NARALO Monthly Teleconference
Date: Monday, 09 August 2010
Time: 19:00 UTC (for the time in various timezones click here)
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Participants: Evan Leibovitch, Darlene Thompson, Allan Skuce, Gareth Shearman, Glenn McKnight, Gordon Chillcott, Joly MacFie, Alan Greenberg
Apologies: Eduardo Diaz
Staff: Seth Greene, Matthias Langenegger
Summary Minutes: alacnaralo:Summary Minutes 09 August 2010
Action Items: Action Items 09 August 2010
Recording: ENGLISH
A G E N D A - TO BE UPDATED
Standing Issues:
1. Roll Call (2 minutes)
2. Review of Summary Minutes 12 July 2010 and Action Items 12 July 2010 (5 minutes)
3. Open Public Consultations (5 minutes)
a. At-Large Policy Advice Development Schedule
b. Recently submitted ALAC Statements:
ALAC Statement on Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) Initial Report
ALAC Statement on PDP-WT Interim Report
ALAC Statement on At-Large Travel Support
c. ALAC Statements are being prepared for the following consultations:
Initial Report on Proposals for Improvements to the RAA (ALAC vote on the Draft Statement currently open)
ALAC Statement on DAG4 and Explanatory Memorandum
Proposed Agenda Items
4. Call for regional members of the ALAC/At-Large Improvements work teams (Staff)(5 minutes)
A call to join one of the following four recommendation work teams was sent to NARALO on August 5th:
Work team A: Work team on ALAC's continuing purpose
Rec 1: ICANN bylaws to reflect ALAC's continuing purpose
Rec 10: ALAC/At-Large is home of individual Internet users
Rec 11: Board statement recognizing Rec 10
Work team B: Work team on ALS participation
Rec 3: Remove any obstacles in ALS-RALO-ALAC structure
Rec 4: ALS education and engagement
Rec 7: ALAC should choose its own communication/collaboration tools
Rec 9: ICANN should strengthen its translation/interpretation tools
Work team C: Work team on ALAC planning processes
Rec 5: ALAC should develop strategic/operational plans as part of ICANN’s planning process
Rec 6: At-Large should develop accurate cost models
Work team D: Work team on ALAC's policy advice development
Rec 8: ALAC may request public comment period be extended to 45 days
Rec 12: Consumer representatives should have input into decisions and policy advice
Rec 13: ALAC/At-Large policy advice mechanisms should be strengthened
5. Update on Meeting Location of ICANN North American Meeting 2011 (Seth, Staff)(5 mins)
6. Update on NARALO Elections 2010 (Evan)(10 mins)
a) overview of open NARALO positions and election timeline
b) update on the voting process for unaffiliated NARALO members
c) next steps
Reference documents:
NARALO Elections 2010 Workspace
7. Discuss Bylaw Modifications with regards to unaffiliated members (Darlene, Evan)(10 mins)
Background Information:
NARALO was the first RALO to formally recognize unaffiliated members. According to the NARALO Operating Principles, unaffiliated individuals can participate in NARALO votes and run for the NARALO positions in the ALAC (but not the Chair or Secretariat position).
During the last NARALO call on 12 July three amendments to the existing rules were discussed:
- unaffiliated NARALO members need to register by submitting a Statement of Interest
- the voting weight of all unaffiliated NARALO members together will be equal to that of one ALS representative
8. Discussion on ccNSO Working Group Paper on Delegation, Redelegation and Retirement of ccTLDs (Evan)(10 minutes)
Reference documents:
Public Comment Announcement (PC ends on 15 September 2010)
ccNSO Working Group Paper on Delegation, Redelegation and Retirement of ccTLDs
9. Discussion on GNSO Vertical Integration WG Initial Report (Alan, Evan)(10 minutes)
Reference documents:
Community call on Vertical Integration Initial Report (held on 3 August 2010)
Initial Report on Vertical Integration Between Registrars and Registries (PDF)
At-Large workspace on Vertical Integration
Workspace of the GNSO Working Group on Vertical Integration
10. Update on the At-Large Board Selection process (Annalisa, Myles)(10 mins)
a. Activities of the Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC)
b. Next Steps
Reference documents:
Public Comment Announcement
BCEC Workspace
