gregory.shatan will write a set of questions for Roundtable speakers to prepare themselves.
Topic 2 "Challenges and Opportunities for the Internet 2023: The End User Perspective" was deleted and will be considered for a future webinar .
Silvia Vivanco to draft Roundtable invitation and send it to Greg to review
Silvia Vivanco to send invitations to all Roundtable speakers.
Heidi Ullrich to contact Grace Abuhamad, NTIA- USA for the Roundtable.
Silvia Vivanco to schedule a prep session for the Roundtable speakers, once they are confirmed.
Gisella Gruber to share the list of attendees for lunch with Greg Shatan
Gisella Gruber to send courtesy invitations for Roundtable to NA Board members
gregory.shatan to ask NARALO members if they are planning to attend ICANN 77 in person
Gisella Gruber to coordinate lunch venue and calendar invites to guests
denise.hochbaum to check with her front desk for the photo frame
Michelle DeSmyter to schedule the next meeting for Wednesday May 31, for 30 minutes (18:00-18:30)
OC Call
Roundtable- Monday 12 June - 10:45- 12:15 (90 minutes) will have 2 topics. Each topic with 4 or 5 speakers.
Topic 1: "Government activity to expand Broadband (both in the US and Canada)".
Proposed Speakers
Andre Arbour, Director General ISED – Canada (REMOTE)
Harold Feld – USA (confirmed)
Grace Abuhamad, NTIA- USA
Topic 2: “Challenges and Opportunities for the Internet : the end user perspective”.
Ben Tarnoff
Cory Doctorow
Michael Geist
Mark Shurman (Mozilla CEO)
Avri Doria (ICANN Board)
gregory.shatanand OC members to define the Roundtable session title and blurb with brief description by May 18th.
gregory.shatanGlenn McKnight and OC members agreed to the following timeline: names of speakers to be confirmed by Friday May 19, staff will send the invitations to speakers during the week of May 22 - 26.
Silvia Vivanco to schedule a Prep session for the NARALO Roundtable speakers .
Gisella Gruber to invite Board members from North America for Roundtable as courtesy invite.
Silvia Vivanco and Gisella Gruberto invite Avri to the NARALO Roundtable; Courtesy invites to the other 4 Board members
gregory.shatan confirm the approximate headcount from NARALO members for lunch. Preliminary list of invitees will be NARALO ALAC/Regional Leaders & NextGen/Fellows & GSE Staff & NA Board Members.
denise.hochbaum and Glenn to reach out to Social media WG members to sign up for booth
denise.hochbaum in collaboration with OC members to develop a processto follow up with those who sign up at the booth and also identify a person or team to contact them
Michelle DeSmyterto schedule the next meeting forWednesday 24 th same time, add Deborah Escalera to these OC call
gregory.shatanto develop a blurb description for the NARALO monthly meeting and send it to Silvia, draft: The NARALO monthly meeting will be an interactive session in town hall format and will include institutional items, Policy issues of relevance for the region.
Topic 1: Government activity to expand Broadband (both in the US and Canada) was confirmed.
Topic 2 : Change the title "what's wrong with internet"
Suggestions for topic 2 :
"Challenges and Opportunities for the Internet," "Navigating the Complexities of the Internet," "Shaping the Internet for Tomorrow: Building a Better Web for All, "Navigating the complexities of Internet"
Gisella Gruberto schedule the Networking lunch for Wednesday June 14th. Ideal a “Buffet” style outdoors. .
gregory.shatan to come up with suggestions for Topics, Agenda and speakers for the NARALO Town Hall meeting.
gregory.shatan and OC members to define the Roundtable session title and blurb with brief description by May 18th.
Glenn McKnight to contact people from the NTIA point of view for the topic Government activity to expand Broadband.
gregory.shatan confirm the approximate headcount from NARALO members. Preliminary list of invitees will be NARALO ALAC/Regional Leaders & NextGen/Fellows & GSE Staff & NA Board Members.
Gisella Gruber to include in lunch headcount 9 next gen and 3 fellows.
Glenn McKnight to contact people from the NTIA point of view for the topic Government activity to expand Broadband.
OC Call 05- 03-2023
Several topics for the Roundtable were discussed : DNS, IDNs , UA, developments from the USA and Canadian perspectives?, IDNs for franco-phone, Spanish and Indigenous perspectives
Privacy vs security, Artificial intelligence, DNS Abuse, Government activity to expand Broadband (both in the US and Canada)
The following 2 main topics were tentatively decided:
Topic 1: Government activity to expand Broadband (both in the US and Canada)
Topic 2: What's wrong with the internet
and fallback topic : IDNs for franco-phone, Spanish and Indigenous perspectives (back up topic)AI: Judith to contact speakers for the topic Government activity to expand Broadband (both in the US and Canada)
gregory.shatan and OC members to define the Roundtable session title and blurb with brief description by May 18th.
gregory.shatanand OC members to further develop the Agenda for the NARALO monthly meeting/Townhall meeting.
Glenn McKnight to contact people from the NTIA point of view for the topic Government activity to expand Broadband.
Judith Hellerstein volunteered to get Harold Feld and another counterpart to him to talk on Broadband.
Naela Sarras and Giose Mc Ginty to confirm the time and date for the NA Space
Gisella Gruber to coordinate the lunch Networking event venue (with Denise list)
gregory.shatan confirm the approximate headcount from NARALO members. Preliminary list of invitees will be NARALO ALAC/Regional Leaders & NextGen/Fellows & GSE Staff & NA Board Members.
Gisella Gruber to include in lunch headcount 9 next gen and 3 fellows.
Michelle DeSmyter to schedule next call for next Wed 10 May same time.
04-26-2023
Summary of today’s discussion
Roundtable Topics
Glenn's suggestions:
Reflect on differences between Canada and USA
Update on IDN and UA
Topics for discussion
- IDN in North American
- Indigenous Americans
- Hispanic Americans etc
-French - Louis Houle
A Canadian theme is Bill C-11: An Act to amend the Broadcasting
Greg's suggestions:
Comparing and contrasting activities in Canada and USA
Are indigenous activities inspiring among indigenous Americans?
Other populations in the US interested in IDNs?- Ex: Spanish speaking communities, empowerment of end users
DNS Abuse
Section 230 of X Communications decency Act
Naela's suggestions:
Updated on NA space session will be focused on UA, shifting a bit, UA as a form of accessibility and inclusion
Staff Logistics update:
Lunch will be offsite, 90 minutes Gisella Gruber will connect with Denise to find some options.
90 min Roundtable followed by 90 min lunch event
Preference is private room/garden patio. Walking distance. A few opening remarks followed by tabletop topic(s).
Staff to put together a first draft of list of attendees for lunch
NARALO to invite the Next Gens and Fellows to the NARALO monthly, Roundtable and lunch.
NARALO Monthly meeting: - Naralo will have a public, external facing meeting. Title - NARALO monthly meeting and Townhall
Agenda will include :
1. Follow-up on GA
2. Update by Denise on O and E
3. Update on Social media campaign
4. Update on membership
5. Leon
6. Looking toward FY24
Outreach activities
Booth
Staff will bring the rest of the NARALO GA material - vintage t-shirts, power packs, a few tabletop banners, etc.