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At-Large RALO Coordination Session

Summary:

The At-Large Regional Leaders met to discuss cross-RALO issues and work on how best to collaborate, where possible. 

• Looking forward, the RALOs to consider how they can do more capacity building for their working groups and for outreach and engagement.
• Further discussion is needed to see if they can come up with topics to possibly enhance cross-RALO community collaboration. 
• Noting that specific regional considerations need to be prioritized and taken into account. 

Action Items:

• RALO leaders to work on more coordinated capacity building and O/E and ICANN GSE; but not add  additional work. 

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Summary:
The session opened with a welcome to the incoming At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) chair and a thank you to the outgoing Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) chair. The panelists then presented an update on the 2017 joint GAC-ALAC Advice, which focused on ways to improve accessibility to ICANN documents for the benefit of volunteers and newcomers. There was also an update on the ICANN76 plenary session and an in-depth discussion on topics of mutual interest related to Domain Name System (DNS) abuse.

Highlights:

• The objective of the 2017 Advice is to foster inclusive and informed participation. While ICANN org’s use of the Information Transparency Initiative (ITI) is the preferred implementation method for the joint Advice, the GAC and ALAC believe that further work must be done. They look forward to continuing discussions with the ICANN Board and org.
• The ICANN76 plenary session will look at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS Forum). The ICANN community should find ways to participate in broader discussions related to Internet governance through WSIS.
• DNS abuse should have a working definition that includes what types of security threats ICANN org considers within its remit. Security threats must be addressed through contractual and compliance mechanisms, and it should be clear to the community as to what ICANN org understands to be outside of its remit.
• The ALAC believes that implementation of several relevant consensus policies as well as the completion of community work like Applicant Support need to finish before the launch of the new generic top-level domain (gTLD) program. The ALAC community has begun a prioritization exercise to review outstanding recommendations such as the Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice Review Team (CCTRT) recommendations related to metrics and the relevant DNS abuse approved policy development process recommendations.
• The GAC sees current contract negotiations initiated by the Contracted Parties as a positive and unprecedented step to improve actions against DNS abuse. The GAC and ALAC both understand that this is a first step on the journey to mitigate DNS abuse. The more precision and focus given to areas of DNS abuse the higher the probability for success.

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