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NARALO Monthly Report - October 2012 (in progress)

1. October Monthly Call Occurred as scheduled 8 October 2012 2012 
2. Going forward the Chair will review the NARALO Operating Principles regularly to ensure we are working within these parameters and create a running commentary here so all members are aware of these principles (there are 18). The first principle being: "The North American Regional At-Large Organization (NARALO) promotes and assures the North American user participation in the ICANN policy development process. It is formed by the unaffiliated individuals who meet the requirements under rule 17 and by those North American At-Large Structures (ALSs) accredited by the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)."
   
3. Toronto ICANN meeting

• Staff Acknowledgement: ICANN At-Large Staff were actively engaged in the process of building the Toronto event and made many of the suggestions which resulted in positive results and engagement. For this we thank them for their time and dedication.
  
  
• Event Committee: This very successful meeting is was coordinated through weekly teleconferences by the NARALO volunteer committee starting in August 2012, the membership being: Darlene Thompson, Glenn McKnight, Gordon Chillcott, Eduardo Diaz, Garth Bruen; Olivier Crepin-Leblond and Evan Leibovitch. See Event Planning Data.
  
  
• The Slideshow Sub-committee (Garth, Glenn, Eduardo, Gordon) Slideshow http://www.slideshare.net/gmcknight/naralo-slideshow
  
  
• Meeting  Reports: NARALO Members have been recording meeting briefs from Toronto: At-Large Toronto Meeting Reports
  
  
• Leadership Sessions: Our leadership participated in day-long ALAC sessions on Sunday with the new CEO, ccSNO, CFO, Communications, SSAC, Compliance, and DSSA WG. Transcripts
  
  
• The Outreach (Monday): http://toronto45.icann.org/node/34281

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• New gTLD working group, WHOIS Working Group, Future Challenges, Rules of Procedure, Registrant Rights and Responsibilities

• NARALO Member Glenn McKnight participated in Nominating Committee sessions
• NARALO Chair ran the Secretariats Meeting
• General Assembly:

• Recruitment Activities: Part of the week's activity centered around developing recruitment opportunities. We have enlarged our rolls with several new At-Large Structures and unaffiliated members.

  -NARALO was pleased have two candidate ALSes attend our sessions: Nova Scotia Community Access Program and Connect.NYC. These two groups submitted applications immediately.

  -As for Unaffiliated Members, the Chair sent personal invitations to potential unaffiliated members: Murray M., Peter K., Roy B., Alain B., Andrew M. who attended various sessions.

• Capacity Building Sessions - Monday through Thursday NARALO meet early in the morning to develop a Communication Strategy. This NARALO Communication Strategy Document is the result of our collaborative efforts while in the ICANN 45 Toronto At-Large Capacity Building Sessions.The document follows the four-part discussion agenda which occurred over the four meeting days. Comments may be submitted to the NARALO Chair at any time.

i. Community Communications (Monday)
ii. Recruitment (Tuesday)
iii. Communication Strategy I - Internal (Wednesday)
iv. Communication Strategy II - External (Thursday) 

• The following brief report comes from NARALO Member Annalisa Roger on the Women in the DNS session: 
  
  "The Women in the DNS met alongside ICANN North American meetings in Toronto. A breakfast room filled by 7 a.m. Monday morning, October 15, just prior to ICANN's opening meeting with  enthusiasm to support each other, to network, and to reach out to local business women. Founder Karla Valente and the original advisory group met later in the week to further develop the mission and ability to serve its growing membership, which will include a website. The group was founded at the March 2009 meeting in Mexico and has met every ICANN meeting since then, growing in number. The Toronto breakfast was sponsored by Uninett, DotGreen, and Neustar. Local Canadian Joan Kerr, Director of FBSC.org in Canada, gave an inspiring address about her own experience developing programs that unite women to support their achievements and others. The event provides an opportunity to meet and connect early in the week, promoting further dialogue in other Law and Policy Forums during the ICANN assembly. The meeting is an integral and popular way for women, typically outnumbered in the industry, to make connections and deepen their interaction with the ICANN community. The next meeting of the DNS will be Monday morning of ICANN in Beijing, China. For more information, visit LinkedIn and Facebook.com/DNSWomen."
  
  

• The following brief was submitted by Glenn McKnight on the ICANN Village NARALO Table

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   "The table was effective. We organized the time slots  in DOODLE and staff supplied a eye  catching pull up banner and the brochures for the table top. The  NARALO Outreach table was staffed by volunteers from 10 to 3 o clock from Monday to Thursday outside the ICANN reception zone permitting it to be a "go to place" to talk to NARALO members and gather information and application forms. Each of the sponsored Naralo  ALS's who attended the capacity sessions  did a supreme job in signing up on was a great demonstration at low cost ( banner and printing) to reach out and inform the ICANN community our role and presence. Those volunteers who were volunteer their time away from busy sessions include: Garth Bruen,  Monique Chartrand, Gordon Chillicott,  Edwardo Diaz,   Randy Glass, Louis Houle,,  Joan Kerr,  Glenn McKnight, Dana,Perry, Annalisa Roger,  Gareth Shearman and  Alan Skuce. Special  acknowledgement needs to be made  to  four special individuals.  Monique Chartrand, Gordon Chillicott, Gareth Shearman and Alan Skuce who really shouldered alot of the load at the booth and they the extra mile picking up the slack for other members who were obligated at various meetings." Photos

• Various Media of ICANN 45 Provided by Glenn McKnight: ICANN Pictures, NCUC Pictures, NCUC Video, Pictures of  RALO  Event, Video Format, Outreach Table
  
  
  4. Working Group Analysis. The Chair is undertaking an effort to review NARALO's working group participation to ensure we have the most balanced participation possible. The chart below shows the current status of our working group participation. Over the coming months we will attempt to increase participation where it is light, archive dormant working groups, and engage our new members on their interests so they can join working groups. (All At-Large Working Groups)

  Engagement in ICANN	Monique C.
  Naming Issues Taskforce	Alan G. (?)	Evan L. (?)	Seth R. (?)
  Registrants Rights and Responsibilities	Gordon C.	Evan L.	Garth B.	Avri D.
  Future Structure, Accountability and Transparency of ICANN	Darlene T.	Garth B.	Alan G.	Gareth S.	Glen M.	Seth R.
  Capacity Building Working Group	Darlene T.
  WG on Future Challenges	Evan L.(Chair)	Garth B.	Avri D.	Eduardo D.	Darlene T.
  IDN Policy	Randy G.*
  New gTLDs	Avri D.(Chair)	Andrew M.	Alan G.	Evan L.
  Technical Issues	Gareth S.
  WHOIS Policy	Gordon C.	Randy G.*	Garth B.	Wendy S.	Evan L.
  ALAC Subcommittee on Finance and Budget	Gareth S.	Darlene T.
  ALAC Subcommittee on Outreach	Eduardo D.
  Technology Taskforce Working Group	Gordon C.	Avri D.	Bill T.
  Metrics Working Group	Alan G.	Darlene T.
  New gTLDs Review Group	Seth R.	Garth B.	Randy G.*	Eduardo D.
  Rules of Procedure Working Group	Avri D.*	Brett F.	Alan G.	Darlene T.	Eduardo D.
  IRT Process	?	?	?	?	?	?
  ccNSO / At-Large Coordination	?	?	?	?	?	?
  At-Large Improvements Project Taskforce	Darlene T.
  ICANN Academy Ad-Hoc Working Group	Glenn M.	Allan S.
  ccNSO Study Group	Eduardo D.
  Joint DNS Security and Stability	Eduardo D.
  Thick WHOIS PDP (GNSO - pending)	Evan L.
  Red Cross/IOC PDP (GNSO - pending)	Evan L.
  Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation WG (GNSO)	Evan L.
  Joint Applicant Support WG (ALAC-GNSO)	Evan L.

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