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→ 12 November [Recording: 32:00]: Check slide deck in the AC recording. Check transcript starting in page #23 to read Chris presentation. Closed.

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051: NARALO Discretionary Funds & FY20 Additional Budget

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Request (ABR)

LEAD: Eduardo Díaz / Glenn McKnight Glenn McNight

OPEN: 10 December 2018, CLOSED: 11 February 2019 (integrated with topic 051)10 June 2019

TYPE: General

DESCRIPTION: →: To request proposals for submission to this process and report on its results. Requirements for proposals are as follows:

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 To provide a report on the request and/or use of discretionary funds and/or FY20 ABR for NARALO

• FY20 (final board approval is 3 May 2019) :
  • Live streaming for all Ralos - Not Approved
  • Writing Course/Workshop - Approved for submission
  • North American Indigenous Fellowship - Not approved
  • Second North American School of Internet Governance (NASIG) - Approved for submission
• FY20 Additional Budget Request (ABR)
  • Approved:
    • Real-Time Transcription (RTT) of up to ten (10) hours of Inter-sessional At-Large teleconference calls in English during FY20
      • F/U: Judith & Silvia to coordinate FY20 RTT meeting schedule
    • Funding for FY20 outreach and engagement activities by Regional At Large Organizations (RALOs) - $4k/RALO
      • Is there a link to this page?

→ 10 December [Recording: 05:50]: Mentioned discretionary funds and how to go about using them. Check transcript starting in page #4 for more details.

→ 11 February : Topic 53: FY20 ALAC/RALO Additional Budget Requests (ABR) has been integrated with this one.

→ 8 April: [Recording: 28:46]: The use of discretionary funds was promoted. ABR item for discretionary funds was submitted to increase from $4k to $6k per RALO.

→ 13 May: The use of discretionary funds was promoted. There is a balance of $96 that can be used until June 30th . Silvia to coordinate a meeting for scheduling real-time transcription  (RTT) for FY20 with Judith.

Topic 053: FY20 ALAC/RALO Additional Budget Requests (ABR)

LEAD: Eduardo Díaz / Glenn McKnight

OPEN: 10 December 2018, CLOSED: 11 February 2019 (integrated with topic 051)

TYPE: General

DESCRIPTION: →: To request proposals for submission to this process and report on its results. Requirements for proposals are as follows:

• • Proposals should include ways in which will make the entire At-Large community more effective and develop the At-Large community rather than a single section of the At-Large community.
  • Outreach should not be a major focus. Activities to improve engagement with existing members is encouraged.
  • If any request is made on outreach, it should go through the CROP program or as a part of a larger ALAC request for RALO Discretionary Funding. 
  • RALO requests should be strategic and in line with their RALO's strategic outreach plans and must be endorsed by their RALO prior to being submitted for consideration by the FBSC.

  • Staff is currently expecting that basic resources for community communications/printing will be supported through the core ICANN budget, but that community proposals for printing , etc. will be accepted as a back-up in case expectations change.  Specific proposals for communications resources beyond simple printing and editing functions should be prepared and submitted.
    
    

    Timeline	Start	End	Status
    Kick off and Submission period	11/05/2018	25/01/2019	In progress
    FBSC representatives and/or staff to send notice of opening of FY20 Additional Budget Request (ABR) process to RALOs	15/11/2018	15/11/2018	Completed
    RALOs to review any ALS request or complete a template on behalf of the RALO and send requests to staff@atlarge.icann.org	26/11/2018	04/01/2019	Completed
    Discussion of Proposals with Finance Staff and FBSC	07/01/2019	11/01/2019	Completed
    Revised proposals to be sent to the FBSC for final review.	14/01/2019	18/01/2019	Completed
    The ALAC to review the proposed At-Large FY20 ABRs during their monthly call	22/01/2019	22/01/2019	Completed
    The FBSC to review all the RALO requests.	23/01/2019	23/01/2019	Completed
    Submissions Due – send to planning@icann.org	25/01/2019	25/01/2019	Completed
    Preliminary review of requests by ICANN.org	28/01/2019	08/03/2019	On target
    SO/AC consultations at ICANN 64 (by request, during Constituents’ Day)	09/03/2019	15/03/2019	On target
    Final assessments and recommendations by ICANN.org	18/03/2019	31/03/2019	On target
    ICANN Board Finance Committee Review and recommendation for approval to the Board	15/04/2019	19/04/2019	On target
    ICANN Board review and approval at May Board meeting	22/04/2019	03/05/2019	On target

    
    

→ 10 December [Recording: 09:00]: Proposal to be submitted: Policy Course, North American indigenous fellowship program and the second North American School of Internet Governance (NASIG). Check transcript starting in page #4 for more details.

→ 14 January  [Recording: 20:52]: Report given. Check transcript starting in page #13 for more details.

→ 11 February  [Recording:XX:XX]: This topic has been integrated with Topic 51. Close

Topic 055: 2019 NomCom update report

LEAD: Leah Symekher

OPEN: 10 December 2018, CLOSED: 7 July 2019 

TYPE: General

DESCRIPTION: Brief report by our 2019 NomCom representative.

→10 December [Recording: 23:50]: This year openings are (from transcript): "The public technical identifiers, we have one seat open; that's a three-year term. The ICANN board of directors, we have three seats open; that’s a three-year term. GNSO Council, we have two seats opens; that’s a three-year term. And for the At-Large Advisory Committee, we have three seats open; a three-year term. The At-Large is for specific regions. As you see, we have Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands. We have Africa, and we have election in America and the Caribbean Islands. So that's the space specific in terms of geography. The ccNSO council, we have one seat and that's a three-year term." Check transcript starting in page #16 for more details.

→ 14 January  [Recording: 23:00]: (from transcript) :"we have ten open seats that we are filling this year. Three for the Board of Directors, one for the PTI and that’s the Public Technical Identifier Board, two for the GNSO Council, one for the ccNSO Council, and three for ALAC. And the ALAC regions that we’re focused on this time is the Asia, Australia, Pacific Island region, one candidate from that region; Africa as the second one; and the LAC region. That’s the third one. That’s a total of ten.". Check transcript starting in page #15 for more details.

→ 11 February:  From transcript: "We have three for the Board of Directors, two GNSO seats, three At-Large, specifically the regions that we’re especially looking for candidates are Asia, Australia, the Pacific Islands, that's one region, Africa is another region, Latin America and the Caribbean islands is another region, so, three seats in total. ccNSO, one seat. We are also looking for one seat for the PTI Board. We already have the application, was already opened on January 17th. It closes on March 18th." Check transcript starting in page #18 for more details.

→ June 10: Update report given. See transcript page #27 fro more details.

→ July 15: Update report given. See transcript page #22 for more details.

Topic 056: ATLAS III & North America School of Internet Governance (NASIG 2019)

LEAD: Eduardo Díaz

OPEN: 14 January 2019, CLOSED: 09 December 2019

TYPE: Outreach

DESCRIPTION: To provide an ATLAS III and NASIG update

→ 11 February  [Recording:XX:XX]: Changed Topic title and description. Update given. Check transcript starting in page #4 for more details.

→ 08 April : [Recording:16:00]: Maureen Hilyard  was invited to provide a report on ATLAS III. Glenn provided the NASIG update starting at 24:00. 

→ 13 May: [Transcript page : 08] Current number of applications for ATLAS III is 40. John Laprise went through the training on the selection process with the group that designed the rubric. That’s on target. NASIG report not provided. 

→ 10 June: [Transcript page: 03] Glenn provided a summary update for NASIG. On ATLAS III more than 80 application are received but only 67 pass the first test. 

→ 15 July: Please refer to transcript page 9 for more details.

→ 09 September: Please refer to transcript page 1 for more details about ATLAS III and page 4 for NASIG 2019.

→ 21 October: Report given. See transcript page #20 for more details.

→ 18 November: Adrian's report starts on transcript page 6. Excerpt: "It was great, very intense days, three days. I was trying to count the hours. It was from eight a.m. until eight p.m. sometimes Well, if you count the Social so that’s not fair. But sometimes we went even longer. And yeah, we went from everything from personal presentation all the way to how to manage the Board. So, there was very intense training in three days.". , David's report start on transcript page 7. Excerpt: "It really was an excellent program from my perspective as a newcomer to ICANN. I would like to highlight the fact that we had the North American School of Internet Governance, which started just before the ATLAS III Program, and between the two programs, I certainly a much better understanding from NASIG for Internet Governance in general, and then from ATLAS III, I have a very good understanding of how ICANN operates with the MultiStakeholder environment, with the different process, as well as the specific soft skill that were being introduced for each of us as leaders in the ATLAS III Program". Alfredo's report on NASIG starts on transcript page 8. Excerpt: "...[participants] had the opportunity to interact with representatives from different sectors and organizations within the internet ecosystem. We had Andrew Sullivan, the CEO and President of ISOC. We had Board Members from ICANN. We had from the Public Sectors, Civil Society. I mean, we had representation from all the sectors so that the audience, the participants, could have a good idea of what happens within the Internet Governance Organizations and how they can better serve the different organizations that were represented.". Judith report starts on transcript page 10. Excerpt: "And we had very active discussions on cyber issues, on learning about domains and RARs, on gender, on connectivity issues. We ranged the gamut of a series of different Internet Governance work. One of the topics was is ICANN still relevant and talked about what ICANN’s role is the new government area. And so, we had a collection of different ICANN Board Members because they were in town for the ICANN Meeting, and so we had very good representation of the ICANN Board mixed in with some of long time speakers, as well as we had discussions with the RARs and the difference in RARs and ccNSO, and what the difference in all the different constituencies are."

→ item closed. Opening a new discussion topic to f/u post ATLAS III activities

Topic 057: Presentation: What is ahead for ICANN in 2019

LEAD: Chris Mondini

OPEN: 14 January 2019, CLOSED: 14 January 2019

TYPE: Outreach

DESCRIPTION: To provide a fresh perspective of pending ICANN policies, reviews and issues in 2019. 

→ 14 January  [Recording: 44:15]: From transcript : "...There’s security, ICANN’s governance model, the DNS and unique identifiers, geopolitical issues and financial health.". Check transcript starting in page #26 for more detail - Close

Topic 058:Report on the Universal Acceptance Steering Committee Group

LEAD: Michael Casadevall

OPEN: 14 January 2019, CLOSED: 14 January 201

TYPE: Policy

DESCRIPTION: Report on the face-to-face meeting participation held by this organization

→ 14 January  [Recording: 31:08] Report provided. Check transcript starting in page #20 for more details. Closed

Topic 060: 2019 NARALO Elections

LEAD: Glenn

OPEN: 8 April 2019, CLOSED: 10 June 2019

TYPE: [General]

DESCRIPTION: To provide an update on the 2019 NARALO Election

SUPPORTING MATERIAL:

• Open Positions
  • NARALO Secretariat: Currently held by Glenn McKnight.  Glenn is not term limited. This two year term will run between the end of the 2019 AGM and the 2021 AGM. 
  • ALAC  Representative:Currently held  by John Laprise.  John is not term limited. This two year term will run between the end of the 2019 AGM and the 2021 AGM. 
  • NARALO  NomCom Delegate: The current NA delegate to the 2019 NomCom is Leah Symekher. Leah's is term limited. This one year term will run between the end of the 2019 AGM and the 2020 AGM.

• Current Nominations
  • ALAC: John Laprise, Johnathan Zuck
  • Secretary: Judith Hellerstein, Leah Symekher
  • NomCom: Glenn McKnight

• Schedule:

  • 29 March 2019- Announcement of call for nominations and Nominee's Statement.** (Completed)

  • 29 April – 10 May 2019 - Nomination period (nominations accepted for 10 working days).

  • 17 May 2019  - Deadline for nomination acceptances

  • 20 May - 22 May 2019 - Calls with the candidates if desired by the RALOs. 

  • 23 May - 30 May 2019 - Elections (If required, elections will begin no later than one week after the deadline for nomination acceptances and end no later than two weeks after that deadline).

  • 2019 AGM [ ICANN 66 ] - Newly elected ALAC Members and RALOs Leaders shall be seated at the end of the 2019 AGM following the close of the Board Meeting on 7 November 2019.

→ 8 April: . Check recording starting at 8:18 for more details. Alan provided a summary of the available positions responsibilities.

→ 13 May : Statements given by candidates in conteste positions. More details in transcript page 35.

Topic 061: ICANN 64 Read Out

LEAD: Chris Mondini

OPEN: 8 April 2019, CLOSED: 8 April 2019

TYPE: [Outreach]

DESCRIPTION: To provide a summary of the ICANN 64 meeting activities 

→ 8 April [Recording:52:22]: Chris presented the brief read-out. Watch the AC recording starting at 52:00 to see the actual slide deck used by Chris. Closed.

Topic 063: ICANN65 Brief Report

LEAD: Eduardo  Díaz

OPEN: 10 July 2019, CLOSED: 15 July 2019

TYPE: [General]

DESCRIPTION: To provide a brief report on ICANN 65 as follows:

• ICANN 65 brief report
  • ALAC moving topics @ June 2019 
    • Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) and Universal Acceptance (UA)
    • DNS Security and Abuse, DNSSEC and Cybersecurity
    • ICANN and Human Rights, including Privacy and GDPR / WHOIS
    • ICANN Jurisdiction and Internet Governance (building upon the recommendations of the Jurisdiction Working Group)
    • New gTLDs: Perspectives and Scope
    • ICANN Transparency and Accountability, in terms of enhancing / building end user trust
    • Facilitating multi-stakeholder consensus within the ICANN community; working together with governments, business and civil society
    • Capacity Building on all themes listed above, with due regard to geographical, cultural and language diversity
  • Talking points :: Presentation / Detailed Document
  • Pilot Reporting Project
  • High Interest Sessions
    • Policy Aspects of DNS over HTTPS (DoH), DNS over TLS (DoT) and Related Issues
    • Evolving the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model
    • Impacts of EPDP Phase 1 Recommendations on Other ICANN Policies and Procedures
    • Policies Around Universal Acceptance

→ 15 July: Report given. Playback recording starting at 5:00 for more details. Closed

Topic 069:  Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC) & Board Member Selection Process Committee (BMSPC)

LEAD: Alan Greenberg

OPEN: 12 August 2019 ], CLOSED: 09 September 2019

TYPE: General

DESCRIPTION: To call for volunteers to participate in these groups and to update the region on its work

SUPPORTING BACKGROUND AND DOCUMENTATION:

Initial email sent to all RALOs:

"Dear All,

To prepare for the selection of the Board Member selected by At-Large to be seated at the October 2020 Annual General Meeting, Maureen Hilyard, the Chair of the ALAC, has asked staff to make an immediate call for members of the two groups who will be responsible for moving the process forward.

According to the ALAC Rules of Procedure (2018) (https://tinyurl.com/y6kp9p6u ), the two groups are the 2019-2020 Board Member Selection Process Committee (BMSPC) and the 2019-2020 Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC). Please see ALAC Rules of Procedure Section D.19 - Procedure for Making the Selection to fill Seat 15 on the ICANN Board.

The deadline for applying to be members of these groups is 23:59 UTC on Monday 15 August 2019.

If you are interested, please send a note to At-Large staff at staff@atlarge.icann.orgspecifying which committee(s) the application is for and attach an Expression of Interest (EoI) explaining your interest and citing any applicable experience/knowledge.
 
Please note that your personal data submitted with your EoI may be shared with the RALO leadership, RALO ALS representatives, and/or ALAC Members/Leadership, as appropriate, as part of the evaluation and selection process, and that, if selected, your name and regional affiliation will be published on the BCEC Workspace (https://tinyurl.com/yyxbghsg) or the BMSPC Workspace (https://tinyurl.com/y3z5mfxq) as relevant. The processing of your personal data for these purposes will be carried out in accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy and the website Terms of Service.

The At-Large Board Member 2019-2020 Selection Workspace is available at: https://tinyurl.com/yxqck74k [tinyurl.com]).
 
The RALO leadership is requested to send a list of their RALO's supported candidates and alternates for each group to the Chair of the ALAC and staff by 23:59 UTC Tuesday, 23 August 2019.

The ALAC will name the final membership soon after.

The details of the two groups are:

1)      Board Member Selection Process Committee (BMSPC)

According to Article 19.2 of the ALAC Rules of Procedure:

"The ALAC shall name a Board Member Selection Process Committee (BMSPC) which shall oversee the entire selection process including the election culminating the process but excluding those responsibilities specifically retained by the ALAC or given to the Board Candidate Evaluation Committee. The composition of the BMSPC will be regionally balanced and the committee will be populated with two representatives of each region selected by both the ALAC and the RALOs plus a chair selected by the ALAC. For each region, one Alternate member will be selected who can replace a member from the same region who for whatever reason is not able to fully participate and such replacement will be at the sole discretion of the BMSPC Chair in accordance with BMSPC guidelines."

The group is open to ALAC Members, At-Large community members and to RALO Leaders. However, the membership should include members of the community with significant experience from previous Board Director selected by At-Large process.  English will be the working language of this group. The workload of the BMSPC is not expected to be very heavy.

The group must be regionally balanced, with two representatives from each of the five RALOs. Each RALO will also select an Alternate member in the event one of the original members must be replaced. The RALO selection may be done by any means thought appropriate by the RALO leadership.

Please note that no member of the 2019-2020 BMSPC may submit an EoI for the position of the Board Director selected by At-Large.

The ALAC has selected Alan Greenberg as Chair of the BMSPC. The first meeting of the BMSPC will be scheduled for early September.

2)    Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC)

The ALAC Rules of Procedures state the following on the composition and task of the BCEC:

"19.3 The ALAC shall name a Board Candidate Evaluation Committee (BCEC) to compile an initial slate of candidates for election to Seat 15. A new BCEC consisting of two delegates selected by each of the RALOs plus a chair selected by the ALAC will be convened for each Board seat selection process. Each RALO shall also select an Alternate member who can replace a member from the same region who for whatever reason is not able to fully participate and such replacement will be at the sole discretion of the BCEC Chair in accordance with BCEC guidelines."

"19.4 The task of the BCEC is to identify applicants who would each make an excellent Board Director. [19.4.1] Applicant selected by the BCEC must meet the criteria specified in the ICANN Bylaws Article VI, Section 3 (http://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/bylaws#VI-3 [icann.org]). These criteria include but are not limited to being: a) accomplished persons of integrity, objectivity, and intelligence, with reputations for sound judgment and open minds, and a demonstrated capacity for thoughtful group decision-making; and b) persons with an understanding of ICANN's mission and the potential impact of ICANN decisions on the global Internet community, and committed to the success of ICANN. Moreover, the Director selected by the At-Large Community must understand the mission of At-Large and the needs of the global community of Internet end users."

"19.5 No member of the electorate (Paragraph 19.10) may simultaneously serve as a member of the BCEC."

According to 19.5, members of the electorate (i.e., members of the ALAC and RALO Chairs who will be serving in 2020) may not be BCEC members.

The group must be regionally balanced, with two representatives from each of the five RALOs. Each RALO will also select an Alternate member in the event one of the original members must be replaced.

Additionally, no member of the 2019-2020 BCEC may submit an EoI for the position of the Board Director selected by At-Large.

Please note that experience on previous BCECs, on the ICANN Nominating Committee or comparable experience is an asset. The RALO selection methodology must ensure that only suitably qualified candidates are put forward to the ALAC by the RALO Chair.

English will be the working language of this group.

The ALAC has selected Yrjö Lansipuro as Chair of the BCEC. The first meeting of the BCEC will be scheduled for early September."

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→ 12 August: As fo today NARALO: 2 BCEC & none for BMSPC. BMSPC work is not expected to be heavy. We are covered in BCEC.

→ 09 September: Volunteers list presented. Close.

Topic 070: Snipped Webinar :: Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) and the Latin Script

LEAD: Bill Jouri

OPEN:12 August 2019, CLOSED: 12 august 2019

TYPE: Education

DESCRIPTION: IDN is one of the ALAC moving topics @ June 2019 an as such our region should be more aware of what it is so it can be more effective in its appreciation for such an important concept that affects millions of Internet end user around the world including our region

→ 12 August: Presentation given.

Topic 071:  2020 Newsletter Editor

LEAD: Eduardo Díaz

OPEN: 21 October, CLOSED: 21 October 2019

TYPE: [General], [Outreach]

DESCRIPTION: To request volunteers to help with the NARALO newsletter for year 2020. Starting in January 2020. Main responsibility is to acquire content and send it to staff for final assembly and publishing every month.

→ 21 October: Pierre-Jean Darres will be the new newsletter chief editor starting with the January 2020 edition. See transcript page #19 for more details. Discussion closed.

Topic 075: Post ATLAS III Activities

LEAD: Eduardo Díaz

OPEN: 09 December 2019, CLOSED:

TYPE: General

DESCRIPTION: To provide an update report for post ATLAS III activities

→ 09 December: Opened today. See transcript page #5.

→ 13 January 2020: Next step is to publish a report on the feedback information  received post- ATLAS III.  See transcript page #6 for more details.

→ 16 March 2020: Closed.

Topic 076: SWebinar on DNS Abuse

LEAD: Jonathan Zuck

OPEN: 13 January 2020, CLOSED: 10 February 2020

TYPE: Education

DESCRIPTION: Brief presentation on the topic of DNS Abuse

• • • • • What is this?
        • Why is this important to the end-users? 
        • Overview of the ALAC recommendations sent to the Board on December 24, 2019
        • Any next steps for NARALO?

→ 13 January 2020: Mr. Zuck was not able to attend the meeting for personal reason. 

→ 10 February: Given. Closed.

Topic 078: Regional Survey

LEAD: Eduardo Díaz

OPEN: 16  March 2020, CLOSED: 11 May 2020

TYPE: General, Outreach

DESCRIPTION: To create/run a NARALO survey to identify what competencies and interests our members have.

→ 16 March 2020: from this date on all conversation details are being referred to the transcript

→ 11 MAy 2020: Presentation was given. Item is closed.

Topic 079: 2020 NARALO Elections

LEAD: Judith Hellerstein

OPEN: 16  March 2020, CLOSED:

TYPE: General, Outreach

DESCRIPTION: To report on the coordination and results of this task

→ 16 March 2020: from this date on all conversation details are being referred to the transcript

→ 11 May 2020: All nominated won by acclamation. CLOSE

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Timeline

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End

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Status

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Kick off and Submission period

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11/05/2018

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25/01/2019

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In progress

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staff@atlarge.icann.org

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Submissions Due – send to planning@icann.org

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25/01/2019

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25/01/2019

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Completed

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Preliminary review of requests by ICANN.org

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28/01/2019

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08/03/2019

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On target

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SO/AC consultations at ICANN 64 (by request, during Constituents’ Day)

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09/03/2019

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15/03/2019

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On target

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Final assessments and recommendations by ICANN.org

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18/03/2019

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31/03/2019

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On target

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ICANN Board Finance Committee Review and recommendation for approval to the Board

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15/04/2019

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19/04/2019

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On target

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ICANN Board review and approval at May Board meeting

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22/04/2019

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03/05/2019

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On target

→ 10 December [Recording: 09:00]: Proposal to be submitted: Policy Course, North American indigenous fellowship program and the second North American School of Internet Governance (NASIG). Check transcript starting in page #4 for more details.

→ 14 January  [Recording: 20:52]: Report given. Check transcript starting in page #13 for more details.

→ 11 February  [Recording:XX:XX]: This topic has been integrated with Topic 51. Close

Topic 057: Presentation: What is ahead for ICANN in 2019

LEAD: Chris Mondini

OPEN: 14 January 2019, CLOSED: 14 January 2019

TYPE: Outreach

DESCRIPTION: To provide a fresh perspective of pending ICANN policies, reviews and issues in 2019. 

→ 14 January  [Recording: 44:15]: From transcript : "...There’s security, ICANN’s governance model, the DNS and unique identifiers, geopolitical issues and financial health.". Check transcript starting in page #26 for more detail - Close

Topic 058:Report on the Universal Acceptance Steering Committee Group

LEAD: Michael Casadevall

OPEN: 14 January 2019, CLOSED: 14 January 201

TYPE: Policy

DESCRIPTION: Report on the face-to-face meeting participation held by this organization

→ 14 January  [Recording: 31:08] Report provided. Check transcript starting in page #20 for more details. Closed

Topic 061: ICANN 64 Read Out

LEAD: Chris Mondini

OPEN: 8 April 2019, CLOSED: 8 April 2019

TYPE: [Outreach]

DESCRIPTION: To provide a summary of the ICANN 64 meeting activities 

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