APRALO Monthly 2013-08-27

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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How do I participate in this meeting?

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

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Action Items: EN

Summary Minutes: EN    

Recording: EN 

Transcript:   EN    

AC Chat Transcript:     EN       

Attendees: Ali AlMeshal, Hong Xue, Olivier Crepin-Leblond, Lianna Galstyan, Pavan Budhrani,  Siranush Vardanyan,  Satish Babu, Gunela Astbrink,  Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Winthrop Yu, Maureen Hilyard,

Apologies: Holly Raiche, Julie Hammer, Yannis Li

Staff: Silvia Vivanco (SV), Julia Charvolen (JC)

Call management: Nathalie Peregrine

AGENDA: 

1.  Roll call - Staff

1.1 Welcome to new APRALO ALS: 180 Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN); 181 South Pacific Computer Society and (182) ISOC Nepal

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.

3. APRALO Spotlight - Computer Society of India  - Satish Babu (10 min)

4. Meeting Strategy Working Group Summary – Satish Babu (5 min)

5. ICANN Policy Issues (10 min)

See:  ICANN Public Comment page

a. Recently adopted ALAC Statements, Documents or Groups:

• Community Expertise in Community Priority Evaluation – Adopted 14Y, 0N, 0A
• Preferential Treatment for Community Applications in String Contention – Adopted 14Y, 0N, 0A
• Consultation on the Source of Policies & User Instructions for Internet Number Resource Requests – Adopted 11Y, 0N, 3A

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

• Community Priority Evaluation Update from ICANN – ALAC drafting a Statement
• Proposal to Mitigate Name Collision Risks – ALAC drafting a Statement
• Rights Protection Mechanism (RPM) Requirements – ALAC voting
• Explore the Draft Next Generation gTLD Directory Services Model – ALAC considering drafting a Statement
• Statement on WCIT Outcomes – ALAC drafting a Statement

c. Currently Open Public Comments

• DNS Risk Management Framework Report Comment Close Date: 13 September 2013
• Locking of a Domain Name Subject to UDRP Proceedings Policy Development Process (PDP) Recommendations for Board Consideration – Comment period closes 23 August 2013. No Statement
• GNSO Structures Charter Amendment Process – Comment period closes 28 August 2013. No Statement

d. New At-Large Policy Development Early Engagement Workspace

At-Large Policy Development Early Engagement

6.  Cross RALO meeting of August 22 and discussion (15 min)

•  See Holly’s report:

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.

7. 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)

8. AOB  (5 min)