NARALO Monthly AC Chat 12 January 2015

  Terri Agnew:Welcome to NARALO Monthly Teleconference on Monday 12 January 2015 at 20:00 UTC

  Terri Agnew:meeting page: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/oRWSBg

  Murray McKercher:hi Terri

  Terri Agnew:Hello Murray

  Murray McKercher:just checking th e agenda to see if I have any actions items

  Allan Skuce:Greetings.

  Murray McKercher:hello Allan

  Silvia Vivanco:Welcome all

  Matthew Rantanen:someone has a wicked echo

  Silvia Vivanco:echo is gone

  Ken Whitehurst, Consumers Council of Canada:Looks like my computer connection is handling the audio OK, so I signed off on the phone only.

  Silvia Vivanco:Welcome Ken !

  Murray McKercher:Hello Ken, nice to have another canuck on board

  Heidi Ullrich:Welcome,  Ken!

  Terri Agnew:Welcome Eduardo Diaz

  Terri Agnew:Welcome April Tinhorn

  April Tinhorn:Hi Terri.

  Terri Agnew:Welcome Konstantin Kalaizidis

  Joly MacFie:Excuse me, what is VIBUG?

  Heidi Ullrich:@Ken, I used to work for Consumers International, so am a consumer advocate :)

  Terri Agnew:Welcome Alan Greenberg

  Alan Greenberg:I'm on now. Sorry to be late.

  Silvia Vivanco:NARALO's officially agrees to decertify then?

  Tom Lowenhaupt:Hello

  Joly MacFie:Ah, googling  Visually Impaired and Blind User Group http://www.vibug.org/

  Terri Agnew:Welcome Tom Lowenhaupt

  Terri Agnew:Welcome Louis Houle

  Louis Houle:Hi everyone, sorry for being late. Back from a meeting in bad weather conditions.

  Silvia Vivanco:Welcome to the CCC Consumer Council of Canada as new NARALO ALS

  Matthew Rantanen:on mute?

  Heidi Ullrich:See: http://www.consumerscouncil.com/

  Terri Agnew:ICANN Draft Five-Year Operating Plan : https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/R08eBg

  Silvia Vivanco:PCs are posted on the meeting agenda :https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NARALO/pages/110237089/NARALO+2015.01.12+Teleconference

  Eduardo Diaz:To high! I do not understand

  Eduardo Diaz:microphoen is to close!

  Evan Leibovitch:Edwardo... WHO is too close?

  Louis Houle:This is also my understanding, Alan

  Silvia Vivanco:Please speak closer to the mic

  Evan Leibovitch:For our newcomers: CROPP is a program that  enables NARALO members to apply to participate in various strategic events around the continent in order to do outereach and engagement.

  Louis Houle:Yes

  Murray McKercher:https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/gsecmntyrgnloutrchprgm/pages/116562369/NARALO

  Silvia Vivanco:Dev,This trip is approved by Christopher Mondini, VP, North America region.Let us know if there are any further questions.Thanks!Joe ( proposal #5 )

  Murray McKercher:sorry that may be an old link

  Silvia Vivanco:Email has been sent  re # 5

  Silvia Vivanco:only

  April Tinhorn:Thanks Evan for the CROPP clarification

  Alan Greenberg:That was my point...

  Heidi Ullrich:See: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/display/atlarge/At-Large+Ad-hoc+WG+on+the+Transition+of+US+Government+Stewardship+of+the+IANA+Function

  Evan Leibovitch:Nine hiurs? That sounds painful

  Heidi Ullrich:See: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-01-07-en

  Evan Leibovitch:My personal PoV: be liberal in what is included, conservative in what is excluded. There may be ALSs that wake up only for specific issues.

  Alan Greenberg:At-Large Review!  Forgot that

  Heidi Ullrich:Ah, yes!

  Terri Agnew:Welcome Seith Reiss

  Seth Reiss:Sorry for my late Arrival

  Murray McKercher:ARIN info fyi...https://www.arin.net/

  Garth Graham:@Evan: That fits with my PoV.  “What we expect” could be interpreted to imply a them-and-us that would be peculiar to a member driven organization.  It seems to me that much of the intention behind the participation metrics work also moves in that direction.

  Joly MacFie:New Kieren piece on IANA http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/09/one_third_of_the_iana_transition_work_is_done/

  Louis Houle:well done Alan, thanks

  Evan Leibovitch:+1

  Evan Leibovitch:Joly, move away from the mike, you're garbled.

  Ken Whitehurst, Consumers Council of Canada:I must leave to set up a board meeting for our organization, and will leave you in the good hands of Howard Deane for the balance of the meeting.

  Evan Leibovitch:Thanks for coming, Ken.

  Louis Houle:Bye Ken, and welcome aboard

  Joly MacFie:If I could get links with a summary it would help me represent to the Chapter.

  Louis Houle:+1 Evan

  Silvia Vivanco:Transcripts are taking up to a week

  Louis Houle:Bye Alan and everyone

  Tom Lowenhaupt:bye

  Gordon Chillcott:Thank you all!

  Silvia Vivanco:Thank you !

  Ron Sherwood:Thank you all goodbye

  Allan Skuce:Bye, thanks

  Loris Taylor:Thank you