APRALO AC chat 24 April 2014

  Gisella Gruber-White:Welcome to the APRALO Monthly call on Thursday 24 April 2014 at 0500 UTC

  Gisella Gruber-White:Agenda: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/Y43dBg

  Siranush Vardanyan:hi, ladies :)

  Nathalie  Peregrine:Hello!

  Siranush Vardanyan:hi, Maureen

  Maureen Hilyard:Hi there

  Siranush Vardanyan:we have a lot of apologies today, as many of AP people are in Brazil

  Siranush Vardanyan:so, we may have short call today, than planned initially

  Maureen Hilyard:yes I saw that.. good to get such a diverse representative group there - yes a short meeting would be good

  Siranush Vardanyan:and will just send some update e-mail as usual

  Silvia Vivanco:Hello all

  Siranush Vardanyan:hi, Silvia

  Maureen Hilyard:Sorry I didn't get around to the ROPS document today.. things just got too busy

  Silvia Vivanco:No problem Maureen

  Maureen Hilyard:I'll try and get a look at it by the weekend.. we have a long weekend holiday - three day working week for us this week.. thus the pressure

  Silvia Vivanco:but we will need a clean version soon

  Silvia Vivanco:great!

  Maureen Hilyard:Happy Women in ICT Day!!

  Siranush Vardanyan:happy girls' ICT day

  Siranush Vardanyan:so, today is OUR day :)

  Silvia Vivanco:Oh Happy  Women ICT Day! what a great day !

  Maureen Hilyard:Yes...

  Maureen Hilyard:Will I get to move the slides in the presentation?

  Nathalie  Peregrine:Yes Maureen, I ll promote you to presenter now

  Maureen Hilyard:Oooh a promotion!!

  Siranush Vardanyan:I like easy promotions:)

  Nathalie  Peregrine:hahahah

  Siranush Vardanyan:so quick promotions are helpful

  Siranush Vardanyan:hello, Ali, welcome

  Maureen Hilyard:Great thank you Natalie.. Hi Ali

  Ali AlMeshal:Hi dear

  Silvia Vivanco:Hello Ali!

  Siranush Vardanyan:welcome, Yasuichi

  Ali AlMeshal:Good morning Silvia

  Maureen Hilyard: A lot of our presenters are in Brazil I notice

  Yasuichi Kitamura (ISOC-JP):hello, all.

  Maureen Hilyard:Hi Yasuichi.. welcome

  Silvia Vivanco:Yes Maureen many people are in Brazil

  Siranush Vardanyan:yes, Maureen, I  will provide some updates as much as I am aware, so the call will be short

  Maureen Hilyard:Is that Holly's quiet voice.. maybe theres a reason why your not allowed into AC, Holly

  Siranush Vardanyan::)

  Siranush Vardanyan:welcome, Winthrop, thanks for joining

  Maureen Hilyard:Hi Winthrop... how is ISOC Philippines?

  Winthrop Yu:Hello Siranush All!

  Holly Raiche:Hi Everyone

  Winthrop Yu:ISOC-PH just finished celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Internet in the Philippines last March 29.

  Ali AlMeshal:Hi Holly

  Holly Raiche:Hi Ali

  Siranush Vardanyan:hi, Cheryl, thanks for finding time to join from Brazil

  Holly Raiche:Looks like Sydney is a member of PICISOC

  Winthrop Yu:Emani lives on a "rock"  :)

  Cheryl Langdon-Orr:many of us ARE Members of both ISOC-AU and PICISOC ;-)

  Siranush Vardanyan::) yes

  Holly Raiche:So maybe I should join!

  Cheryl Langdon-Orr:indeed I've been a Member for yers

  Cheryl Langdon-Orr:years

  Cheryl Langdon-Orr:along with San Fransisco, London and a few other Cjhapters

  Cheryl Langdon-Orr::-))

  Holly Raiche:Now I really should join!

  Cheryl Langdon-Orr:yup

  Siranush Vardanyan:1 more minute, Maureen, please

  Ali AlMeshal:Fantastic , great presentation

  Silvia Vivanco:Thank you for this very interesting presentation Maureen!

  Silvia Vivanco:Spotlight presentations are posted : https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/APRALO/pages/115182111/APRALO+ALSes+Spotlight

  Silvia Vivanco:please volunteer for next month

  Siranush Vardanyan:would you like to make a presentation about your ALS for the next monthly meeting in May?

  Silvia Vivanco:Webinars: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/display/atlarge/CAPACITY+BUILDING+WEBINARS+ATLAS+II

  Maureen Hilyard:The webinars have been great already!

  Silvia Vivanco:Next Webinar: Future of Internet Governance Part 1 - by Olivier Crépin-Leblond - Monday            28/04/2014                13:00-14:00

  Silvia Vivanco:they are very educational please join the Webinars!

  Maureen Hilyard:The next meeting is 3am for me... I'll use matchsticks to keep my eyes open..

  Holly Raiche:I have another teleconference two hours later, so I think Ill read the transcript later

  Silvia Vivanco:Countdown to theICANN At-Large Summit II58 Day, 01 Hr, 36 Min, 24 Sec!

  Maureen Hilyard:@ Cheryl YAY

  Silvia Vivanco:•CROPP: Each RALO has up to five (5) regional outreach travel allocations available before the end of ICANN Fiscal Year 2014 which runs between July 2013 and June 30 2014. This means the travel MUST conclude before June 30 2014.

  Holly Raiche:good news - maybe follow up with an email as a reminder to all -

  Siranush Vardanyan:thanks, Holly for joining

  Ali AlMeshal:great news Cheryl

  Holly Raiche:Cheryl - your voice is not there - hope you are taking care

  Siranush Vardanyan:yes, please take care, Cheryl

  Silvia Vivanco:APrIGF: http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article?id=1557:2014

  Silvia Vivanco:The link above is the Global IGF

  Silvia Vivanco:apologies

  Silvia Vivanco:this is the APrIGF : http://www.aprigf.asia/

  Holly Raiche:Can Cheryl give an update on Brazil???

  Cheryl Langdon-Orr:What TIME on the Wed please????

  Cheryl Langdon-Orr:for GA

  Silvia Vivanco:GA Wiki: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CRALO/pages/98634529/RALO+General+Assemblies+in+London+-+ATLAS+II+2014

  Silvia Vivanco:Wednesday 25 June 11:00 - 13:00Main topics:    Selection of regional leaders for the next term - APRALO Chair, APRALO Vice Chair, APRALO NomCom Member for 2015 in accordance with the new APRALO ROP    How to promote more active participation of ALSs in APRALO Activities    Outreach - how to involve more ALSs to become an active participants of At-Large community

  Silvia Vivanco:Are these topics final?

  Cheryl Langdon-Orr:NOT REally

  Siranush Vardanyan:ok, Cheryl

  Holly Raiche:Pity - I'd love a first hand account - but maybe by email?

  Cheryl Langdon-Orr:The COntrbutions  are being given  ow they effect outime documentatio is yet to e seen

  Cheryl Langdon-Orr:wtch the AC Room  tomorrow moirning  local a.m. in AU

  Silvia Vivanco:Staff will have any documents needed for your discussions ready/printed/or PPT if needed

  Maureen Hilyard:Keep well in Brazil Cheryl

  Ali AlMeshal:thanks to all

  Cheryl Langdon-Orr:Silvia  can yu emai me those GA details... I will TRY to open uo space fro NimCom eople

  Yasuichi Kitamura (ISOC-JP):thank you.

  Winthrop Yu:Thank you

  Cheryl Langdon-Orr:BYE all  THANKS  Siranush

  Yasuichi Kitamura (ISOC-JP):bye all

  Maureen Hilyard:Bye

  Siranush Vardanyan:bye all and thank you for participation

  Silvia Vivanco:Sure Cheryl

  Silvia Vivanco:will email them to you now

  Silvia Vivanco:Bye all