2018-02-12 NARALO Teleconference
NARALO Monthly Teleconference
Date: Monday,12 February 2018
Time: 20:00-21:00 UTC (for the time in various timezones click here)
*** FR Interpretation will be available
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Dial-out Participants:
EN: Eduardo Diaz, Jonathan Zuck, Glenn McKnight, Gordon Chillcott, Bill Jouri, Tom Lowenhaupt, William Michael Cunningham, Ron Da Silva, Joly MacFie, Susanah Gray, Adrian Schmidt, Dustin Phili, Judith Hellerstein, Loris Taylor, Eve Edelson, Javier Rua-Jovet, Marita Moll, Leah Symekher, Dana Perry, Kristian Stout, John More, Monique Chartrand
FR: None
Apologies: Alfredo Calderón, Alan Greenberg
Staff: Heidi Ulrich, Joe Capetano, Claudia Ruiz, Silvia Vivanco, Mario Aleman
Interpreters: Claire and Jacques
Call Management: Mario Aleman
Summary Minutes:
Action Items: EN
Recording: EN, FR
AC Chat: EN
AC Recording: EN
AGENDA
1. Attendance (17/43)
This section is to record the meeting attendance. Colors are to identify the corresponding attendance state: Green=Present, Yellow=Apology, Red=Not Present,
ALS (Total 23 :: 10CA/2PR/11US) - Attendance (12/23)
# | ALS | REP | ALT |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pacific Community Networks Association/CA | Allan Skuce | Bev Collins |
2 | Nova Scotia Community Access Program/CA | Dana Perry (P*) | Erick Stackhouse |
3 | ISOC DC/US | Dustin Phillips (P) | John More (P) |
4 | ISOC PR/PR | Eduardo Díaz (P) | Alfredo Calderón |
5 | Canadian Association for Open Source (CLUE)/CA | Evan Leibovitch | Mathew Rice |
6 | Foundation For Build. Sustainable Communities/CA | Glenn McKnight (P) | Robert T Bell |
7 | Greater Toronto Area Linux User Group/CA | Gordon Chillcott (P) | Scott Sullivan |
8 | Knujon/US | Grath Bruen | No response |
9 | Association of Internet Users/US :: ALAC 2017-19 | John LaPrise | Cristina Willlard |
10 | ISOC NY/US | Joly McFie (P) | Greg Shatan |
11 | Capital Area Globetrotters/US | Judith Hellerstein (P) | Le-Marie Thompson |
12 | Consumers Council of Canada/CA | Kenneth L. Whitehurst | Howard Dean |
13 | ISOC CO/US | Karen Mulberry(TBA) | TBA |
14 | ISOC SF/US | Leah Sykmekher (P) | Susannah Gray (P) |
16 | Native Public Media/US | Loris Taylor (P) | Elyse Dempsey |
17 | Telecommunities Canada/CA | Marita Moll (P) | Garth Graham |
18 | Communautique/CA | Monique Chartrand (P) | None |
19 | The IP/Tech. Section of the HI State Bar Assoc./US | Seth Reiss | Tracey Ohta |
20 | ISOC Quebec/CA | Destiny Tchehouali | Robert Castonguay |
21 | ISOC Canada/CA | Shelley Robinson | Murray McKercher |
22 | Connecting.nyc Inc./US | Thomas Lowenhaupt (P) | Robert Pollard |
23 | Hispanic Educational Tech. Services (HETS)/PR | Yubelkys Montalvo | Yelixa Castro |
For updates please contact Evin Erdoğdu, At-Large Staff.
*P=Present
Unaffiliated (Total 22 :: 4CA/1PR/17US) Attendance (5/22)
Name | Region | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adrian Schmidt (P) | CA |
| 2 | Alan Greenberg | CA |
| 3 | Daniel Wright | US |
| 4 | David Allnut | US |
| 5 | Edward Hasbrouck | CA |
| 6 | Endrias Zewde | US |
| 7 | Javier Rúa Jovet (P) | PR |
| 8 | Jean Armour Polly | US |
| 9 | Jeongwon Ryu | US |
| 10 | John Levine - 2017 Rep. | US |
| 11 | Jonathan Zuck (P) | US |
| 12 | Kristian Stout (P) | US |
| 13 | Linda Kaiser | US |
| 14 | Michelangelo De Simone | US |
| 15 | Philip Righter | US |
| 16 | Roberto Guerra | CA |
| 17 | Roland Yarbrough | US |
| 18 | Thomas Struett | US |
| 19 | Thomas W Campbell | US |
| 20 | Wendy Seltzer | US |
| 21 | Wes Boudville | US |
| 22 | William Cunningham (P) | US |
<<For updates please contact Evin Erdoğdu, At-Large Staff.
Others
2. Quorum :: (35%) Consensus (12/9) - (50%) Votes (12/12)
This section is to record if there is quorum for decisions that requires a consensus call or formal vote.
-→ 12 February [Recording: --] Quorum determined after meeting [Decision]: There was quorum.
3. Approval of the Agenda & Discussion Order
This section is to record the approval of this meeting agenda and its discussion order.
-→ 12 February [Recording: --] [Decision]: Approved with not objections.
4. Resolved Discussions (i.e. Closed or Dormant)
This section is to approve moving to their respective archive locations the discussions that have been closed or made dormant in the previous meeting.
-→ 12 February [Recording: 03] William wanted to keep open ITEM 021: Snippet Webinar - Net Neutrality. [Decision]: Item will be closed as is and a new discussion will be open to cover this theme. William to submit discussion title and description.
ITEM 003: 2018 ALS Voting Rep & Alternates
LEAD: Glenn McKnight.
OPEN: 20 Nov 2017, CLOSED: 8 January 2018
TYPE: General
DESCRIPTION: This item is created to execute the following: Paragraph 3.2 of the 2017 approved NARALO Rules and Procedures state that “Each ALS Member in good standing shall appoint one (1) voting representative and one (1) to two (2) alternates in accordance with its own selection procedures”.
20 November 2017: [Recording: --] This item was not discussed during the meeting. Action to take: NARALO secretary to coordinate with staff and ALS members the selection of the ALS representative and Alternates. Item lead change to Glenn McKnight. [Decision]: Carry forward to next meeting.
11 December 2017: [Recording: 29:09] See current members here: NARALO Individual Members Roaster. There are a couple that need to define their alternates. Glenn to follow-up. Lead to be changed to Glenn McKnight. [Decision]: Carry forward to next meeting.
-→ 08 January 2018: [Recording: --] Recommend to close [Decision]:
ITEM 004: SOI Updates
LEAD: Glenn McKnight
OPEN: 20 Nov 2017, CLOSED: 8 January 2018
TYPE: General
DESCRIPTION: NARALO members should be encouraged to update/create their Statement of Interest (SOI).
20 November 2017: [Recording: --] This item was not discussed during the meeting. Action to take: NARALO secretary to coordinate with staff to encourage all NARALO members to update/create their SOIs. Item lead change to Glenn McKnight. [Decision]: Carry forward to next meeting.
11 December 2017: [Recording: --] Lead to be changed to Glenn McKnight. [Decision]: Item not discussed. Carry forward to next meeting
-→ 08 January 2018: [Recording: --] Recommend to close. [Decision]:
ITEM 007: 2018 & 2019 Time table
LEAD: Eduardo Díaz
OPEN: 20 Nov 2017, CLOSED: Dormant @ 8 January
TYPE: General
DESCRIPTION: A table with NARALO important dates needs to be created and updated as necessary. Example of these dates are: elections, CROP, fellowship programs, monthly mid/year reports, strategic plans, etc.
20 November 2017: [Recording: --] This item was not discussed during the meeting. Action required: NARALO secretary to coordinate with staff to prepare the table. [Decision]: Carry forward to next meeting.
11 December 2017: [Recording: --] This item was not discussed during the meeting. [Decision]:
-→ 08 January 2018: [Recording: --] This item was not discussed during the meeting. Off Line Report: Time table started but needs to be updated . [Decision]: Off Line Decision: Put dormant to re-check in the future
ITEM 008: Meeting recordings as podcasts
LEAD: Eduardo Díaz
OPEN: 20 Nov 2017, CLOSED: Dormant @ 8 January
TYPE: General
DESCRIPTION: Currently, if you want to hear a specific NARALO meeting recording you must find where it is located. This is a “PULL” operation. To make it easier for the region, we should recreate these recordings into podcasts and have them available through a subscription. This will make it a “PUSH” operation. This can be extended to other areas like webinars, working groups, etc.
20 November 2017: [Recording: --] This item was not discussed during the meeting. [Decision]: Carry forward to next meeting.
11 December 2017: [Recording: --] This item was not discussed during the meeting. Action required: Eduardo to work with Alfredo in setting-up this mechanism. [Decision]: Carry forward to next meeting.
-→ 08 January 2018: [Recording: --] Not discussed during this meeting. [Decision]: Carry forward to next meeting.
-→ 12 February [Recording: --] This item was not discussed during the meeting. [Decision]: Off Line Decision: Put dormant to re-check to check in the future
ITEM 010: ARIN 40 trip reports
LEAD: Eduardo Díaz
OPEN: 20 Nov 2017, CLOSED: 08 January 2018
TYPE: Outreach
DESCRIPTION: Brief report by the two NARALO representatives -Susannah Gray (ISOC SF) & Yubelkys Montalvo (HETS) - that were supported by Community Regional Outreach Program CROP (Community Regional Outreach Program) and ABR (Additional Budget Request) iniciative to attend ARIN 40 on 5 - 6 October 2017 at San Jose, California. Questions to answer: What kind of outreach effort was done? Did the effort produced a positive engagement? Will you recommend continuing our participation in these events? Is there anything else that you want to say about the experience/event?
20 November 2017: [Recording: --] This item was not discussed during the meeting. Action required: NARALO Secretary to coordinate with staff, Susannah and Yubelkys so trip reports are included in ABR HERE and CROP HERE. In addition, NARALO Secretary in coordination with staff will f/u with CROP NARALO Program Coordinators (PCs) to complete the CROP Acknowledgement Section located HERE. Item lead change to Glenn McKnight. [Decision]: Carry forward to next meeting.
Note: ARIN 41 is scheduled for Miami, Florida on April 15-18- Eight weeks advanced submission of CROP submission. Call for expressions of interest to attend
11 December 2017: [Recording: --] Yubelkys posted her trip report HERE. There was no time in the meeting to hear her report. [Decision]: Carry forward to next meeting
-→ 08 January 2018: [Recording: --] [Decision]: Recommend to close
ITEM 013: ICANN 61 - two (2) open travel slots
LEAD: Eduardo Díaz
OPEN: 20 Nov 2017, CLOSED: 8 January 2018
TYPE: General
DESCRIPTION: ICANN 61 will be held in Puerto Rico (PR) in March 2018. Eduardo Díaz (NARALO Chair) and Javier Rúa (ALAC NARALO NomCom Appointee) live in PR therefore there will be two open slots for people to attend this event.
20 November 2017: [Recording: 46] Eduardo informed that he and Javier will be using the hotel and per diem budget allocation. It is allowed to use the two available travel slots with no hotel/per diem. Possibility of combining the two travel slots into one full supported travel slot, i.e. air, hotel & per diem. Action required: Judith to talk to Heidi/Alan privately to point to other RALOS that have done this (combining slots). Decision]: Carry forward to next meeting.
11 December 2017: [Recording: 11:02] [Decision]: Active participation was defined as participation in monthly calls in the past 6 months and participation in policy groups such as: GNSO/CCNSO PDP groups, CCWG and others. In other words, groups are focus in policy and not operations like Capacity Building and such. An open call will be sent to the region. Carry forward to next meeting.
-→ 08 January 2018: [Recording: --] Call made to the region resulted in 0 interest. [Decision]: Recommend to close.
ITEM 021: Snippet Webinar - Net Neutrality
LEAD: Alfredo Calderón / Education Group
OPEN: 8 January 2018, CLOSED: 8 January 2018
TYPE: Policy
DESCRIPTION: dismantling the rules regulating the businesses that connect consumers to the internet. One of the main questions to answer is: Should changes to the NN rules concern ICANN at all?
-→ 08 January 2018: [Recording: --] Snippet Webinar (SW) about Net Neutrality will be held during this meeting. The purpose is to hear what net neutrality really is and what changes are expected to happen with the new FCC ruling. After the SW, there will be an opportunity for all to participate and comment about this theme. One of the main questions that we want to answer is the following: Does the NN ruling affects ICANN directly? . [Decision]: The webinar was held. recommend to close.
ITEM 022: 2018 At-Large Webinars
LEAD: Tijani Ben Jama
OPEN: 8 January 2018, CLOSED: 8 January 2018
TYPE: Education
DESCRIPTION: Presentation of 2018 At-Large Webinars
-→ 08 January 2018: [Recording: --] Heidi explained that Tijani did not planned to talk in this meeting but that what he wanted was to remind everyone to send him topics for 2018 Capacity Webinar series. [Decision]: Recommend to close.
5. Meeting Discussion Order
Discussion Order |
| Lead | Item # | Allotted Time/Running Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
| Eduardo Díaz | (00:03 /00:15)* | |
2 | Snippet Webinar :: Cybersecurity - "Typo-squatting: Not Just a Brand/Tradename Problem" | Glenn McKnight | (00:15 /00:30) (00:15 /00:45) | |
3 | Two CROP Trips Available for FY18 | Glenn McKnight | (00:05 /00:50) | |
4 | John Laprise | (00:05 /00:55) | ||
5 | Staff | - | (00:04 /00:59) | |
6 | if we get to them.... Outreach WG Update NARALO Elections NARALO 10th Anniversary @ ICANN 61 ABR (Additional Budget Request) NomCom update report |
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7 | Any Other Business |
| - | - |
*(allowed time/running time)
5. Current Discussions (→= current meeting date)
This section is for discussions that have been carried forward to this meeting.
ITEM 002: 2018 Individual member representative
LEAD: Glenn McKnight
OPEN: 20 Nov 2017, CLOSED:
TYPE: General
DESCRIPTION: This item is created to execute the following: Paragraph 3.3 of the 2017 approved NARALO Rules and Procedures state that “Appointment of a new voting representative and alternate(s) of the Individual Members shall take place as soon as practical after each ICANN Annual General Meeting”.
20 November 2017: [Recording: --] This item was not discussed during the meeting. Action to take: NARALO secretary to coordinate with staff and Independent Members the selection of the 2018 representative [Decision]: Carry forward to next meeting.
11 December 2017: [Recording: 21:52] Lead to be changed to Glenn McKnight. Current rep is John Levine which is not interested in continuing in that role. Glenn to coordinate with staff to check which unaffiliated members want to continue their participation in NARALO and which ones have been active in the monthly calls. [Decision]: Carry forward to next meeting.