Please try to relate your questions to ALAC/At-Large priorities, including the At-Large Review Implementation, ATLAS III and current policy priorities.
ICANN64 Board Questions as well as their Requests
1. OUR QUESTIONS TO THE BOARD
(Maureen) A Third Team (ATRT3) has been established to conduct another review of ICANN's Accountability and Transparency. Following the adoption of the ATRT2 report in Buenos Aires in 2015, the Board implemented a plan that covered the 12 recommendations under 8 headings. Among these were Recommendation #6: GAC Operations and Interactions and #, Multilingualism and
Item 6.6 of the GAC Operations and Interactions section, it states as an implementation goal: To Increase support and resource commitments of government to the GAC with specific deliverables that would identify and implement initiatives to remove barriers to participation; and to improve GAC procedures to ensure more efficient, transparent and inclusive decision-making. While this implemented item was checked off as having been achieved, I have to note that both the ALAC and the GAC have since raised this issue of barriers to effective participation again to the Board itself and we are grateful for the support that the Board has demonstrated for this concern, We would like some assurance that the Board will support our joint efforts to work with the Information Transparency Initiative in order to help to ensure Inclusive, Informed and Meaningful Participation at ICANN for both the ALAC and the GAC by further implementing the recommendations of the ATRT2, as well as our own recommendation in our latest submission on the Finance Operating Plan.and Budget.
Also of concern is Item #8: To support public participation, the Board should review the capacity of the language services department versus the community need for the service using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and make relevant adjustments such as improving translation quality and timeliness and interpretation quality. ICANN should implement continuous improvement of translation and interpretation services including benchmarking of procedures used by international organizations such as the United Nations. While there was major prioritisation of this project for the APAC region during ATRT2, there were major gaps on the achievement area of this implementation work. There was also no mention of another RALO which has experienced major email translation issues for years, which has created major blocks in communication between the two key partners of this particular region. Until the Board prioritises the technical and communication issues for LACRALO, all the good work that has gone into the region will be lost and ICANN will have to start all over again.
While Board priorities are not generally mentioned to the rank and file of At-Large, we have noted this in our submissions, as it is important that we understand what priorities the Board has so that we too can support those areas and incorporate them into our own strategic planning as well. Not only are these important issues for At-Large we believe they are also important for ICANN. they both related to partnerships, both within ICANN but meaningful to us as an advisory organisation within ICANN to work with another Advisory Committee, and also to strengthen a Regional At-Large Organisation, so that we can get better participation from the members within it into our policy development and advice work that is what At-Large needs in order to raise the diversity of the languages contributing to our policy discussions.
(Holly) What is the Board's view(s) on the challenges of the increasing use of social media as alternative electronic communications paths for business as well as the community - on the budget, and perhaps on ICANN priorities. What impacts do those challenges have on the role(s) that ALAC can play?
2.a Suggestions for the Board - to help them with the implementation of their new plans for 2021-25 Strategic Plan, FY20 Budget, 2year Budget planning, ICANN governance model
(Marita) Could the Board initiate special communications fora to ensure that the community is aware of any developments early on and has the opportunity to offer advice at early stages
2.b Suggestions for ICANN Org - to aid the Board in their tasks above.
(Marita) Hold discussions with the community re: establishing priorities and managing workflow
2.c Suggestions for the ICANN Comunity - to aid the Board and ICANN Org, to achieve their tasks above.
(Marita) consider establishing some workflow studies.
look into software that could be used to improve efficiency in handling community input
3. How can ICANN improve trust and collaboration with its external allies and partners?
ICANN64 ccNSO Questions
- The ccNSO have asked for a general overview of At-Large and our priorities for 2019
- Giovanni Seppia who is the Head of their Strategic Operations WG will explain the ccNSO priorities for 2019
- Some discussion perhaps on progress with their Organisational Review?
ICANN64 GAC Questions
EPDP
Subsequent gTLD procedures/Geo names
Follow-up to the GAC/ALAC statement at ICANN60
Reactions to President Macron's IGF speech
GAC/ALAC cooperation in capacity building.
ICANN64 GNSO Questions
(Holly) What impacts will changes to ICANN processes to comply with the GDPR have on other ICANN policies?
What lessons have been learned for GNSO policy development processes from the whole EPDP process?
(Marita) fostering a spirit of cooperation
