Rationale and Background

The preliminary list includes the following issues identified at the NARALO GA (break out sessions) held in New Orleans in April 2017: In addition NARALO did a ALS Expertise Survey of all the ALS's and they self identified topics of interest. A total of 161 names were identified associated with 34 ICANN topics. Interesting that some of the hot topics didn't match the 34 ICANN topics but the majority do.

Linking Hot Topics to the ICANN Strategic Plan

The Strategic Plan: articulates ICANN's new Vision; restates ICANN's founding Mission; and sets forth five Strategic Objectives and sixteen Strategic Goals, each with Key Success Factors (Outcomes), and Strategic Risks.

Document

https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/strategic-plan-2016-2020-10oct14-en.pdf

Topic	LInk to ICANN Strategy	Driver/Lead Volunteer

Topic	LInk to ICANN Strategy	Driver/Lead Volunteer
Privacy	3 Advance organizational, technological and operational excellence	Javier Rua Jovet
Trust	2 Support a healthy, stable, and resilient unique identifier ecosystem 4.3 Participate in the evolution of a global, trusted, inclusive multistakeholder Internet governance ecosystem that addresses Internet issues. 4.4 Promote role clarity and establish mechanisms to increase trust within the ecosystem rooted in the public interest. 5.2 Promote ethics, transparency and accountability across the ICANN community	Garth Bruen
Surveillance		Howard Deane
Net Neutrality		Seth Reiss
Digital Literacy	1 Evolve policy development and governance processes, structures and meetings to be more accountable, inclusive, efficient, effective and responsive.	Monique Chartrand
Universal Internet Access	1 Evolve policy development and governance processes, structures and meetings to be more accountable, inclusive, efficient, effective and responsive. 4 Promote ICANN’s role and multistakeholder approach 5.3 Empower current and new stakeholders to fully participate in ICANN activities	Judith Hellerstein
Cybersecurity	2 Support a healthy, stable, and resilient unique identifier ecosystem	Geraldo Ortega

See NARALO GA collaborative notes document (pages 12-14) page for further details.

Part Two: 2018 NARALO Monthly Educational Snippet Sessions

Month	Topic	Speaker and Resources

Month	Topic	Speaker and Resources
January 2018	Net Neutrality	Mark Buell
Feb 2018	Security	Kristen Doan
March 2018	GDRP	ICANN Staff
April 2018	City TLDs	Tom L
May 2018	Universal Acceptance	Jonathan Zuck

NARALO Hot Topics 2017

Part Two: 2018 NARALO Monthly Educational Snippet Sessions