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staff@atlarge.icann.org 

Submissions Due – send to planning@icann.org (IMPORTANT: At-Large staff will send all At-Large requests to Planning@icann.org)

Preliminary review of requests by ICANN.org

SO/AC consultations at ICANN 3 (by request, during Constituents’ Day)

Final assessments and recommendations by ICANN.org

ICANN Board Finance Committee Review and recommendation for approval to the Board

ICANN Board review and approval at May Board meeting

06 May 2022 

Improve ALAC – At-Large information

Purpose

The objective of this request is to have partial employee(s), knowledgeable in the wiki structure, as well in the communications area, that can arrange the actual structure of the ALAC, At-Large, RALOs information on the ICANN wiki site. Actual information is most times not updated, wrongly linked, or incomplete.

Alignment

In order to fulfill our job as the voice of the end users in the different comments we submit to the ICANN Board, it is of paramount importance to have the information of our Working Groups, RALOs, and even the main page up to date, with accurate information, that can be reviewed easily, not only by our members, but for all the community

Category

There is no particular category where this ABR should fit, but also, it might fill in several of them. Outreach and Research the two most important.

Objectives

Audience

As mentioned above, this will help the entire At-Large community

Outcomes

To have the wiki pages with the correct information, updated and linked properly.

Evaluation

Metrics

The purpose should be to arrange at least one working group or RALO information per month.

Sustainability

At the end of the FY, a template to be used by the actual At-Large staff must be produced, that will allow staff to easily update the information, and create the appropriate links.

Communication Support: 

1/2 FTE for one year.

Assumptions: Knowledge of wiki pages, communiciations, posting information on websites. 

Purpose

Since 3 ICANN (only virtual) meetings the interpretation in the various supported languages was embedded in ZOOM.

The proposal is to select 18 At-Large virtual calls using only ZOOM during which the interpretation will be accessible within ZOOM.

The calls and the languages (in the list of ICANNs supported languages) will be selected by the 5 Ralo Chairs with the advice of the ALAC Chair and in coordination with At-Large staff supporting the calls and language services Staff supporting the interpretation.

For speakers and participants, it will allow to use one single tool to access one or multiple languages as easy as English in only ZOOM rooms.

Alignment

Diversity

Accessibility

Outreach and Engagement

Category

• Outreach and Engagement

Objectives

Audience

The target audience is for each selected call all the speakers and participants using other language than English.
At least 1 pilot for each region and 3 global pilots.

Outcomes

Easier access to interpretation by using only a single tool to participate to the selected meetings.

Evaluation

Metrics

Number of:

• participants using non-English languages
  • Listening
  • Speaking
• speakers using non-English languages

Cost

Sustainability

It is a pilot.

If it show an increase participation (and intervention) by non-English speakers, ICANN must evaluate the cost vs benefit and include this solution in the possibility to organize multilingual calls and have the specific cost included in the yearly budget.

Purpose

Diversity in ICANN Leadership bodies (Part I) was supported as an ABR in FY22. It is a follow-up.

As we are late in Part I, a part II will be very useful.

The description in the document link above is still accurate.

The diversity includes a broad range of data. To enhance diversity, we need to be able to collect those data.

It will be useful to gather the data both from an historical point of view and from a current and future situation.

All the ICANN leadership bodies can be concerned but the first one to be discuss (as a large part the data are already collected and in the last mile to be analyzed) can/must be the Board of ICANN.

 But we will take this opportunity to update it and split in 2 parts.

 Part I

 Finalize the collection of the data of all the members, since the creation of ICANN, of the ICANN Board.

Analyze the data collected.

 Part II

The other ICANN leadership bodies will be studied.

Gathering the data in setting up a survey open to all leaders.

Analyze the data collected by SO/AC.

In addition, if the data allows, it will be interesting to do a deep dive to all the people who take leadership position in more than one body.

It will be link with the work that SO/AC will have to undertake regarding continuous improvement proposed by ATRT3 (and supported by ICANN Board)

 During both part workshop can be organized.

Workshops’ themes:

- What is Diversity (based on the WS2 ccwg-ICANN accountability document)?

- What are the data that need to be collected?

- Evolution of diversity in various ICANN leadership groups

- How to enhance diversity in ICANN leadership groups?

- Role of the NomCom to enhance diversity?

 Research/Study

and

Meeting

Online Workshops for a small task force

EURALO/At Large/ other SO/AC joint Cross community face-to-face workshop at one ICANN meeting (when they resume).

But the output of this work can be also used for national, regional and global meetings and/or activities such as IGF.

Alignment

ICANN Accountability (WS2 on diversity), Internet Governance, multistakeholder

Category

• Research

Objectives

Audience

The whole ICANN and other that are interested on ICANN diversity.

Outcomes

1. Diversity data
2. Analyze of the data
3. Better understanding of the diversity within ICANN
4. Proposed way to enhance diversity in ICANN leadership bodies

Evaluation

Metrics

We have started to gathered data, start to analyze them and discuss some possible way of enhancing ICANN diversity.

Outcomes

A picture of the diversity (history) in (one or more) ICANN body

Some way forward to enhance diversity of ICANN body/bodies

Sustainability

Collection of data can be continue each (one, two or three) year to update the study.

Purpose

Please describe the purpose, including the intended scope, of the proposed activity and indicate if it is a single activity or a recurring set of activities within the next fiscal year.

It is a unique course that allows you to know the different layers of the internet.

Alignment

Please describe how the proposed activity directly aligns with the ICANN mission and the current strategic plan. Please also describe how the proposed activity demonstrably relates to ongoing policy, advisory, or technical work.

The course is directly connected to the purposes and interests of ICANN. Knowing the layers of the internet, especially from the perspective of the current situation of things, is a very particular reference.

Category

Please select the category for the proposed activity:

• Outreach *
• Research *
• Training *
• Travel Support
• Other

Objectives

Audience

Please describe the target audience for the proposed activity including any relevant demographic data (e.g., age, gender, region, sector, and skills, etc.).

This course is aimed at end users of the internet. Can be taken by any person from civil society who is interested

Outcomes

Please describe the expected impact of the proposed activity.

 Knowing the layers of the internet, especially from the perspective of the current situation of things, is a very particular reference.

Evaluation

Metrics

Please describe what metrics will be used to measure the impact of the proposed activity.

To define.

Sustainability

Please describe how the proposed activity will sustain its impact beyond the specific ABR allocation.

It has a direct impact as it enables attendees to be trained in the analysis of the different layers of the internet.

Communications Support: 

• Streaming connection
• $600
• Three days total course.

Language Services Support: 

• At least 4 languages 
• $6,000
• Three days total course.

Purpose

Please describe the purpose, including the intended scope, of the proposed activity and indicate if it is a single activity or a recurring set of activities within the next fiscal year.

This course is aimed at end users of the internet.

Alignment

Please describe how the proposed activity directly aligns with the ICANN mission and the current strategic plan. Please also describe how the proposed activity demonstrably relates to ongoing policy, advisory, or technical work.

Universal Acceptance is the principle of accepting, validating, storing, processing, and displaying domain names and email addresses correctly and consistently across all devices, systems, and applications.

Category

Please select the category for the proposed activity:

• Outreach *
• Research *
• Training *
• Travel Support
• Other

Objectives

Audience

Please describe the target audience for the proposed activity including any relevant demographic data (e.g., age, gender, region, sector, and skills, etc.).

This course is aimed at end users of the internet. Can be taken by any person from civil society who is interested

Outcomes

Please describe the expected impact of the proposed activity.

It will make it possible to publicize the possibility of a truly more inclusive internet.

Evaluation

Metrics

Please describe what metrics will be used to measure the impact of the proposed activity.

to define.

Sustainability

Please describe how the proposed activity will sustain its impact beyond the specific ABR allocation.

It will have an important impact as LACRALO ICANN's contribution to the community, since Universal Acceptance is the best practice to ensure that all applications, devices and systems that use the Internet can process all domain names and their associated email addresses independently. your language, script code or number of characters.

Communications Support: 

• Streaming connection
• $600
• Three days total course.

Language Services Support: 

• At least 4 languages 
• $6,000
• Three days total course.

Description

Purpose

Please describe the purpose, including the intended scope, of the proposed activity and indicate if it is a single activity or a recurring set of activities within the next fiscal year.

Given the new conditions presented for FY23, we hope to be able to carry out the LAC Digital event in a Hybrid or totally virtual way according to the circumstances that arise.

For this, we must anticipate and request, in this Additional Budget Request period, the Resources that may be needed to Rent audiovisual equipment for Streaming transmissions, meeting room logistics, minimum refreshment and 4 intra-regional passage tickets to the 4 sub-regions of our Regional Organization.

Caribbean (Aruba or Curacao), Central America (Antigua, Guatemala), Andes (Cartagena) and Mercosur (Chile).

Alignment

Please describe how the proposed activity directly aligns with the ICANN mission and the current strategic plan. Please also describe how the proposed activity demonstrably relates to ongoing policy, advisory, or technical work.

The activity connects the four LACRALO sub-regions in a two-day event to address issues of current internet challenges and risks; challenges of internet governance at a global level; digital gap, protection of children and adolescents; participation in LACRALO ICANN.

The event will be held at a university in each sub-region.

Category

Please select the category for the proposed activity:

• Outreach *
• Research
• Training *
• Travel Support *
• Other

Objectives

Audience

Please describe the target audience for the proposed activity including any relevant demographic data (e.g., age, gender, region, sector, and skills, etc.).

The activity is aimed at the public. There will be special reference to students and civil society.

Outcomes

Please describe the expected impact of the proposed activity.

Greater participation of the subregions. Participation and training of students and interested public.

Evaluation

Metrics

Please describe what metrics will be used to measure the impact of the proposed activity.

to define.

Sustainability

Please describe how the proposed activity will sustain its impact beyond the specific ABR allocation.

It is necessary to continue to publicize ICANN's activities and its purposes. Keeping students and the public educated about the reality of the internet in current times is an essential task to recognize the digital environment in which we operate.

Funding requested: $25k

Communications support: Streaming connection for 8 days 2 days x 4 different occasions - $800

Language services support - At least 4 languages; 8 days total 2 days x 4 different occasions - $2k

Travel - 16 air tickets 12 days (total); 4 tickets in 4 different occasions - $12k

External support - mobility - 4  different occasions - $800

Other support - Hotel for 48 nights (12 stays in 4 different occasions) - $7,2k

Lunch - $1k 4 different occasions. 

NARALO Restream Broadcasting Service

Purpose

The NARALO strategic Outreach and Engagement plan for the fiscal year 2022 was approved by the NARALO membership on 23 July 2021. The plan calls for leveraging the NARALO Social media channels and those of its ALS, as applicable, to reach potential new members outside the ICANN bubble and continue to engage our current membership. The strategic plans' next iteration will consider using the same social media approach. A subscription to a restream broadcasting service is required to execute the strategic plan. This ABR has the purpose of requesting support for such services not currently offered by ICANN.

Alignment

It aligns with the ICANN mission by providing a conduit to outreach people that are not aware of the importance of ensuring the stable and secure operation of the Internet's unique identifier system and the fact that ICANN, as a multistakeholder organization, offers opportunities for people of any background and experiences to participate in its policy development processes and advisory roles.

In the case of engagement, it aligns with ICANN's mission by providing a way to keep current membership active and interested in ICANN's policy development processes and advisory role.

Category

• Outreach
• Engagement

Objectives

Audience
Anyone in the North American region.

Outcomes

• Increase NARALO membership

• Increase participation in policy-related work Evaluation

Metrics

• For outreach
  o Increase subscription numbers in social media channels

  o Increase in NARALO membership
• For engagement
  o Increasemembershipparticipationinpolicyworkinggroups
  o IncreasemembershipparticipationinmonthlyNARALOmeetings

Sustainability

NARALO will annually assess outreach and engagement efforts to ensure that new and current members are active in ICANN's policy, advisory, and technical work. This assessment should be the basis of future NARALO Strategic Outreach and Engagement plans for subsequent fiscal years.

External support

On-call technical manager to support set-up and management of the restreaming services. 

Assumptions: Requires only one person. 

Cost estimate: $125/hour; 

1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023

A technical manager will provide this service in-kind to NARALO

Other support

A one-year subscription to a restream broadcasting service

Assumptions: ICANN does not provide this service

Cost estimate: $1,000

1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023