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Implementation Development

Staff, under the direction of At-Large

leadership, has already begun to

rework the website and Wiki to ensure that our “Policy Advice” pages are accurate and understandable. This will continue as volunteer and staff resources allow. We will also ensure that as documents are published, the classification of the document is clear.

The ALAC Chair will work with members

of the ALAC and staff to better

communicate the role and activities of

the ALT ensuring that it is clear what the

ALT does and does not do.

The ALAC has begun to review our WGs,

ensuring that the ones we have are

active and relevant. We have also

started the process to revamp our WG

web and Wiki presence to ensure that

all WGs are properly represented and

documented. Groups no longer active

will be segregated, but still documented

for historical purposes

The ALAC has had a Metrics WG and an

ALS Review Taskforce, both of which

largely went into stasis during the IANA
Transition and Accountability efforts. It

is proposed to revive this activity as part

of the At-Large Review Implementation.
The ALAC notes that regional differences make it more difficult to have uniformity over participation metrics, but agrees that is an important target.

The ALAC notes that collecting such

statistics is a staff-intensive operation.

Nine months
to design, and
then ongoing,
with a checkpoint
one year after
collection
starts, all
presuming
availability of
staff

Need for increased At-Large Community awareness and staff training regarding the use of social media.

The ALAC will request additional staff

skill development in the area of social

media, and to work cooperatively with

ICANN Communications social media

specialists.

1 year and
then ongoing,
presuming
appropriate
staff
availability.

To the extent allowed by ICANN’s

mission and available funding, members

of At-Large and the At-Large

organizations will continue to, and

potentially increase, our involvement
with other I* organizations as a method

for increasing the visibility of At

-Large, exploring areas for mutual collaboration and for attracting additional At-Large volunteers.

At-Large will continue to work closely

with GSE Staff to contribute to regional

outreach plans and to encourage
participation in a cross

-community, cross-organizational fashion.

At-Large Staff working with relevant

departments to develop a single

location which will point to travel funding opportunities and

documentation of what resources were

ultimately distributed, to the extent

supported by those ICANN entities providing funding and reports.

At-Large has struggled to reflect/process end-user opinion; barriers to individual participation; perception of unchanging leadership group.

At-Large is increasingly focusing on

individuals (both unaffiliated At-Large

Members as well as members within
each ALS) instead of just ALS voting representatives. Four of the five

(RALOs) allow individual members and

the fifth, LACRALO, has already

approved the concept and is developing

the detailed rules. We will also use the

ALSes to communicate with those within

an ALS who may have an interest in

ICANN.
RALOs have also started to identify

experts on ICANN topics within their

ALSes and among individual members

and to increasingly engage them in

ALAC’s policy work. Thus, a bi-
directional flow of ICANN information continues to be strengthened.

These activities will require the production of information that is truly

understandable (as identified in a recent

ALAC-GAC Joint Statement) and

available in multiple languages. As some
of this will need to be created by At-

Large staff, additional resources may be

needed.

We would suggest that At-Large Staff

continue to work together with At-

Large Leadership in looking for effective

methodologies to coach and onboard
new policy volunteers and leaders to

facilitate the development of their skills

and encourage them to stay and deepen

their knowledge and expertise.

Regarding the perception of unchanging

leadership, statistics reporting

involvement will be published.

Continue to look for opportunities to

utilize and develop the skills of At

-Large support staff while ensuring that the positions taken by At-Large represent solely those of users. Ensure that the volunteer community has sufficient support services so as to best utilize their volunteer time.

This may require a shift or development

of skills among At-Large Staff as well as additional staff.

1-2 years
presuming
staff resources
available.

At-Large will continue to evolve its

processes through its bottom

-up, consensus based, community deliberations and update as and when

needed.

We will continue to investigate

opportunities to use Social Media and

other online tools that prove useful to

bring end-users’ voices to ICANN and

vice -versa. However, we caution against

seeing social media and online tools as a
substitute for other means of

participation. We are eager to work with

ICANN Organization to understand

ICANN’s interests in this area, and the

tools available to integrate and
communicate our work more

effectively.

The ALAC Technology Taskforce

regularly reviews various
communications tools with the aim of

improving At-Large participation.

The At-Large Community is very diverse
and the selection of any new tools must

accommodate this diversity. We will

also need to continue to investigate

how we can overcome the lack of

affordable communications for many of

our participants and future participants.

The ALAC will proceed with its plans as

approved by the Board, pending

appropriate funding.
As with all At-Large activities, there will

be an increased focus on tracking and

metrics.

ALAC input to a coordinated ICANN Outreach sub-optimal.

As noted in Issue 5, the ALAC supports

such external activity to the extent that

funding is available and it coincides with
ICANN’s mission.
Increases in such funding would be

appreciated, but in light of
the FY19 draft budget, we are now in a mode of trying to minimize

impact of the proposed cuts to such

activities.

It is the understanding of the ALAC that At-Large may only be funded from ICANN operational funds.

As noted previously, subject to available

funding, we do look for opportunities to

explain At-Large and attract new participants at non-ICANN events. When

opportunities have arisen where funds

are available to bring a targeted group
to an ICANN meeting with a good

potential for future involvement, we

have done so.