2020-11-04 AFRALO Monthly Teleconference

Date: Wednesday, 04 November 2020
Time: 18:30 - 20:00 UTC (For the time in various time zones click here)

Meeting Number: AL.AF/CC.14 BDB 0520/1

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Conference ID: FR 1838 / EN 1638

Zoom room: https://icann.zoom.us/j/94615877315?pwd=UDVYc1RLRUFmTUU2d29Db1BMTXRvQT09 / Password: u38a6QL=WH

Real time transcription (RTT) available at (subject to availability): https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ICANN

Action Items: EN

Transcript: EN, FR

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Recording: EN, FR

Zoom Recording: EN

Zoom Chat: EN

Participants:

FR: Gabriel Bombambo Boseko, Imrane Ahmat Souleymane, Fatma Elkory Oumrane, Gabdibé Gab-Hingonne, Abdeldjalil Bachar Bong, Aziz Hilali

EN: Tijani Ben-Jemaa, Pastor Peters, Moriam Sulaimon, Vernatius Ezeama, Isaac Maposa, Badriy Yayusuf, Barrack Otieno, Ben Kyemba, Bob Ochieng, Brahm Ousmane Mustapha, Bram Fudzlani, Bukola Oronti, Caleb Ogundele, Chokri Ben Romdhane, Dave Kissoondoyal, Edward Lewis, Eva Nadege Hie, Emmanuel Mfitumukiza, Fatimata Elkory, Foldestine Paye, Francis Olivier Cubahiro, Gabriel Bombano, Hadia Elminiawi, Innocent Adriko, Jabhera Matogoro, Joan Katambi, Jules Nizeyimana, Lillian Achom, Liz Orembo, Cliff Mutegeki, Rachad Sanoussi, Ramanou Biaou, Sarah Kiden, Sarata Omane, Seun Ojedeji, Yazid Akanho,

Apologies: Raymond Mamattah, Daniel Nanghaka,

Staff: Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Yaovi Atohoun, Claudia Ruiz, Michelle DeSmyter

FR Interpreters: Camila & Isabelle

Call Management: Michelle DeSmyter

Agenda:

Roll call (Staff) – 2 min
Review of action items from previous meeting (Staff, @Abdeldjalil Bachar Bong ) – 3 min
Open ICANN Public Comments ( @Seun ) – 5 min

At-Large Policy Resources:

At-Large Capacity Building Workshop - An Introduction to Policy Development at ICANN
2020 ALAC Policy Comments & Advice
At-Large Policy Summary
At-Large Executive Summary page
Multistakeholder Advice Development graphic
Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG)

Recently Ratified by the ALAC (since last AFRALO Monthly Meeting)

Reference Label Generation Rulesets (LGRs) for the Second Level
The ALAC addressed four areas of concern with regards to LGRs: 1) The ALAC believes that the particular registries whose practices were used (with regards to cross-script variants in the Root Zone) should be specified; 2) Missing code points that were not considered for possible variants need to be evaluated; 3) The definition of variants for SLDs needs to be substantially expanded - otherwise the level of potential confusion, and DNS Abuse, is simply too large; and 4) As something that is critical for security and the avoidance of DNS Abuse, blocking variant names should not be optional. The ALAC made a suggested revision to the text accordingly.

GNSO New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Draft Final Report
The At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) held several single-issue teleconferences about the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures (SubPro) PDP earlier in 2020 in preparation for the Public Comment proceeding. A small team, led by ALAC Member Justine Chew, organized these sessions and gave weekly presentations to the CPWG on the topic. In September 2020, the ALAC submitted a statement on the GNSO New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Draft Final Report, the culmination of months of volunteer work in developing At-Large scorecards on SubPro topics, creating a survey on geographic names, and analyzing feedback from the community of Internet end users.

Upcoming Public Comment Proceedings

October (4)

Issue Report on the ccNSO Policy Development Process for Selection of the IDN ccTLD Strings

This proceeding seeks feedback from the community on issues that were identified and need to be addressed with respect to selection of the IDN ccTLD strings. ccPDP will build on previous ccNSO effort on IDN ccTLD string selection and take into account the evolution of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process & IDN TLD variant management.

Issue Final Paper on the Proposed Policy Recommendations for the Retirement of ccTLDs

As part of the ccNSO PDP3 effort, this final paper includes proposed policy recommendations for the retirement of ccTLDs.

ICANN's Root Name Service Strategy and Implementation

ICANN org. will seek public comments on ICANN's Root Name Service Strategy and Implementation.

Proposed Renewal of .AERO Registry Agreement

ICANN Organization is seeking input on the proposed .aero renewal agreement.

November (1)

Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency (SSR2) Review Team Final Report

The final report of the Security, Stability and Resiliency Review (SSR2) is expected to be issued in October 2020. The final report is submitted for public comment to inform the ICANN Board actions on the SSR2 final recommendations.

December (2)

Draft ICANNFY22 Operating Plan and Budget

ICANN Organization is seeking community input and feedback on the Draft ICANN FY22 Operating Plan and Budget.

Domain Abuse Activity Reporting (DAAR) 2.0

Domain Abuse Activity Reporting (DAAR) 2.0 is seeking public comments.

Public Comment for Decision

Proposed Amendment 1 to the .JOBS Registry Agreement Nov 16, 2020
Preliminary Issue Report on a Policy Development Process to Review the Transfer Policy Nov 30, 2020

Current Statements (ALAC Advice, Comment or Correspondence)

Public Comment Name	Public Comment Close	Status	Assigned Working Group	Penholder(s)

Public Comment Name

Public Comment Close

Status

Assigned Working Group

Penholder(s)

Recommendations for Early Warning for Root Zone Scaling

Nov 23, 2020

DRAFTING

CPWG

Drafting team member(s):

@abdulkarim.oloyede (TBC)

4. Reports

a. Global Stakeholder Engagement (GSE) Africa updates (Pierre , Yaovi, Bob) - 5 min

b. Technical Engagement updates (Yazid Akanho, Paul Muchene) - 3 min

c. Recent and upcoming ALAC activities (@Sarah K , Dave , Abdulkarim) – 5 min

d. NOMCOM Update (Hadia ) - 3 min

e. Universal Acceptance (UA) (Abdalmonem/Malick/Abdulkarim) - 3 min

f. (Pastor Peters/Barrack/ @Sarah K ) - 5 min

g. Unaffiliated Individuals Mobilization Working Party (Esther Patricia, Caleb, Sarah) - 5 min

f. Recent and upcoming AFRALO/ALS activities (All) - 10 min

5. Updates/Items for discussion

a. Joint AFRALO-AfrICANN Statement for ICANN69 (virtual) ( @Abdalmonem / Abdulkarim / @Sarah K Sarah/Drafting Team) - see Statement - 6min

b. AFRALO WG on the review of the Operating Principles 2020- Membership section - ( @Isaac Maposa / @Abdeldjalil Bachar Bong) - 5 min

c. AFRALO FY21 Outreach and Engagement Strategic Plan (Fatimata/Daniel) - 5min See document to operationalize the O&E Strategic Plan.

Call for EOIs for the AFRALO Regional liaison to the OE-SC.
d. AFRALO Newsletter (Remmy , Olivier, Sarah) - 3 min See Newsletter Archives