NARALO Monthly Teleconference

Date: Monday, 11 February 2013 (BEING UPDATED - SEND COMMENTS TO CHAIR)

Time: 20:00 UTC (for the time in various timezones click here)

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Attendees:

Garth Bruen, Darlene Thompson, Olivier Crepin-Leblond, Murray McKercher, Evan Leibovitch, Gareth Shearman, Glenn McKnight, Alan Greenberg, Gordon Chillcott, Darlene Thompson, Thomas Lowenhaupt, Ogi Mitev, Joly McFie, Allan Skuce

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Chat:  NARALO Chat transcript 11 February 2013

Recording: ENGLISH

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A G E N D A

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(BEING UPATED - SEND COMMENTS TO CHAIR)

1. Welcome and Roll call - Staff (2 min)

2. Review of Action Items of call December 2012  - Darlene Thompson  (1 min)

NARALO Monthly call 20122013.1201.1014

2.1 Letters to Toronto NARALO sponsors, reviewed by ALAC Chair, will be sent this weeksent last month (Close item)

2.2 Staff should review and update the Working Groups lists and status (Staff states pages have been updated, close item)

2.3 Staff will assist with the back-end processing of a online application form for ALSes as well as individual NARALO members

2.4 Request to Staff should report on payment to performers from Toronto, please include apology for lateness2.5 Request to to update NARALO Slideshow Template (Glenn)

2.6 Request for Registrar and ICANN RAA Amendments (Garth)

3. Preparation for Beijing Meeting (10 Minutes)

3.1 First question: Should we have a NARALO Meeting in Beijing ? How long?3.2 What should the NARALO agenda be? How is our time best used?- Should this be dedicated to Outreach/Inreach?

4.  Review of Communication/Outreach Strategy (5 Minutes)

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5. Our Community (10 Minutes)

5.1 ALS Representatives should get a vote for Board Seat 15 - Avri (5 Minutes)

5.2 Recruitment (Section II of Communication Strategy)

5.12.1 Sub-Committee on NARALO ALS Outreach has been created with 5 members, Garth B. as Chair, more volunteers welcome

5.12.2 Recruitment Introduction Letter is being drafted, please review and comment (Section II-3 of Communications Strategy)

5.2 3 Status of ALS Applications & Regional Advice

5.2.2 Connect.NYC APPROVED! - Last Spotlight: Connecting NYC5.2.3.1 Nova Scotia Community Access Program APPROVED! with comments from Dana P. (POSTPONED)   - ALS Spotlight - Each Month we will feature a NARALO ALS to give a brief presentation of what their ALS does as well as their goals and achievements. (Communication Strategy I.2)

5.3.2 .3 University Community Partnership for Social Action Research Under Further Due Diligence (2 Minutes) - Update?

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5.4 Participation/Working Group Watch (Communication Strategy III.6)5.4.1 Immediate need for two (2) members for Finance and Budget Sub-Committee - Volunteers from December Call?

5.6 Cross-Ralo Relations (Communication Strategy IV)

5.6.1 ICANN Academy Survey5.6.2 Offering our support to APRALO for their Showcase event: At the request of Holly R. we have offered advice and made ourselves available to APRALO members

5.6.3 2 Chair will offer for the APRALO Secretariats Meeting in Beijing, other volunteers welcome

5.7 Statements of Interest (SOI) Staff: Are all required SOIs complete and submitted?

6. Beijing & The Summit (2 Minutes)

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6.2 Ongoing review of Travel Details, see The Chair's report on Travel Issues

6.3 Air pollution in Beijing reaches hazardous levels

7. New gTLDs

7.1 Deadline Looms for Comments - Jan 167.2 At-Large Dashboard

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.1.1 Comments on dotBOOK

7.3 2 Objection Deadline March 13 2013

8. Nominating Committee "NOMCOM" Activity

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8.1 Glenn issued at comprehensive report on NOMCOM activitiy

8.1 2 The new 2013  NOMCOM page

8.2 Positions available (apply at: http://forms.icann.org/nomcom/soi-2013.php)

    - Three members of the Board of Directors of ICANN

   - Three At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) representatives (one each from the Africa, Asia/Australia/Pacific Islands and Latin America/Caribbean Islands regions)

    - Two members of the Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO)

    - One member of the Council of the Country-Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO)

9. At-Large Advisory Committee "ALAC" Issues (Olivier, Evan, Eduardo, Alan - 10 Minutes)

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10. ICANN Functions (20 Minutes) (Communication Strategy III.5)

10.1 Compliance Tracking

10.1.1 ICANN Summarily Closes Sydney Compliance Office and Tries to Hide the Fact So much for expanding an diversifying staff!

10.1.2 Compliance Answers to Questions submitted in November

10.1.3 Verisign Blows Off Audit 

10.2 Language and Translation (4 Minutes)

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11.  Any Other Business "AOB" (2 Minutes)

11.1 News

REDDIT Creator,open Internet activist suicide

ICANN shutters Australian office, cans staff

NSA targeting domestic computer systems in secret test

Democratization of ICANN’s At-Large

Privacy/Security And Mobile Devices, "Internet is dead"

Technology and Cultures of Narcissism in youth 

12. Action Items

12.1 Per previous vote these calls ALWAYS occur at 3PM EST REGARDLESS of Daylight Savings Time until otherwise noted

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