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2026-01-29 At-Large Fireside Chat #2 on Participating in ICANN Working Groups

2026-01-29 At-Large Fireside Chat #2 on Participating in ICANN Working Groups

Date: Thursday, 29 January 2026                              

Time: 12:00 - 13:00 UTC (For the time in various time zones click here)

Register in advance for this meeting: https://icann.zoom.us/meeting/register/BWxng_9xTsKA4lIpKftfpQ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Interpretation: ES & FR - Simultaneous 

AFRALO  Adebunmi Akinbo, Aziz Hilali, Raïhanath Gbadamassi

APRALO  Justine Chew, Aftab Siddiqui, Satish Babu

EURALO  Natálie Terčová, Emilia Zalewska-Czajczyńska, Pari Esfandiari

LACRALO Claire Craig, Eunice Alejandra Perez Coello, Hannah Frank

NARALO Jonathan Zuck, Judith Hellerstein, Kathleen Scoggin

Liaisons: Matthias Hudobnik (SSAC), Laura Margolis (ccNSO), Joanna Kulesza (GAC), Justine Chew (GNSO)

Participants: 

EN, ES & FR: Justine Chew, Alan Greenberg, Steinar Grøtterød, Charbel Chbeir, Mohammad Abdul Haque Anu, Mansur Mirzoev, Riyadh Zehrah, Phyo Thiri Lwin, Maciek Piasecki, Gabriel Bombambo Boseko, Eunice Alejandra Perez Coello, Bukola Oronti, Shadrack Inusah, Satish Babu, Fernanda K. Martins, Saima Nisar, Saifullah Ayaan, Dotou Laurent Nassara, Amrita Choudhury, Sandip Koirala, Aris Ignacio, Abdul Manaf Sulemana, Adebunmi Akinbo, Ajay Sharma, Alberto Soto, Alfredo Calderón, Aïcha Abbad, Frank Anati, Hadia Elminiawi, Harsha Wijayawardhana, Joly MacFie, Mayssam Sabra, Muhammad Altaf, Sandra Rodriguez

Apologies: None

Staff: Gisella Gruber, Yeşim Sağlam

ES Interpreters: Lilian & Veronica

FR Interpreters: Claire & Isabelle

Call management: Yeşim Sağlam

Recording: EN, ES, FR

Zoom Chat:

Zoom Recording: EN

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You are invited to participate in the second of two At-Large Fireside Chats on Thursday, 29 January 2026 at 12:00 UTC, where Justine Chew will chat with Alan Greenberg and Steinar Grøtterød about their experiences participating in various ICANN working groups. The first fireside chat took place on Monday, 26 January 2026 at 19:00 UTC.

If you have ever wondered what it means to participate in an ICANN working group, or have questions about how to do so, either directly or indirectly, then this fireside chat is for you!

Our panelists are seasoned At-Large community members who have participated in cross-community working groups, community coordination groups, Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Policy Development Process (PDP) working groups, review teams or implementation review teams over recent years. Among others, they will address:-

  • Differences between working groups initiated by different chartering groups; 

  • Various working group processes, mechanisms or tools to encourage discussion and consensus-building for generating working group recommendations; 

  • How to engage the At-Large community for input into working group deliberations;

  • Expected time commitments as an At-Large/ALAC representative or individual participant; and

  • Your questions.

These chats form part of the FY2026 At-Large Capacity Development Initiatives, and they build up to the newly adopted ALAC Rules of Procedure Adjunct Document – Metrics and Remedial Actions for Appointees, 16 Dec 2025.

Recommended pre-activity self-learning resources

AGENDA 

  1. Staff introduction - Staff (2 mins)

  2. Welcome and introduction - Justine Chew  (3 min) 

  3. Panelist sharings (20 mins) 

    1. Alan Greenberg (10 mins) 

      1. IANA Transition Cross Community Working Group

      2. Cross Community Working Group on New gTLD Auction Proceeds (CCWG-AP)

      3. GNSO Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data – Phase 1, Phase 2 and Phase 2A

    2. Steinar Grøtterød (10 mins)

      1. GNSO Transfer Policy Review Policy Development Process (TPR PDP) Working Group

  4. Q&A / Discussion (25 mins)

  5. Poll - Staff (8 mins)

  6. Wrap up - Justine Chew (2 mins)

 Overview of Poll Results

Prepared by Justine

Number of respondents: 18 (51% of attendees)

Demographics of respondents:

  • All 5 RALOs represented, along with several RALO leaders

  • 2 (11%) have been in ICANN community for < 1 year

  • 3 (17%) have been in ICANN community for 1-3 years

  • 2 (11%) have been in ICANN community for 3-5 years

  • 10 (56%) have been in ICANN community for at least 5 years

  • 17 of 18 found activity useful or very useful; 1 found activity sufficiently useful

Suggestions for future activities:

  1. PDP (policy development processes)

  2. Enhancing quality of participation in WGs/PDPs

  3. Multilingual Domain Name management

  4. DNSSEC