ALAC Monthly September Teleconference

Meeting Number: AL.ALAC/CC.1112/1

Date: Tuesday, 27 November 2012

Time: 1500 - 1700 UTC

(For the time in various timezones click here)

Adobe Connect Meeting Room: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/alac

Interpretation Available: Yes (ES, FR - Simultaneous)

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Participants:

EN: Alan Greenberg, Carlton Samuels (will be late), Jean-Jacques Subrenat, Ron Sherwood, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Olivier Crepin-Leblond, Holly Raiche, Julie Hammer, Garth Bruen, Yaovi Atohoun, Eduardo Diaz, Evan Leibovitch, Wolf Ludwig, Sandra Hoferichter, Sebastien Bachollet, Tijani Ben Jemaa, Titi Akinsanmi, Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Dev Anand Teelucksingh,

FR: none

ES: Natalia Enciso, Fatima Cambronero,

Apologies: Dr.V.C.Vivekanandan, Cintra Sooknanan,

Staff: Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco

Interpreters: ES: Veronica & Sabrina, FR: Camila & Claire

Summary Minutes: EN  

Action Items:  EN

Adopted Motions: EN

Transcription: EN, FR, ES 

Recording: EN, FR, ES 

Chat: EN

A G E N D A  

Standing Agenda Items

1.  Adoption of agenda; call for Any Other Business or other amendments – Olivier (2 minutes)

2.  Roll call and apologies – Staff (2 min)

3.  Review of the Action Items from the ALAC Meetings in Toronto - Olivier (10 minutes)

4.  Review of current ALS applications – Olivier, Staff (5 minutes)

a. Recently Accredited ALSes

i. (168) Computer Society of India

b. Organizations that are Currently undergoing the Accreditation Process

i. (158) ASOCIACIÓN DE ESCRIBANOS DEL URUGUAY\ - Regional Advice from LACRALO expected imminently

ii. (159) National Association for Digital Inclusion (Associação Nacional para Inclusão Digital) - Regional Advice from LACRALO expected imminently.

iii. (166) Association Tchadienne pour la Promotion et de Développement de l'Internet au Tchad (ATPDIT) - AFRALO has asked staff to follow up with some additional questions.

iv. (167) Ray Services - (AFRALO) Sierra Leone - Additional information being researched.

v. (170) University Community Partnership for Social Action Research - (NARALO) ALAC to begin voting shortly

vi. (171) Connect.NYC - (NARALO) ALAC voting

vii. (172)  Nova Scotia Community Access Program - (NARALO) ALAC voting

viii. (173) dotHIV - (EURALO) Due Diligence will begin shortly

ix. (174) Armenian Association for the Disabled "Pyunic" (APRALO) - Due Diligence will begin shortly

See:  At-Large Structure Applications and Certification Process

5.  Reports – Olivier (2 minutes)

See:  At-Large Reports from WGs,

RALOs and Liaisons wiki page

ALAC Monthly Reports wiki page

Note:  Usually, no discussion of these reports is scheduled for this meeting; the above link is for information only.  Any WG or RALO Chair/Liaison seeking to discuss his/her report or a related decision is asked (i) to edit the relevant agenda section under Items for Decision or Items for Discussion before the meeting or (ii) to raise the item when Any Other Business is called for under agenda item 1, before adoption of the agenda.

New Business

Items for Decision

6.  Policy Advice Development Page -- Tijani, Olivier (30 minutes)

See:  ICANN Public Comment page

a. Recently approved ALAC Statements, Documents or Groups:

i. Community Input Draft 2013-2016 Strategic Plan - Approved on 11 November 2012

ii. Use of a Drawing for Prioritizing New gTLD Applications - Approved on 8 November 2012

iii.  Proposed Bylaws Amendments to Align Board Terms - Approved on 8 November 2012

iv. Draft Recommendations Overall Policy for the Selection of IDN ccTLD Strings - Approved on 8 November 2012

v. Trademark Clearinghouse Documents - Approved on 7 November 2012

vi. ALAC Statement on Community Input and Advice Process - 18 October 2012

vii.  R3 White Paper - Approved unanimously on 29 September 2012

b. Statements currently being developed, reviewed or voted on by the ALAC

i. ICANN Consolidated Meetings Strategy Proposal - Vote started, 19 November 2012

ii. IDN Variant TLD Program – Interim Report Examining the User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs - Edmon Chung to write a draft Statement. Comment period closes 22 November 2012; Reply period closes 13 December 2012

iii. Expired Registration Recovery Policy - Alan Greenberg to discuss statement details.

iv. IDN Variant TLD Program – Procedure to Develop and Maintain the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone in Respect of IDNA Labels - Voting in progress

c. Current open policy forums:

i. Proposed Modification of GNSO PDP Manual to Address the Suspension of a PDP - Comment period closed 12 November 2012; Reply period closes 3 December 2012

ii. Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part C Policy Development Process (PDP) Recommendations for Board Consideration - No Statement

iii. Expert Recommended Improvements to ICANN's Accountability Structures - No Statement

iv. Application for New GNSO Constituency Candidacy-"Public Internet Access/Cybercafe Ecosystem" - Comment period closed 17 November 2012; Reply period closes 17 December 2012 - No Statement

v. Preliminary Issue Report on the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part D - Comment period closes 14 December; Reply period closes 4 January 2013. Alan Greenberg suggests no statement is necessary.

vi. At-Large White Paper on Future Challenges Entitled Making ICANN Relevant, Responsive and Respected

Items for Discussion

7. ATRT 2 - At-Large representatives - Olivier (15 minutes)

See: Call for Membership

8. Update of IGF Activities - Olivier (10 minutes)

a. At-Large at the IGF in Baku

i. At-Large Activities in Baku

ii. Appreciation

b. Asian Regional IGF - Update - Cheryl Langdon-Orr (2 minutes)

9. Update from Selected At-Large Working Groups - WG Chairs (15 minutes)

a. ALAC RoP WG and ALAC Metrics Sub-committee - Cheryl Langdon-Orr

b. New gTLD WG - Avri Doria

c. New gTLD Review Group - Dev Anand Teelucksingh

d. At-Large Academy WG - Sandra Hoferrichter

10. Update on the WCIT - Olivier (5 mins)

See. At-Large WCIT Workspace

11. Call for Completion of Statements of Interest - Olivier (5 minutes)

See: At-Large SOI wiki page

12. Any Other Business – Olivier (5 minutes)