APRALO Monthly September Meeting

Date: Tuesday, 16 September 2014

Time: 05:00 - 06:00 UTC (for the time in various timezones click here)

Meeting Number: AL.AP/CC.0914/1

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How do I participate in this meeting?

English Conference ID = 1638

Chinese Conference ID = 2038

Adobe Connect Meeting Room:  http://icann.adobeconnect.com/apralo

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Action Items:  EN

Recording:  EN,   ZH

Transcript:   EN,   ZH

AC Chat Transcript:    EN           

Dial outs: Olivier Crepin-Leblond (EN), Siranush Vardanyan (EN)

Participants: 

Apologies: Holly Raiche, Suhaidi Hassan, Ellen Strickland, Hong Xue, Ali Almeshal, Raf Fatani, Fouad Bajwa,

Staff: 

Chinese Interpreter: Jessie Doherty

Call management:  Gisella Gruber

AGENDA:  

1. Roll Call and apologies (staff) - 1 min.

2. Briefing on current ALAC consultations and initiatives / Materials for public comments - Olivier (10 min.)

ALAC Policy Development Activities - Olivier Crepin-Leblond (20 minutes)

• See: Policy Advice Development Page

• See: ICANN Public Comment page

a. Recently adopted ALAC Statements, Documents or Groups:

• Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names in the New gTLD Namespace - Adopted 13Y, 0N, 2A
• Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names for .DEALS, XN--FJQ720A, .CITY, .XYZ, .COLLEGE, .GOP, .TRADE, .WEBCAM, .BID, .HEALTHCARE, .WORLD, .BAND - Adopted 13Y, 0N, 1A
• Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names for .LUXURY, .WANG, XN--3BST00M, XN--6QQ986B3XL, XN--CZRU2D, XN--45Q11C, .BUILD, .REN, .PIZZA, .RESTAURANT, .GIFTS, .SARL, XN--55QX5D, XN--IO0A7I, and 20 TLDs associated with Top Level Domain Holdings Limited - Adopted by default 
• Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names for .SOHU, .IMMO, .SAARLAND, .CLUB - Adopted by default  
• Proposed Bylaws Changes Regarding Consideration of GAC Advice - 15Y, 0N, 0A

b. Statements or Endorsements currently being developed, reviewed or voted on by the ALAC

• Enhancing ICANN Accountability 2.0 - ALAC considering drafting a Statement 
• Board Working Group Report on Nominating Committee (BWG-NomCom) - Unlicensed user drafting a Statement 
• Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names for .JETZT, .GLOBAL, .NEUSTAR, .KIWI, .BERLIN - ALAC commenting on a Statement 

c. Currently Open Public Comment 

• Implementing Rights Protection Mechanisms in the Name Collision Mitigation Framework - No Statement (Public Comment closes on 07.10.2014) 

3. APRALO - APAC HUB Pilot Framework - summary of comments provided and next steps - Maureen and Kelvin (10 min.)

  4. Post ATLAS II Implementation of Recommendations :

See : Post ATLAS II Activities WORKSPACE

28 - The ALAC should work with all RALOs and ALSes to map the current expertise and interests in their membership, to identify Subject Matter Experts and facilitate policy communication.

29 - The ALAC should implement an automated system for tracking topics of interest currently being discussed among the various RALOs, and accessible by everyone.

42 - ICANN should enable annual face-to-face RALO assemblies, either at ICANN regional offices or in concert with regional events.

43 - RALOs  should  encourage  their  inactive  ALS  representatives  to  comply  with  ALAC  minimum participation requirements.

4. IGF 2014 in Istanbul - Updates - Satish Babu (5 min).

 5. PacINET - Planning, APRALO participation - Maureen, Holly, Ali (10 min)

 6. APNIC 38 in Brisbane - updates?? Cheryl, if can join the call (5 min)

 7. Social Media Strategy - goals, activities, future strategy - Pavan (5 min)

 8. APRALO monthly meeting in LA in October. Travel and Accommodation issues - Siranush, all (3 min)

 9. AOB - All (5 min)