ALAC August Teleconference

Meeting Number: AL.ALAC/CC.0816/1

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Date: Tuesday, 23 August 2016                                    

Time: 04:00-06:00 UTC (For the time in various timezones click here)

Adobe Connect Meeting Room: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/alac

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Interpretation Available: Yes ( EN, ES & FR  - Simultaneous)

How can I participate in this meeting? English Conference ID = 1638

¿Cómo se puede participar en la teleconferencia? Spanish Conference ID = 1738

Comment participer a cette teleconference?  French Conference ID = 1838

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ALAC:

Alan Greenberg,  Tim Denton (absent), Garth Bruen (absent)

Maureen Hilyard, Holly Raiche , Kaili Kan

Sébastien Bachollet, Sandra Hoferichter (apology), Jimmy Schulz (absent)

Vanda Scartezini, León Sanchez (apology) , Harold Arcos 

Tijani Ben Jemaa, Seun Ojedeji, Wafa Dahmani

 

Liaisons:  

Julie Hammer (SSAC), Maureen Hilyard (ccNSO), Olivier Crépin-Leblond (GNSO), Ron Sherwood (ccNSO) apology, Yrjö Länsipuro (GAC)

 

Participants:  

EN: Allan Skuce, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Daniel Nanghaka,  Sarah Kiden,  John Laprise, Siranush Vardanyan, Loris Taylor

ES: Alberto Soto, Harold Arcos

FR: none

Apologies: León Sanchez, Sandra Hoferichter, Bastiaan Goslings, Ariel Liang (staff), William Michael Cunningham, Ron Sherwood

Staff:  Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Yesim Nazlar, Gisella Gruber

Call Management: Gisella Gruber

Interpreters:

FR: Claire and Camila

ES: Veronica and David

RU: Galina and Ekaterina

 

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Action Items:   EN    

 Adopted Motions:  EN

 Decisions:  EN

 Transcription: EN,  ES,  FR, RU

 Recording:     EN ,  ES,  FR, RU        

Chat:  EN       

Captioning Script: EN

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A G E N D A:     

Standing Agenda Items

1. Roll call and apologies – Staff (5 minutes)

2. Adoption of agenda; call for Any Other Business or other amendments – Alan Greenberg (3 minutes)

3. Review of outstanding Action Items requiring ALAC involvement - Alan Greenberg (0 minutes)

4. ALAC Policy Development Activities - Ariel Liang & Alan Greenberg (15 minutes) 

• See: Policy Advice Page on New At-Large Website 
• See: Policy Advice Development Page
• See: ICANN Public Comment page 

1. 1. Statements approved by the ALAC
      • None
   2. Statements in process: being drafted, in comment or in vote:
      • Creating a Consumer Agenda at ICANN - At-Large Community commenting on a draft proposal (not a public comment) 
      • Proposed Guidelines for the Second String Similarity Review Process (closes 31 Aug 2016) - ALAC voting on a Statement 
      • Independent Review of Trademark Clearinghouse Services Draft Report (closes 03 Sep 2016) - Leon Sanchez and Alan Greenberg drafting a Statement 
   3. Statements that seem to be stalled:
      • Input requested: SO/AC/SG/C Outreach - New gTLD Subsequent Procedures (closes 01 Aug 2016) - Holly Raiche and Alan Greenberg drafting a Statement
   4. Public Comment requests to which the ALAC decided not to submit Statements: 
      • Release of Country and Territory Names within the .SOFTBANK, .ART and .CARAVAN TLDs (closes 31 Aug 2016) 
   5. New Public Comment requests requiring decision:

      • gTLD Marketplace Health Index (Beta) (closes 06 Sep 2016) 

      • IANA Naming Function Agreement (closes 09 Sep 2016) 
      • Proposed Renewal of .TEL Registry Agreement (closes 13 Sep 2016) 

5.  Review of current ALS applications – Staff (5 minutes)  

• Total number of ALSes: 201
  Recently certified ALSes: ACIEDD, AFRALO
  
• Recently decertified ALSes: All NARALO: Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail (CAUCE North America), Privaterra, Manitoba E-Association, Online News Association,Web405, 
  
• Applications currently being voted on: none
  
• Applications pending: See: At-Large Structure Applications and Certification Process: 
  Regional Advice received for: none.
• Regional Advice awaited for: INTIC4DEV, Internet Society Ghana Chapter, (both AFRALO) , Association of Internet Users (NARALO), ISOC El Salvador (LACRALO), Swathanthra Malayalam Computing (APRALO)
  Staff processing Due Diligence for: Rayznewz (APRALO) and Forum pour Gouvernance de l'Internet au Benin (AFRALO)
  Applications on hold:
  
• (210) ISOC Gambia [PDF, 495 KB] Application suspended as per AFRALO Leadership, and advice from Internet Society to wait until further notice from ISOC. 
  

6.  Reports – Alan Greenberg (5 minutes)

• See: At-Large Reports from WGs,
• See: RALOs and Liaisons wiki page
• See: ALAC Monthly Reports wiki page

Note:  Usually, little discussion of these reports is scheduled for this meeting. Short comments calling attention to important issues are welcome. Any WG or RALO Chair/Liaison seeking to discuss his/her report in more detail is advised to inform the Chair in advance or if minimal time is required, add the item to AOB before adoption of the agenda.

For Information/Discussion

7. ALAC Rules of Procedures - Status Update and Next Steps - Alan Greenberg (20 minutes)

• Revision 3 Draft 2 - Redline
• Revision 3 Draft 2 - Change log

8. BCEC and BMSPC - Update and Next Steps - Alan Greenberg (5 minutes)

9. IANA Transition and CCWG-Accountability - Update and Next Steps - Alan Greenberg and Leon Sanchez (10 minutes)

a. Update on CCWG Workstream 2

b. Update on IANA Transition

10. At-Large Review - Update and Next Steps - Holly Raiche and Cheryl Langdon-Orr (5 minutes)

11. At-Large at ICANN 57 - Gisella Gruber, Alan Greenberg, Leon Sanchez  (25 minutes)

a. Brief overview of schedule, sessions, and programs

i.  Schedule outline

ii. At-Large Leadership Session

iii. Development Sessions

iv. APRALO events

v. Tribal Ambassadorship

b. Logistics

c. Travel & Visas

12. ALAC Chair, ALT and Liaison selections - Alan Greenberg (10 minutes)

13. Any Other Business - Alan Greenberg (5 minutes)