AT-LARGE GATEWAY
At-Large Regional Policy Engagement Program (ARPEP)
At-Large Review Implementation Plan Development
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In late 2019, the APRALO Leadership Team proposed the initiation of an APRALO Policy Platform for 2020. After reviewing input from RALO members to the proposal and in light of the unexpected COVID-19 pandemic, the Leadership Team considers this APRALO Policy Forum to be a modest but useful kickstart to facilitate and coordinate ICANN policy-related discussions at a regional level.
Purpose:
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- Aim 1: Encourage engagement of APRALO members on issues within ICANN's remit
- Aim 2: Facilitate informed, inclusive regional position development on issues within ICANN's remit
- Aim 3: Support APRALO Leadership's participation as a regional partner to the ALAC Policy Platform / the At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group
- Aim 4: Grow APRALO outreach opportunities within the AP region and with other RALOs and ICANN communities on ICANN policy issues
- Aim 5: Provide suggestions on AP regional issues of interest which may fall within ICANN’s remit
How do we achieve these aims? By:
- Informing the APRALO Community on ICANN policy issues.
- Engaging the APRALO Community in At-Large discussions on ICANN policy issues
- Consulting the APRALO Community to formulate input on ICANN policy issues.
- Building the capacity of the APRALO Community to effectively participate on ICANN policy deliberations
- Participating in inter-RALO discourse on ICANN policy issues
- Creating intra-regional discourse & cooperation opportunities to advocate for individual end user interests
APRALO Priorities for 2023-2024 Anchor A23-24_Priorities A23-24_Priorities
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* Per the 2022 Hot Topic Survey.
** For an explanation of the above priorities in area 4, please refer to: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/op-financial-plan-fy22-26-opplan-fy22-2021-en.pdf
*** Per the APF Town Hall Meetings of 10 Aug 2023
Membership:
Open to all APRALO members interested in ICANN policy-related discussions, by subscription to the mailing list. The membership list is published below.
Operation:
To begin with, this The work of the Policy Forum will be facilitated using this work space and the a combination of the following resources:
- This work space, as the central repository for the Forum
- The apralo-policy@icann.org mailing list which will be moderated by members of the Leadership Team and supported by At-Large Staff.
- Periodic team/small team project/planning calls
- Event calls
The ICANN Expected Standards of Behaviour will apply.
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Discussions
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& Next Events
APRALO Policy Forum Planning Document 2024 (comment-only mode)
Next Activities:
- APRALO Register of Skills & Interests Pilot Cycle 1, 18 July - 30 August 2024
Immediate Past Activities
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2024 Activities
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Background: As ICANN75 is being held in the APAC city of Kuala Lumpur, the APRALO Policy Forum is taking the lead in organising an At-Large policy session around IDNs. This session will see several ICANN community leaders discussing the direction to be taken by ICANN in attempting to improve the uptake of IDNs, while remaining cognizant of technical and operational challenges, the need to adhere to relevant international standards and protocols (such as the IDNA2008 standard), community-developed rules to determine the validity of IDN from a language/script perspective (i.e the Root Zone - Label Generation Rules), as well as individual end user perceptions on the availability and usability of IDNs.
AGENDA:
- Introduction – Justine Chew, Co-Chair, APRALO Policy Forum
- The IDN Challenge – Edmon Chung, Board Director, ICANN
- ICANN rising to the Challenge – Sarmad Hussain, Sr Director, IDN and UA Program, ICANN
- Understanding the Demand Side of IDNs – Jonathan Zuck, ALAC Vice Chair, Policy
- Discussion – including Attendees
- Wrap-Up
Status: Completed
Event Wiki: At-Large Meetings - Monday, 19 September 2022
Recording of Session at ICANN75: Zoom Webinar Archive
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Background: The third APRALO Fireside chat: "Let’s Talk About Transfer Policy" on Wednesday 29 June 2022 at 07:00 UTC featured ALAC Vice Chair and At-Large CPWG Co-Chair Jonathan Zuck in conversation with Guest Speaker, Steinar Grøtterød, Member of the GNSO Transfer Policy Review Policy Development Process Working Group (TPR PDP WG) selected by the ALAC. This conversation sheds light on the impact that GDPR has had on existing ICANN Transfer Policy around transfers of domain name registrations from one registrar to another registrar; the risks for registrants and/or individual end-users and associated issues arising thereafter; and the proposed remedies coming out the TPR PDP WG's recommendations in phase 1a.
Status:CompletedDedicated Event Wiki: https://community.icann.org/x/hQQVD (Agenda & Recordings)
More about: APRALO Policy Forum Fireside Chats 2022
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Background: The second APRALO Fireside chat: "Let’s Talk About Closed Generic" on Wednesday 8 June 2022 at 07:00 UTC featured At-Large CPWG Co-Chair Olivier Crépin-Leblond in conversation with Guest Speaker, Holly Raiche, ALAC Member for APRALO, on new Generic Top-Level Domains (new gTLDs), what a closed generic is, and how the issue of closed generics might impact Internet end-users, leading to a discussion of factors in support of and against closed generics.
Status:Completed.Dedicated Event Wiki: https://community.icann.org/x/LgH5Cw (Agenda & Recordings)
More about: APRALO Policy Forum Fireside Chats 2022
27-Cycle1] APRALO Register of Skills & Interests Pilot Cycle 1 (Jul-Sep 2024) Purpose: This is the pilot implementation of the project code-named "Project RoSI" aimed at producing a dynamic Register of Skills & Interests for APRALO. This pilot incorporates many of the project's 2021 goals and preliminary work (See: Infographic report Infographic report). This pilot is to open to all interested APRALO Community members who wish to indicate they have expertise and/or knowledge to share on or are interested to learn about selected topic and themes within ICANN's remit in line with the ALAC's and APRALO's priorities. Status: Cycle 1 of the APRALO Register of Skills & Interests Pilot, is open for participation from 19 July - 13 September 2024. LINK TO PARTICIPATE Target Aims: 1, 3, 4 More info about RoSI: Project RoSI Workspace |
Background: ICANN org is seeking assistance and participation of the At-Large community to conduct outreach and engagement for the Next Round of New gTLDs in harnessing the extensive reach of each RALO. More details will be shared in due course. Target Aims: 1, 4 Dedicated Wiki: TBD |
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Background: The inaugural APRALO Fireside chat: "Let’s Talk About GNSO PDP 3.0" took place on Thursday 26 May 2022 at 06:00 UTC, where APRALO Policy Forum Co-Chair Justine Chew conversed with her Guest Speaker, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, the immediate past ALAC Liaison to the GNSO Council, on a few key aspects of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO)'s operating procedure for consensus policy development for Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) as well as where and how At-Large plays a role in consensus policy development for gTLDs within ICANN.
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Dedicated Event Wiki: https://community.icann.org/x/8g7CCw (Agenda & Recordings)
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Background: In 2017 and 2019, similar Hot Topics surveys were conducted for RALO members to determine topics which they considered important for the region and for the RALO's attention. See: APRALO Hot Topics 2017 | APRALO Hot Topics 2019. For 2021, the APRALO Policy Forum's leadership proposed to align the Regional Hot Topic Survey 2021 (HTS Project) with the APRALO Register of Skills & Interests Project (Project RoSI) in order to take advantage of the following factors and existing activities:
- The HTS 2021 should not be conducted in a vacuum and should take into consideration existing topics covered by the At-Large and ALAC. See: Infographic
- As part of its work scope, the Project RoSI small team is conducting a review of the said topics covered by the At-Large and ALAC, examining them for currency and/or updating
- The At-Large OFB-WG are also closely examining ICANN's FY22-26 Operating Initiatives, work which is expected to produce recommendations on what areas and topics the At-Large and ALAC should be prioritizing
- All the above information are expected to be distilled within Project RoSI and will be useful input on which to then base a RALO consultation
- The above steps will prevent unnecessary duplication of efforts while preserving key information for RALO members' consideration
See: Infographic report
Status: Survey conducted. Outcomes were presented at the APRALO Monthly Meeting during ICANN75 on Tuesday, 20 September 2022. View the Regional Priorities Report
Recording of Regional Priorities Report at ICANN75: Zoom Webinar Archive | English audio archive | 中文音频存档
Dedicated Workspace: APRALO Hot Topics 2021-2022 Workspace
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Activity & Meeting Archives
APRALO Policy Forum Discussions Archive 2020-2024
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Annual Reports
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Background: Tentatively code-named "Project RoSI", this project is intended to produce a dynamic Register of Skills & Interests for APRALO.
Status: Ongoing. Project RoSI Small Team completed preliminary work on data to be presented to the RALO for consultation vide the Hot Topics Survey 2021-2022. See: Infographic report Infographic report
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Contact
Staff Support Lead: Gisella Gruber
Mailing list: apralo-policy@icann.org
To subscribe to the APRALO Policy Forum mailing list (or read the archives / manage your subscription) please send a request to staff@atlarge.icann.org.
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Current membership of the APRALO Policy Forum comprises:
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1. Justine Chew (Chair) | 04.01.2024 | |
2. Shah Zahidur Rahman (Vice-Chair) | 04.01.2024 | |
3. Amrita Choudhury | 04.01.2024 | |
4. Cheryl Langdon-Orr | 04.01.2024 | |
5. Gopal Tadepalli | 04.01.2024 | |
6. K. Mohan Raidu | 04.01.2024 | |
7. Nitin Walia | 04.01.2024 | |
8. Nazmul Hasan Majumder | 04.01.2024 | |
9. Fouad Bajwa | 04.01.2024 | |
10. Vipul Gautam | 04.01.2024 | |
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12. Udeep Baral | 05.01.2024 | |
13. Phyo Thiri | 05.01.2024 | |
14. Kong Diep | 05.01.2024 | |
15. Ashirwad Tripathy | 06.01.2024 | |
16. Nabeel Yasin | 12.01.2024 | |
17. Laxmi Prasad Yadav | 12.01.2024 | |
18. Maureen Hilyard | 12.01.2024 | |
19. Jasmine Ko | 13.01.2024 | |
20. Prateek Pathak | 13.01.2024 | |
21. Muhammad Umair Ali | 14.01.2024 | |
22. Iqra Ejaz Bhatti | 14.01.2024 | |
23. Ashrafur Rahman Piaus | 14.01.2024 | |
24. Priyatosh Jana | 15.01.2024 | |
25. Suhaidi Hassan | 15.01.2024 | |
26. Harisa Shahid | 15.01.2024 | |
27. Holly Raiche | 15.01.2024 | |
28. Fidya Shabrina | 15.01.2024 | |
29. Bibek Silwal | 17.01.2024 | |
30. Mabda Haerunnisa Fajrilla Sidiq | 30.01.2024 | |
31. Faheem Soomro | 01.02.2024 | |
32. Satish Babu | 01.02.2024 | |
33. Mohammad Abdul Haque Anu | 08.02.2024 | |
34. Shehab Karman | 13.02.2024 | |
35. Adarsh Bu | 16.04.2024 | |
36. Barkha Manral | 24.04.2024 | |
37. Mohammad Kawsar Uddin | 25.04.2024 | |
38. Charles Mok | 26.04.2024 | |
39. Juliana Harsianti | 02.05.2024 | |
40. Muhammad Shabbir | 27.05.2024 | |
41. Pranav Bhaskar Tiwari | 31.05.2024 |
Past Membership
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Meetings
- APRALO Policy Forum Team Call, 13 May 2022
- HTS Project Team Call, 13 October 2021
- Project RoSI Team Call, 20 July 2021
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