January 2014 Report
1. New ALSs in APRALO
Three new ALSs became the part of APRALO:
- (190) Internet Society Bangladesh Dhaka Chapter,
- (191) Internet Society Pakistan Islamabad Chapter,
- (192) Internet Society Japan Chapter
2 MOU with APNIC and APTLD
The MoU with APNIC is finalized, no comments were received during the comment period.
During January the MOU with APTLD also was drafted, discussed with APTLD representatives and currently is under APRALO members discussion/comments period.
Both MOUs will be officially signed in Singapore - included in the showcase agenda.
3. January Spotlight: Hong Xue, Chinese Domain Name Users Alliance (CDNUA). The link for the presentation is posted in APRALO ALSes Spotlight space
Next Spotlight - InternetNZ
4. At Large Community Regional Outreach Pilot Program, known as CROPP
5. Singapore Showcase
Due to the Gala dinner shifted on Monday, the Showcase will take place on Wednesday, March 26. The OC (Organizing Committee) hold one conference in January and action items are being revised, updated and commented via e-mail as well (APRALO Singapore Showcase OC 2013-12-04 Action Items). The team is in the process of discussions for: agenda, items for sponsorship, catering, documentations needed to be distributed, etc. The next OC call will be on February 6th. It was identified that so far we will have about 20 APRALO members present during Singapore meeting.
6. Multi-stakeholder forum in Singapore
The Multi-stakeholder forum will be organized in Singapore. The title is finalized as "TOR and Alternatives to the DNS"
The final agenda, speakers are in the process of finalization.
7. Board candidate (Seat 15) selection
https://community.icann.org/display/ABMS/At-Large+Board+Direct+Selection+Timeline+2014) on January 28 ICANN staff officially announced the names of the slate of candidates to fill Seat #15 of the ICANN Board - the official wiki page is here - https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?spaceKey=ABMS&title=At-Large+Board+Member+Slate+of+Candidates+2014. The call on APRALO list to to whether APRALO members wish to suggest or add any names (out of submitted names, the list you can see below) to be included in the final slate of candidates or should someone's name petitioned for inclusion by the region, was raised and the appropriate e-mail had been sent to all APRALO members. The deadlines for submitting new names is Feb 11 later to be discussed and supported by two other RALOs (deadline Feb 21st).