2018-11-22 APRALO Monthly Teleconference

Date: Thursday, 22 November 2018 

Time: 06:00 - 07:00 UTC (for the time in various timezones click here)

Meeting Number: AL.AP/CC.1122/1

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How do I participate in this meeting?

English Conference ID = 1638

Chinese Conference ID = 2038

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Adobe Connect: https://participate.icann.org/apralo/

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Action Items: EN

Recording: EN, ZH

Transcript: EN, ZH

Chat: EN

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Participants

EN: Satish Babu, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Ali Almeshal, Tomohiro Fujisaki, Lianna Galstyan, Hanan Khatib, Nadira Al-Araj, Kaili Kan, Maheeshwara  Kirindigoda, Gunela Astbrink, Hong Xue, Leon Sanchez, Mili Semlani, Pavan Budhrani, Justine Chew, Amal Al-Saqqaf, Winthrop Yu, Vladimer Svanadze

ZH: None

Apologies: Maureen Hilyard, Holly Raiche, Shreedeep Rayamajhi, Priyatosh Jana, Aris Ignacio, Eranga Samararathna, Bikram Shrestha, Fouad Bajwa

Staff: Silvia Vivanco, Yeşim Nazlar

ZH Interpreters: Eva & Ray

Call Management: Yeşim Nazlar

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Agenda 

1. Roll call - Staff (2 min)

2. Welcome and APRALO Membership Matters (Satish, 3 min)

2. At-Large Review Implementation/ARIWG: The Next Steps: Maureen/Cheryl (5 min)

3. ALAC Policy Update -  Maureen/Holly/Kaili  (15 min)

See: Policy Advice Development Page
See : ICANN Public Comment page

Statements approved by the ALAC

Draft ICANN Africa Strategic Plan 2016-2020 Version 3.0 
The ALAC recommended (1) an increased number of African ICANN staff to be seriously considered in the Draft Africa Strategic Plan; (2) involving more African participation in strategy planning and implementation; (3) local capacity building; (4) increased representation of African stakeholders in the SOs and ACs in addition to the ALAC and GAC. The ALAC also noted criteria for implementation should be further developed, and offered collaboration with the African community in At-Large.

Statements in process - Drafting, Comment or Vote

Vote IPC/BC Accreditation & Access Model for Non-Public Data v1.7
Penholder(s): Jonathan Zuck

Vote Recommendations for Managing IDN Variant Top-Level Domains 17 Sep 2018 
Penholder(s): Satish Babu

Comment ICANN Seeking Community Feedback on Proposed Unified Access Model 
Penholder(s): Gregory Shatan

Drafting Initial Report on the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process (Overarching Issues & Work Tracks 1-4) 26 Sep 2018
Penholder(s): Jonathan Zuck

Drafting Next Steps on Reviews05 Oct 2018
Penholder(s):Alan Greenberg

Drafting Proposed gTLD-Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) Profile 13 Oct 2018
Penholder(s):Joanna Kulesza, Jonathan Zuck

Statements that seem to be stalled

• • None

Public Comment requests to which the ALAC decided not to submit Statements

• • The Independent Review Process Implementation Oversight Team (IRP-IOT) Draft Recommendations
  • Proposed Renewal of .COOP Sponsored Registry Agreement
  • Proposals for Kannada, Oriya and Telugu Scripts' Root Zone Label Generation Rules
  • Study on Technical Use of Root Zone Label Generation Rules 
  • Modification of Domains Protected Marks List Service
    

New Public Comment requests to which the ALAC needs to make decisions

• • Proposed gTLD-Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) Profile

Upcoming Public Comment Requests

September

• • Registration Directory Service Review Team (RDS-WHOIS2) Draft Report
    
  • Implementation of Privacy and Proxy Services Accreditation Program
    
  • Recommendations on the Technical Use of the Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)
    
  • Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Policy Status Report

October

• • Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information Policy Draft
  • New gTLD Auction Proceeds Cross Community Working Group (CCWG) – Initial Report
    
  • Final Recommendations for Managing the IDN Variant Top-Level Domains
    
  • Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) Initial Report

4.  At-Large/ALAC Updates (15 min)

• Outreach & Engagement Activities at Kobe: APRALO Networking and Outreach Events at ICANN 64 Kobe - Ali/Satish
• Social Media WG: Lianna/Amrita
• IGF 2018 Update: Lianna/Satish

5. ICANN63 updates:   - Post-ICANN63 Policy Report - Satish/Ali (5 min)

6. APRALO Policy Hot Topics for 2019. See reference APRALO Hot topics 2017 - Satish (5 min)

7. NomCom Update (Nadira, 2 min)

8. AOB (8 min)

• ALS presentations during APRALO Monthly calls: Call for volunteers (Lianna)
• Additional Budget Requests Process - At-Large FY20 Budget Development Workspace (Silvia)