2017-04-27 APRALO Monthly Teleconference

Date: Thursday, 27 April 2017

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

Meeting Number: AL.AP/CC.0417/1

How do I participate in this meeting?

English Conference ID = 1638

Chinese Conference ID = 2038 

Adobe Connect Meeting Room:   https://participate.icann.org/apralo/

Action Items: EN

Recording:  EN, ZH

Transcript:   EN, ZH

AC Chat Transcript: EN

Participants: 

EN: Satish Babu, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Holly Raiche, Maureen Hilyard, Shreedeep Rayamajhi, Pavan Budhrani, Tomohiro Fujisaki, Lianna Galstyan, Ali AlMeshal, Jahangir Hossain, Ranjit Nair, Suhadi Hassan, Yannis Li, Nadira AlAraj, Gunela Astbrink, Kaili Kan, Amir Qayyum, Prateek Pathak, Will, Aris Ignacio, Hong Xue, Edmon Chung, Decka David

ZH: None

Apologies: Amal Ramzi, Narine Khachatryan

Staff: Silvia Vivanco, Siranush Vardanyan, Kelvin Wong, Don Hollander, Yeşim Nazlar

Call Management: Yeşim Nazlar

ZH Interpreters: YiYi & Sam

Agenda

1. Roll call - Staff (2 min).

2. Welcome to new Members - Satish (3 min)

3. ALAC Policy Update -  Holly/Maureen/Kaili  (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
      • None 
   2. Statements in process: being drafted, in comment or in vote:
      • Recommendations to Improve ICANN's Transparency (closes 10 Apr 2017) - A Statement has been submitted with ratification pending; ALAC ratifying a Statement 
      • Interim Paper Cross-Community Working Group on Use of Names of Countries and Territories as Top Level Domains (closes 21 Apr 2017)  -  A Statement has been submitted with ratification pending; ALAC ratifying a Statement 
      • ICANN's Draft FY18 Operating Plan and Budget, and Five-Year Operating Plan Update (closes 28 Apr 2017) - Tijani BEN JEMAA drafting a Statement 
      • Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Implementation Guidelines (closes 02 May 2017) - andrei.kolesnikov reviewing the public comment 
      • Draft 2016 African Domain Name System Market Study (closes 05 May 2017) - At-Large Community commenting on a Statement  
      • Proposed Fundamentals Bylaws Changes to Move the Board Governance Committee's Reconsideration Process Responsibilities to Another Board Committee (closes 10 May 2017) - leon.sanchez drafting a Statement 
      • Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice Review Team Draft Report of Recommendations for New gTLDs (closes 19 May 2017) - At-Large Community commenting on a Statement 
      • Deferral of Country Code Names Supporting Organization Review (closes 19 May 2017) - Alan Greenberg drafting a Statement in consultation with Maureen
      • GNSO Community Comment 2 (CC2) on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process (closes 22 May 2017)  - Alan Greenberg and Cheryl Langdon-Orr drafting a Statement 
      • Recommendations to Improve SO/AC Accountability (closes 26 May 2017)  - Alan Greenberg and Cheryl Langdon-Orr drafting a Statement 
      • Proposed Renewal of .NET Registry Agreement (closes 30 May 2017) - bastiaan.goslingsand Maureen drafting a Statement 
   3. Statements that seem to be stalled:
      • None
   4. Public Comment requests to which the ALAC decided not to submit Statements: 
      • Proposal for Ethiopic Script Root Zone‬ Label Generation Rules (LGR)  (closes 05 May 2017)
   5. New Public Comment requests to which the ALAC needs to make decisions: 
      • None

4. Leadership Selection Process in APRALO (10 min, Satish)

1. 2018 NomCom Representative
2. APRALO Vice Chair (2017-2019)
3. ALAC Representative from APRALO
4. APRALO Secretariat

5. Universal Acceptance and Engaging with UAI (Don Hollander, 15 min)

6. Organizational Matters -  (10 min)

1. Interim Admission Form for Unaffiliated Individual Members - 5 min (Satish)
2. General Assembly: Identifying Sub-Committees: Program, Organizing, Finance, Outreach (Satish) (5 min)

7. APRALO Mentorship Program (5 min, Ali)

8. AOB - 5 min