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1.1

AmendBylaws ArticleXI.s2(4)(a)toclarifypurposes,asproposed.

1.1(a)

Submit to the Board the following revision to ICANN Bylaws  XI.2.4.a, drafted in collaboration with Legal:

The At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is the primary organizational home within ICANN for individual Internet users. The role of the ALAC shall be to consider and provide advice on the activities of ICANN, insofar as they relate to the interests of the individual Internet users. This includes policies created through ICANN’s Supporting Organizations, as well as the many other issues for which community input and advice is appropriate. The ALAC, which plays an important role in ICANN’s accountability mechanisms, also coordinates some of ICANN's outreach to individual Internet users.

See: ICANN Bylaws VI.2.1.e 

See: ICANN Public Comment - Proposed Bylaws  Amendment to Add Voting Director from the At-  Large Community to the ICANN Board of Directors 

See: ICANN Public Comment - Proposed ICANN  Bylaw Revisions Regarding the ALAC

1.1(b)

Submit to the Board the following revisions to ICANN  Bylaws XI.2.4.j, drafted in collaboration with Legal:

The ALAC is also responsible, working in conjunction with the RALOs, for coordinating the following activities:

1. Making a selection by the At-Large Community to fill Seat 15 on the Board. Notification of the At- Large Community’s selection shall be given by the ALAC Chair in writing to the ICANN Secretary, consistent with Article VI, Sections 8(4) and 12(1).
2. Keeping the community of individual Internet users informed about the significant news from ICANN;
3. Distributing (through posting or otherwise) an updated agenda, news about ICANN, and information about items in the ICANN policy- development process;
4. Promoting outreach activities in the community of individual Internet users;
5. Developing and maintaining on-going information and education programs, regarding ICANN and its work;
6. Establishing an outreach strategy about ICANN issues in each RALO's Region;
7. Participating in the ICANN policy development processes and providing input and advice that accurately reflects the views of individual Internet users;
8. Making public, and analyzing, ICANN's proposed policies and its decisions and their (potential) regional impact and (potential) effect on individuals in the region;
9. Offering Internet-based mechanisms that enable discussions among members of At-Large structures; and
10. Establishing mechanisms and processes that enable two-way communication between members of At-Large Structures and those involved in ICANN decision-making, so interested individuals can share their views on pending ICANN issues.

See: ReviewoftheAt‐LargeAdvisoryCommittee-  FinalReportoftheALACReviewWorkingGroup  onALACImprovements

The ALAC has a continuing purpose in the ICANN structure. This continuing purpose has four key elements:

• Providing advice on policy;
• Providing input into ICANN operations and structure;
• Part of ICANN’s accountability mechanisms;
• An organizing mechanism for some of ICANN’s outreach; and
• The section of the ICANNBylawsthat deals with the ALAC should be changed to reflect this purpose.

1.4(a)

This review should include consideration of the role, selection process and term length of the ALAC Chair & Vice Chairs.

As noted above, any change of the term length of the ALAC Chair, as suggest by Recommendation 1.4, would require a change to the ALAC’s Rules of Procedures.