Date: Thursday, 16 April 2020
Time: 06:00 - 07:00 UTC (for the time in various time zones click here)
Meeting Number: AL.AP/CC.0120/1
How do I participate in this meeting?
English Conference ID = 1638
Chinese Conference ID = 2038
Zoom room: https://icann.zoom.us/j/298117363?pwd=bVpnYnBrRzNSNG9TWERSMUM2dWltZz09 / Password: 185250
Action Items: EN
Chat: EN
Participants
EN: Maureen Hilyard, Satish Babu, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Holly Raiche, Gopal Tadepalli, Shreedeep Rayamajhi, Jaewon Son, Aris Ignacio, Mubashir Sargana, Alan Greenberg, Amrita Choudhury, Hanan Khatib, Jahangir Hossain, Gunela Astbrink, Leon Sanchez, Suhaidi Hassan, Syuzan Marukhyan, Justine Chew, Ali AlMeshal, Aisyah Shakirah, Amal Al-Saqqaf, Jahangir Hossain, Lianna Galstyan, Mieke Taoi, Amir Qayyum, Nadira Al-Araj, Prateek Pathak, Priyatosh Jana, Vivek Rana, Winthrop Yu, Decka David, Pavan Budhrani
ZH: None
Apologies: None
Staff: Heidi Ullrich, Gisella Gruber, Jia-Rong Low, Mikhail Anisimov, Seher Sağıroğlu, Yeşim Nazlar
ZH Interpreters: Ray & Sandy
Call Management: Yeşim Nazlar
Agenda:
1. Roll call - Staff (2 min)
2. Welcome and APRALO Membership Matters (Satish, 3 min)
| Newly Certified (0) | None | None |
| Pending ALAC Vote (0) | None | None |
| Awaiting RALO Feedback (0) | None | None |
| Processing Due Diligence (0) | None | None |
| On Hold (3) | #299/308 China Internet Development Foundation - APRALO (Withdrawn and reapplied under new structure) #267 Surabhi Softwares #112 Arab Regional ISPs & DSPs Association (ARISPA) - APRALO | None |
3. ALS Mobilization Work and its impact on RALOs (Alan Greenberg, 10 min)
4. APRALO Elections Announcement (Heidi, 5 min)
See: 2020 APRALO Regional Selections
5. ALAC Policy Update - Holly/Justine (15 min)
Recently Ratified by the ALAC (since last APRALO Monthly meeting)
Middle East and Adjoining Countries (MEAC) Strategy 2021-2025 Note: ratified by the AFRALO & APRALO LT; ALAC to endorse.
Executive Summary TBD
Draft Proposal for NextGen@ICANN Program Improvements
The ALAC suggested several significant recommendations to the NextGen@ICANN Program, to the benefit of the community by opening the program and ensuring a welcoming environment to all NextGenners, including first time participants. The ALAC's recommendations would ensure that participants are selected with a stronger focus on their work and can then attend more than one meeting to engage with the community and find their “policy home”. As a part of its recommendations, the ALAC stated that At-Large would welcome a more active participation of NextGenners in its community.
Name Collision Analysis Project (NCAP) Study 1
The ALAC acknowledged the report as a useful primer on the subject of Name Collisions. The ALAC noted that they look forward to further deliberation by the relevant groups and their onward action with respect to the third goal of Study 1, which is to determine if the NCAP Project will proceed onto a Study 2.
Initial Report of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Team – PHASE 2
For all recommendations not listed in the ALAC statement, the ALAC noted that they they “Support as written”. The ALAC “supported wording with change” for several other recommendations - 1, 6, 7, 9, 15, 19 - and made a general comment that differentiation between natural and legal persons would offload the system from unnecessary queries that are permissible under GDPR.
Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency (SSR2) Review Team Draft Report
The ALAC noted that ensuring the security, stability and resiliency of the DNS is arguably ICANN's single most important role. The ALAC has a particular interest in the recommendations related to DNS Abuse, and notes that several of the recommendations overlap with and complement those issued by the RDS WHOIS2-RT and the CCT RT. DNS Security, stability and resiliency is not something that we can afford to ignore.
The ALAC has a particular focus on and interest in DNS Abuse. To address this may require contractual changes to facilitate Contractual Compliance action. Such changes require either negotiations with the contracted parties or a PDP, and the ALAC recommends against a PDP and instead encourages ICANN to come to an agreement with contracted parties. Known vulnerabilities need to be corrected with the utmost haste.
ALAC Feedback to PIR Public Comment Proceeding
Note: Not an ICANN Public Comment. The Public Interest Registry (PIR) held a Public Comment proceeding on the issue of the ISOC/PIR. (8) responses were submitted on behalf the ALAC to the PIR Public Comment proceeding.
The ALAC made several suggestions to PIR regarding the issue of ISOC/PIR. The ALAC noted that PICs are the best mechanism with which to enshrine the essential characteristics of a .ORG registry, yet there are significant issues with PIC enforcement that need to be addressed for PICs to be considered a trustworthy assurance. They noted that from the standpoint of an "individual end user," a 10 annual price cap would add a lot of predictability. The ALAC also noted that the stewardship council for .ORG is a good start, but its mandate should be wider than just free speech and privacy, and suggested a few board seats reserved for 501c(3) organizations, chosen by the community, would be more powerful. Reserving certain seats to be selected by NPOC and perhaps the ALAC (to represent the individual registrants) would help a great deal.
The ALAC’s objective is to enshrine PIR's best practices in its contract with ICANN such that they survive any further transitions of ownership.
Addendum to the Initial Report of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Team – Phase 2
Guidelines for Developing Reference Label Generation Rules (LGRs) for the Second Level Version 2
Current Statements (ALAC Advice, Comment or Correspondence)
Public Comment Name | Public Comment Close | Status | Penholder(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
Note: 1-week extension for FBSC comment to 20 April | COMMENT | ||
| Phase 1 Initial Report of the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs Policy Development Process |
| DRAFTING |
Other:
- See: At-Large PDP 3.0 Workspace (resources available and comments welcome)
- Take the At-Large GeoNames Survey (deadline: 30 April)
6. ALAC Updates (Maureen, 5 min)
7. APRALO Updates (15 min)
- APRALO Policy Platform 2020: Next steps (Justine, 9 min)
- Link to Google doc for comments | Link to At-Large Policy Platform
- "Skills outreach survey" per Outreach & Engagement WG
- At-Large Capacity Building Webinars 2020
- Policy discussions vide APRALO mailing list
- Outreach & Engagement WG Update (Ali, 3 min)
- Social Media WG Update (Shreedeep Rayamajhi, 3 min)
8. NomCom Update (Amrita, 3 min)
9. AOB (2 min)
