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Independent Examiner’s Final Recommendation

At-Large should update its Rules of Procedure to include a new procedure regarding the appointment of RALO leaders and their corresponding responsibilities on the ALAC. ICANN Bylaws should also be updated accordingly.

Issue Identified


Does ALAC Support Recommendation?

Reject

If Not, Please Provide Reasoning.

Outreach is already a core focus for RALOs today, not only for engaging new entrants but also for capacity building within the RALO (inreach). Mentoring has developed from this, for example, in APRALO where capacity building has focused on involvement by leadership volunteers in Workstream 2 policy issues which were highlighted in a survey last year to identify interest areas for potential involvement by APRALO members. The ALAC would support more ALS members being engaged in policy developmentThe ALAC does not believe that ICANN or At-Large would be well served by having RALO-selected ALAC Members do double duty as both ALAC members and RALO leadership. It is sufficiently difficult to get most volunteers to commit to the level of work associated with either of these positions. Asking them to do double duty if not reasonable.

Workload is already a major issue within At-Large and particularly for RALO leaders and ALAC Members. Although a small number of people put a vast number of hours into At-Large and ICANN matters, asking all such volunteers to do so is problematic. Moreover, if outreach is a prime focus of RALOS, these are not the optimal people to place on the ALAC and then debate policy issues. 

The concept that RALO leaders should at the same time be the RALO appointed ALAC Members presumes that: 

  • Both jobs can be readily handled at a reasonable volunteer workload 
  • The skills and interests of both are similar enough to be of interest and within capabilities of sufficient volunteers 

Based on volunteer management experience within At-Large for many years, neither of these is likely to be true on a regular basis, and presuming it to be the case will inevitably lead to significant failure to deliver . 

The ALAC does not believe that ICANN or At-Large would be well served by having RALO-selected ALAC Members do double duty as both ALAC members and RALO leadership. It is sufficiently difficult to get most volunteers to commit to the level of work associated with either of these positions. Asking them to do double duty if not reasonable

and minimize the fall-back mechanism in place to currently address such failures.

If ALAC Does Not Support Recommendation, Does It Suggest an Alternative Recommendation?

If so, please provide a suggested alternative Recommendation.


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