2021-08-26 APRALO ROPs Review Working Group Call

Date: Thursday, 26 August 2021

Time: 05:00 - 06:00 UTC (for the time in various time zones click here) 

Meeting Number: AL.AP/CC.0825/1

Zoom Room:  https://icann.zoom.us/j/98882173797?pwd=aTVlNEpTLzdBenZ5cFpPeCt0QXNJdz09 Password:  APRALO#012

Action Items: EN

Recording: EN

Transcript: EN

Zoom Chat: EN

EN: Satish Babu, Ali AlMeshal, Amir Qayyum, Amrita Choudhury, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Lianna Galstyan, Maureen Hilyard, Priyatosh Jana, Shreedeep Rayamajhi

Apologies: none

Staff: Silvia Vivanco, Gisella Gruber, 

Call Management: Gisella Gruber

Agenda 

1. Roll call - Staff (2 min)

2. Introduction, scope of work and objectives of the ROP WG - Satish and WG Members (20 min)

a. Objectives and Terms of Reference

• Objectives  as provided in the Wiki

• Specific issues captured during prior discussions (also in Wiki)

• Harmonizing APRALO RoP Provisions with other rules:

  1. ALAC Bylaws 

  2. ICANN Bylaws

  3. Report of the ALS Mobilization WG

  4. Report of the Unaffiliated Individual Members Working Party (UIM-WP)

  5. Other RALO RoPs

b. Timeline

• All steps to be completed before the next GA (until Aug 2023?)

d. Deliverables

• Revised RoPs

• Code of Conduct/Expected Standards of Behavior for Members

• Legal Vetting by ICANN Legal

• Event to formally adopt the  RoPs and sign MoU with ICANN

3. Plan of work - WG Members (30 min)

• Identify recommendations from the ALS Mob WG and UIM WP report that may have an impact on APRALO RoPs

• Review the APRALO RoPs clause-by-clause and make modification proposals based on:

  • Issues identified earlier (included in the Wiki)
  • Recommendations from ALS Mob WG and UIM WP
  • Checking for language and consistency issues
  • Get the proposal vetted by ICANN Legal
  • Present the modification proposal to the community for public comments
  • Examine comments and incorporate them where feasible
  • Present the final version of the RoPs sign MoU with ICANN (at the next GA?)

• Setting up a shared working document

5. AOB (3 min)

Reference documents: 

• Current APRALO Rules of Procedure ROPs
• APRALO ROPs Review WG Wiki Page
  
• ICANN BY LAWS: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en
• ALAC At-Large Review Implementation Working Group (ARIWG)
• Unaffiliated Individuals Mobilization Working Party