AFRALO Monthly October Teleconference
Date: Wednesday, 07 October 2015
Time: 18:30 - 20:00 UTC (For the time in various timezones  click here  )      

Meeting Number: AL.AF/CC.14     BDB 1015/1

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Conference ID: FR 1838 / EN 3535

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Action Items:  EN , FR 

Transcript:     English, Francais

Recording:         English , Francais              

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Dial out Participants:

EN:  Barrack Otieno, Seun Ojedeji, Nkem Nweke, Beran Gillen, Sarah Kiden, Daniel Nanghaka 

FR: Tijani Ben Jemaa,  BaudouinSchombe, Etienne Tshishimbi, Norbert Komlan, Brahim Ousmane Mustapha, Abdeldjalil Bachar Bong,Michel Tchonang

Apologies:  

Staff: Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco,  Gisella Gruber

FR Interpretation:  Camila and Claire

Call management: Gisella Gruber

AGENDA (English):

1. Roll Call 2’ 

2. ALAC Policy Development Activities  (5 minutes) 
   

   • • See: Policy Advice Development Page
     • See: ICANN Public Comment page   
       1. Statements approved by the ALAC:
          • Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Services to Replace WHOIS Preliminary Issue Report - Adopted 11Y, 0N, 0A (closed 06 Sep 2015)
          • Initial Report on Data & Metrics for Policy Making - Adopted 13Y, 0N, 0A (closed 07 Sep 2015)
          • IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal - Adopted 11Y, 0N, 0A (closed 08 Sep 2015) 
          • Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability 2nd Draft Report (Work Stream 1) - Adopted 15Y, 0N, 0A (closed 12 Sep 2015) 
          • Proposed ICANN Bylaws Amendments—GNSO Policy & Implementation Recommendations - Adopted by consensus (closed 12 Sep 2015)  
       2. Statements in process: being drafted, in comment or in vote:
          • Preliminary Issue Report on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures - ALAC commenting on a Statement (closes 30 Oct 2015) 
          • Use of Country and Territory Names as Top-Level Domains - Maureen finalizing a Statement (closes 09 Oct 2015)
          • New gTLD Auction Proceeds Discussion Paper - ALAC commenting on a Statement (closes 08 Nov 2015) 
       3. Statements that seem to be stalled:
          • None 
       4. Public Comment requests to which the ALAC decided not to submit Statements: 
          • Proposal for Arabic Script Root Zone‬ Label Generation Rules (LGR) (likely no Statement, closed 06 Oct 2015)
       5. New Public Comment requests requiring decision: 
          • Phase 1 Assessment of the Competitive Effects Associated with the NewgTLD Program (closes 07 Nov 2015)
          • IAG Initial Report and Proposed Revisions to the ICANN Procedure for Whois Conflicts with Privacy Laws (closes 17 Nov 2015)  
3. Items for Information - (23 minutes)
   1. IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG), (Mohamed) 5’
   2. Cross-Community Working Group (CWG) (Seun) 5’
   3. Cross-Community Working Group on ICANN Accountability (CCWG)  (Tijani) 5’
   4. New Meeting Strategy  of ICANN (Beran) 5’ 
4. Items for Discussion
   
   1. AFRALO/AfrICANN Joint meeting in Dublin on Wednesday 21 October from 14:00-15:30 local time (Aziz, Tijani, Seun) - 5'
   2. ALSes Criteria and Expectations (Tijani) - 5'
   3. Marrakech AFRALO Showcase (All) 5'
5. Reports
   1. Recent and upcoming activities of ALAC (Beran, Tijani, Hadja) 5'
   2. Recent and upcoming activities of AFRALO members (all) 5'
6. Any Other Business (all) 5'

AGENDA (Francais)

1. Appel 2’ 

2. Consultations Publiques Ouvertes (Aziz) 5’ 
   

   • See: Policy Advice Development Page
   • See: ICANN Public Comment page
     
     1. Statements approved by the ALAC:
        • Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Services to Replace WHOIS Preliminary Issue Report - Adopted 11Y, 0N, 0A (closed 06 Sep 2015)
        • Initial Report on Data & Metrics for Policy Making - Adopted 13Y, 0N, 0A (closed 07 Sep 2015)
        • IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal - Adopted 11Y, 0N, 0A (closed 08 Sep 2015) 
        • Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability 2nd Draft Report (Work Stream 1) - Adopted 15Y, 0N, 0A (closed 12 Sep 2015) 
        • Proposed ICANN Bylaws Amendments—GNSO Policy & Implementation Recommendations - Adopted by consensus (closed 12 Sep 2015)  
     2. Statements in process: being drafted, in comment or in vote:
        • Preliminary Issue Report on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures - ALAC commenting on a Statement (closes 30 Oct 2015) 
        • Use of Country and Territory Names as Top-Level Domains - Maureen finalizing a Statement (closes 09 Oct 2015)
        • New gTLD Auction Proceeds Discussion Paper - ALAC commenting on a Statement (closes 08 Nov 2015) 
     3. Statements that seem to be stalled:
        • None 
     4. Public Comment requests to which the ALAC decided not to submit Statements: 
        • Proposal for Arabic Script Root Zone‬ Label Generation Rules (LGR) (likely no Statement, closed 06 Oct 2015)
     5. New Public Comment requests requiring decision: 
        • Phase 1 Assessment of the Competitive Effects Associated with the NewgTLD Program (closes 07 Nov 2015)
        • IAG Initial Report and Proposed Revisions to the ICANN Procedure for Whois Conflicts with Privacy Laws (closes 17 Nov 2015)  

3. Sujets pour information

   1. Groupe de coordination sur la transition des fonctions de l'IANA (ICG) (Mohamed) 5’
   2. Groupe de travail intercommunautaire de la transition du rôle de supervision des fonctions IANA sur les fonctions de nommage (CWG) (Seun) 5’
   3. Groupe de travail intercommunautaire sur la Responsabilité et la Redevabilité de l’ICANN (CCWG) (Tijani) 5’
   4. Nouvelles stratégies des réunions ICANN (Beran) 5’
      
      
4. Sujets pour discussion
   1. Réunion AFRALO/AfrICANN de Dublin (Aziz, Tijani, Hadja) 5'
   2. Critères et Attentes des ALS (Tijani) 5'
   3. Showcase de l'AFRALO de MArrakech (tous) 5'
5. Rapports
   1. Activités récentes et à venir de l'ALAC (Beran, Tijani, Hadja) 5’
   2. Activités récentes et à venir des membres d'AFRALO (tous) 5'
6. Questions Diverses (tous) 5'