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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 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 Singapor eare 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. November Spotlight

Siranush Vardanyan - presentation of the Armenian Association for the Disabled "Pyunic"

Next Spotlight in December

Yannis Li

VI. 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.

VII. Results of ATLAS II survey

97% of APRALO ALSs submitted their survey for ATLAS II, which will take place in London in June 2014 2014

Action items on everyone (including staff)

• Staff to post the video of the Armenian Association for the Disabled "Pyunic" in wiki space
• Staff to organize doodle for Singapore Showcase organizing committee - done.
• Siranush to send to APRALO list APRALO ROP Draft Charter for comments - done, the deadline is December 13, 2014
• Siranush to send to APRALO ALSs the reminder to provide their ALSs's info and logo for the wiki space - done
  
  
  

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.

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- 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 in Buenos Aires: 

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

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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

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