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2026-04-01 AFRALO Monthly Teleconference

2026-04-01 AFRALO Monthly Teleconference

Date: Wednesday, 01 April 2026  

Time: 18:30 - 20:00 UTC (For the time in various time zones click here)      

How can I participate in this meeting?

Comment participer à cette téléconférence ?

Zoom room: https://icann.zoom.us/j/97732700649 Password: !%u@t8S25d

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

Action Items: EN (2025) and EN (2026)

Recording: EN, FR

Zoom Recording: EN

Zoom Chat: EN

Participants

EN & FR:

Apologies:

Staff: Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Jessica Benitez, Shaniya Yates, Sabrina Mosquera, Michelle DeSmyter

Observer: none

FR Interpreters: Dominique & Chloe

Call Management: Michelle DeSmyter

Agenda: **DRAFT***

  1. Roll call (Staff) - 2 min 

  2. Welcome remarks (AFRALO Chair hadia.elminiawi) – 2 min

  3. Review of Action Items - @Hadia Elminiawi - 2 mins

  4. Global Stakeholder Engagement (GSE) - ( Yaovi Atohoun @June Okal) - 5 mins

  5. UA Day 2026 - AFRALO UA Day Update (@Sarmad Hussain@Mutegeki Cliff ; @Yaovi Atohoun ; @Matogoro Jabera; @Hervé HOUNZANDJI ) - 10 mins

    1. Overview of UA Day proposals - See: At-Large at 2026 UA Day

    2. AFRALO UA Day Survey results

  6. Open ICANN Public Comments and Policy Statement Updates - @Hadia Elminiawi (5 min)

    1. Recently Ratified by the ALAC / Currently going through Ratification Process

    2. Current Statements (ALAC Advice, Public Comment Statement, or Correspondence)

Statement/Correspondence/Advice Name

Internal Deadlines

Public Comment Close

Status

Assigned Working Group

Assigned Role(s)

Statement/Correspondence/Advice Name

Internal Deadlines

Public Comment Close

Status

Assigned Working Group

Assigned Role(s)

Draft Guidelines for Advancing UA Adoption

 

 

Bullet Points document

 

 

Tentative Schedule:

Call for Volunteers: 26 Feb 2026 to 03 Mar 2026

Review Period: 03 Mar 2026 to 24 Mar 2026

Bullet Review: 16 Mar 2026 to 25 Mar 2026

First Draft (if needed): 31 Mar 2026

Community Comment Period: 01 Apr 2026 to 06 Apr 2026

Final Draft: 08 Apr 2026

ALAC Vote: 09 Apr 2026 to 13 Apr 2026

Staff Submits comment: 13 Apr 2026

Apr 13, 2026

RevIEW

CPWG

Reviewers:

David Inem

Edmon Chung

Hadia ElMiniawi

Murray McKercher

Nkoru Essang Nkoro

Om Prakash Sharma

Raymond Mamattah

Satish Babu

 

Draft Evaluation Guide for Community Priority Evaluation

Presentation of bullet points document (Nkoro Essang Nkoro - 20 minutes)

Tentative Schedule:

Call for Volunteers: 25 Mar 2026 to 27 Mar 2026

Review Period: 30 Mar 2026 to 17 Apr 2026

Bullet Review: 30 Mar 2026 to 03 Apr 2026

First Draft (if needed): 08 Apr 2026

Community Comment Period: 08 Apr 2026 to 17 Apr 2026

Final Draft: 22 Apr 2026

ALAC Vote: 27 Apr 2026 to 30 Apr 2026

Staff Submits comment: 1 May 2026

May 4, 2026

RevIEW

CPWG

Reviewers:

David Inem

Nkoru Essang Nkoro

Shadrack Inusah

Standard Bylaws Amendment - Transition Article on Specific Reviews

Tentative Schedule:

Call for Volunteers: 27 February

Bullet Review Presentation: 26 March 2026

First Draft (if needed): 02 April 2026

Community Comment Period: 03 Apr 2026 to 08 Apr 2026

Final Draft: 09 Apr 2026

ALAC Vote: 10 Apr 2026 to 13 Apr 2026

Staff Submits comment: 13 Apr 2026

Apr 13, 2026

RevIEW

OFB WG

Reviewers:

Bukola Oronti

Nkoru Essang Nkoro

Maureen Hilyard

Claire Craig

Alfredo Calderon

Avri Doria

Justine Chew

Murray McKercher

c. Upcoming Public Comment Proceedings

  1. AFRALO Newsletter - @remmy.nweke - 2 mins

  2. AFRALO-AfrICANN Think Tank: ICANN85 and preparing for ICANN86 Session - @Hadia Elminiawi 4 mins

  3. AFRALO ICANN85 Readout - (30 mins total)

    1. Gbemisola Esho - 5 mins Presentation, 5 mins Interactions, discussions with members - 10 mins

    2. Olabimpe Adeloro - 5 mins Presentation, 5 mins Interactions, discussions with members - 10 mins

    3. Christabel Mebaghandu - 5 mins Presentation, 5 mins Interactions, discussions with members - 10 mins

  4. AFRALO ALAC Members’ Update (Raihanath GBADAMASSI aziz.hilali, and @adebunmi.akinbo ) - 6 mins

  5. FY26 AFRALO Outreach and Engagement - 2 min

    1. The FY26 CROP and FY26 RALO Discretionary Funding - (@Hervé HOUNZANDJI, @Hadia Elminiawi ) -

      1. Available CROP Slots

      2. Review of previous recipients

      3. Cap of $1,000 for RALO Discretionary Funding

  6. Upcoming AFRALO Capacity building Webinars, AFRALO Capacity Building Plan for FY2026 - ALAC/RALO’s deliverables document - (@Amina Ramallanand @Thoko Miya) - 5 mins

  7. AFRALO Advisory group WG- (Pastor Peters) - 5 mins

  8. AFRALO Open House planning update - (Hadia Elminiawi) 1 min

  9. 2026 AFRALO Regional Selections - @Silvia Vivanco ) - 2 mins

  10. AFRALO Membership Matters - (@Hervé HOUNZANDJI ) - 4 mins

The African region has 82 ALSes located in 34 countries and territories and 47 Individuals members and 3 observers 

Action

ALS

Update

Action

ALS

Update

Newly Certified (1)

(373) FGI TCHAD

Accredited 13/02/2026

Pending ALAC Vote (1)

(375) Association Béninoise pour la Cybersécurité et la Promotion du Numérique

ALAC approved on 12/02/2026

staff need to complete onboard procedures.

Le personnel doit effectuer les procédures d'intégration.

Decertification (0)

N/A

 

Awaiting RALO Feedback (0)

N/A

 

Processing Due Diligence (5)

(349) MaliNOG

(363) Femmes TIC Burkina Faso

(365) AFRICAN INITIATIVE FOR SUBSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

(368) Digital Niger

(371) @JURIS.TIC

Staff conducting audit on status of these applications in due diligence phase still in the backlog.

Le personnel chargé de l'audit du statut de ces demandes — actuellement en phase de diligence raisonnable — est toujours confronté à un arriéré.

Application Received (0) 

N/A

 

On Hold (2)

(376) Association des Consommateurs des Technologies de l'information et de la Communication (ACOTIC Burundi)

(380) Woezon Digital Inclusion Bridge

No website URL provided. E-mail sent to both primary & secondary contacts requesting website URL.

https://atlarge.icann.org/individual-members/afralo

Action

Individual & Observer Members

Update

Action

Individual & Observer Members

Update

Newly Joined (3)

Kenechukwu Okekenta (Nigeria)

Muhammad Sani Abubakar (Nigeria)

Naomi Emma Ekwealor (Nigeria)

 

Processing Application (4)

Philip Nantok (Nigeria)

Abdulfatai Dare Adekale (Nigeria)

Ibrahim Bashir Aliyu (Nigeria)

Ibrahim Elijah (Nigeria)

 

Application Received (1)

Abubakar Hassan Muhammad (Nigeria)

 

  1. AOB - 2 mins

  2. Next AFRALO meeting (Staff) : Wednesday May 6, 2026

 

-- FRENCH VERSION -- 

Ordre du Jour (Français)

  1. Appel - Liste de Présence (Personnel ICANN)  - 2 min 

  2. Mot de bienvenue (Présidente AFRALO  (hadia.elminiawi) – 2 min

  3. Revue des éléments d'actions de la précédente réunion (Personnel ICANN) – 2 min

  4. Equipe GSE Africa (Yaovi Atohoun @June Okal) - 5 min

  5. UA Day 2026 - Les activités de AFRALO (@Mutegeki Cliff; @Sarmad Hussain ; @Yaovi Atohoun ; @Matogoro Jabera ) - 10 mins

    1. Aperçu des propositions pour la journée de l’UA : At-Large at 2026 UA Day

    2. Proposition de AFRALO - Survey on Wordpress Use

  6. ICANN Commentaires publics ouverts (hadia.elminiawi) – 5 mins

Statement/Correspondence/Advice Name

Internal Deadlines

Public Comment Close

Status

Assigned Working Group

Assigned Role(s)

Statement/Correspondence/Advice Name

Internal Deadlines

Public Comment Close

Status

Assigned Working Group

Assigned Role(s)

Latin Script Diacritics PDP Initial Report

Presentation of Draft Statement (Maciek Piasecki, Bill Jouris, and Denise Hochbaum - 30 minutes)

Bullet points document

 

Tentative Schedule:

Call for Volunteers: 14 Jan 2026 to 16 Jan 2026

Review Period: 19 Jan 2026 to 28 Jan 2026

Bullet Review: 19 Jan 2026 to 28 Jan 2026

First Draft (if needed): 03 Feb 2026

Community Comment Period: 04 Feb 2026 to 11 Feb 2026

Final Draft: 13 Feb 2026

ALAC Vote: 16 Feb 2026 to 19 Feb 2026

Staff Submits comment: 20 Feb 2026

Feb 23, 2026

RevIEW

CPWG

Reviewers:

Denise Hochbaum

Maciek Piasecki

 

Shepherds:

Satish Babu

Bill Jouris

Name Collision Procedure Documentation

Call for Volunteers: 03 Feb 2026 to 05 Feb 2026

Review Period: 09 Feb 2026 to 17 Feb 2026

Bullet Review: 09 Feb 2026 to 17 Feb 2026

First Draft (if needed): 18 Feb 2026

Community Comment Period: 19 Feb 2026 to 25 Feb 2026

Final Draft: 27 Feb 2026

ALAC Vote: 02 March 2026 to 09 March 2026

Staff Submits comment: 10 March 2026

Mar 16, 2026

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

CPWG

Reviewers:

Satish Babu

 

Shepherds:

Justine Chew

ICANN FY27 –31 Operating & Financial Plan, ICANN/IANA FY27 Op Plans & Budgets

  1. Reviewer(s): Initial Bullet Point(s) presentation and rationale for discussion - OFB call of 15 Jan

  2. First draft presentation - OFB call 22 Jan

  3. Community: Comment on Draft Statement 22-28 Jan–

  4. Presentation- Final Draft - 29 January

  5. ALAC: Vote on Final Statement –Friday 30 Jan - 02 Feb
    Staff: Submission of ALAC Statement – by 12 Feb

12 February 2026

ALAC VOTE

OFB-WG

Nkoro Essang Nkoro

claire.craig

Judith Hellerstein

Cheryl Langdon-Orr (final Editing)

Maureen (final editing) 

@bukola.fawole

@Eunice Alejandra Pérez Coello

Draft PTI FY27 Operating Plan and Budget

  1. Reviewer(s): Initial Bullet Point(s) presentation and rationale for discussion - OFB call of 15 Jan

  2. First draft presentation - OFB call 22 Jan

  3. Community: Comment on Draft Statement 22-28 Jan–

  4. Presentation- Final Draft - 29 January

  5. ALAC: Vote on Final Statement –Friday 30 Jan - 02 Feb
    Staff: Submission of ALAC Statement – by 12 Feb

12 February 2026

IN PROGRESS

OFB-WG

Nkoro Essang Nkoro

claire.craig

Cheryl Langdon-Orr (final Editing)

Maureen (final editing) 

@bukola.fawole

ICANN Office of Ombuds Framework and Process

  1. Reviewer(s): Initial Bullet Point(s) presentation and rationale for discussion - OFB call of 15 Jan

  2. First draft presentation - OFB call 22 Jan

  3. Community: Comment on Draft Statement 22-28 Jan–

  4. Presentation- Final Draft - 29 January

  5. ALAC: Vote on Final Statement –Friday 30 Jan - 02 Feb
    Staff: Submission of ALAC Statement – by 10 Feb

10 February 2026 | 23:59

IN PROGRESS

OFB-WG

@avri doria

Hannah Frank

@Vanda Scartezini

@claire.craig

@Abedunmi Akinbo

 

c. Prochaines séances de commentaires publics

  1. AFRALO Newsletter - @remmy.nweke - 2 mins

  2. AFRALO-AfrICANN Think Tank: ICANN85 and Préparatifs pour ICANN86 Session - @Hadia Elminiawi 4 mins

  3. AFRALO ICANN85 Readout - (30 mins total)

    1. Gbemisola Esho - 5 mins Presentation, 5 mins Interactions, discussions with members - 10 mins

    2. Olabimpe Adeloro - 5 mins Presentation, 5 mins Interactions, discussions with members - 10 mins

    3. Christabel Mebaghandu - 5 mins Presentation, 5 mins Interactions, discussions with members - 10 mins

  4. Activités récentes et à venir ALAC (Raihanath GBADAMASSI aziz.hilali @adebunmi.akinbo ) - 9 mins

  5. FY26 AFRALO Outreach and Engagement - 2 mins

    1. Résultats attendus et Identification des clés de performance liées au plan d’actions de AFRALO FY26 O/E , (@bram.fudzulani , @Hadia Elminiawi, Abdeldjalil ) - 8 mins

    2. Les financements discrétionnaires CROP et RALO - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfButvdgAsUad8jESmkTOGJhMvlaHNdpAYrrUtAob-5waByDQ/viewform (@Hervé HOUNZANDJI ) - 4 min

      1. CROP Slots disponibles