SUMMARY MINUTES by Holly Raiche
- Spotlight: Karaitiana Taiuru (KT) talked about the New Zealand Maori Internet Society. New Zealand is a bi-cultural, bi-lingual society and the Maori Internet Society represents Maori users. It was formed in 1997 as a grass roots organisation, and became an ALS in 2006. Their current issues incude cyber safety issues, protecting users from viruses, on-line scams, etcand a lack of access to the Internet. Members interact using emails, Facebook, Twitter and blogs. Currently they are doing research on how indigenous names are being used, which KT will present the first week in November.
- Policy Update: Olivier summarized the current issues before ICANN, including ALAC’s involvement in the policies. Participation of ALSs in policy discussions was encouraged. The Board has issued a call for volunteers for the Implementation Advisory Group for Consumer Trust and Consumer choice metrics. See
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-17sep13-en.htm>. People should apply, but realize that Board review teams take considerable time and effort. The ALAC will be asked to nominate one or two people.
- APRALO meeting in Argentina: The APRALO meeting in November is scheduled for Wednesday 19 November at 1700 Buenos Aires time (UTC -3> hOurs)
- Update on ROP Review Working Group: CLO reported on the first meeting of the RoP working group. They are currently reviewing the reference documents, including the updated ALAC Rops.
- Report on APrIGF meeting in Soeul: Pavan reported that this meeting was success, with the number of sessions and delegates up from the previous APrIGF. Gunela provided a further report on the conference. Presentations and reports available from http://2013.rigf.asia/day1/. Members should contact Pavan if they want to be on the mailing list for the next IGF.
- Gunela mentioned the idea of a future webinar on accessibility for people with disability and the role of ICANN.
