2016-08-18 APRALO Monthly Call

Date: Thursday, 18 August 2016

Time: 06:00 - 07:00 UTC (for the time in various timezones click here)

Meeting Number: AL.AP/CC.0816/1

How do I participate in this meeting?

English Conference ID = 1638

Chinese Conference ID = 2038

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

Action Items: EN

Recording:  EN, ZH

Transcript:   EN, ZH

AC Chat Transcript:   EN         

Participants: 

EN: Siranush Vardanyan, Ali AlMeshal, Maureen Hilyard, Satish Babu, Aris Ignacio, Yasuichi Kitamura, Jahangir Hossain, Tomohiro Fujisaki, Hong Xue, Lianna Galstyan, Kasek Galgal, Nadira AlAraj, Amal AlSaqqaf, Narine Khachatryan, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Suhaidi Hassan, Leon Sanchez, Amir Qayyum

ZH: Kaili Kan

Apologies: Holly Raiche, Gunela Astbrink, Kelvin Wong (staff)

Staff: Silvia Vivanco, Gisella Gruber, Adam Peake, Jia-Rong Low, Yeşim Nazlar

Call Management: Yeşim Nazlar

ZH Interpreter:  Jessie and YiYi

Agenda:            

1. Roll call - Staff (2 min).

2. ALAC current development -  Maureen  (10 min)

• See: Policy Advice Page on New At-Large Website 
• See: Policy Advice Development Page
• See: ICANN Public Comment page 

1. 1. Statements approved by the ALAC
      • Proposed Amendments to Base New gTLD Registry Agreement
      • ICANN Fellowship Program Application Process Review
   2. Statements in process: being drafted, in comment or in vote:
      • Creating a Consumer Agenda at ICANN - At-Large Community commenting on a draft proposal (not a public comment) 
      • Input requested: SO/AC/SG/C Outreach - New gTLD Subsequent Procedures (closes 01 Aug 2016) - holly.raiche and Alan Greenberg drafting a Statement
      • Proposed Measures for Letter/Letter Two-Character ASCII Labels to Avoid Confusion with Corresponding Country Codes (closes 17 Aug 2016) - garth.bruen and jimmy.schulz reviewing the public comment and will report back to the ALAC whether a Statement is necessary
      • Proposed Guidelines for the Second String Similarity Review Process (closes 31 Aug 2016) - At-Large Community commenting on a draft Statement 
      • Independent Review of Trademark Clearinghouse Services Draft Report (closes 03 Sep 2016) - leon.sanchez and Alan Greenberg drafting a Statement 
   3. Statements that seem to be stalled:
      • None
   4. Public Comment requests to which the ALAC decided not to submit Statements: 
      • Release of Country and Territory Names within the .SOFTBANK, .ART and .CARAVAN TLDs (closes 31 Aug 2016) 
      • Draft PTI Bylaws (closes 11 Aug 2016)
   5. New Public Comment requests requiring decision:

      • Proposed Amendment to .COM Registry Agreement (closes 12 Aug 2016) 

      • gTLD Marketplace Health Index (Beta) (closes 06 Sep 2016) 

      • IANA Naming Function Agreement (closes 09 Sep 2016) 
      • Proposed Renewal of .TEL Registry Agreement (closes 13 Sep 2016) 

3. APRALO Mentorship Program - updates, Ali, 5 min. 

4. Planning for Hyderabad - Satish, all (15 min)

See: ICANN 57 - Hyderabad Meeting - November 2016

5. APRALO participation at APrIGF 2016 and APIGA 2016 - Satish Babu (10 minutes)

6. Call for Nominations on BCEC and BMSPC Committee Membership - Siranush (2 minutes)

7. Chair's Announcement - Siranush (3 min).

8. AOB (3 min)