AT-LARGE GATEWAY
At-Large Regional Policy Engagement Program (ARPEP)
At-Large Review Implementation Plan Development
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Action Items: EN
Transcript: EN, ZH
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Dial out Participants:
EN: Maureen Hilyard Satish Babu, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Satish Babu, Kaili Kan, Amrita Choudhury, Holly Raiche, Kaili Kan, Lianna Galstyan, Jay Paudyal, Justine Chew, Leon Sanchez, Syuzan Marukhyan, Jee eun Choi, Nadira Al-Araj, Ahmad Alsadeh, Tomohiro Fujisaki, Suhaidi Hassan, Mohammad Atif
ZH: None
Apologies: Maureen Hilyard, Ali AlMeshal, Prateek Pathak, Amal Al-saqqaf,
Staff: Heidi Ullrich, Gisella Gruber, Yeşim Nazlar
ZH Interpreters: Jessie & Ray
Call Management: Yeşim Nazlar
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Agenda
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1. Roll call - Staff (2 min)
2. Welcome and APRALO Membership Matters (Satish, 3 min) - TO BE UPDATED
| Newly Certified (1) |
| #307 Internet Society Rural Development Special Interest Group | Naveed Bin Rais |
| Pending ALAC Vote (1) |
| #312 Internet Society |
| Lebanon | None | |
| Awaiting RALO Feedback (0) | None | None |
| Processing Due Diligence (0) | None | None |
| On Hold (3) | #299/308 China Internet Development Foundation - APRALO (Withdrawn and reapplied under new structure) #267 Surabhi Softwares #112 Arab Regional ISPs & DSPs Association (ARISPA) - APRALO | None |
3. ALAC Policy Update - Maureen/ Holly/Kaili Justine (10 20 min) - TO BE UPDATED
Next Steps to Improve the Effectiveness of ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model
The ALAC summarized its comments as follows:
I. Strengthen ICANN’s bottom-up multistakeholder decision-making process and ensure that work gets done and policies are developed in an effective and timely manner.
Issue 1: Prioritization of work. ALAC feels this must be addressed (Category A). Some suggestions include: spreading the workload, increased outreach (ATLAS III, further incentives to keep contributing volunteers, adequate knowledge and resources (specified in II) The entire community,as well as ICANN.org must contribute to the resolution of this problem.
Issue 2: Precision in scoping the work. This issue may fall into Category A - must be addressed - or Category B -- might be partially addressed in current processes. We foresee scoping that is tight and smart and relevant to the process. It is impossible to say who should be responsible when so much activity around it is unresolved.
Issue 3: Efficient use of resources. This is a category A issue which must be addressed. We recognize that it might be partially addressed by current processes but cannot assess the situation until these processes are completed. We are concerned that PDP 3.0 may offer efficiency at the cost of inclusiveness which we feel would be a backwards step in the evolution of ICANN’s MSM.
Issue 4: Roles and responsibilities and a holistic view of ICANN. This is a category A issue although it will require further processes to resolve. ALAC seeks a bottom-up review of roles and responsibilities as an independent process.
II. Support and grow active, informed and effective stakeholder participation.
Strategies to expand the concept of participation are offered as well as various resources and support needed to ensure informed participation. We consider this to be a Category A issue -- the model cannot evolve if it is not addressed. This is a major concern for At Large and other volunteer-based constituencies and all will need to be involved in addressing it. Support from ICANN,org and the Board will be necessary.
Issue 5: Representativeness and inclusiveness. Mentorship programs are a key part of ensuring that the MSM system remains representative and inclusive. Relevant constituencies as well as staff need to make sure these programs are working as they are intended and that they are reaching the right demographics. Inclusiveness at the leadership level needs to be improved through a bottom up process with staff assistance.
III. Sustain and improve openness, inclusivity, accountability and transparency.
Issue 6: Culture, trust and silos. This is a category A issue that needs to be addressed in this process. All constituencies need to reach across their boundaries, respect for other viewpoints must be reinforced. This is a problem in many large organizations and there are professional services available to help build trust and cooperation. By engaging some of these services, ICANN.org could help constituencies build a better working environment.
Issue 7: Complexity. This is an inherent feature of ICANN work, but where it can be alleviated, ICANN.org should take the lead. Make sure information such as the website is well organized and understandable and closely monitor the internet governance environment for issues that will impact ICANN directly.
Issue 8: Consensus. Creating conditions that would facilitate consensus is the goal of the issues already listed. Preserving the voice of end users in the decision-making processes is crucial to ICANN’s MSM model -- a Category A issue in which all parties play a role but the role of the Board will be particularly important.
In addition, the ALAC submitted comments in response to:
- Amazon Public Interest Commitments (PICs) 2019
- Invitation to Provide Feedback on the ICANN Board’s Proposed Public Interest Framework
- and confirmed an ALAC Question to the ICANN Board: Domain Name Abuse
(since last APRALO Monthly Meeting)
DRAFT PTI and IANA FY21 Operating Plan and Budgets
The ALAC noted that the proposed PTI and IANA FY21 Operating Plan and Budgets are aligned with the ICANN Strategic Plan, and are also very similar to previous years' budgets. An adjustment in the PTI budget is noticeable, including adjustments in salaries, services and other administrative cross-charges from ICANN to PTI or IANA.
However, the ALAC pointed out that a change is in process in the Governance of the Root Server System, these changes are not reflected in the proposed PTI and IANA FY21 Operating Plan and Budgets. The ALAC asked several exploratory questions in their response.
Implementation Plan for the GNSO Consensus Policy Relating to the Protection of Certain Red Cross Names
As a worldwide internationally recognized humanitarian aid organization, and one that has been regularly the target of those seeking to fraudulently extract donations, the ALAC believes that the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (incorporating National Red Cross or Red Crescent Societies, and the International Committee of the Red Cross) should be given the benefit of protection to its various identifiers, designations and/or acronyms as intended by the policy changes proposed for implementation in the said updated consensus policy. This includes the proposed action to recognize changes to the official names of the Red Cross Society entities, including component names, in Eswatini and Macedonia, respectively, an action we view as necessary.
Registration Directory Service (RDS-WHOIS2) Review Team Final Report
The ALAC finds the report to include very useful information that should be used to guide the development of relevant policies, and appreciates the team's effort and supports the provided recommendations.
The ALAC highlights the importance of the recommendations related to the accuracy of data, and it strongly advises its acceptance by the ICANN Board. In light of the GDPR, the ALAC noted the importance of several other recommendations in the WHOIS Report encouraging a more proactive position of contractual compliance, especially in regards to DNS Abuse, as well as the team's findings with regard to law enforcement needs.
- Submitted (informal feedback to the SubPro WG Chairs): See ALAC Input on Scope of Upcoming New gTLDs Subsequent Procedures PDP WG Public Comment (16 December 2019)
- Submitted (informal feedback to the GNSO): Invitation to Provide Input for PDP 3.0 Implementation: GNSO 9 Dec 2019 Webinar slide deck and Zoom recordings are available at 2019-12-09 PDP3.0 Webinar
NoneProposed IANA SLAs for Publishing LGRs/IDN Tables
Current Statements (ALAC Advice, Comment or Correspondence)
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4. APRALO Updates (15 5. ATLAS III Update (Maureen, 5 min)6.
- APRALO
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- Policy Platform 2020 (Justine, 12 min)
- Update on UA-Tech Committee activities in ICANN66 under the Universal Acceptance program of ICANN – (Satish)
- Update on Dot.Asia Board meeting (Maureen, Lianna, Satish Babu).
- At-Large Outreach & Engagement Update (Ali AlMeshal)
- GFCE Triple-I Workshop and inSIG2019 (Satish/Amrita)
- IGF Berlin (Satish)
7. APRALO RoPs Review Working Group update (5 mins)
Wiki: APRALO ROPs Review WG
8. Member of the Month (Lianna, 8 min)
9. NomCom Update (Nadira/Amrita, 3 min)
View file name 2019.12.05 APRALO Policy Platform.pdf height 250
Link to Google doc for comments
- Other updates (Satish, 3 min)
- Post-ATLAS 3 Activities
- UASG Community Update (15:30 UTC, 19 Dec 2019)
5. Funding Opportunities for FY20 and FY21 (Heidi, 10 min)
6. NomCom Update (Amrita, 5 min)
7. AOB (5 10. AOB (2 min)
