64 meeting activities 

→ 8 April [Recording:52:22]: Chris presented the brief read-out. Watch the AC recording starting at 52:00 to see the actual slide deck used by Chris. Closed.

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DESCRIPTION: To provide a brief report on ICANN 65 as follows:

• ICANN 65 brief report
  • ALAC moving topics @ June 2019 
    • Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) and Universal Acceptance (UA)
    • DNS Security and Abuse, DNSSEC and Cybersecurity
    • ICANN and Human Rights, including Privacy and GDPR / WHOIS
    • ICANN Jurisdiction and Internet Governance (building upon the recommendations of the Jurisdiction Working Group)
    • New gTLDs: Perspectives and Scope
    • ICANN Transparency and Accountability, in terms of enhancing / building end user trust
    • Facilitating multi-stakeholder consensus within the ICANN community; working together with governments, business and civil society
    • Capacity Building on all themes listed above, with due regard to geographical, cultural and language diversity
  • Talking points :: Presentation / Detailed Document
  • Pilot Reporting Project
  • High Interest Sessions
    • Policy Aspects of DNS over HTTPS (DoH), DNS over TLS (DoT) and Related Issues
    • Evolving the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model
    • Impacts of EPDP Phase 1 Recommendations on Other ICANN Policies and Procedures
    • Policies Around Universal Acceptance

→ 15 July: Report given. Playback recording starting at 5:00 for more details. Closed

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DESCRIPTION: IDN is one of the ALAC moving topics @ June 2019 an as such 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 including our region

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→ 21 October: Pierre-Jean Darres will be the new newsletter chief editor starting with the January 2020 edition. See transcript page #19 for more details. Discussion closed.

Topic 075: Post ATLAS III Activities

LEAD: Eduardo Díaz

OPEN: 09 December 2019, CLOSED:

TYPE: General

DESCRIPTION: To provide an update report for post ATLAS III activities

→ 09 December: Opened today. See transcript page #5.

→ 13 January 2020: Next step is to publish a report on the feedback information  received post- ATLAS III.  See transcript page #6 for more details.

→ 16 March 2020: Closed.

Topic 076: SWebinar on DNS Abuse

LEAD: Jonathan Zuck

OPEN: 13 January 2020, CLOSED: 10 February 2020

TYPE: Education

DESCRIPTION: Brief presentation on the topic of DNS Abuse

• • • • • What is this?
        • Why is this important to the end-users? 
        • Overview of the ALAC recommendations sent to the Board on December 24, 2019
        • Any next steps for NARALO?

→ 13 January 2020: Mr. Zuck was not able to attend the meeting for personal reason. 

→ 10 February: Given. Closed.

Topic 078: Regional Survey

LEAD: Eduardo Díaz

OPEN: 16  March 2020, CLOSED: 11 May 2020

TYPE: General, Outreach

DESCRIPTION: To create/run a NARALO survey to identify what competencies and interests our members have.

→ 16 March 2020: from this date on all conversation details are being referred to the transcript

→ 11 MAy 2020: Presentation was given. Item is closed.

Topic 079: 2020 NARALO Elections

LEAD: Judith Hellerstein

OPEN: 16  March 2020, CLOSED:

TYPE: General, Outreach

DESCRIPTION: To report on the coordination and results of this task

→ 16 March 2020: from this date on all conversation details are being referred to the transcript

→ 11 May 2020: All nominated won by acclamation. CLOSE.