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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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The APRALO Policy Forum seeks aims to:

  • 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

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APRALO Priorities for 2023-2024

Area1. Vis-à-vis ALAC/At-Large Community2. Policy-related priorities3. RALO Membership Retention & Engagement priorities4. ICANN operating priorities – top 5 to monitor**  5. Consideration of additional, new topics ***
Priorities
  • 1a-Continue to contribute towards policy position development
  • 1b-Pay attention to ICANN governance matters
  • 1c-Take greater cognizance of "global public interest" applicability
  • 2a-Increase involvement in DNS Abuse mitigation
  • 2b-Continue focusing on Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)
  • 2c-Increase participation in promotion of Universal Acceptance (UA)
  • 3a-Continue with capacity building / development
  • 3b-Build on leadership development & mentorship
  • 3c-Improve participation & engagement, institute activity metrics
  • 4a-OI-4.  Evolve & strengthen ICANN Community’s decision-making processes [**p.28]
  • 4b-OI-3.  Evolve & strengthen the Multi-stakeholder Model (MSM) [**p.23]
  • 4c-OI-9.  Evaluate, align & facilitate improved engagement in the Internet Ecosystem [**p.44]
  • 4d-OI-7.  Promote the Universal Acceptance of domain names and email addresses [**p.38]
  • 4e-OI-10.Through targeted engagement, improve Govt and IGO engagement & participation [**p.47]
  • 5a-Internet Fragmentation or “Splinternet”
  • 5b-Aspects of the Next Round of New generic Top-Level Domains (New gTLDs)

*    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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  • APRALO Register of Skills & Interests Pilot Cycle 1, 18 July - 30 August 2024

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15] ICANN75 At-Large Policy: ICANN’s Goal for a Multilingual Internet through IDNs

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: 

  1. Introduction – Justine Chew, Co-Chair, APRALO Policy Forum
  2. The IDN Challenge – Edmon Chung, Board Director, ICANN
  3. ICANN rising to the Challenge Sarmad Hussain, Sr Director, IDN and UA Program, ICANN
  4. Understanding the Demand Side of IDNs – Jonathan Zuck, ALAC Vice Chair, Policy 
  5. Discussion – including Attendees 
  6. 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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 [14] APRALO Policy Forum Fireside Chat #3: Let's Talk About Transfer Policy

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:Completed

Dedicated Event Wiki: https://community.icann.org/x/hQQVD (Agenda & Recordings)

More about: APRALO Policy Forum Fireside Chats 2022

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 [13] APRALO Policy Forum Fireside Chat #2: Let's Talk About Closed Generics

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)

Image AddedPurpose: 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
Target Priorities: 3a, 3b, 3c, 4a-OI-4, 4b-OI-3

More info about RoSI:  Project RoSI Workspace


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[29] APRALO Outreach & Engagement for the Next Round of New gTLDs and the Applicant Support Program in the Next Round

Image AddedBackground:  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
Target Priorities: 2b, 3c, 5b

Dedicated Wiki:  TBD


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[28] APRALO ICANN80 Readout

Image AddedBackground:  Panelists will discuss their respective key takeaways from ICANN80 and participants are welcomed to join in the conversation aimed at identifying where and how end-users may play a role in any next steps to each of those takeaways. 

Moderator:
Cheryl Langdon-Orr, At-Large Leader, based in Australia

Panelists:
Satish Babu, APRALO, based in India
Fidya Shabrina, ICANN80 Fellow, based in Indonesia
Tomslin Samme-Nlar, GNSO Council Vice-Chair & GNSO Councillor, currently based in Australia
Zakir Syed, representing GAC, based in Pakistan
Ian Chiang, ccNSO, based in Taiwan

Target Aims: 1, 4
Target Priorities: 4b-OI-3, 4e-OI-10

Event Wiki:  APRALO ICANN80 Readout

Zoom Recording: EN


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[27-Cycle1] APRALO Register of Skills & Interests Pilot Cycle 1 (Jul-Sep 2024)

Image AddedPurpose: 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
Target Priorities: 3a, 3b, 3c, 4a-OI-4, 4b-OI-3

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Image AddedBackground: Tentatively code-named "Project RoSI", this project is intended to produce a dynamic Register of Skills & Interests for APRALO.

Status: Reactivating. The APRALO Register of Skills & Interests (RoSI) is proceeding as a pilot! This pilot incorporates many of the project's 2021 goals and preliminary work (See: Infographic report Infographic report), but instead of assessing candidates for entry into RoSI, the approach for the pilot is to open the RoSI to all interested APRALO Community members by not only focusing on respondents who have expertise and/or knowledge to share but also to capture the interests of respondents who may be interested to learn about selected topic and themes within ICANN's remit. 

Dedicated Workspace:  Project RoSI Workspace


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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)

Internet Fragmentation and Multistakeholder Internet Governance

Image AddedBackground: Having had an earlier conversation on Internet Fragmentation in the ICANN context, this fitfh APRALO Fireside Chat will feature moderator Amrita Choudury  in conversation with Anriette Esterhuysen, Senior Advisor on Global and Regional Internet Governance,Chris Buckridge, Independent Consultant on Internet Governance and Digital Policy, and Pablo Hinojosa, Senior Director of Engagement at APNIC. They will be discussing the state of multi-stakeholderism in Internet Governance, with a focus on:

  • What does Internet Fragmentation mean, what are some of the dimensions of fragmentation  and how does it impact especially individual end-users?
  • What role does the At-Large Community have, as part of ICANN's multi-stakeholder model and beyond, in addressing Internet Fragmentation risks, given ICANN's "One World, One Internet" goal? How can the At-Large Community support ICANN's endeavour.

Target Aims: 1, 3, 4
Target Priorities: 1b, 3a, 3c, 4c-OI-9, 5a

Event Wiki:  APF Fireside Chat #5, 25 April 2024 (with Activity Report posted)

Recording: EN Zoom Recording

More about: APRALO Policy Forum Fireside Chats


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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:

  1.  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 
  2.  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
  3.  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
  4.  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
  5.  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 ArchiveEnglish audio archive中文音频存档

Dedicated Workspace:  APRALO Hot Topics 2021-2022 Workspace

25] APRALO ICANN79 Readout

Image AddedBackground:  Panelists will discuss their respective key takeaways from ICANN79 and participants are welcomed to join in the conversation aimed at identifying where and how end-users may play a role in any next steps to each of those takeaways. 

Moderator:
Amrita Choudhury, APRALO Chair, based in India

Panelists:
Aris Ignacio, APRALO Vice Chair, based in Philippines
Manju Chen, GNSO Councilor representing NCSG, based in Taiwan
Pranav Bhaskar Twari, ICANN79 Fellow, based in India
Dr Shamsuzzoha, representing GAC Bangladesh, based in Bangladesh
Russell Deka T Harada, ccNSO, based in Papua New Guinea (PNG)

Target Aims: 1, 4
Target Priorities: 4b-OI-3, 4e-OI-10

Event Wiki:  APRALO ICANN79 Readout

Zoom Recording: EN


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[24] APRALO Statement to ICANN Org Review of the Draft Applicant Support Program (ASP) Handbook – New gTLD Program

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Background:  ICANN org is seeking feedback on the Draft Application Support Program (ASP) Handbook, which has been previously discussed by the Subsequent Procedures (SubPro) Implementation Review Team (IRT) Sub-Track on ASP as part of ICANN’s efforts to implement the policy recommendations on Topic 17: Applicant Support, of the SubPro PDP Final Report, and taking into account the guidance provided by the GNSO Guidance Process (GGP) on Applicant Support. An APRALO Small Team on ASP is to be constituted to work on inputs for APRALO's submission to this call for feedback.

The Small Team, which comprised several APRALO Leadership selected APRALO/APF members, had reviewed the public comment supporting materials, identified and discussed comments for consideration over a period of February 9-28, 2024. Thereafter, our efforts shifted to the At-Large, in shepherding the ALAC/At-Large comments for the same, through the ICANN79 At-Large Policy Discussion session held on 2 Mar, and continued through 3 subsequent At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) calls on 13, 20 and 27 Mar, where suggested positions were discussed by the At-Large Community.  The Small Team contributed significantly to the positions discussed by At-Large and many of those proposed by the Small Team were eventually taken up in the ALAC Statement AL-ALAC-ST-0224-02-01-EN.

Target Aims: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Target Priorities: 1a, 3a, 3b, 3c, 5b

Small Team Workplan: [24a] Small Team Work Plan on Draft ASP Handbook

Dedicated Workspace:  At-Large Workspace: Review of the Draft Applicant Support Program (ASP) Handbook – New gTLD Program


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Background: APRALO seeks to respond to the Public Comment proceeding that is seeking input on the Phase 1 Final Report Recommendations from the GNSO Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) for ICANN Board Consideration. After deliberations at the APF call of 13 Feb 2024, it was determined that no statement was needed.

Target Aims: 1, 2, 3
Target Priorities: 2b, 3a, 3c, 5b

Event Wiki: APF Call, 13 Feb 2024

Dedicated Workspace:  IDNs-EPDP Phase 1 Statement Googledoc


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[10] APRALO Register of Skills & Interests Project (Project RoSI) (2021-2022)

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)

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Past Membership

04.01.2024(tick)
2. Shah Zahidur Rahman (Vice-Chair)04.01.2024(tick)
3. Amrita Choudhury04.01.2024(tick)
4. Cheryl Langdon-Orr04.01.2024(tick)
5. Gopal Tadepalli 04.01.2024(tick)
6. K. Mohan Raidu04.01.2024(tick)
7. Nitin Walia04.01.2024(tick)

8. Nazmul Hasan Majumder

04.01.2024(tick)

9. Fouad Bajwa

04.01.2024(tick)

10. Vipul Gautam 

04.01.2024(tick)

11. Houda Chihi (non APRALO member)

04.01.2024

12. Udeep Baral

05.01.2024(tick)

13. Phyo Thiri

05.01.2024(tick)

14. Kong Diep

05.01.2024(tick)

15. Ashirwad Tripathy 

06.01.2024(tick)

16. Nabeel Yasin

12.01.2024(tick)

17. Laxmi Prasad Yadav

12.01.2024(tick)

18. Maureen Hilyard

12.01.2024(tick)

19. Jasmine Ko 

13.01.2024(tick)

20. Prateek Pathak

13.01.2024(tick)

21. Muhammad Umair Ali 

14.01.2024(tick)

22. Iqra Ejaz Bhatti

14.01.2024

23. Ashrafur Rahman Piaus 

14.01.2024(tick)

24. Priyatosh Jana

15.01.2024(tick)

25. Suhaidi Hassan

15.01.2024(tick)

26. Harisa Shahid 

15.01.2024(tick)

27. Holly Raiche

15.01.2024(tick)

28. Fidya Shabrina

15.01.2024(tick)

29. Bibek Silwal

17.01.2024(tick)

30. Mabda Haerunnisa Fajrilla Sidiq

30.01.2024(tick)

31. Faheem Soomro

01.02.2024(tick)

32. Satish Babu

01.02.2024(tick)

33. Mohammad Abdul Haque Anu

08.02.2024

34. Shehab Karman

13.02.2024

35. Adarsh Bu

16.04.2024(tick)

36. Barkha Manral 

24.04.2024(tick)

37. Mohammad Kawsar Uddin

25.04.2024(tick)

38. Charles Mok

26.04.2024(tick)

39. Juliana Harsianti

02.05.2024

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40. Muhammad Shabbir

27.05.2024

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41. Pranav Bhaskar Tiwari

31.05.2024

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Shreedeep Rayamajhi (Former Chair)Kashif AdeelRao Naveed Bin Rais Udeep BaralPriyatosh Jana
Amrita ChoudhuryAyesha IftikharFouad BajwaSamik KharelAbhishek Gautam
Nabeel YasinMohammad Kawsar UddinShidul Alam Kaisar Jaewon SonFaheem Soomro
Dr. N.Sudha BhuvaneswariMd. Jahangir HossainStacy GildenstonAmir Qayyum
Asyraf Mierza Abd RahmaEranga SamararathnaNamra NaseerAbdul Ghayoor Bawary



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Justine Chew (Co-Chair)
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Satish Babu (Co-Chair)
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Maureen Hilyard
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Aris IgnacioNadira Alaraj
Holly Raiche
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Gunela Astbrink
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Priyatosh Jana
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Kristina Hakobyan
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Azatullah Dawoodzai
Fouad Bajwa
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Gopal Tadepalli
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Cheryl Langdon-Orr
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Mohammad Kawsar Uddin
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Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
Narine Khachatryan
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Amrita Choudhury
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Shreedeep Rayamajhi
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Jaewon Son
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Ali AlMeshal
Mahmoud Lattouf
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Lianna Galstyan
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Amir Qayyum
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Winthrop Yu
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Hilmi Ghalib
Prateek Pathak
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Abdul Ghayoor Bawary
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K Mohan Raidu
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