Description
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:
The APRALO Policy Forum 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
APRALO Priorities for 2023-2024
Area | 1. Vis-à-vis ALAC/At-Large Community | 2. Policy-related priorities | 3. RALO Membership Retention & Engagement priorities | 4. ICANN operating priorities – top 5 to monitor** | 5. Consideration of additional, new topics *** |
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* 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:
The work of the Policy Forum will be facilitated using 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.
17 Aug 2023
Discussions & Next Events
APRALO Policy Forum Planning Document: GOOGLEDOC
Next Events:
- TBA
Immediate Past Events:
- APF Fireside Chat #4: Let’s Talk About Internet Fragmentation, 7 Dec 2023
- 20 July, Discussion on Next Round of New gTLDs: Call for Input on Applicant Support Resources
- Ending 26 July, Next Round of New gTLDs: Call for Input on Applicant Support Resources
Activities
COMPLETED [22] APRALO Policy Forum Fireside Chat #4: Let's Talk About Internet Fragmentation
Background: The fourth APRALO Fireside chat: "Let’s Talk About Internet Fragmentation" on Thursday 7 December 2023 at 06:00 UTC will feature APRALO Policy Forum Chair Justine Chew in conversation with Guest Speaker, Jia-Rong Low, ICANN Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement and Managing Director - Asia Pacific, to gain a common understanding of what Internet Fragmentation is, how it came about and its potential impact on ICANN and individual end-users, in respect of ICANN's mandate and any wider role in Internet Governance.
Event Wiki: APF Fireside Chat, 7 December 2023
Recording: Zoom Recording
More about: APRALO Policy Forum Fireside Chats 2022-2023
COMPLETED [21] APRALO Policy Forum Webinar #2 on the Next Round of New gTLDs: A Primer on Applicant Support, 23 November 2023
Background: The second in a planned series of activities around the Next Round of New generic Top-Level Domains, this webinar is designed to provide participants with:
- an overview of:
- the Applicant Support Program for the 2012 Round of the New gTLD Program;
- the policy recommendations of the Subsequent Procedures PDP Working Group (SubPro PDP WG) in 2016-2021;
- the implementation work by the Subsequent Procedures Implementation Review Team (SubPro IRT) leading up to the launch of the Next Round;
- an understanding of the 'gaps', i.e. what work remains in terms of policy versus implementation;
- a preliminary discussion / gathering of input for a plan to amplify communication about the Next Round and the Applicant Support Program;
- an understanding of what work remains in terms of policy versus implementation; and
- an opportunity to seek clarification and/or raise issues for addressing (to the extent possible).
Event Wiki: APF Webinar, 23 November 2023
Recording: Zoom Recording
COMPLETED [20] APRALO ICANN78 Readout
Background: The ICANN78 Annual General Meeting held in Hamburg gives the APRALO an opportunity to organise its second Readout. This Readout will feature cross-community panelists from the APAC region, who are invited to discuss their respective key takeaways from ICANN78 with event participants with the aim of 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:
Maureen Hilyard, APRALO, based in Cook Islands
Shita Laksmi, ICANN78 Fellow, based in Indonesia
Jennifer Chung, GNSO Councilor, Registry Stakeholder Group, based in Hong Kong
Russell Woruba, representing GAC PNG, based in Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Atsushi ENDO, ccNSO, based in Japan
Event Wiki: APRALO ICANN78 Readout, 9 November 2023
Recording: Zoom recording
Takeaways: Post
COMPLETED [19] APRALO Policy Forum Webinar #1 on the Next Round of New gTLDs: An Overview, 7 September 2023
Background: The first in a planned series of activities around the Next Round of New generic Top-Level Domains, this webinar is designed to provide participants with:
- an overview of:
- the New gTLD Program;
- the policy development work completed by the Subsequent Procedures PDP Working Group (SubPro PDP WG) in 2016-2021;
- the implementation work by the Subsequent Procedures Implementation Review Team (SubPro IRT) leading up to the launch of the Next Round;
- the different roles held by various parts of the ICANN Community in relation to the SubPro PDP and SubPro IRT;
- an understanding of what work remains in terms of policy versus implementation;
- an opportunity to seek clarification and/or raise issues for addressing (to the extent possible); and
- an opportunity to input on agenda building for this Webinar series.
Event Wiki: APF Webinar, 7 September 2023
Recording: Zoom Recording
COMPLETED [18] APRALO Policy Forum Town Hall Meeting, 10 August 2023
Background: Two sessions of an APRALO Policy Forum Town Hall Meeting designed to provide participants with:
- an update on the APRALO Policy Forum (APF) objectives;
- a recap on the APRALO Priorities for 2023-2024, with an opportunity to reaffirm and/or adjust the priorities;
- a town hall-style open mic time to share thoughts and input and to discuss implementation of APF activities; and
- the ability to help the APRALO Policy Forum formulate its activities for Aug-Dec 2023 to meet its objectives.
Event Wiki: APF Town Hall Meeting, 10 August 2023
Zoom Recording: Session #1 EN | Session #2 EN
Googledoc for Input: click here
COMPLETED [17] Call for Input on Applicant Support Resources, July 2023
Background: As at the end of ICANN77, the ICANN Board has signaled to the GNSO Council of its intention to not adopt Subsequent Procedures PDP Recommendation 17.2, which deals with the scope of financial resources offered to applicants for applicant support who have been deemed as having qualified for applicant support.
Recommendation 17.2: The Working Group recommends expanding the scope of financial support provided to Applicant Support Program beneficiaries beyond the application fee to also cover costs such as application writing fees and attorney fees related to the application process.
The concern that the ICANN Board has summarily indicated for declining to adopt Recommendation 17.2 is essentially two-fold:
- That the scope of financial support offered is non-exhaustive, per the language of Recommendation 17.2; and
- That it might be against the Board’s fiduciary duty to adopt a recommendation that requires ICANN to make payments to third party service providers, whose work ICANN is essentially evaluating, either directly or indirectly.
What the At-Large can do now is to consider what can we propose to address the ICANN Board’s concerns. By this, we need properly thought-out and articulated proposals which may go towards addressing one or more aspects of the Board’s concerns. A Q&A and discussion session is to be conducted during the APRALO Monthly Call on 20 July 2023 to address this call for input.
Event Wiki: APRALO Monthly Call, 20 July 2023
Recording: Zoom recording
Googledoc for Input: click here
COMPLETED [16] APRALO ICANN77 Readout
Background: The ICANN77 Policy Forum held in Washington D.C. set the stage for the APRALO to organise its first Readout. This Readout featured At-Large, GAC, GNSO and ccNSO panelists from the APAC region, who were invited to discuss their respective key takeaways from ICANN77 with event participants with the aim of 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:
Amrita Choudhury, APRALO Chair, based in India
Juliana Harsianti, ICANN77 Fellow, based in Indonesia
Antonia Chu, GNSO Councillor, Registrar Stakeholder Group, based in China
Kristina Hakobyan, representing GAC Armenia, based in Armenia
Jordan Carter, ccNSO Vice Chair, based in Australia
Event Wiki: APRALO ICANN77 Readout, 7 June 2023
Recording: Zoom recording
Takeaways: Post
ACTIVE APRALO Register of Skills & Interests Project (2021-2023)
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
Dedicated Workspace: Project RoSI Workspace
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.
Members
Current membership of the APRALO Policy Forum comprises:
Name | Date Joined / (Resigned) | Notes |
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Justine Chew (Chair) | 03.07.2023 | |
Amrita Choudhury | ||
Shreedeep Rayamajhi | ||
Nabeel Yasin | 20.10.2022 | |
Gopal Tadipalli | 20.10.2022 | |
Dr.N.Sudha Bhuvaneswari | 20.10.2022 | |
Asyraf Mierza Abd Rahma | 20.10.2022 | |
Md Toufik Hayder | 03.11.2022 | |
Kashif Adeel | 04.11.2022 | |
Ayesha Iftikhar | 04.11.2022 | |
Mohammad Kawsar Uddin | 05.11.2022 | |
Md. Jahangir Hossain | 05.11.2022 | |
Eranga Samararathna | 05.11.2022 | |
Laxmi Prasad Yadav | 09.11.2022 | |
Rao Naveed Bin Rais | 10.11.2022 | |
Fouad Bajwa | 10.11.2022 | |
Shidul Alam Kaisar | 12.11.2022 | |
Stacy Gildenston | 14.11.2022 | |
Namra Naseer | 16.11.2022 | |
Bibek Silwal | 17.11.2022 | |
Udeep Baral | 17.11.2022 | |
Samik Kharel | 17.11.2022 | |
Jaewon Son | 18.11.2022 | |
Amir Qayyum | 19.11.2022 | |
Abdul Ghayoor Bawary | 20.11.2022 | |
Suhaidi Hassan | 20.11.2022 | |
Priyatosh Jana | 23.11.2022 | |
Abhishek Gautam | 07.07.2023 | |
Faheem Soomro | 27.11.2023 |
Past Membership
Justine Chew (Co-Chair) | Satish Babu (Co-Chair) | Maureen Hilyard | Aris Ignacio | Nadira Alaraj |
Holly Raiche | Gunela Astbrink | Priyatosh Jana | Kristina Hakobyan | Azatullah Dawoodzai |
Fouad Bajwa | Gopal Tadepalli | Cheryl Langdon-Orr | Mohammad Kawsar Uddin | Sivasubramanian Muthusamy |
Narine Khachatryan | Amrita Choudhury | Shreedeep Rayamajhi | Jaewon Son | Ali AlMeshal |
Mahmoud Lattouf | Lianna Galstyan | Amir Qayyum | Winthrop Yu | Hilmi Ghalib |
Prateek Pathak | Abdul Ghayoor Bawary | K Mohan Raidu | Suhaidi Hassan |
Meetings
- APRALO Policy Forum Call, 08 December 2022
- APF Regional Hot Topics Survey 2022 Report during ICANN75, 20 September 2022
- ICANN75 At-Large Policy: ICANN’s Goal for a Multilingual Internet through IDNs, 19 September 2022
- APRALO Policy Forum Fireside Chat #3: Let's Talk About Transfer Policy, 29 June 2022
- APRALO Policy Forum Fireside Chat #2: Let's Talk About Closed Generics, 08 June 2022
- APRALO Policy Forum Fireside Chat #1: Let's Talk About GNSO PDP 3.0, 26 May 2022
- APRALO Policy Forum Team Call, 13 May 2022
- APF HTS Project Team Call, 13 October 2021
- APRALO Policy Forum: Webinar on IDNs, 27 July 2021
- APF Project RoSI Team Call, 20 July 2021
Archive
APRALO Policy Forum Discussions Archive