Date: Friday, 16 September 2016

Time: 12:00 - 13:30 UTC. For the time in various timezones (click here)

Meeting Number: AL.ALT/CC.0916/1

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Passcode: 1638

Participants: 

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

Liaisons: Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Yrjö Länsipuro, Maureen Hilyard, Julie Hammer

Apologies: León Sanchez

Staff: Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Yeşim Nazlar, Ariel Liang, Terri Agnew, Gisella Gruber

Call Management: Gisella Gruber

Action Items:  EN

Chat:                EN       

Recording:      English                   

Interpretation:  No interpretation for this meeting

Transcript:        EN

AGENDA                   

Standing Agenda Items

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

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

3. Review of ALT Action Items from call of 24 August and other open items - Alan Greenberg (5 minutes)

Items for Discussion

4. 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. 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) 

      • IANA Naming Function Agreement (closes 09 Sep 2016) 
      • Proposed Renewal of .TEL Registry Agreement (closes 13 Sep 2016) 

5. Update and Next Steps on CCWG-Accountability - Alan Greenberg, Leon Sanchez (5 minutes)

a. Status on WS2 subgroups

b. ICANN 57 CCWG Meeting Travel Support - Process and Update

6. ICANN 57 Planning  - Alan Greenberg and Heidi Ullrich (10 minutes)

See: ICANN 57 - Hyderabad Meeting - November 2016

a. Call for High Interest Topics - Deadline 1 September

A call for submissions of high-interest / cross-community discussion topics has been made.

Topic sessions should be planned as 75-90 minute interactive sessions about topics with high-interest potential, and have clear goals/objectives, and a statement of what session will accomplish. Sessions must have potential to attract a sizable audience (200+) and have a format that allows for adequate audience participation.

b. Meetings with other AC/SO/SGs

c. At-Large Strategy Session (now incorporated into Thursday's At-Large Working Session) and ALAC Development Session - Initial planning

7. Review of ALAC/At-Large Policy Priorities - Request from Rinalia Abdul Rahim - Alan Greenberg and Ariel Liang (5 minutes)

a. Europe

b. At-Large

8. Items for Tuesday 27 September 2016 at 12:00 UTC All (5 minutes)

9. Empowered Community - ALAC Actions - Alan Greenberg (10 minutes)

First draft proposal

10. BCEC and BMSPC - Next Steps - Alan Greenberg (5 minutes)

a. Review of Workspaces: Board Member Selection Process Committee (BMSPC) 2017 and Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC) 2017

b. Update on Chairs (possibly in camera)

11. Any other Business - Alan (5 minutes)