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Description 

In late 2019, the APRALO Leadership Team proposed the initiation of an APRALO Policy Platform for 2020. After reviewing input from RALO members to the proposal and in light of the unexpected COVID-19 pandemic, the Leadership Team considers this APRALO Policy Forum to be a modest but useful kickstart to facilitate and coordinate ICANN policy-related discussions at a regional level.

Purpose:

The APRALO Policy Forum seeks to:

  • Facilitate informed, inclusive regional position development on issues within ICANN's remit
  • Support APRALO Leadership's participation as a regional partner to the ALAC Policy Platform

Membership:

Open to all APRALO members interested in ICANN policy-related discussions, by subscription to the mailing list. The membership list is published below.

Operation:

To begin with, this Policy Forum will be facilitated using this work space and the apralo-policy@icann.org mailing list which will be moderated by members of the Leadership Team and supported by At-Large Staff. The ICANN Expected Standards of Behaviour will apply.

14 Sep 2020 

Discussions

    To be repopulated

    Projects

      ACTIVE Regional Hot Topics Survey 2021-2022

      Background: In 2017 and 2019, similar Hot Topics surveys were conducted for RALO members to determine topics which were they considered important for the region and for the RALO's attention. See: APRALO Hot Topics 2017 | APRALO Hot Topics 2019.  For 2021, the APRALO Policy Forum's leadership proposed to align the Regional Hot Topic Survey 2021 (HTS Project) with the APRALO Register of Skills & Interests Project (Project RoSI) in order to take advantage of the following factors and existing activities:

      1.  The HTS 2021 should not be conducted in a vacuum and should take into consideration existing topics covered by the At-Large and ALAC. See: Infographic 
      2.  As part of its work scope, the Project RoSI small team is conducting a review of the said topics covered by the At-Large and ALAC, examining them for currency and/or updating
      3.  The At-Large OFB-WG are also closely examining ICANN's FY22-26 Operating Initiatives, work which is expected to produce recommendations on what areas and topics the At-Large and ALAC should be prioritizing
      4.  All the above information are expected to be distilled within Project RoSI and will be useful input on which to then base a RALO consultation
      5.  The above steps will prevent unnecessary duplication of efforts while preserving key information for RALO members' consideration  

      Status:  Ongoing. HTS Project Small Team working design elements and timeline for Hot Topics Survey. Will continue into 2022. See: Infographic report

      Dedicated Workspace:  APRALO Hot Topics 2021-2022 Workspace

       ACTIVE APRALO Register of Skills & Interests Project (Project RoSI) (2021-2022)

      Background: Tentatively code-named "Project RoSI", this project is intended to produce a dynamic Register of Skills & Interests for APRALO.

      Status: Ongoing. Project RoSI Small Team completed preliminary work on data to be presented to the RALO for consultation vide the Hot Topics Survey 2021-2022. See: Infographic report Infographic report

      Dedicated Workspace:  Project RoSI Workspace

      Contact

      Staff Support Lead: Gisella Gruber

      Mailing list: apralo-policy@icann.org

      To subscribe to the APRALO Policy Forum mailing list (or read the archives / manage your subscription) please send a request to staff@atlarge.icann.org.

      Members

      Membership of the APRALO Policy Forum comprises: 

      Name

      Position 

      		Date Joined / (Resigned)Notes

      Justine Chew

      		Co-Chair/ALAC Liaison to GNSO Council16 Sep 2020

      Satish Babu

      		Co-Chair/APRALO Chair16 Sep 2020
      Nadira AlarajFormer APRALO Vice-Chair and ATLAS III Ambassador 16 Sep 2020
      Maureen HilyardALAC Chair16 Sep 2020
      Holly Raiche

      ALAC Member

      		16 Sep 2020
      Gunela AstbrinkATLAS III Ambassador 17 Sep 2020 
      Priyatosh JanaATLAS III Ambassador 17 Sep 2020
      Aris Ignacio 
      		17 Sep 2020 
      Kristina HakobyanATLAS III Ambassador 18 Sep 2020 
      Fouad Bajwa
      		21 Sep 2020 
      Gopal Tadepalli
      		21 Sep 2020
      Cheryl Langdon-Orr Former ALAC Liaison to GNSO Council21 Sep 2020 
      Mohammad Kawsar Uddin
      		22 Sep 2020 
      Narine Khachatryan
      		23 Sep 2020 
      Amrita ChoudhuryAPRALO Vice-Chair24 Sep 2020
      Shreedeep RayamajhiATLAS III Ambassador 30 Sep 2020
      Jaewon Son
      		05 Oct 2020
      Mahmoud Lattouf
      		17 Mar 2021
      Lianna GalstyanAPRALO Vice-Chair18 Mar 2021
      Amir QayyumATLAS III Ambassador 18 Mar 2021
      Winthrop Yu
      		18 Mar 2021
      Prateek PathakATLAS III Ambassador 19 Mar 2021
      Abdul Ghayoor Bawary
      		22 Mar 2021
      K Mohan RaiduPresident, ISoc India Hyderabad Chapter & Member ISoc ChAC SC 29 Mar 2021
      Suhaidi Hassan ATLAS III Ambassador 29 Mar 2021
      Azatullah Dawoodzai
      		01 Apr 2021
      Sivasubramanian MuthusamyATLAS III Ambassador 05 May 2021
      Ali AlMeshalAPRALO NomCom Delegate and ATLAS III Ambassador 05 May 2021
      Hilmi Ghalib
      		13 Jan 2022




      Aisyah ShakirahATLAS III Ambassador 

      Bikram ShresthaATLAS III Ambassador 

      Hanan KhatibATLAS III Ambassador 

      Md Jahangir HossainATLAS III Ambassador 

      Meetings

      Archive

      APRALO Policy Forum Discussions Archive

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      1. Gopal Tadepalli

        Universal Acceptance [UA] is a fundamental requirement for a truly multilingual and digitally inclusive Internet. DNS is in the application layer. A huge plus in Distributed Computing is "Location Transparency". UA is subtly anti-theistic to this goal of designing applications that happen anywhere. UA is another way of indicating traceability.

        I suggest two parameters for scoring:

        1. Web Scriptability
        2. Incident Responsiveness and Manageability

        A good parameter to have on the score card is "Web Scriptability".

        A Case in Point: A headless browser is a web browser without a GUI. They can Perform DDOS attacks on web sites, Increase advertisement impressions and Automate web sites in unintended ways. Google Chrome and Firefox are headless browsers.

        People use tags to aid classification, mark ownership, note boundaries, and indicate online identity. IMHO, UA at present is on the lines of "tags" in vernacular languages well adapted to the UNICODE. It is still a "metadata" that can be used in programming.

        IMHO, Another parameter to have on the score card is "Incident Responsiveness and Manageability".

        An incident may enable quick traceability to a "Local Geography (small footprint)" but its maximum impact may be elsewhere. 

        Hope this helps.

        Gopal T V


      2. Justine Chew

        APRALO Policy Forum 2020 Year End Report

        This Policy Forum, with its membership standing at more than 15 members, closed out 6 items in its maiden quarter ending December 2020 ( see: APRALO Policy Forum Discussions 2020 Archive ) and will continue to function in 2021 as the RALO's space for facilitating better informed, inclusive regional input on issues within ICANN's remit.

        In order to boost the level of output of this Forum, the APRALO Leadership Team will seek feedback on how to ease and improve participation of members via a series of short surveys. Part of our approach will be to establish factors that can contribute to increased participation and/or impediments to members' participation, as well as how to improve members' engagement while also lowering barriers to the same. It would also involves trialing the use of online tools such as Google-form surveys and Google Jamboards.

        In 2021, we will also embark on 2 identified projects: (1) Regional Inventory of Skills and Interests; and (2) Regional Hot Topics Survey 2021; one or both of which we anticipate will benefit other symbiotic initiatives planned for the RALO, eg. the APRALO Mentorship Program.

      3. Justine Chew

        APRALO Policy Forum Survey #1.2021 Report and Recommendations

      4. Justine Chew

        APRALO Policy Forum 2021 Year End Report

        We kick-started the year by conducting the APRALO Policy Forum Survey #1.2021 in Mar 2021 to identify key impediments to participating in the APRALO Policy Forum, and to seek ideas for addressing such impediments.  The report and recommendations from that survey guided our endeavors for the rest of 2021.

        As we approach the end of 2021, I am pleased to note that the APRALO Policy Forum has nearly doubled its membership as compared to this time last year. 

        We have also carried out a number of initiatives during the year which formed APRALO's contributions towards policy development, community engagement and capacity building. These are:-

        1. APRALO Statement on Subsequent Procedures Final Outputs, 1 Jun 2021, wherein APRALO, in endorsing the ALAC's Advice on Subsequent Procedures of 16 April 2021, also emphasized 3 elements of regional importance to us, these being:

        • to facilitate increased adoption of Universal Acceptance (UA) & Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs);
        • to facilitate increased & equitable access by “Global South”, community / niche TLD applicants through the Applicant Support Program (ASP) & Community Priority Evaluation (CPE) and a ban on private auctions; and
        • to advocate for ALAC to have automatic standing to file Community Objections (where it deems necessary).

        2. APRALO Webinar on Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), 27 Jul 2021, where given the particular importance of IDNs for our region, we took the lead in this capacity building effort in association with the At-Large Capacity Building Working Group (CBWG), to support our RALO members and other interested At-Large members in understanding the history and existing landscape of IDNs in order to engage meaningfully in the work of the GNSO Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on IDNs.  We managed to draw 65 participants.

        In addition, we have initiated 2 projects, which will now continue into 2022, both of which are designed to further support the region's work in various areas under ICANN's remit. These are:-

        3. APRALO Register of Skills & Interests Project (2021) which is designed to produce a dynamic Register of Skills & Interests for APRALO; and

        4. Regional Hot Topics Survey 2021 which will be designed primarily to solicit input from RALO members on what topics RALO members believe is of importance to our region and which APRALO should consider embracing in its agenda. Further, we hope to also use the 2021 survey to gauge RALO  members input in light of ICANN's FY21-26 operating priorities. 

        Finally, to prepare for 2022, we are conducting the APRALO Policy Forum Survey #2.2021 to seek feedback on the Policy Forum's role in facilitating better informed, inclusive regional input on issues within ICANN's remit.

        APRALO Policy Forum Discussion Archives


      5. Justine Chew

        APRALO Policy Forum Survey #2.2021 Report and Guide for 2022 Agenda