ALT 2015.11.19 Action Items
CLOSED ACTION ITEMS
Olivier Crépin-Leblond to liaise with Ariel Liang with regard to the final review of the ALAC Statement on the IANA Stewardship Transition; if no major change is needed, open the vote on the Statement on 3 Sep
Tijani BEN JEMAA to send the AFRALO Statement on Accountability & IANA Stewardship Transition to Olivier Crépin-Leblond and Alan Greenberg; Olivier Crépin-Leblond to decide if any AFRALO view needs to be incorporated to the ALAC Statements
Language specific public comment (e.g. LGR) should be made by the parts of community that speak the language and/or the IDN Working Group
LONG-TERM GOALS
IN PROGRESS LONG-TERM GOALS - NO UPDATE REQUIRED
- RALOs to decide on one representative to participate in group call with ICANN Legal regarding the RALO Bylaw changes the RALOs are considering
- Referred to RALOs and Secretariats
- LACRALO to put the questions it has developed onto the ALAC-Registrar [wiki: [Ideas for future ALAC-Registrar meetings|] ([Ideas for the content of educational materials to be developed by At-Large & Registrars|]) and have a call on each one of the RALO teleconferences for this to happen. But the question may be a little unclear.
- ExCom members, during their RALO meetings, to encourage ALS observers in various meetings. ExCom members, during the various meetings, are to encourage all RALOS to mention the fact that meetings are open to all.
- ExCom to consider having interpretation on calls in which only 1-2 members request it.
- In progress: Overall strategy for archiving with interpretation/translation must be discussed at some point in future. (Of course, ICANN operating language is English.)
- Note: Even if interpretation not requested, must consider its usefulness for future archival purposes; it is true of translating transcripts, wiki and mailing-list work, etc.
- Future ALAC Statements, which are lengthy, are to include an executive summary.
- Staff to update list of Cross-Constituency WGs on ALAC AG wiki page
- Cheryl to manage winding up and archiving WGs to be closed, Matt to schedule time to work with Cheryl on this.
IN PROGRESS LONG-TERM GOALS - UPDATE REQUIRED
- Board Consultations - in progress
- ALAC to refine its goals regarding its advising of the Board (for possible inclusion in 2012-15 Strategic Plan and/or Board paper). Focus on how the Board accepts and responds to advice from the ALAC.
- ExCom to develop a template for policy Statements, which might include executive summaries.
- Does the Board have a preferred template for Statements?
- Does the Board have a preferred template/format for the Chair's report at the meetings?
- At Large Improvements - in progress
- ALAC to refine its goals regarding its advising of the Board (for possible inclusion in 2012-15 Strategic Plan and/or Board paper).
- Include metrics regarding how much policy work ALAC does
- Include way of prioritizing ALAC statements for Board (possibilities include marking statements important enough for Board action, sending Board monthly/bimonthly list of ALAC statements, establishing list of topics about which the Board should consult with the ALAC)
- ALAC to refine its goals regarding its advising of the Board (for possible inclusion in 2012-15 Strategic Plan and/or Board paper).
OPEN ACTION ITEMS
Gisella Gruber, Terri Agnew and/or Nathalie Peregrine to monitor the use of additional languages over the course of a few months, as ALAC, APRALO, and LACRALO calls will be offered additional language interpretation by the Language Services.
- New gTLDs WG to identify a new Chair; Heidi Ullrich to work with Alan Greenberg to understand the proper procedure
- Alan Greenberg to review the cleaned-up At-Large mailing list database and let Ariel know which mailing lists should retire
- Single Issue call to develop the At-Large ICANN Meeting schedule to include the ALAC/ALT, WG Chairs and RALO Chairs.
- Alan Greenberg to solicit ALT opinion on what lists to send the call for volunteer message with regard to revitalizing At-Large working groups
RECENTLY CLOSED ACTION ITEMS
Alan Greenberg to speak with Ariel Liang to decide whether the ALAC should make a Statement on the Arabic LGR Proposal, and if so, how to draft the Statement
Tijani Ben Jemaa to consider developing capacity building webinars on how to draft a policy advice statement and how to facilitate the development of policy advice statements for WG chairs. At-Large staff to support the development of such webinars.
NEWLY ASSIGNED ACTION ITEMS
Heidi Ullrich to contact aziz.hilali and invite him to brief the ALAC during the upcoming ALAC call on the security arrangement in the ICANN 55 venue
Gisella Gruber to pass the message from Alan Greenberg to the meetings team during the policy workshop in LA with regard to accommodation issue
Heidi Ullrich and Alan Greenberg to work on a Statement with regard to potential accommodation issue in ICANN 55
Olivier Crépin-Leblond to draft a Statement on the gTLD Marketplace Health Index Proposal: Call for Comments and Volunteers; Alan Greenberg to review the draft Statement
Maureen to draft a Statement on the New gTLD Program Implementation Review Draft Report; Cheryl Langdon-Orr & Alan Greenberg to review the draft
leon.sanchez to draft a Statement on the Preliminary Issue Report on a GNSO Policy Development Process to Review All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs
holly.raiche to advise Harold Arcos with regard to the draft ALAC Statement on the Removal of Searchable Whois Service From .MEET Registry Agreement. (Please note that public comment period will close on 04 December, so we will need a Statement very soon — preferably by this weekend Nov 21-22)
- holly.raiche to submit a Statement in her individual capacity to the public comment on the IAG Initial Report and Proposed Revisions to the ICANN Procedure for Whois Conflicts with Privacy Laws, with a cover note explaining why the ALAC decided not to submit a Statement and the positions of fellow At-Large community members; Holly to check the transcript of the ALT call re suggested wording from Alan Greenberg