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November-December 2014 Report

1. ICANN 52 in Singapore, APRALO Showcase - Due to change of ICANN 52 location to Singapore, APRALO members started the preparatory works for organizing APRALO showcase in February. The overarching theme for Showcase in Singapore will be as usual APRALO Motto "APRALO - Celebrating Diversity". During November period APRALO ALSs were brainstorming on preparing the agenda, promotional items as takeaways. During November-December period APRALO members with the support of At-Large staff and Singapore local staff are working on the final list of items to be prepared for the Showcase, funding sponsors, catering, promotional stuff and special performances. The discussions on promotional items are posted here: APRALO Showcase Promotional Item Ideas. The draft agenda is posted here: APRALO SHOWCASE 2015 PROGRAM. Three sub-committees among APRALO leadership: poster tables preparation sub-committee, promotional items research sub-committee and entertainment and catering sub-committee. Leadership team meets on bi-weekly basis to provide updates and identify the next steps. The time and date of the Showcase are not determined yet.

    2.   CROPP program - APRALO members Satish Babu and Maureen Hilyard are working on the request to be submitted for participation at APRICOT 2015 in Japan.

    3.   Topics for Capacity Building webinars - during November APRALO ALSs had been asked to submit the topics for capacity building webinars to be organized for ALSs. The list of topics had been collected and submitted to Capacity Building WG. 

October 2014 Report

1. APRALO - ICANN APAC HUB PILOT FRAMEWORK - After London meeting, together with regional VPs APRALO leadership has discussed the strategy for the future cooperation and the priority areas had been set based on the feedback and contribution provided by APRALO ALSs. During the October monthly meeting in LA, the Head of Outreach & Public Responsibility, Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Hub, Singapore, Kelvin Wong presented the final document based on the feedback provided. The call to join for WG to facilitate the implementation of actions under framework i.e. Language Localization, APAC Outreach etc. has been announced during the meeting. Draft APRALO-ICANN APAC Pilot Plan [ICANN51].pdf presentation has been shared.
   
   
2. CROPP program - APRALO members Holly Raiche and Ali Almeshal participated at PacINET in Cook Islands and presented the results of their participation. Three slots are available for APRALO members for FY2015. Main events will be identified for APRALO members’ participation.
   
   
3. Metrics – Based on APRALO Rules of Procedure (ROP) we have developed the metrics for participation for the leadership team and for ALSs. The new survey is planned to be worked out to be sent to all ALSs during the period from ICANN 52 and ICANN 53 meetings. The results of the survey will be used to find out the ways to encourage more participation from our members, more particularly to involve them actively on policy development discussion level
   
   
4. ATLAS II Recommendations – During the Secretariat meeting in LA the 4 recommendations (28, 29, 42 and 43) had been discussed:

Recommendation 28 – To map the current expertise and interests among our ALSs membership, to identify Subject Matter Experts and facilitate policy communication, it was decided to include this question in the survey, which will be sent to ALSs in winter.

Recommendation 29 – the same automatic system will be implemented for recommendation 26, after which the same tools will be used on RALO level

Recommendation 42 – It was discussed and decided that in case of necessity, the regional General Assemblies can be implemented in concert with other major regional events, such as ICANN meeting in the region, APTLD/APNIC annual events, such as APRICOT. The need for such GAs will be discussed, with the strong content in place, in parallel with capacity building activities.

Recommendation 43 – will be compiled in metrics survey to be conducted in winter.

     5. APNIC -APRALO collaboration: APNIC representative, Strategic Engagement Director, Pablo Hinojosa, presented the current issues discussed in APNIC. The presentation and the following information had been shared with all APRALO ALSs via mailing list:

a) The first blogpost is the proposal put forward for consultation to the community, during APNIC last meeting: http://blog.apnic.net/2014/09/08/iana-session-apnic-38-a-discussion-proposal/

b) The second blogpost is a recount of the opening ceremony of APNIC last meeting: http://blog.apnic.net/2014/09/16/apnic-38-opens-in-brisbane/

c) The third blogpost is a report of the consultation session after the plan was proposed to the community: http://blog.apnic.net/2014/09/17/iana-stewardship-transition-apnic-38/

d) ICANN just recently issued a blogpost about this session as well, citing it as a good example: https://www.icann.org/news/blog/apnic-38-session-on-iana-stewardship-transition-showcases-community-progress-and-diversity

September 2014 Report

1. APRALO - ICANN APAC HUB PILOT FRAMEWORK 
   
   APRALO members are finalizing the comments provided by ALSs for identifying the main priority areas for the region. The final document will be prepared and discussed during ICANN 51 in LA.
   
   
2. ATLAS II implementation: APRALO members are discussing 4 recommendations and next steps will be discussed and finalized during LA meeting. Below are 4 recommendations: 
   See : Post ATLAS II Activities WORKSPACE

   28 - The ALAC should work with all RALOs and ALSes to map the current expertise and interests in their membership, to identify Subject Matter Experts and facilitate policy communication.

   29 - The ALAC should implement an automated system for tracking topics of interest currently being discussed among the various RALOs, and accessible by everyone.

   42 - ICANN should enable annual face-to-face RALO assemblies, either at ICANN regional offices or in concert with regional events.

   43 - RALOs  should  encourage  their  inactive  ALS  representatives  to  comply  with  ALAC  minimum participation requirements.

    3. Social Media Strategy

         During September meeting Pavan Budhani, who is a member of Social Media Strategy WG presented the activities conducted within the framework of this WG. APRALO members were asked to provide him with the interesting meetings, activities, taking place in their region which worth to be shared with other communities. The news can be twitted, posted in Facebook and shared through ICANN social media tools.

    4. At-Large Web Site Enhancements - http://atlarge.icann.org

        APRALO Vice Chair Ali Almeshal is preparing the final list of recommendation for At-Large Website enhancement. He will become a member of Technology Task Force WG and will share the AP input for further consideration.

   5. APRALO Outreach activities

       APRALO members are participating in different regional/national events and conduct outreach activities to highlight the importance of internet users to become a part of APRALO as potential ALSs. The following events had or are planned to have big participation from APRALO members: IGF 2014, APNIC 38 Meeting in Brisbane, PacINET in Cook Islands. 

August 2014 Report

1. APRALO Webinar with APNIC on Policy Development 2014-08-12
   
   On August 12, 2014, in partnership with APNIC, APRALO organized a Capacity Building webinar on Policy Development for APRALO ALSs. A very detailed presentation and webinar was run by APNIC Policy Development Specialist Adam Gosling. The webinar was recorded and is available in the wiki: APRALO Webinar with APNIC on Policy Development 2014-08-12 - The presentation is also available: APNIC Presentation on Policy Development Capacity Building. The translation is available in English and Chinese languages. The Adobe Connect recording allows to follow the presentation at the same time. The transcript will be also available for review. 
    

2. APRALO - ICANN APAC HUB PILOT FRAMEWORK  

   During the APRALO General Assembly 2014-06-25 in London APRALO-ICANN APAC HUB Pilot framework had been presented to all ALSs. The details of the ideas from ALSs had been compiled (see the report from July 2014). Based on the ideas the draft document had been prepared (WIKI page includes a Power Point  with details on this Pilot Program - Draft document can be viewed HERE), which is open for additional comments from APRALO members. The deadline for comments is August 31st, 2014. After consolidating all feedback coming from APRALO members, the Strategy WG within APRALO will be established to prepare the Strategy Document for the region. Maureen Hilyard is leading the process.

3. At-Large Web Site Enhancements - http://atlarge.icann.org

   APRALO members are invited to provide the input/suggestions/comments how to improve the At-Large web site to make it more rich and attractive as well as a good repository for all our activities (RALO and ALSs). Feedback deadline is end of August. Ali Almeshal is leading the process to come up with the consolidated document from APRALO to be sent to staff.

July 2014 Report

1. APAC HUB - APRALO Strategy document

The main focus areas for the region has been discussed during the APRALO GA in London. Based on the input from AP members, Maureen Hilyard consolidated the following priority areas for APRALO:

a. COMMUNICATION - APRALO is a large region - how can we improve communication between APAC and
the regions (including the diversity of end-users within these sub-regions)
so that local issues are appropriately addressed and coordinated?
Subsequent comments from APRALO members reinforced the idea of sub-regional
focuses because our region is so diverse. We do not believe that there can
be a one-size-fits-all model that can be implemented across the region.

b. LANGUAGES - How do we coordinate the involvement of ALSes to provide local translations
of key ICANN/APAC/APRALO documents? A suggestion was also made about
translations of resources which could be carried out by ALSes for their
respective countries.

c. CAPACITY BUILDING - How do we address and prioritize capacity building needs of end-users within
APRALO subregions? A suggestion was to identify and share talents/skills
within our region for capacity building activities - which could assist with
decreasing the costs of outreach.

d. OUTREACH - How can we ensure that there is equitable use of available resources to
encourage ICANN outreach to the ALSes within the subregions and who need
support for extending outreach into their respective communities about
ICANN, its role within the internet ecosystem, and ICANN issues which
ultimately impact on APRALO end-users? 

The final strategy document will be elaborated during the summer period. A small WG will be created to work on this document.

2. Capacity building webinar on policy issues by APNIC

APRALO is in the process of organizing a webinar for all APRALO members, run by APNIC policy development experts, to share what APNIC is doing in the region and how the policies are being development. This is a good opportunity for APRALO ALSs to learn and then to become a part of policy development stuff. The webinar is planned on the second week of August, 2014.

3. At-Large website - consolidated input from APRALO members

APRALO members will be asked to provide suggestions, recommendations how to improve At-Large website to be shared with ICANN communication team. Ali Almeshal will collect the input from APRALO members.

4. APRALO NomCom appointee for 2015

Satish Babu did an exceptionally great work during his period serving in the NomCom 2014. It is normal procedure that NomCom appointees serve two consecutive years on the NomCom and therefore Satish Babu is considered and agreed to serve another year in NomCom as a representative from APRALO. Congratulations!!!

5. IGF in Istanbul- APRALO representation

The proposal submitted within the framework of ICANN FY15 budget to run the workshop at IGF 2014 in Istanbul (IGF No. 84 Listening to the Voice of Users in ICANN‏) was not approved by IGF MAG. APRALO leadership team is working with At-Large staff to possible shift of the funds for another workshop proposal, approved by MAG (IGF WS99: Digital inclusion policies for the forgotten billion - http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/schedule-igf2014).

June 2014 Report

1. APRALO General Assembly - F2F in London, Wednesday, 25th of June, 11:00-13:00 local time 

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c) To deepen the relations with regional actors with whom we have signed an official MOUS MOUs with APNIC and APTLD - Fouad Bajwas Bajwa will lead a WG on the partnership WG to take the MOUs (signed with APNIC and APTLD in SIngaporeSingapore) further. Fouad Bajwa will send updated on APTLD and APNIC to APRALO ALSs. The WG will work via email only, and will report/update on a monthly basis. 

d) Discussions on identifying and prioritizing the main focus areas for the region were discussed and APRALO agreed to continue discussions of the APAC HUB - APRALO Strategy document within a timeframe of  a time frame of  2 months and send the deliverable to Maureen Hilyard who will consolidate all the inputs from APRALO members.

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f) APRALO new leadership team ceased 'acting in the capacity' and fully took their seats in each Leadership Team role - see the details at 2015 APRALO Leadership Selections 2014and Appointments 

 Holly Raiche - ALAC Representative to November  2016,

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The final agenda for GA is in the process of finalization.

4. Metrics - ALAC Subcommittee on At-Large Metrics Sub Committee

APRALO ALSs are expected to fill in the form, to mention in which WGs they participate. This will help also to share the best practices among the ALSs representatives to encourage more participation in ICANN related activities - Maureen is leading the process. 

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