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This APAC Space session was a readout of the virtual ICANN70 Meeting. In addition to an overview by Jia-Rong Low (ICANN), six community leaders/members shared their key perspectives and takeaways, with ICANN Board member Akinori Maemura providing reading notes on Board perspectives in his absence (under “Appendix” in the Presentation Slides).
Edmon Chung (DotAsia) facilitated the open community discussion. For AOB, Jean Chong (ICANN) reminded those interested about the next APAC Universal Acceptance (UA) Training session to be held on 13 April 2021.
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- High-interest plenary on Registry Voluntary Commitments (RVCs), previously known as Voluntary Public Interest Commitments (PICs).
- Technical sessions held included Tech Day, a DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions) and Security Workshop, and a session on KINDNS (Knowledge-sharing and Instantiating Norms for DNS and Naming Security) – a program by ICANN and the DNS technical community to develop a framework on key operational best practices.
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During the open discussion, Donna Austin (GoDaddy) shared her view that the community and the Board seemed to be overwhelmed with the weight of their work and a review of bottlenecks should be undertaken to relieve or re-prioritise the situation. Pua agreed, while Edmon thought that the COVID pandemic and virtual-only meetings could partly be contributing factors. Cheryl Langdon-Orr (ALAC) highlighted that the third Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3) had also taken very seriously proposals for continuous improvements and a holistic review of ICANN’s initiatives. Continuing on participation, she also reiterated that there is need for stronger representation from APAC in PDP WGs. She suggested APAC views can be channelled through stakeholder groups such as the ALAC or community platforms like APAC Space.
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