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Implementation Development

Staff, under the direction of At-Large
leadership, has already begun to
rework the website and Wiki to ensure that our “Policy Advice” pages are accurate and understandable. This will continue as volunteer and staff resources allow. We will also ensure that as documents are published, the classification of the document is clear.

The ALAC Chair will work with members
of the ALAC and staff to better
communicate the role and activities of
the ALT ensuring that it is clear what the
ALT does and does not do.

The ALAC has begun to review our WGs,
ensuring that the ones we have are
active and relevant. We have also
started the process to revamp our WG
web and Wiki presence to ensure that
all WGs are properly represented and
documented. Groups no longer active
will be segregated, but still documented

The ALAC has had a Metrics WG and an
ALS Review Taskforce, both of which
largely went into stasis during the IANA
Transition and Accountability efforts. It
is proposed to revive this activity as part
of the At-Large Review Implementation.
The ALAC notes that regional differences make it more difficult to have uniformity over participation metrics, but agrees that is an important target.
The ALAC notes that collecting such
statistics is a staff-intensive operation.

Nine months
to design, and
then ongoing,
with a checkpoint
one year after
collection
starts, all
presuming
availability of
staff

Need for increased At-Large Community awareness and staff training regarding the use of social media.

The ALAC will request additional staff
skill development in the area of social
media, and to work cooperatively with
ICANN Communications social media
specialists.

1 year and
then ongoing,
presuming
appropriate
staff
availability.

To the extent allowed by ICANN’s
mission and available funding, members
of At-Large and the At-Large
organizations will continue to, and
potentially increase, our involvement
with other I* organizations as a method
for increasing the visibility of At
-Large, exploring areas for mutual collaboration and for attracting additional At-Large volunteers.

At-Large will continue to work closely
with GSE Staff to contribute to regional
outreach plans and to encourage
participation in a cross
-community, cross-organizational fashion.

At-Large Staff working with relevant
departments to develop a single
location which will point to travel funding opportunities and
documentation of what resources were
ultimately distributed, to the extent
supported by those ICANN entities providing funding and reports.

At-Large has struggled to reflect/process end-user opinion; barriers to individual participation; perception of unchanging leadership group.

At-Large is increasingly focusing on
individuals (both unaffiliated At-Large
Members as well as members within
each ALS) instead of just ALS voting representatives. Four of the five
(RALOs) allow individual members and
the fifth, LACRALO, has already
approved the concept and is developing
the detailed rules. We will also use the
ALSes to communicate with those within
an ALS who may have an interest in
ICANN.
RALOs have also started to identify
experts on ICANN topics within their
ALSes and among individual members
and to increasingly engage them in
ALAC’s policy work. Thus, a bi-
directional flow of ICANN information continues to be strengthened.

These activities will require the production of information that is truly
understandable (as identified in a recent
ALAC-GAC Joint Statement) and
available in multiple languages. As some
of this will need to be created by At-
Large staff, additional resources may be
needed.
We would suggest that At-Large Staff
continue to work together with At-
Large Leadership in looking for effective
methodologies to coach and onboard
new policy volunteers and leaders to
facilitate the development of their skills
and encourage them to stay and deepen
their knowledge and expertise
Regarding the perception of unchanging
leadership, statistics reporting
involvement will be published.

Continue to look for opportunities to
utilize and develop the skills of At
-Large support staff while ensuring that the positions taken by At-Large represent solely those of users. Ensure that the volunteer community has sufficient support services so as to best utilize their volunteer time.

This may require a shift or development
of skills among At-Large Staff as well as additional staff.

1-2 years
presuming
staff resources
available.

At-Large will continue to evolve its
processes through its bottom
-up, consensus based, community deliberations and update as and when
needed.

We will continue to investigate
opportunities to use Social Media and
other online tools that prove useful to
bring end-users’ voices to ICANN and
vice -versa. However, we caution against
seeing social media and online tools as a
substitute for other means of
participation. We are eager to work with
ICANN Organization to understand
ICANN’s interests in this area, and the
tools available to integrate and
communicate our work more
effectively.

The ALAC Technology Taskforce
regularly reviews various
communications tools with the aim of
improving At-Large participation.
The At-Large Community is very diverse
and the selection of any new tools must
accommodate this diversity. We will
also need to continue to investigate
how we can overcome the lack of
affordable communications for many of

The ALAC will proceed with its plans as
approved by the Board, pending
appropriate funding.
As with all At-Large activities, there will
be an increased focus on tracking and
metrics.

ALAC input to a coordinated ICANN Outreach sub-optimal.

As noted in Issue 5, the ALAC supports
such external activity to the extent that
funding is available and it coincides with
ICANN’s mission.
Increases in such funding would be
appreciated, but in light of
the FY19 draft budget, we are now in a mode of trying to minimize
impact of the proposed cuts to such
activities.

It is the understanding of the ALAC that At-Large may only be funded from ICANN operational funds.

As noted previously, subject to available
funding, we do look for opportunities to
explain At-Large and attract new participants at non-ICANN events. When
opportunities have arisen where funds
are available to bring a targeted group
to an ICANN meeting with a good
potential for future involvement, we
have done so.