2026-01-22 APRALO Policy Forum Webinar: "Participating in ICANN Public Comment Proceedings"

Date: Thursday, 22 January 2026

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

Zoom Registration: https://icann.zoom.us/meeting/register/UkrtPmeeT0Ccjgn0Dyxttg

(After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.)

Zoom Recording: EN

Chat:

Participants: Justine Chew, Amrita Choudhury, Aaron Promise Mbah, Aftab Siddiqui, Ankita Rathi, Aris Ignacio, Barkha Manral, Bibek Silwal, Bukola Oronti, Charles Mok, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Einas Al Shaikh, Faheem Soomro, Gbemisola Esho, Gustavo Ortega, Gyan Tripathi, Hadia Elminiawi, K Mohan Raidu, Mawuko Kudzo Kpatah, Mohammad Abdul Haque, Nabeel Yasin, Nupur Vijh, Pramod Dhungana, Priyatosh Jana, Saima Nisar, Valentine Melkudi, Bikram Shrestha, Richa Sinha, Iqbal Ahmed, Mohammad Kawsar Uddin, Abdullah Qamar, Stephen Dakyi, Tinuade Oguntuyi, Olabimpe Adeloro, Shah Zahidur Rahman

Apologies: Samiran Gupta (staff), Gisella Gruber (staff)

Staff: Yeşim Sağlam

Call Management: Yeşim Sağlam

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The At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) participates in ICANN policy-making – including on governance issues – predominantly by engaging At-Large community members in a consensus-building process to establish positions addressing individual end-user interests that need to be communicated by the ALAC. 

The ALAC’s participation in ICANN policy-making is not limited to, but typically happens through submitting, to a Public Comment Proceeding, an ALAC Statement that is developed through a bottom-up process. 

You are invited to participate in the APRALO Policy Forum webinar with Justine Chew on Thursday, 22 January 2026 at 06:00 UTC for 60 minutes, to gain an understanding of the approach for considering the need for an ALAC statement and the delivery of such statements where a need has been established. This webinar will build on the ‘Informed Consensus’ concept discussed during the At-Large Briefings on Informed Consensus: An Approach to At-Large Position Development conducted in early December 2025.

Don't forget to pre-register your participation! And if you have any, please let us have your questions on this topic by posting them as comments to this wiki page below; or if you prefer, submit them by emailing staff at staff@atlarge.icann.org

1. Staff introduction - Staff (2 mins)

2. Welcome and introduction - Justine Chew (3 mins) 

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3. Discussion on the Proposed Guidelines for Participating in ICANN Public Comment Proceedings - Justine Chew (30 minutes) 

4. Q&A (15 minutes)

5. Poll - Staff (8 mins)

6. Wrap up - Justine Chew (2 mins)

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Justine Chew is Chair of the APRALO Policy Forum. She is also the ALAC Member for the AAPAC Region for the 2019-2021 and 2023-2027 terms, a role which she first held through selection by the ICANN Nominating Committee. Justine was named as ALAC Co-Vice Chair for 2023-2027. Since 2021, Justine has served as the ALAC Liaison to the GNSO, where she provides input of the ALAC and At-Large in matters of interest overseen by the GNSO Council.  Justine has participated in numerous GNSO policy development process working groups over the years, including serving as the At-Large liaison on the Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process (SubPro PDP) Working Group in 2018-2021, and as Vice-Chair of the Internationalized Domain Names Expedited Policy Development Process (IDNs EPDP) during Phase 1 of that EPDP in 2021-2023. She has been serving as the ALAC Representative on the Subsequent Procedures Implementation Review Team (SubPro IRT) since May 2023.