2016-08-11 ALAC Leadership Team (ALT) Mid-Monthly Call

Date: Thursday, 11 August 2016

Time: 21:00 - 22:30 UTC. For the time in various timezones (click here)

Meeting Number: AL.ALT/CC.0816/1

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Passcode: 1638

Dial- out Participants:

Tijani Ben Jemaa, Holly Raiche, León Sanchez, Maureen Hilyard, Cheryl Langdon-Orr , Olivier Crépin-Leblond

ALT: Alan Greenberg, Tijani Ben Jemaa, Sandra Hoferichter, Holly Raiche, León Sanchez

Liaisons: Maureen Hilyard, Cheryl Langdon-Orr , Ron Sherwood, Julie Hammer, Olivier Crépin-Leblond

Apologies: Gisella Gruber

Staff: Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Yesim Nazlar, Terri Agnew

Call Management: Terri Agnew

Action Items: EN

Chat: EN

Recording: English

Interpretation: No interpretation for this meeting

Transcript: EN

TO BE UPDATED

AGENDA

Standing Agenda Items

1. Roll call and apologies – Staff (2 minutes)

2. Welcome and Introduction - Alan Greenberg (3 minutes)

Items for Discussion

3. ALAC Policy Development Activities - Alan Greenberg (10 minutes)

See: Policy Advice Page on New At-Large Website
See: Policy Advice Development Page
See: ICANN Public Comment page

1. Statements approved by the ALAC
  - Proposed Amendments to Base New gTLD Registry Agreement
  - ICANN Fellowship Program Application Process Review
2. Statements in process: being drafted, in comment or in vote:
  - Creating a Consumer Agenda at ICANN - At-Large Community commenting on a draft proposal (not a public comment)
  - Input requested: SO/AC/SG/C Outreach - New gTLD Subsequent Procedures (closes 01 Aug 2016) - holly.raiche and Alan Greenberg drafting a Statement
  - Proposed Measures for Letter/Letter Two-Character ASCII Labels to Avoid Confusion with Corresponding Country Codes (closes 17 Aug 2016) - garth.bruen and jimmy.schulz reviewing the public comment and will report back to the ALAC whether a Statement is necessary
  - Proposed Guidelines for the Second String Similarity Review Process (closes 31 Aug 2016) - At-Large Community commenting on a draft Statement
  - Independent Review of Trademark Clearinghouse Services Draft Report (closes 03 Sep 2016) - leon.sanchez and Alan Greenberg drafting a Statement
3. Statements that seem to be stalled:
  - None
4. Public Comment requests to which the ALAC decided not to submit Statements:
  - Release of Country and Territory Names within the .SOFTBANK, .ART and .CARAVAN TLDs (closes 31 Aug 2016)
  - Draft PTI Bylaws (closes 11 Aug 2016)
5. New Public Comment requests requiring decision:
  - Proposed Amendment to .COM Registry Agreement (closes 12 Aug 2016)
  - gTLD Marketplace Health Index (Beta) (closes 06 Sep 2016)
  - Proposed Renewal of .TEL Registry Agreement (closes 13 Sep 2016)

4. Update and Next Steps on CCWG-Accountability - Alan Greenberg, Leon Sanchez (10 minutes)

a. Status of implementation and WS2 Planning

b. CCWG at the Helsinki meeting

c. Comments on Draft Bylaws (Alan)

5. ICANN 56 Planning - Alan Greenberg and Heidi Ullrich (20 minutes)

See: At-Large ICANN 56 Workspace

a. Overall schedule (afternoon cross AC/SO sessions; no senior staff presentations)

b. Board Interaction and Policy Topics

c. Outreach and Engagement

6. Working Groups - retirement, revitalization, etc. - Alan Greenberg (10 minutes)