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Dial out Participants: Eduardo Diaz, Adrian Schmidt, Gordon Chillcott, David Mackey, Miguel Bauza, Bill Thanis, Jonathan Zuck, John Laprise, Melissa Begay, Alfredo Calderon, Marita Moll, Alan Greenberg, Sunish Grupta, Bill Journis, Glenn McKnight, Greg Shatan, Judith Hellerstein, Maureen Hilyard, Pierre- Jean Darres, Susannah Gray, Yubelkys Montalvo, John More, Dana Perry, Leah Symekher

Apologies:   Leon Sanchez 

Staff: Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Gisella Gruber, Evin Erdogdu, Joe Catapano, Claudia Ruiz

Call Management: Claudia RuizCall Management: 

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Summary Minutes:    

Action Topics: EN

Recording: EN

AC Recording: EN

AC Chat: EN    

Transcript: EN EN

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AGENDA

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1. Attendance (

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16/

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49 -

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33%)

This section is to record the meeting attendance.

ALS (Total 24 ::11CA/13US) - Attendance (

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12/24 -

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50%) 

For updates please contact Evin Erdoğdu, At-Large Staff.

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RED = Under decertification

Unaffiliated (Total

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25 ::

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6CA/19US) Attendance (

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04/

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25 -

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16%) 

For updates please contact Evin Erdoğdu, At-Large Staff.

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This section is to record the approval of this meeting agenda and its discussion order. (00:01/00:01)

→ 8 April13 May: Aproved

3. Meeting Discussion Order 

*(allowed time/running time)

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This section is for discussion topics that have been carried forward to this meeting

Topic 017: NARALO Outreach Group Update Report

LEAD: Glenn McKnight

OPEN: 20 Nov 2017, CLOSED:

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→ 11 February: Reports given by Marita Moll (speak to a class at Carlton University), Greg Shatan (event at the United Nations and NYC Civil Hall), Alfredo Calderon (going to Digital Inclusion) and Judith Hellerstein (going to NTC - not for profit technical conference). Please check transcript  starting in page #9 for more details.

Topic 025: CROP FY18

LEAD: Eduardo Diaz

OPEN: 12 February 2018, CLOSED: 

TYPE: [Outreach]

DESCRIPTION: To provide an update/report for the following events: Digital Inclusion  (Glenn), RigthsCon (Judith) and ARIN 41 (William)

→ 12 February 2018 [Recording: 38] Report given. Refer to recording/transcript for details. [Decision]: Recommend to close.

→ 8 April  [Recording:26:22]: Glenn provided a summary report. CROP trip reports will be re-scheduled for our next meeting.

→ 13 May : Judith made  her report (see transcript : page 9). Action items: (1) to coordinate with GSE to have an ICANN table in the NTCP event. (2) apply for a speaking slot since it reduces the cost of participation.  Several thousands attend this event. Alfredo Calderon made his report (see transcript : page 14). Action items: (1) apply for a lighting round sessions in advance, (2) Affiliate to the organization. F/U- Outreach lady from NY which lives in New Orleans.

Topic 025: CROP FY18

LEAD: Eduardo Diaz

OPEN: 12 February 2018, CLOSED: 

TYPE: [Outreach]

DESCRIPTION: To provide an update/report for the following events: Digital Inclusion  (Glenn), RigthsCon (Judith) and ARIN 41 (William)

→ 12 February 2018 [Recording: 38] Report given. Refer to recording/transcript for details. [Decision]: Recommend to close.

→ 14 March [Recording: 10:00]  Program → 14 March [Recording: 10:00]  Program was explained. There may be about $4K o discretionary money that can be used fro this next year. No action Topic generated. [Decision]: Recommend to keep in the agenda to inform allocation of the two last spots in this program

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→ 14 January  [Recording: 03:00]: William's report pending. [Decision]: Carry forward to next meeting.

→ 11 February  [Recording:XX:XX]:

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Topic 026:  NARALO ALAC Members Update Reports

LEAD: Javier Rúa, John Laprise & Alan Greenberg

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→ 14 January  [Recording: 41:00]: Marita provided a very detailed report.  Some excerpts from the transcript: "...did comment in for the sub-pro Work Track 1 to 4, which was a lot about asking questions about auctions. - ...you will be interested to perhaps read an article on domain insight about Vickrey auctions, which is something that At-Large suggested would be a better way of maybe resolving some of the contention issues around domain names in further rounds. - ... we’re working on right now is the geonames issue where’s a prep for comment open, very deep and long, and detailed about how another round of Top-Level gTLDs should deal with geographic names. - ...We are working on programs for Kobe. We want to make it more of a policy discussion this time."  Check transcript starting in page #20 for more details

→ 11 February  [Recording:XX:XX]:

Topic 028: NARALO Policy Group Update Report

LEAD: Jonathan Zuck 

OPEN: 09 April 2018, CLOSED:

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→ 11June [Recording: 43:03] Mentioned that the biggest think is that Subsequent Procedures Working Group is going to be delivering its interim report shortly after Panama. Also discussions about charitable outcome associated with O.com and finally GDPR. More specifics on page 23 in the transcript. [Decision]: Carry Forward to next meeting

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→ 11 February: Presentation given. From transcript :"The big things that have been dominating the discussions in the CPWG of late are the GDPR and privacy generally, subsequent procedures"  Check transcript starting in page #21 for more details

Topic 029: NARALO Education Group Update Report

LEAD: Alfredo Calderon

OPEN: 09 April 2018, CLOSED:

TYPE: [Policy]

DESCRIPTION: This discussion Topic is for providing an update report by the head of the Educational Group.

→ 09 april [Recording: --]  For the May meeting, Jonathan Zuck will discuss "Universal Acceptance" as part of the SWebinar series. Future topics must align with ICANN's mission, therefore, the Policy & Hot Topics must be reviewed if a SWebinar is to be organized. It seems reasonable to consider Pollicy Comments as a point of reference. We are aware that in some instances the timeframe will be a limitation when Public comments before our monthly meetings. [Decision]: Carry forward to next meeting.

→ 14 May [Recording: 45:00 ]   Presentation given by Jonathan on Intelectual Property Constituency (IPC) / Business Constituency (BC) Accreditation & Access Model for Non-Public Data. Please see details in transcript starting on page #30. [Decision]: Carry forward to next meeting.

→ 11June [Recording: 47:05]  No report given. [Decision]: Carry forward to next meeting.

→ 8 April [Recording: 34:00]: Report was provided. Please watch the AC recording starting at 34:00 to view the actual slide deck presentation. Participation in the CPWG was prompted during the meeting.

→ 13 May: Report was provided.See transcript page 26 for more details. The CPWG is the ALAC central funnel related to policy. It’s where the first conversations happen, and then recommendations are made from there to the ALAC for their support and vote. There will be a list fo Hot Topics that will be issued by the CPWG for RALOSs to use in their regions.

Topic 029: NARALO Education Group Update Report

LEAD: Alfredo Calderon

OPEN: 09 April 2018, CLOSED:

TYPE: [Policy]

DESCRIPTION: This discussion Topic is for providing an update report by the head of the Educational Group.

→ 09 april [Recording: --]  For the May meeting, Jonathan → 9 July:  Jonathan Zuck will discuss "Universal Acceptance" as part of the SWebinar series. Basic information available here. Seeking volunteers to do SWebinars for upcomming meetings. Topics must be related to ICANN's mission and pressing issues that might entice commenting by the  RALO.

→ 10 September [Recording: 44:00] Report given. Transcript excerpt : "I sent out an e-mail through the education group to gather topics that we feel that we should have a short webinar in the coming meetings, keeping in mind that if they are really related with some policy that is out there for comment and it’s time-sensitive, we’re going to give priority to those." Check transcript starting in page #25 for more details. [Decision]:  Carry Forward to next meeting.

→ 10 December [Recording: 51:00]: Report  given (from transcript) :"...I would like to have is people from this community suggesting speakers that we could invite for the upcoming meeting for next year. And you can send them through the email that I posted on the chat, so we can start planning for next year." Check transcript starting in page #32 for more details

→ 11 February  [Recording:XX:XX]:

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Future topics must align with ICANN's mission, therefore, the Policy & Hot Topics must be reviewed if a SWebinar is to be organized. It seems reasonable to consider Pollicy Comments as a point of reference. We are aware that in some instances the timeframe will be a limitation when Public comments before our monthly meetings. [Decision]: Carry forward to next meeting.

→ 14 May [Recording: 45:00 ]   Presentation given by Jonathan on Intelectual Property Constituency (IPC) / Business Constituency (BC) Accreditation & Access Model for Non-Public Data. Please see details in transcript starting on page #30. [Decision]: Carry forward to next meeting.

→ 11June [Recording: 47:05]  No report given. [Decision]: Carry forward to next meeting.

→ 9 July:  Jonathan Zuck will discuss "Universal Acceptance" as part of the SWebinar series. Basic information available here. Seeking volunteers to do SWebinars for upcomming meetings. Topics must be related to ICANN's mission and pressing issues that might entice commenting by the  RALO.

→ 10 September [Recording: 44:00] Report given. Transcript excerpt : "I sent out an e-mail through the education group to gather topics that we feel that we should have a short webinar in the coming meetings, keeping in mind that if they are really related with some policy that is out there for comment and it’s time-sensitive, we’re going to give priority to those." Check transcript starting in page #25 for more details. [Decision]:  Carry Forward to next meeting.

→ 10 December [Recording: 51:00]: Report  given (from transcript) :"...I would like to have is people from this community suggesting speakers that we could invite for the upcoming meeting for next year. And you can send them through the email that I posted on the chat, so we can start planning for next year." Check transcript starting in page #32 for more details

Topic 041: Introductory Remarks by NARALO Chair

LEAD: Eduardo Díaz

OPEN: 10 September 2018, CLOSED:

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→ 11 February :  Overview given. Check transcript starting in page #1 for more details

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→ 8 April: Overview given. Check recording starting at 1:02 for more details

Topic 042: New NARALO Members

LEAD: Joey Doyle

OPEN: [open date], CLOSED:

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→ 11 February  [Recording:XX:XX]: Pierre introduced himself. Check transcript starting in page #8 for more details.

→ 8 April: David Mackey introduced himself. Check recording starting at 3:00 for more details. José Lebron introduced himself. Check recording starting at 7:00 for more details.

Topic 043: Social Media Update Report

LEAD: Susannah Gray 

OPEN: 10 Sept 2018, CLOSED:

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DESCRIPTION: To report on the At-Large Social Media Working Group (SoMe) and NARALO required efforts to support this initiative

→ 10 September [Recording: 28:30] Report given. Transcript excerpt: "The thing I guess at this point we’re really looking from NARALO as some additional volunteers from the community to be on point if NARALO-related social media. As I put in the chat, if you’re interested, please contact me or one of the staff on this call or Evin. And we’ll put your name in the hat, and we’ll get busy. We have a lot of work to do." Transcript excerpt by Alfredo asking for #hashtags : "...if it’s possible to have an action Topic where we, as NARALO, can make a list of all the hashtags of all the ALSes that we have in our region so that we can monitor what activities they are doing, I and Susannah, as the social media leaders, can funnel that information so that At-Large can have access to it in a timely formal manner." Check transcript starting in page #17 for more details [Decision]: Carry forward to next meeting

→ 11 February  [Recording:XX:XX]:

Topic 044: North America Stakeholder Engagement

LEAD: Chris Mondini & Joe Catapano

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→ 11 February: Report given. Check transcript starting in page #15 for more details. Judith request (from transcript): "we would be interested in events that are held in DC for other constituencies or other groups. We find out late to the event, and it would be great if you could give us a heads up so maybe some of our ALS's or individual members could attend. I know there was an event in DC focused on nonprofits and some other one at the ICANN office, but we didn't know about it until we just got a review who are on the GNSO's mailing list about the event. And I know the same thing happens in New York and California, and other places, so it would be helpful if we could get a heads up on some of these events, that we might be interested in attending."

Topic 047: Academic Credits

LEAD: Chris Mondini

LEAD COLLABORATORS: Yubelkys Montalvo (Universities) & David Morar (Students)

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→ 12 November [Recording: 16:55]: There has not been much progress since the last call. From transcript: "Our next step is that we’re talking with our policy development support team, and also people that run reviews, and we’re asking them if we get these students for a six-month period or a nine-month period or a 12-month period, what is the way that we could deploy them to further ICANN’s work?" . Check transcript starting in page #13 for more details.

→ 11 February  [Recording:XX:XX]:

Topic 050: Student Outreach by  the North American Graduate Students At-Large Structure

LEAD: David Morar, Anna Cecile Loup 

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→ 14 January  [Recording: 27:00]:  Nothing to report. Apologies provided.→ 11 February  [Recording:XX:XX]:

Topic 051: NARALO Discretionary Funds & FY20 Additional Budget Request (ABR)

LEAD: Glenn McNight

OPEN: 10 December 2018, CLOSED:

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DESCRIPTION: 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
    
    

→ 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 → 8 April:  

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[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 052: EPDP on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data 

LEAD: Alan Greensberg

OPEN: 10 December 2018, CLOSED:

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DESCRIPTION: To provide an update report on this effort→ 11 February: There was no report.

Topic 055: 2019 NomCom update report

LEAD: Leah Symekher

OPEN: 10 December 2018, CLOSED: 

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→ 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.

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

LEAD: Eduardo Díaz

OPEN: 14 January 2019, CLOSED:

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

Topic 059: RIR Outreach

→ 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. 

Topic 059: RIR Outreach

LEAD: Judith Hellerstein

OPEN: 14 January 2019, CLOSED: 

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→ 14 January  [Recording: 38:45] Report provided. From transcript: "Many RIRs have grant programs and other community programs. ARIN is the only RIR that does not have any of those programs, so we have to think of different ways of trying to work with them. We had originally thought of an idea several years ago to do a liaison position with them, but they had turned that down then, thinking that they were afraid of favoritism. But we are going to try to reintroduce the idea again, but also trying to figure out our topic so that we can get the RIRs to know us more and us to know what they are doing." Check transcript starting in page #23 for more details.

5. New Discussions

This section is for new discussions in the agenda for this meeting

Topic 060: 2019 NARALO Elections

LEAD: Glenn

OPEN: 8 April 2019, CLOSED:

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:

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: 

6. Any Other Business (AOB)

This section is for any new discussions not in the agenda for this meeting.

Topic 062*: [Topic title here]

LEAD: [name]

." Check transcript starting in page #23 for more details.

Topic 060: 2019 NARALO Elections

LEAD: Glenn

OPEN: 8 April 2019OPEN: [open date], CLOSED:

TYPE: [General], [Policy], [Education], [Outreach]

DESCRIPTION: [Brief description]

*Use this format. The number shown is the next in the sequence of discussions. Update every meeting if necessary.

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Supporting Material

General:

• 2019 NARALO Elections2017 
• 2017 Rules and Procedures
• Decertification Workspace
• Individual Members Roaster
• FY18 Budget Workspace
• FY19 At-Large Additional Budget Request (ABR) Workspace
• ALAC Finance and Budget Sub-Committee (FBSC)
• ALAC and the ALAC Appointee Selection Committee (AASC)
• NARALO Newsletters
• CROP Procedures & Guidelines

Policy:

At-Large Policy Resources

2019 ALAC Policy Comments & Advice
At-Large Policy Summary
At-Large Executive Summary page
Multistakeholder Advice Development graphic

Please join the weekly  At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) meeting.

Recently Ratified by the ALAC (Since last NARALO Monthly Meeting)

1st Comment: ICANN Draft FY20 Operating Plan and Budget and Five-Year Operating Plan Update
Of principle concern to the ALAC/At-Large is their ability to achieve the objectives of the At-Large Review Implementation Plan. The comments in the statement relate to particular portfolio or project areas and incorporate specific At-Large concerns, namely: language services, raising stakeholder awareness of ICANN worldwide, engage stakeholders regionally, support policy development, policy related and advisory activities, reinforce stakeholder effectiveness, collaboration and communication capabilities, coordination of ICANN participation in Internet Governance, supporting organizational reviews, and supporting stakeholder participation.

2nd Comment: ICANN Draft FY20 Operating Plan and Budget and Five-Year Operating Plan Update
The ALAC Chair determined to submit an additional ALAC statement on this public comment, in accordance with new rules regarding FY20 Additional Budget Requests (ABRs). As ABRs are no longer intended to request travel support to ICANN meetings, the ALAC decided to submit an additional comment to the FY20 Budget public comment, requesting two travel slots to support the attendance of active At-Large policy/outreach leaders in At-Large work session activities at ICANN meetings.

Comment: ICANN Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021 – 2025
The ALAC stressed the importance of ICANN’s role in the multistakeholder model of Internet Governance (including 6 recommendations to improve its effectiveness), suggested a rebalancing of representation on the ICANN Board to enhance the Internet end user perspective, and noted that more fulsome cost/benefit analyses of programs like the gTLD expansion should be available in order predict the future impact on total resources. The ALAC also commented on strengthening the security of the Domain Name System (DNS) and the DNS Root Server System, evolving the unique identifier systems to continue to serve the needs of the global Internet user base, addressing geopolitical issues impacting ICANN’s mission to ensure a single and globally interoperable Internet, and ensuring ICANN’s long-term financial sustainability.

Comment: First Consultation on a 2-Year Planning Process
The ALAC/At-Large community agrees that more time should be given for additional community involvement, and requests that ICANN Org provide a listing of priorities and statements on the impact of each project within ICANN Org and on each of the unique ACs and SOs. The ALAC also encourages ICANN Org to provide the appropriate level of resources to ICANN IT for continued support of services which are vital for community policy work. The ALAC believes that the additional time from 15 months to 2 years would provide more transparency as the community is becomes more aware of priority ranking of projects or has collaborated with ICANN Org on priority ranking. The At-Large Advisory Committee believes that beyond the priorities of keeping the Internet secure and stable, and maintaining the multistakeholder model, the community should be directly involved in setting other priorities. In addition to policy activity, the ALAC emphasizes that outreach and engagement are integral to the planning cycle, and the benefit of CCWGs and CCEGs in planning activities. The ALAC supports a formalized, dedicated planning phase to plan for SO/AC activities. The ALAC noted it strongly believes that for ICANN to be as inclusive as possible, documents should be translated into multiple languages; important community meetings should be held in different time zones and in different languages, with real time translation (language channels) and captioning / real time transcription (RTT) provided on all calls. Finally, the ALAC strongly believes that for ICANN to be seen to be truly multistakeholder-focused and inclusive, then appropriate resources must be made available to remove barriers that might prevent the full participation of the ICANN community in policy activities.

Comment: Updated Operating Standards for Specific Reviews
It is the view of the ALAC that the level of specificity for specific reviews is necessary to prevent misunderstandings and missteps by any of the parties involved in the review. The ALAC believes scope should be well defined within the confines of bylaws and review teams should be free to pursue their mandate within that scope. Accordingly, the ALAC voiced their strong support for the updates to the Operating Standards for Specific Reviews.

Comment (sent to ICANN Board): ICANN64 Joint GAC-ALAC Statement on EPDP
During ICANN64, the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) drafted and approved a Joint GAC-ALAC Statement on the EPDP. The GAC and ALAC are aligned overall with the EPDP Phase I Report, as it pertains to outstanding concerns as articulated in their respective statements to the report. The two advisory committees are in agreement on the need to distinguish between natural and legal persons. In addition, the GAC and ALAC highlighted the importance of data accuracy, the technical contact field, and protecting the public interest. The statement was drafted jointly with the GAC with input from the ALAC Liaison to the GAC, Yrjö Lansipuro, and GAC representative, Cathrin Bauer-Bulst, as well as the At-Large representatives to the EPDP, Hadia Elminiawi and Alan Greenberg.

Public Comment for Decision

Proposed Renewal of .biz Registry Agreement 14 May 2019 

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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.

5. New Discussions

This section is for new discussions in the agenda for this meeting

6. Any Other Business (AOB)

This section is for any new discussions not in the agenda for this meeting.

Topic 062*: [Topic title here]

LEAD: [name]

OPEN: [open date], CLOSED:

TYPE: [General], [Policy], [Education], [Outreach]

DESCRIPTION: [Brief description]

*Use this format. The number shown is the next in the sequence of discussions. Update every meeting if necessary.

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Supporting Material

General:

• 2019 NARALO Elections2017 
• 2017 Rules and Procedures
• Decertification Workspace
• Individual Members Roaster
• FY18 Budget Workspace
• FY19 At-Large Additional Budget Request (ABR) Workspace
• ALAC Finance and Budget Sub-Committee (FBSC)
• ALAC and the ALAC Appointee Selection Committee (AASC)
• NARALO Newsletters
• CROP Procedures & Guidelines

Policy:

At-Large Policy Resources

2019 ALAC Policy Comments & Advice
At-Large Policy Summary
At-Large Executive Summary page
Multistakeholder Advice Development graphic

Please join the weekly  At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) meeting.

Recently Ratified by the ALAC

Comment: Proposed Renewal of .asia Registry Agreement
The ALAC supports the proposed changes to the .asia (DotAsia) renewal agreement, with (3) comments related to universal acceptance (UA), public interest commitments and fees to be paid to ICANN org.

Comment: ALAC Statement on Registry Agreement Renewals .org, .biz and .info

The ALAC generally refrained from commenting on these prior proposed Registry Agreement renewals, with the exception of the proposed renewal of the .NET Registry Agreement in 2017. The ALAC in general favors standardizing Registry Agreements as this allows for transparency and predictability, as well as ease of review and compliance monitoring of one standard contract (with necessary but controlled variations through Addendums) instead of managing many disparate/varying contracts. Being supportive of this approach, the ALAC has not objected to the base Registry Agreement, or to its use in prior renewals.

In respect of the intent to standardize the said 3 proposed Registry Agreement renewals (.org, .biz, .info), the ALAC 
welcomes the following proposals:

(i) inclusion of Public Interest Commitments (per Specification 11), 
(ii) inclusion of Minimum requirements for Rights Protection Mechanisms (per Specification 7), 
(iii) adoption of the Registry Code of Conduct (per Specification 9), and
(iv) amendment of the relevant section in Specification 5 to govern the allocation of two-character labels at the second level to avoid confusion with corresponding country codes.

The ALAC also noted there are differences in opinion within At-Large regarding the omission and quantum of price caps.

Advice (sent to ICANN Board): GNSO Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Policy Recommendations for ICANN Board Consideration

The ALAC provided advice to the ICANN Board, noting significant concern related to three aspects of the EPDP Report. Specifically, the ALAC is concerned not only with the outcomes, but with the process that was followed to address the issues. All three impact the ability to access registration data and the completeness of that data, specifically: “to identify the appropriate balance for a path forward to ensure compliance with the GDPR while maintaining the existing WHOIS system to the greatest extent possible”. The ALAC advises the ICANN Board to:

• Request that the issue of Thick WHOIS be discussed during the EPDP Phase 2 in light of the new legal opinion;
• Request that the issue of geographic differentiation be re-opened during the EPDP Phase 2 in light of the new legal opinion and the lack of considering the competing needs of privacy vs the benefits of non-redaction on cyber-security activities and that the ensuing discussion factor in the needs of those using the data for cyber-security and other legitimate purposes;
• Request that the issue of legal/natural differentiation be discussed during the EPDP Phase 2 explicitly considering the competing needs of those using the data for cybersecurity and other legitimate purposes;
• Initiate independent studies related to the implementation of geographic and legal/natural differentiation as well as the impact of the Temporary Specification implementation on cyber-security, or request that the EPDP Phase 2 commission such studies. If the latter, the Board should ensure adequate funding for such work.

Public Comment for Decision

None

Current Statements (ALAC Advice, Comment or Correspondence)

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