2020-05-21 APRALO Monthly Teleconference

Date: Thursday, 21 May 2020

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

Meeting Number: AL.AP/CC.0120/1

How do I participate in this meeting?

English Conference ID = 1638

Chinese Conference ID = 2038

Zoom room: https://icann.zoom.us/j/98060463431 / Password:  4Q*%qPFJ8E

Action Items: EN

Recording: EN, ZH

Transcript: EN, ZH

Chat: EN

Participants

EN: Maureen Hilyard, Satish Babu, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Gopal Tadepalli, Lianna Galstyan, Ahmad Alsadeh, Amrita Choudhury, Fouad Bajwa, Gunela Astbrink, Jaewon Son, Suhaidi Hassan, Syuzan Marukhyan, Agita Pasaribu, Aisyah Shakirah, Ali AlMeshal, Jee eun Choi, Nadira Al-Araj, Prateek Pathak, Samridh Kudesia, Sherry Shek, Shreedeep Rayamajhi, Vivek Rana, Vladimer Svanadze, Yuancheng Zhang, Cherie Lagakali, Tomohiro Fujisaki, Hanan Khatib, Aris Ignacio

ZH: None

Apologies: Holly Raiche, Leon Sanchez, Justine Chew, Bikram Shrestha, Priyatosh Jana

Staff: Heidi Ullrich, Gisella Gruber, Save Vocea, Yeşim Nazlar

ZH Interpreters: Ray & Sandy

Call Management: Yeşim Nazlar

Agenda:

1. Roll call - Staff (2 min)

2. Welcome and APRALO Membership Matters (Satish, 3 min)

3. ALAC Policy Update -  Justine (10 min) 

Recently Ratified by the ALAC (since last APRALO Monthly meeting)

Phase 1 Initial Report of the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs Policy Development Process
Executive Summary TBD

Addendum to the Initial Report of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Team – Phase 2
Executive Summary TBD

Revised Community Travel Support Guidelines
The ALAC noted that At-Large is unique within the ICANN community in that virtually all volunteers in At-Large activities, including those involving travel, do so as true volunteers. Without ICANN travel support, the number of active At-Large participants at ICANN meetings would be few in number. The ALAC specifically commented on wire transfer and foreign exchange fees/losses, visa reimbursement, travel insurance, ICANN arranged travel, room guarantees, forced overnight delays, early check-in and late check-out, as they pertain to the successful participation of the community during ICANN meetings.

AFRALO-APRALO Statement:Middle East and Adjoining Countries (MEAC) Strategy 2021-2025
The AFRALO and APRALO joint statement was the first joint RALO statement within the At-Large Community, in response to the ICANN MEAC Strategy 2021-2025. The countries that fall under the MEAC Strategy within AFRALO and APRALO provided feedback on strategy topics as security, ICANN's governance, unique identifier systems, and geopolitics.

Note: Ratified by the AFRALO & APRALO Leadership Teams and the ALAC.

Public Comment for Decision 

Proposal for Malayalam Script Root Zone‬ Label Generation Rules – Second Public Comment Proceeding 17 Jun 2020 

Current Statements (ALAC Advice, Comment or Correspondence)

Other:

• CPWG Single Issue call on "Registry Commitments and the Role of GAC Advice / GAC Early Warning" scheduled Wednesday, 20 May at 19:00 UTC.
• The Consensus Playbook can be downloaded here: http://go.icann.org/consensus and is also on At-Large PDP 3.0 Workspace

4. ALAC Updates (Maureen, 10 min)

5. APRALO Elections & Appointments (Heidi, 5 min) 

See: 2020 ALAC and RALO Elections, Selections and Appointments

6. Staff Updates (Heidi, 10 min)

• ICANN 68 Preparations
• FY21 At-Large Additional Budget Requests

7. APRALO Updates (Satish/Ali, 10 min)

• APRALO Outreach & Engagement Strategy for FY21
  

8. NomCom Update (Amrita, 5 min)

9. AOB (Satish, 5 min)

• Voluntary fundraiser by At-Large members (https://www.gofundme.com/f/atlarge-caring-community-covid-19-fund)