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ALAC ExCom Tuesday 14 February 2012
Participants: Olivier Crépin-Leblond,  Evan Leibovitch, Tijani Ben Jemaa,  Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Carlton Samuels, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Alan Greenberg
Apologies: 
Staff: Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, and Nathalie Peregrine

Summary Notes and Action Items:
1.  Roll call and apologies 

2.  Review of AIs from Executive Committee meeting of ALAC meeting of 24 January 2012 and ExCom Meeting of 26 January 2012 - 24 January ALAC meeting

AI: Staff to support Beau with the RR page

OCL - to put Sandra H. and Hofericther in touch - COMPLETED

AI: Staff to contact Sala to discus the issue of capacity building issues on the Feb ALAC meeting. 

CS: DiploFoundation has interesting information on capacity building. May be a good point to ask for their collaboration. 

OCL: I believe Sala completed the Diplo  course. 

CLO: Confirmed.

OCL: One of the first tasks for this group will be to select information for distance learning. Make it readily available. 

OCL: Tijani has offered his assistance with LACRALO events in CR. Silvia will remind LACRALO leaders that Tijani is ready to help them.

OCL: Will ask Steve Crocker regarding ALAC Report's format. He will see if there is a preferable template/style.

CLO: We need to be aware of bandwidth issues.

OCL: There is quite a bit of work being produced by our WGs, but I believe we can continue this drive of quality work. 

CLO: It would be a good idea to put a little training session together for Chairs and liaisons.

AI: Gisella to prepare a document showing ALAC members' current membership in WGs by the next ALAC meeting.

TBJ: I appreciate CLO's idea, but I do not think it should be included in the ICANN Academy. 

OCL: We are to move forward on the SOI and COI webpage. 

MA: I will try to have something concrete by the end of the week. 

EL: I believe it is important to make the ICANN community aware of activties going on (not just in the US through SOP but also internatioanlly). We need to let people know that these things could go through we the implications if they are in fact passed. 

CS: I find it appalling that they in the GNSO did not see the SOPA/PIPA issue as relevant to ICANN's remit. That is exactly what they do. The second point is that there is this the contracted parties that fund ICANN. We represent users..from elements in the contracted parties house. We should at least try to put it on the agenda. 

CLO: On that last point that CS was raising, it is important to note that it is not just a CP view, but a Board view as stated in San Francisco. So perhaps not to 

CLO: We need to stay focused on the main topics that will be discussed at the ICANN Meeting. Perhaps it is best to have this discussion in Prague or Toronto. 

OCL: Should we place SOPA on our agenda as the "hot item?"

EL: As At-Large we have the mandated ability to give advice. We need to give the necessary advice to ensure the stability of the DNS, even if that advice comes from a WG. 

OCL: Are you suggesting a Statement.

EL: Yes, we should give out formal advice. 

AG: I agree with Evan, we need to discuss the issue face-to-face in San Jose. 

OCL: We should discuss this briefly in CR, with the intent of establishign a WG to draft a Statement before Prague. 

AI: ALAC to iscuss this briefly in CR, with the intent of establishign a WG to draft a Statement before Prague. 

AI: OCL to rsuggest issue of SOPA as a discussion item with AC/SO Chairs meeting with Rod Beckstrom on Friday in CR. 

EL: In advance of CR, could we call for expertise on this issue? 

OCL: Will meet with Mark Carvell this week and will test the waters as to what he, as UK GAC members, thinks of this. I will report back to you this. 

Open Policy Issues: 

• Initial Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs- statement about to be voted on
• Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B Policy Development Process - Recommendation 9, Part 2 Concerning a New Provision to Lock and Unlock Domain Names - No Statement
• Framework for the FY 13 Budget - Tijani is preparing a draft
• WHOIS Policy Review Team Draft Report - Carlton has prepared a draft
• Initial Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs - vote to begin shortly
• Interim Report on Support Significantly Interested Parties for ccTLD Delegation or Redelegation Requests - 
• Further Bylaw Changes Following Adoption of Revised Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Policy Development Process (PDP) - Alan to prepare a statement to the ExCom saying whether we need to submit a comment on the PDP Bylaw Comment Period.

AI: Staff to send a reminder of how to subscribe to the ICANN Policy list.

CLO: Public Comment period requires from all SOs/ACs early intervention we we do not recieve 11th hour input. 

EL: Some ALSes feel marginalized due to the limited comment period. They feel that there is not enough time for them to accurately voice their opinions. We need to stop chasing out tails and have more time to respond to comments. 

AI: Staff to ensure that the transcript of this call is to be saved for the RoP WG so they can review it once they begin their work.

4. San Jose, Costa Rica - Agenda Development (20 min) - Olivier

AI: Evan to liaise with the NCSG and attempt to reduce the current agenda into a more managable one. 

5. Agenda Items for ALAC Meetng of 28 February 2012  

All adopted. 

6. - Any Other Business 

a. Establishing procedures for the posting of ALAC statements and letters to the Board Correspondence page