January 2018 Report
Certification of Norway Chapter of the Internet Society as an EURALO At-Large Structure (ALS)
The At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) voted by accepting the Norway Chapter of the Internet Society application as an At-Large Structure of EURALO.
The ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that Norway Chapter of the Internet Society has been certified as an At-Large Structure (ALS). The ALAC greatly appreciates your group's interest in involving individual users in EURALO and ICANN and looks forward to working with you and your colleagues.
EURALO Board Call, 18/01/2018 at 19:00 UTC
The EURALO Board call was held on 18 January 2018 had some of the newly elected Board members in attendance. Some matters were discussed and agreed on include, the suggested proposals during the brainstorming session at the joint ICANN/ISOC dinner at the IGF, Geneva 2017.
The proposals are:
Proposal 1: Set up a Webinar on GDPR with Euro-specific approach
Proposal 2: GDPR Continuation - Set up a Webinar on the Framework of Interpretation
Proposal 3: The Registration Directory Services (RDS) and Security & Stability Review Team #2 (SSR2-RT)
Proposal 4: Improvement of EURALO Communication channels for, regional project development and ICANN processes.
Jean-Jacques Subrenat (JJS) moved a motion by supporting the proposals and others were in support of that. That is, all the 4 proposals are accepted by the Board members.
JJS volunteers to coordinate the proposal 4; improvement of the EURALO communication channels. He would be expected to gain contributions from the interested members of EURALO Board and the designated ICANN At-Large Staff.
Proposal 1: Set up a Webinar on GDPR with the Euro-specific approach. The proposed panelists/speakers are Thomas Rickert – Rickert.net, Michele Neylon – Blacknight Internet Solutions, Chris Buckridge- RIPE and Pierre Bonis - AFNIC.
EURALO chair, Olivier Crépin-Leblond (OCL) to take the lead on the coordination of the Webinar. EURALO Board member agreed that Webinar should take place in the week of 5 Feb 2018 and a second Webinar in early April 2018. Yrjo volunteers to coordinate the second GDPR webinar.
Proposal 2: Set-up a Webinar on the Framework of Interpretation of GDPR, develop a checklist for human rights impact assessment. Tentatively, Annette to lead on the Human rights impact assessment. The proposed date for the Webinar is 9 April 2018.
Proposal 3: Registration Directory Services and Security & Stability Review Team2. Discussions would focus on the security aspect: privacy vs. security. Practical issues linked to security to be accessed with the help of SSAC team, where possible.
EURALO Board members reached a consensus that a Wiki page be open to initiate the discussions.
Proposal 4: Improvement of EURALO communication channels. Including publish results of EURALO project successes and publishing them on social websites:
o Link Twitter feed to Facebook page
o Link blog feed to Facebook page
o Tell members to post to the Facebook channel https://www.facebook.com/EURALO/
o Need to find a Curator for Facebook Page.
EURALO Secretary, Wale Bakare volunteers to update EURALO Facebook page.
EURALO Community Regional Outreach Program (CROP) Requests
The CROP requests need to be filed 6 to 8 weeks ahead of an event. Forecasting of CROP requests is therefore very important. The EURALO Board agreed to propose the following use of CROP slots for this Financial Year, ending 30th June 2018:
- Re:publica takes place in Berlin, Germany, from 2 - 4 May, 2018. There is a 1 CROP slot. This will be in coordination with German ALS in Berlin
- RIPE 76 will take place at Palais du Pharo in Marseille, France from 14-18 May 2018.
One CROP slot might be used there if an offer cannot be struck with RIPE based on the EURALO-RIPE MoU.
- EuroDig 2018 to take place in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 5 – 6 June 2018. There are 2 CROP slots for EuroDIG
EURALO Outreach Calendar
- The calendar needs to be populated
- The question on how to populate the calendar will be placed to the EURALO ALS Engagement Taskforce in coordination with communications team.
Collaboration with RIPE and Next Steps
EURALO Chair, OCL to get in touch with Chris Buckridge of RIPE to inquire about the upcoming meeting in Marseille, France.
OCL to explore collaboration with CENTR with the goal to sign an MOU in Barcelona, Spain during ICANN63 meeting.
EURALO Monthly Call
The call started with a review of ICANN Policy Consultations currently in place.
Of particular importance was the Data Protection and Privacy Update - Community Feedback on Proposed Compliance Models , which described ICANN’s options for all round compliance with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) adopted by the European Commission and due to be enforced in May 2018. EURALO members were asked to contribute actively to this very short turnaround consultation from the ICANN CEO.
Agenda Items for this call included a review of the Global IGF Geneva Activities – these are listed in further detail on https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Outreach+activities+at+IGF+2017+Geneva
The group also discussed the EURALO Board call described above.
FY19 Additional Budget Requests (ABR) from EURALO were discussed and agreed:
- Diversity in ICANN Leadership Bodies
- Internet-of-Things (IoT) and the Increasing Governance Challenge Ahead IGF 2018 Workshop
- Support participation of individual users in EURALO
- Joint NCUC-EURALO Town Hall Event at ICANN 63 in Barcelona
It was decided that this year, due to a lack of success in previous years, no ABR request would be made for attendance at ICANN Studienkreis. A CROP request would likely be used for that activity.
It was also mentioned that due to ICANN Global Budget consolidation, it was likely that the total ABR envelope would be reduced, year on year, thus it was a challenging year for ABRs.
All ALAC and RALO Additional Budget Requests can be found on: https://community.icann.org/x/mwhyB
