ALAC Monthly Teleconference
Meeting Number: AL.ALAC/CC.0412/1
Date: Tuesday, 17 April 2012
Time: 1400 - 1600 UTC
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Adobe Connect Meeting Room: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/alac
Interpretation Available: Yes (ES, FR - Simultaneous)
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Apologies: Sandra Hoferichter, Christopher Wilkinson, Ganesh Kumar
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Action Items: EN, FR, ES
Adopted Motions: EN, FR, ES
Transcription: EN, FR, ES
Recording: EN, FR, ES
Chat: EN
Summary Minutes: EN
A G E N D A: To be updated
Standing Agenda Items
1. Adoption of agenda; call for Any Other Business or other amendments – Olivier (2 min)
2. Roll call and apologies – Staff (2 min)
3. Review of AIs from the 24 January 2012 ALAC Meeting - Olivier (20 min)
4. Review of current ALS applications – Olivier, Staff (5 min)
a. Recently approved ALS applications
i. The Ecuadorian Association for Free Software (DTECH ECUADOR GC TECH TICS)
ii. Internet Society Trinidad and Tobago Chapter
iii. Internet Society Bahrain Chapter
b. Organizations that are Currently undergoing the Accreditation Process
a. (158) (ASOCIACIÓN DE ESCRIBANOS DEL URUGUAY) -
b. (159) National Association for Digital Inclusion (Associação Nacional para Inclusão Digital), located in Brazil - ALAC to conduct vote shortly.
c. (162) Wikimedia Austria - ALAC voting on application.
d. (164) Media Education Center, NGO - Awaiting Regional Advice from APRALO
See: At-Large Structure Applications and Certification Process
5. Reports – Olivier (2 min)
See: At-Large Reports from WGs,
RALOs and Liaisons wiki page
ALAC Monthly Reports wiki page
Note: Usually, no discussion of these reports is scheduled for this meeting; the above link is for information only. Any WG or RALO Chair/Liaison seeking to discuss his/her report or a related decision is asked (i) to edit the relevant agenda section under Items for Decision or Items for Discussion before the meeting or (ii) to raise the item when Any Other Business is called for under agenda item 1, before adoption of the agenda.
New Business
Items for Decision
6. Policy Advice Development Calendar -- Tijani, Olivier (20 min)
See: ICANN Public Comment page
a. Recently approved ALAC Statements:
i. ALAC Statement on the IDN Variant Issues Project Draft Integrated Issues Report
ii. Initial Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs
b. Statements currently being reviewed by the ALAC
i. Framework for the FY 13 Budget - ALAC vote ends 29 February. The statement was submitted to the PC Forum.
ii. IDN Variant Issues Project – Proposed Project Plan for Next Steps - Deadline: 18 March 2012
iii. WHOIS Policy Review Team Draft Report - Deadline: 18 March 2012
See: At-Large Whois Policy Review Team Draft Report Workspace - At-Large comment period now open.
iv. Defensive Applications for New gTLDs - Deadline: 27 February - Alan Greenberg, ALAC Liaison to the GNSO, has informed the ExCom that he felt this was not an issue for which the ALAC needed to submit a statement.
v. .CAT WHOIS Proposed Changes - Deadline: 10 February - Carlton Samuels, Whois WG Chair and member of the ALAC Executive Committee, has stated that this issue will be covered in the ALAC statement on the Whois RT Draft Report.
c. Current open policy forums:
Does the ALAC wish to develop statements for the following Public Comments:
i. Further Bylaw Changes Following Adoption of Revised Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Policy Development Process (PDP) - Deadline: 2 March 2012
ii. Draft Roadmap to Implement SAC 051- Deadline 18 March 2012
iii. Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B Policy Development Process – Recommendation 8 Concerning Standardizing and Clarifying WHOIS Status Messages - Deadline: 25 March 2012
iv. Interim Report on Support Significantly Interested Parties fo rccTLD Delegation or Redelegation Requests - Deadline: 30 March 2012
v. Draft Advice Letter on Consumer Trust, Consumer Choice, and Competition - Deadline: 3 April 2012
7. Draft ALAC Statement on the Verisign Request to Implement Redemption Grace Period (RPG) for .name - Discussion and Vote - Alan and Olivier (10 mins)
a. See: Draft ALAC Statement on the Verisign Request to Implement Redemption Grace Period (RPG) for .name
Items for Discussion
8. Update from At-Large Working Groups
a. New gTLD WG
i. On-line wiki tool for possible At-Large objections to new gTLD applications
ii. COI requirements for Review Group Members
b. At-Large Improvements Taskforce
9. At-Large Prague Meeting Development - Olivier and Staff (10 min)
See: At-Large Prague Workspace, including the At-Large Prague Meeting Agendas
See: ICANN Prague Meeting page
See: Venue - Hilton Prague Hotel, including Meeting Rooms and Floor Plans
a. At-Large Meetings
i. At-Large Meetings to be scheduled
ii. ALAC/GAC meeting - day, time and topics
For Information
10. New SO/AC Alert Mailing List - Olivier (5 min)
a. Suggested items for discussion
11. ALAC Policy Issues to be part of Policy Webinar - Olivier/Staff (5 min)
a. Suggestions for topics
