APRALO Monthly Meeting
Date: Tuesday, 27 August 2013
Time: 05:00 - 06:00 UTC (for the time in various timezones click here)
Meeting Number: AL.AP/CC.0813/1
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Action Items: EN
Summary Minutes: EN
Recording: EN
Transcript: EN
AC Chat Transcript: EN
Attendees:
Apologies: Holly Raiche, Julie Hammer
Staff: Silvia Vivanco (SV), Julia Charvolen (JC)
Dial out: Ali Almeshal, Siranush Vardanyan, Olivier Crépin-Leblond
Call management: Nathalie Peregrine
AGENDA:
1. Roll call - Staff
2. Review of the Action Items APRALO Monthly 17th July meeting
- Siranush Vardanyan is to ask all ALSes to update their community profiles, including their website addresses.
- Silvia Vivanco is to ensure that each monthly APRALO call will include a spotlight presentation by a new ALS.
- Satish Babu is to be the first APRALO ALS for the monthly spotlights.
- Silvia Vivanco is to organize an APRALO Webinar on the outcome of the Meeting Strategy Working Group and the community is to provide feedback. Other RALOs are to be made of this Webinar for their own use.
- Silvia Vivanco is to send the links of the Webinar to the RALO lists once the Webinar has been completed.
- Holly Raiche is to draw people’s attention to the At-Large Policy Development page so ALSES can become more active and start to say what they would like to focus on.
2. APRALO Spotlight - Computer Society of India - Satish Babu (10 min)
4. ICANN Policy Issues (10 min)
See: ICANN Public Comment page
a. Recently adopted ALAC Statements, Documents or Groups:
b. Statements or Endorsements currently being developed, reviewed or voted on by the ALAC
c. Currently Open Public Comments
d. New At-Large Policy Development Early Engagement Workspace
At-Large Policy Development Early Engagement
5. Cross RALO meeting of August 22 and discussion (15 min)
We spent most of our time on the relationship between RALOs and their RIR. AFRALO has a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with their RIR, that sets out general principles govering their relationship, and then has individual agreements relating to particular activities and events. Part of their relationship is for funding, as well as participation in events, and capacity building. We talked a bit about the benefits for the RIRs of establishing such a relationship, including the RIR's realisation that they need a broader focus than just a purely technical one. A copy of that MoU will be sent to RALO chairs and I will forward it on to all of you, for your information.
On that theme, in Durban, I did have a quick word with the APNIC GM for external relations (contact details not here - in Sydney), and he was very interested in having a closer relationship with APRALO.
What I would like is feedback from all of you is what you think our relationship with APNIC should include. Should we also have an MoU and what should it cover. Please all check their site. they have a lot of training courses and do workshops throughout the area. Do we want to participate? Do we want to suggest sites for training? What else?
Topics that were not covered, but are being addressed by email include APRALO processes and whether they are in line with the revised ALAC Rules of Procedure. Do we want to form a small working group to check. Another issue is the role of Vice Chairs. My suggestion is that, aside from supporting me when I cannot attend meetings, maybe heading up specific working groups. Again - your thoughts.
6. Action Items for ALS :
1. 6.1 Updating APRALO ALS (5 min)
2. 6.2 Call for webinars.- Identify one or two policy issues (5 min)
7. AOB (5 min)