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Now Adopted: APRALO Rules of Procedure 2024 dated 3 August 2024

Announcement of 6 August 2024

Dear APRALO Community members,

On behalf of the APRALO Leadership Team, we are pleased to inform you that as on 3 August 2024, the decision taken by the APRALO Electorate on the Motion for Adoption of APRALO Rules of Procedure 2024 ("APRALO ROP 2024") of 19 July 2024, is as follows:

• Total Electorate: 70 votes
• Supermajority needed to amend the ROP of 26 March 2014 (i.e. an affirmative vote of 3/5ths or 60 % of the Electorate): 42 votes
• Total affirmative votes cast: 58 votes

This means that a supermajority of the APRALO Electorate has voted to adopt the APRALO ROP 2024 of 3 May 2024 including the accompanying Adjunct Documents, effectively immediately.

The APRALO Leadership Team subsequently tidied up the 3 May 2024 copy to produce the APRALO Rules of Procedure 2024 dated 3 August 2024. 

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A. Background

The APRALO Rules of Procedure Working Group (APRALO ROPs Review WG) was first initiated in 2019 but was subsequently halted, pending the work and eventual ratification by the ALAC of the recommendations in 2 reports: (a) the ALS (At-Large Structure) Mobilization Working Party Report on 4 Dec 2020 (WP wiki space); and (b) the Unaffiliated Individual Members (UIM) Mobilization Working Party Report on 25 Mar 2021 (WP wiki space). 

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That final draft and 9 accompanying draft Adjunct Documents were then relayed to ICANN Legal in mid Feb 2024 for legal vetting. ICANN Legal responded circa 18 Apr 2024 advising that the draft APRALO Rules of Procedures and adjunct documents do not conflict with the provisions in the ICANN Bylaws provisions about RALOs (Article 12) or impose new obligations on ICANN’s role with respect to RALOs.  However, ICANN Legal did identify 3 issues which it proposed APRALO could consider amending:

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Mover: Amrita Choudhury

Seconder: Cherie Lagakali

WHEREAS,

1. The APRALO had adopted its current APRALO Rules of Procedure (ROP) on 26 March 2014.
2. The APRALO had constituted an APRALO Rules of Procedure Working Group (APRALO ROPs Review WG) in 2019 for the purpose of reviewing and improving the existing APRALO ROP.
3. The At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) had ratified the ALS (At-Large Structure) Mobilization Working Party Report on 4 December 2020 and the  Unaffiliated Individual Members (UIM) Mobilization Working Party Report on 25 March 2021. 
4. In light of the ALAC's ratification of the 2 mentioned Working Party Reports, the APRALO ROPs Review WG concluded that a review of the existing APRALO ROP must include consideration of the recommendations of the 2 Working Party Reports.
5. Early work on reviewing and improving the existing APRALO ROP was discussed at the APRALO General Assembly 2023 held in Istanbul, Türkiye on 12-13 September 2023.
6. Following the APRALO General Assembly 2023, the APRALO ROPs Review WG was reconstituted in early October 2023.
7. TheAPRALO ROPs Review WG completed its substantial review and redrafting of the existing APRALO ROP in January 2024, and with the draft ROP of 31 January 2024 having undergone vetting by ICANN Legal, the APRALO ROPs Review WG Co-Chairs Cheryl Langdon-Orr and Justine Chew then completed a final check and generated the Final Draft APRALO ROP 2024 as at 3 May 2024for adoption by APRALO.

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• 18 Jul 2024: In conjunction with the APRALO July 2024 Monthly Call, the APRALO ROPs Review WG Co-Chairs Cheryl Langdon-Orr and Justine Chew will provide a brief presentation on  the APRALO RoP 2024 for approval and address questions (if any). 
• 19 Jul - 2 Aug 2024: Online voting on the motion is conducted with the APRALO electorate. As per the existing RoP Section 23. Amendment of the Rules of Procedure, Subsection 23.1, approval of any modification of the APRALO Rules of Procedure requires a Supermajority vote of the APRALO.