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November 2013 Report

I. APRALO Leadership changes:

1. During the APRALO November monthly held in Buenos Aires, on November 20, 2013, Holly Raiche stepped down as APRALO Chair. Siranush Varndanyan current APRALO Vice Chair, has taken on the role of acting chair of APRALO.

APRALO Leadership will draft an election schedule to allow for formal elections and will send it to the APRALO mail list in due course.

2. Outgoing ALAC members from APRALO Rinalia Abdul Rahim and Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro and incoming new ALAC members from APRALO Maureen Hilyard and Rafid Fatani. Maureen Hilyard is also taking the role of ccNSO Liason from Cheryl Langdon-Orr, who being ALAC member also will be Chair of ICANN Nomination Committee for 2014.

II. MOU with APNIC

the MoU witt APNIC is drafted and shared with APRALO ALSs. The MOU is planned to be formally signed inSingapore. The discussion with APNIC on sponsoring APRALO Showcase inSingaporeare in the process. Holly Raiche is leading the process. The discussion to include RIPE NIC (to coverMiddle East) is also started. Raf Fatani is leading the process.

III. APRALO ROP Draft Charter

APRALO ROP Draft Charter has been developed. After BA meeting it will be sent to APRALO ALSs for comments, which will be open until December 20^th, 2013, then updated in case if any comments are made and will be shared with other RALOs. Siranush Vardanyan is leading the process as appointed Liaison of this working group.

IV. Input for ALAC Metrics Working group

Maureen shared the information on ALAC Metrics Working Group with all RALOs and the call for comments will be sent to APRALO ALSs as well. Maureen Hilyard is coordinating the works on this WG.

V. Preparation for Singapore meeting

The Working Group on Singapore Showcase prep works had been established: members are Siranush Vardanyan, Emani Fakaotimanava-Liu, Ali Almeshal, Maureen Hilyard, Bekram Shtrestha and Pavan Budhrani. The works on organizing the showcase started in BA meeting and will be continued.

October 2013 Report

- Action items: Karaitiaana Taiuru will have presented his research on the use of indigenous domain names by December, and can then work with Pavan to develop a webinar on the topic.

- Spotlight: Ali Al Meshal talked about the many programs and activities of the Bahrain Internet Society. (his presentation will be circulated)

- BCEC/BMSPC: The meeting confirmed the nomination of Siranush and Ellen for the Board Candidate Evaluation Committee.  Maureen and Fouad have been nominated for the Board Member Selection Process Committee.

- MoU with APNIC. Holly has talked with the CEO of APNIC about the possibility of an MoU with APRALO, and he is supportive of the idea.  Maureen noted that APNIC already has an MoU with PICISOC.

A Subcommittee of Siranush, Ali and Maureen was formed.

- ICANN Meeting inSingapore(23-27 March) A subcommittee of Maureen, Ali, Siranush and Pavan will plan a ‘showcase’ event for the meeting.  Another subcommittee, of Cheryl, Hong and Holly, will plan for a Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Consumer Metrics.

APRALO meeting inBuenos Aires: 

The APRALO meeting in November is scheduled for Wednesday 19 November at 1700 Buenos Aires time (UTC -3 hurs)

Update on ROP Review Working Group: Cheryl updated the meeting on the APRALO RoP, noting there will be more time on the issue inBuenos Aires. 

Report on IGF meeting inBali: Rinalia reported briefly to the meeting on the success of the APRALO meeting on the universal acceptance of IDNs

Policy Update: Olivier briefed the meeting on policy before the ALAC including Closed statements on confusingly similar gTLDs, DNS risk management, ccTLD delegation and re-delegation and the Whois privacy and proxy service abuse.  Current policies include the ccNSO report on revocation, a revised PICs dispute resolution process, policy and implementation and a response to the ATRT2 draft report. (for details, see https://community.icann.org/display/alacpolicydev/At-Large+Policy+Development+Page)

Next Spotlight:

November: Siranush Vardanyan

Action items on everyone (including staff)

- Pavan and KT to work on a webinar on the use of indigenous domain names in December

- Ali to provide the meeting with further information on the outcomes for women who attended training sessions with the Bahrain Internet Society

- The MoU subcommittee to examine the MoU with AFRINIC, and the APNIC/PICISOC MoU to suggest wording for an APNIC/APRALO MoU

- The Subcommittees for a Showcase event and a Multi-Stakeholder Forum for theSingaporemeeting report back to the next meeting

- All who attended the Bali IGF can provide reports to Pavan, for distribution to APRALO.

September 2013 Report

- Spotlight: Karaitiana Taiuru (KT) talked about the New Zealand Maori Internet Society. New Zealandis a bi-cultural, bi-lingual society and the Maori Internet Society represents Maori users. It was formed in 1997 as a grass roots organisation, and became an ALS in 2006.  Their current issues incude cyber safety issues, protecting users from viruses, on-line scams, etcand a lack of access to the Internet.  Members interact using emails, Facebook, Twitter and blogs. Currently they are doing research on how indigenous names are being used, which KT will present the first week in November.

- Policy Update: Olivier summarized the current issues before ICANN, including ALAC’s involvement in the policies. Participation of ALSs in policy discussions was encouraged.  The Board has issued a call for volunteers for the Implementation Advisory Group for Consumer Trust and Consumer choice metrics. See

<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-17sep13-en.htm>.  People should apply, but realize that Board review teams take considerable time and effort.  The ALCA will be asked to nominate one or two people.

APRALO meeting inArgentina: 

The APRALO meeting in November is scheduled for Wednesday 19 November at 1700 Buenos Aires time (UTC -3 hurs)

Update on ROP Review Working Group: CLO reported on the first meeting of the RoP working group. They are currently reviewing the reference documents, including the updated ALAC Rops.

Report on APrIGF meeting in Seoul: Pavan reported that this meeting was success, with the number of sessions and delegates up from the previous APrIGF. Gunela provided a further report on the conference. Presentations and reports available from http://2013.rigf.asia/day1/.  Members should contact Pavan if they want to be on the mailing list for the next IGF.

Next Spotlights:

October: Ali AlMeshal, Bahrain Internet Society

November: Siranush Vardanyan

Action items on everyone (including staff)

• KT to let ICANN staff know when he has presented research on the use of indigenous domain names.
• Pavan and Holly to organise a Webinar on the use of indigenous domain names, based on the research presented by KT
• Pavan to provide link for reports on the APrIGF
• Contact Pavan if you want to be on the mailing list for the Bali meeting
• be sure all of you are signed up to the APRALO and other mailing lists
• on the APRALO ALS list, check that the entry for your ALS is correct - and let staff know if anything that needs correcting
• volunteer to talk about your ALS to an APRALO meeting
• suggest policy topics for webinars

August 2013 Report

ALSs

The following three orgnisations have been formally accepted as ALSs

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