ALAC Monthly Teleconference for July 2007

Date: 10 July 2007

Time: 1330 UTC (for the time in various timezones click here)

Summary Minutes: Meeting Summary 10 July 2007

Transcription: Transcript 10 July 2007

Recording: Available Download MP3 (9MB)

D R A F T A G E N D A

Agenda is in draft form until adopted by the Committee.
Documents are linked for download next to the agenda items they belong to where available

Standing Agenda Items

1. Adoption of the Agenda – 1 min

2. Roll Call Apologies from Members (if any) - 1 min

3. Adoption of the Minutes of the Previous Meeting - 2 mins

4. Review of Action Items of the Previous Meeting - 3 mins

Liaison & Other Reports

Items on which the Liaisons want discussion/decisions. All reports to be submitted in writing in advance. Discussion is limited to questions related to the written reports; no oral reports to be provided. Total time for this section: 5 minutes

1. ICANN Board - V Bertola

2. GNSO - Alan Greenberg

3. WHOIS - Wendy Seltzer

4. IDNs - Hong

5. ccNSO - Siavash Shashahani

6. SSAC - Robert Guerra

7. Chair’s activities

8. Report of the Staff

Non-Standing Agenda Items

Policy Matters

1. Policy Working Group - 15 min total

2. Update on Consultation on the RAA (from ICANN Board resolution in San Juan) Vittorio- 2 min

3. Update on Consultation on GNSO Improvements Alan - 2 min

4. Update on Consultation on IDNs ( from ICANN Board Resolutions in San Juan) Hong - 2 min

Other Matters From Previous Meetings

1. Working Practices of the Committee - Division of Labour / Subcommittees (from 28 June 2007) (2 min)

2. Report from the ALAC Internal Rules of Procedure working group. Cheryl Langdon-Orr 2 min

   • Vittorio's text has been revised to incorporate comments mentioned during the San Juan meeting as well as improvements made by the working group. A DRAFT version of the text was finalized on July 5th. (working group draft is attached to this wiki page)

   • Discussion of finished document (12 min)

     • Possible decisions:

       • Adoption of document (new, old, ?)

       • Continue working on document - solicit feedback from ALAC, and general At-large community and send back to WG for revision on next conf call.

       • Adopt election rules procedure only and leave rest for improvements by WG, and subsequent adoption by ALAC on next conf. call

       • Clear timeline needed if additional drafting/revision is ok'd by ALAC

Membership Matters

Regional Activities

1. APAC - 2 mins

2. LAC - 2 mins

3. NA - 2 mins

   • NA RALO conference call took place July 9th. (meeting lasted exactly 1 Hour - as scheduled)

     • San Juan Recap

     • Priorities for July-August

     • NA RALO Meeting Schedule through 2007 - Second Monday of every month

   • Active (almost daily) conversations in regards to outreach and strategic planning for this fiscal year

   • LA meeting planning discussion has started.

   • Discussions underway with ARIN (NA RIR) for allocation of IP6 addresses for community lead initiatives such as community networking, municipal Wifi , etc

   • Keen interest in collaborating with regional RALOs to help move idea forward of Global At-Large summit for Europe ICANN meeting in 08. (june)

   • Interest to know more about NOMCOM process

     • Specifically how regional At-large reps on nomcom are selected. Some individuals on NA RALO has expressed interest in perhaps serving on Nomcom.

     • Strongly support the idea that regional RALO be actively involved in the process of selecting the regional at-large rep on nomcom

   • Question

     • Process & timeline for for regional activities funding request

1. Africa - 2 mins

2. Europe - 2 mins

Outreach & Related Activities

• IGF Rio (6 mins total)

  1. Comment by ICANN staff (on funding and/or other issues related to the event) (2 min)

  2. Proposal for IDN workshop at IGF (per San Juan meeting) (2min)

  3. Proposal by Vittorio to support "workshop on critical internet resources" proposal as submitted by IT4change (India) (2min)

New Business

Any Other Business

Remote Participation Details

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