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 seeks to:
- Facilitate informed, inclusive regional position development on issues within ICANN's remit
- Support APRALO Leadership's participation as a regional partner to the ALAC Policy Plaftform
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:
To begin with, this Policy Forum will be facilitated using this work space and the apralo-policy@icann.org mailing list which will be moderated by members of the Leadership Team and supported by At-Large Staff. The ICANN Expected Standards of Behaviour will apply.
14 Sep 2020
Active Discussion(s)
Item: Call for Public Comments to the GNSO New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Draft Final Report
Purpose: The objective of this Public Comment period is to share the GNSO New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Working Group's draft Final Report and present draft final recommendations and implementation guidance on topics within the Working Group's charter. The draft recommendations and implementation guidance included in this report are the culmination of years of Working Group deliberations and community input that take into account input received through a number of Public Comment periods, including a survey of existing Stakeholder Group / Constituency / Advisory Committee statements from the 2012 round of new gTLDs, a set of dozens of initial questions aimed at getting input on the processes and results of the 2012 new gTLD round, as well as comments on the Working Group's Initial Report and Supplemental Initial Reports. Given that some of the recommendations have been substantively updated since these earlier reports, this draft Final Report is being published for an additional Public Comment period. While the full report is open for comment, the Working Group would like input to focus on areas that have substantively changed since publication of the Initial Report and Supplemental Initial Report and in limited instances, questions that the Working Group has posed to the community for feedback.
Current Status: This draft Final Report is being posted for Public Comment as supported by the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Operating Procedures.
Next Steps: Upon the receipt of this Public Comment period, all comments will be considered by the Working Group, which will adjust the draft Final Report as applicable.
Particular Focus for APRALO: Since the GNSO New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Working Group's draft Final Report and Working Group charter cover a very large number of topics, and given that the public comment period closes on 30 Sep 2020, it is suggested that APRALO focus on reviewing and commenting on just a 3 topics of interest/relevance to our region. The At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) has also been reviewing the development of the GNSO New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Working Group's draft Final Report and in that process, has led to the generation of Scorecards to capture/present key At-Large feedback/comments/responses. The 3 Scorecards that are suggested we focus on are:
- Universal Acceptance Scorecard v4 settled 27 May 2020
- Internationalized Domain Names Scorecard v4 settled 28 May 2020
- Applicant Support Program Scorecard v8 settled 13 Sep 2020
Other At-Large Resources
Proposed Project(s)
Other Ongoing Topic(s) | Scope | Status | Team Leader | Team Member(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
(1) Inventory of Skills and Interest | Proposed | |||
(2) Regional Hot Topics survey 2020 | Proposed |
Contact
Staff Support Lead:
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
Membership of the APRALO Policy Forum comprises:
| Name | Position | Notes | Date Joined / (Resigned) | SOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justine Chew | ALAC Member/Co-Chair | 16 Sep 2020 | Justine Chew SOI | |
| Satish Babu | APRALO Chair/Co-Chair | 16 Sep 2020 | ||
| Lianna Galstyan | APRALO Vice-Chair | 16 Sep 2020 | ||
| Ali AlMeshal | Outgoing APRALO Vice-Chair and ATLAS III Ambassador | 16 Sep 2020 | ||
| Nadira Alaraj | Incoming APRALO Vice-Chair and ATLAS III Ambassador | 16 Sep 2020 | ||
| Maureen Hilyard | ALAC Chair | 16 Sep 2020 | ||
| Holly Raiche | ALAC Member | 16 Sep 2020 | ||
| Aisyah Shakirah | ATLAS III Ambassador | |||
| Amir Qayyum | ATLAS III Ambassador | |||
| Bikram Shrestha | ATLAS III Ambassador | |||
| Gunela Astbrink | ATLAS III Ambassador | |||
| Hanan Khatib | ATLAS III Ambassador | |||
| Kristina Hakobyan | ATLAS III Ambassador | |||
| Md Jahangir Hossain | ATLAS III Ambassador | |||
| Prateek Pathak | ATLAS III Ambassador | |||
| Priyatosh Jana | ATLAS III Ambassador | |||
| Shreedeep Rayamajhi | ATLAS III Ambassador | |||
| Sivasubramanian Muthusamy | ATLAS III Ambassador | |||
| Suhaidi Hassan | ATLAS III Ambassador | |||
| Mohammad Kawsar Uddin | ||||
| Wintrop Yu | ||||
| Fouad Bajwa | ||||
| Narine Khachatryan | ||||
| Gopal Tadepalli | ||||
