Given the significant success of the FY18 ABR request for RALO Discretionary Funding, for FY19, the ALAC requests that each of the five RALO’s be given access up to $4,000 each for targeted local discretionary funds to permit the local travel, luncheons, displays, graphic and promotional Facebook/Twitter graphics.

As shown by the number of useful activities requested and approved to date in the implementation of the similar FY18 ABR, it is clear that opportunities exist for At-Large members to do local outreach and engagement about ICANN and ICANN policy related issues.

Giving the RALOs the ability to identify local engagement activities which they can self-organize provides ICANN and the At-Large Structures with an efficient local team that is knowledgeable on ICANN policies. This results in grass-roots awareness-raising of ICANN in local communities.

This project saw significant increase in the number of requests and successfully implemented local events. An additional year of ABR funding would allow this program to build on its success in allowing RALOs and At-Large Structures to reach out to and engage with local communities.

Financial Support:

Funding for $20,000 ($4,000 x 5 RALOs)

FY19 Approval Text:

FY19-12-ALAC-Access by RALOs for Funding of Local Engagement Activities

At-Large request for continuation of RALO funding for local engagement activities

(Yes)(20,000)(to be managed by Heidi Ullrich, Vice President, ICANN Policy Development Support)

Based on the success of the FY17 and FY18 experiences, this activity will be supported for an additional fiscal year and administered by the Policy Development Support staff in collaboration with regional vice presidents from the Global Stakeholder Engagement team. The FY17 and FY18 experience incorporated the development of a request form template, and this should continue to be used in FY19. Approval of this request is also contingent on continued publication of the criteria and level of usage of the approved resources.

Process:

RALO Request Form - Must be completed and sent to At-Large staff attention Heidi Ullrich and Silvia Vivanco at least three weeks in advance of the event.

In order to help guide staff in their decision-making for each request, we have requested that the RALO Leadership develop criteria.

Criteria: (TBC)

1.0 Purpose of the Discretionary Funding

To provide opportunities for members of all RALOs to do local outreach and engagement about ICANN and ICANN policy related issues within the region.

Please refer to the Finance and Budget Subcommittee (FBSC) Proposal, page 7 HERE for more details.

2.0Selection Criteria

The applications for funding support for the local ALS activity must come from a certified ALS that has demonstrated to be active by consistently participating in the regional monthly calls at least once every 3 months.
The ALS has organized or attending a special event with tangible outreach and engagement activities with specific expected results.
The funds should be a portion of the full budget for the event.
The Discretionary funds use shall be in alignment with the RALO Strategic Outreach Plans filed for the relevant Fiscal year.
Staff will consider regional balance within each RALO during their review of the requests.

3.0 Application Process

A request form needs to be fill out to initiate the process.
The request must be sent to Silvia Vivanco, Manager, At-Large Regional Affairs and Heidi Ullrich, Vice President, Policy Development and At-Large Relations the relevant Regional Leadership.
Approval (or not) will be informed via email to the organization representative that made the request.

4.0 Approval Process

Staff determines if request follows the established criteria. Consult with the region officials if in doubt.
Staff determines if there are sufficient funds available to support the request. If not, the maximum allowed for the request will be what is available in the fund at the moment of the request.
If necessary, Staff coordinates a conference call with RALO leadership and the person(s) making the request with the purpose of gathering more details about the utilization of the funds.

5.0 Reporting

All requests and its final approval (or not) are to be published in a WIKi page for transparency purposes.
The ALS must produce,not later than 15 days after the end of the engagement, a report summarizing its outreach efforts and possible outcome.

IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING TRAVEL BOOKING: All trips on buses, train and planes as well as hotel accommodation must be booked through ICANN Constituency Travel. Please work with At-Large staff on any travel booking under the RALO Discretionary Funding ABR.

FY19 RALO Available Funds

Each RALO is granted $4k for FY19

RALO	Funds Used	Available Funds
AFRALO	$3,000	$1,000
APRALO	$3,300	$700
EURALO	$2,011	$1,989
LACRALO	$2,700	$1,300
NARALO	$2,904	$1,046

RALO Requests

RALO	Date Submitted	Date of Event	Submitted within three weeks of Event?	Submitter	Purpose	Proposal	Amount	Status	Report
APRALO		13-08-18 through 16-08-18	Yes	Maureen Hilyard	Travel and accommodation support to attend the Asia Pacific Regional IGF, Youth IGF and Pacific IGF to be jointly held on Vanuatu 13-16 August 2018.	Request Form	$1,000	Approved
NARALO	10-07-18	13-07-18	No (One time exception made)	Glenn McKnight	Train travel and hotel for ICANN DNS Symposium	Request Form	$500	Approved	I drove to the train station and took the express train to Montreal, roughly 5 hours on Thursday night, I discovered i had a flat tire a couple of hours before my train at 5 30. needed to rush and have it repaired and back on the car to drive to the station for the train. Event was a full day. Didn't stay for the cocktail party due to departure time of the train. No information booth for ICANN at the event. Registration was 200 but after lunch it was more like 100 in the room Full slate of speakers on DNS . Very technical sessions, Didn't laugh at the jokes, they were too many insider jokes for me. Pleasantly surprised to see Steve Crocker. He is writing a book on the early years on the Internet. Very busy guy, looks good, doesn't miss the board. Great opportunity to interface with the folks, most of which were IETF people from outside of North America which added the session on to their IETF meetings. All the valuable slides were photographed and shared with the online Adobe session and ATLARGE 1. Pictures https://www.flickr.com/photos/glennmcknight/albums/72157693203985620 [flickr.com] 160 pictures All the speakers Tweeted the entire morning Photos of ISOC Quebec and ICANN Staff Distributed to Shelly Robinson for monthly newsletter Sent to staff including Chris Modini 2. Video No video 3. Promotion NARALO brochures Need generic Atlarge business cards Will followup on some leads Glenn McKnight NARALO Secretariat.
EURALO	08-08-2018	30-08-2018 - 31-08-2018	Yes	Olivier Crepin-Leblond	Travel to Tallin for 2018 ICANN-Studienkreis	Request Form	$600	Approved	Trip to ICANN Studienkreis Date: 30-31 August 2018 The local RALO Outreach Plan has been mentioning ICANN Studienkreis for several years. Each time the use of additional budget request process was explained as this is a major local event that is sponsored by ICANN. The additional budget request was never granted, thus no end user representative was ever supported for this meeting. Alarmingly, ICANN Studienkreis has taken place for over 15 years, with a very low turn-out of end user representatives. Since the event is by invitation only and an invitation was received by EURALO, this was an opportunity to seize. EURALO Chair Olivier Crépin-Leblond made the trip to Tallinn. Hotel accommodation was sponsored by the Studienkreis organisers, thus only travel support was needed. The two day meeting had a stellar line-up of speakers introducing topics which were then discussed around the table. ICANN CEO Göran Marby led a discussion on how the ICANN Multistakeholder Model needed to evolve to take into account national and regional legal initiatives. Other topics of note focussed on ICANN's new role in the global Internet governance ecosystem, the lessons learned on Next Generation TLDs, the GDPR challenge in the next generation WHOIS, as well as the Future of root governance and ICANN, stability in cyberspace & Internet governance 2020. A session was also led by ICANN Board Chair Cherine Chalaby, that addressed Issues, problems and solutions relating to ICANN's structure, strategy and mission. From the line-up of participants, it was clear that whilst some civil society participants were already present around the table, an At-Large voice defending the interests of end users had been missing until this year. Olivier Crépin-Leblond took part in the discussion of each topic, taking his responses from experience with past ALAC Statements and positions. Surprisingly, most of the ALAC's positions were found to be in-line with many of the points made by other participants who expressed their surprise that the ALAC had developed such positions, although these are clearly accessible on the ALAC's Web Site. Considering the make-up of the participants around the table which included both contracted parties and non-contracted parties, it was surprising to note that the great majority of participants were not eager to rush into another round of new gTLDs. On the other hand, compliance with GDPR by reducing the amount of information made available about domain registrants in the WHOIS database was supported to an extent that brought discomfort for the At-Large and technical participants. All in all, this meeting is an important multi-stakeholder meeting that unites European key Stakeholders around the discussion table and it was important that EURALO could have a representative in attendance. Outreach was made to the handful of people that Olivier did not already know well, such as Marina Kaljurand, Chair of the Global Commission on Stability in Cyberspace, former Estonian Foreign Minister, and Alexander Klimburg, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, who is the Director of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) Initiative. As a result of this meeting, the EURALO Chair was invited to speak at the GCSC's event at the 13th Global IGF that took place in Paris in November 2018. The GCSC will also have its meeting in Kobe, back to back with the ICANN meeting and this opens the door for further collaboration with EURALO and with the ALAC.
NARALO	27-08-2018	28-09-2018	Yes	Marita Moll	ALS Read-Out Session	Request Form	$1,250 (actual spend $965)	Approved	Report
LACRALO	29-08-2018		No (One time exception made)	Humberto Carrasco	LACRALO Roadmap support	Request Form	$2,000	Approved
EURALO	2-10-2018	10-09-2018	No (One time exception made)	Olivier Crepin-Leblond	Accommodation for CENTR AGM for CW	Request Form	$400	Approved	Trip to Brussels CENTR General Assembly Date: 10 October 2018 The CENTR General Assembly took place in Brussels on 10 October 2018. EURALO was invited to attend in order to support its application to become an Observer Member of the organisation. The local RALO Outreach Plan specifically mentions enhancing of relations with the European Top Level Domain organization CENTR. Following discussions between the EURALO Chair and CENTR General Manager Peter van Roste, the first step to a MoU was decided that EURALO should apply as an Observer to CENTR. Support of this application at the CENTR AGM was needed. Other Observer members of CENTR include the European Commission, the Internet Society, RIPE NCC, OARC etc. Christopher Wilkinson lives locally in Belgium and needed minimal support in order to spend the night in a hotel close to the CENTR offices in order to attend the AGM which started early in the morning. Christopher therefore attended the meeting on behalf of EURALO. Unfortunately the meeting's flow was delayed due to unforeseen events that were not related to EURALO's application. By the time the meeting reached its end, the Chair was unable to address EURALO's application. As a result, whilst Christopher Wilkinson's attendance was well acknowledged, CENTR was unable to ratify EURALO's application for Observer member. The EURALO Chair received an apology from CENTR General Manager a few days after the meeting, with the invitation to have the ratification of Observer membership taking place at the next CENTR meeting in Bordeaux, on 21st March 2019. However, Christopher Wilkinson's attendance at the AGM was beneficial in that it opened the road to the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation between CENTR and EURALO which was signed in a ceremony that took place at the 13th Global IGF that took place in Paris in November 2018. The recommendation that came out of this process is that EURALO would need to send a representative to the CENTR Bordeaux meeting on 21st March 2019.
AFRALO	09 Nov 2018	08 Dec 2018	Yes	Aziz Hilali	Our At-Large structure, ISOC Morocco will organize the National Internet Day in Morocco: on the theme: "Protection of Personal Data: current situation and perspective". The event will take place on December 08, 2018 in Fez. This theme represents an important issue for both Morocco and the African region. The objective is to highlight the implications and consequences on the processes of companies, organizations and end-users in the areas of privacy, security and the protection of citizens' personal data.	Request Form	$1,500	Approved	Event Agenda
AFRALO		29-11-2018	Yes	Tijani Ben Jemaa	FMAI is hosting a local outreach and engagement event about ICANN policy related issues within the region.	Request Form	$1,000	Approved	Report
APRALO	24-10-18	09-14 March 2019	Yes	Ali Al Meshal	To participate in the ICANN64 Meeting (two nights accommodation + PD)	Request Form	Approximately $800	Approved
APRALO	28-11-18	25-27 February 2019	Yes	Satish Babu and Maureen Hilyard	Participation, Networking, and Outreach at APRICOT2019 (3 nights of the Conference, Registration for the Conference and per-diem for 3 days)	Request Form	$1,500	Approved
NARALO	07-12-18	1-3 April 2019	Yes	Glenn McKnight	Funding to support event registration at $145 and round trip airfare from Toronto to Charlotte, NC $437.00 Full participation in the Digital Inclusion Conference, networking with potential ALS from US and Canadian non profits	Request Form	$582	Approved
NARALO	07-12-18	14 February 2019	Yes	Eduardo Diaz	Funding to support catering and material for "Fall in Love with the Internet" event at the InterAmerican University, San Juan, Puerto Rico	Request Form	$500	Approved	Report: *Fall in love with Internet - 2019* The Internet Society, Puerto Rico Chapter (ISOCPR - a NARALO ALS) in collaboration with the Hispanic Educational Technology Services (HETS- a NARALO ALS) and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), celebrated on February 15 the event “Fall in love with Internet”. The objective of the activity was to understand in detail the Internet and its ecosystem. Also, to explain the participants how they can have an active voice in the governance processes. We wanted to invite the audience to know the importance of accessibility when we use content on the web and how to make efficient use of the resources available online. Mr. Norberto Cruz Cordova, ISOCPR President, was the master of Ceremonies for the event and offered an introduction on the importance of the Internet. The activity began with the official welcome from Dr. Miguel Vélez Rubio, interim Rector of the University of Puerto Rico, Bayamón Campus, venue of the event. The presentations began with a holistic view of the Internet ecosystem presented by Engineer Eduardo Díaz, Board Member of the Puerto Rico chapter and NARALO Chair. On the other hand, Rodrigo de La Parra, Vice president for ICANN stakeholders for Latin America and the Caribbean explained to the audience the importance of an active role in the organization of the development and governance of the Internet. Nancy Quiros, Chapter Development Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean of ISOC, also addressed the audience. Mrs. Quiros explained IOSC plans for 2019. And José "Manolo" Álvarez talked about web accessibility and the importance of the Internet. It is important to mention that "Manolo" is visually impaired. He, and I should add here that he did this by himself and without any external help, prepared and presented his presentation using accessibility technologies. During his presentation he demonstrated the importance of developing web pages for people that are visually impaired. Professor Alfredo Calderón and ISOCPR Board Member addressed the audience by briefing the takeaways of each presentation and promoting educational exchange. The executive director of HETS, Yubelkys Montalvo highlighted the different services that the organization has for the university community. The activity was a success. Approximately 100 people participated in the event and 10% became members of our ALS that day. There was a wide presence of professors, academics, professionals of technology areas and students.
AFRALO	08-12-19	4 June 2019	Yes	Nkemdilim Nweke (DigitalSENSE	Local production and distribution of AFRALO brochures (1000 copies in English and a major Nigerian language) for the 2019 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable in Lagos, Nigeria.	Request Form	$1,000	Approved for $500
NARALO	11-01-19	1 April 2019	Yes	Alfredo Calderon	Funding to cover the registration fees at the Net INCLUSION 2019 Conference	Request Form	$215	Approved
NARALO	15-01-19	13-15 March 2019	Yes	Judith Hellerstein	Funding to cover NTEN conference hotel.	Request Form	$500	Approved for $300
EURALO	23-01-19	20-22 March 2019	Yes	Sebastien Bachollet	Travel to CENTR AGM	Request Form	$1,200	Approved
NARALO	22-02-19	27-02 2019	No (Exception made)	Glenn McKnight	Funding to attend IGF Toronto Feb 27, 2019	Request form	$158	Approved	IGF Canada Event- Report for Newsletter On a stormy winter day in Toronto we saw IGF Canada become a rejuvenated IGF with approximately 180-200 attendees. The session was moderated by Nancy Carter of Canerie and an opening statement from Byron Holland of CIRA and then Elliot Noss, Tucows The normal sessions on cybersecurity, fake news and other topics were discussed with notable Canadian notables. Pictures of NARALO membership Evan Leibovitch, CLUE Destiny and Pierre-Dare ISOC QUEBEC Nancy Carter, ISOC Canada First Canadian IGF - 2019.JPG
NARALO	25-02-19	12-03-19	Yes	Judith Hellerstein	Requesting$50 USD to cover the costs of local printing of a promotional mailcard advertising my Presentation at NTEN.	Request Form	$50	Approved
LACRALO	26-02-19	06-03-19	No (Exception made)	Sergio Salinas Porto	Travel needs to ICANN64	Request Form	$700	Approved

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