Summary of recommendation: A clear statement from the Board is needed recognizing At-Large as the primary organizational home for individual Internet users and clarifying the relationship between ALAC and the User Home under developement within the GNSO.

Summary of tasks in implementation:

  • Staff will create draft changes to ICANN bylaws (incorporating public comments), which will be reviewed by ALAC and submitted to Board for ratification.
  • These task will be undertaken along with those in Recommendation 1.

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11.1

 

Statement from the ICANN Board that clearly recognizes At‐Large as primary ICANN home of individual Internet users and clarifies relationship between ALAC and GNSO's User Home 

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The At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is the primary organizational home within ICANN for individual Internet users. The role of the ALAC shall be to consider and provide advice on the activities of ICANN, insofar as they relate to the interests of the individual Internet users.  This includes policies created through ICANN’s Supporting Organizations, as well as the many other issues for which community input and advice is appropriate. The ALAC, which plays an important role in ICANN’s accountability mechanisms, also coordinates some of ICANN's outreach to individual Internet users.  

See: ICANN Public Comment - Proposed ICANN Bylaw Revisions Regarding the ALAC

 

11.1(a)

Submit to the Board the following revision to ICANN Bylaws XI.2.4.a, drafted in collaboration with Legal: 
The At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is the primary organizational home within ICANN for individual Internet users. The role of the ALAC shall be to consider and provide advice on the activities of ICANN, insofar as they relate to the interests of the individual Internet users.  This includes policies created through ICANN’s Supporting Organizations, as well as the many other issues for which community input and advice is appropriate. The ALAC, which plays an important role in ICANN’s accountability mechanisms, also coordinates some of ICANN's outreach to individual Internet users.

Complete

See: ICANN Public Comment - Proposed ICANN Bylaw Revisions Regarding the ALAC

 

11.1(b)

Submit to the Board the following revisions to ICANN Bylaws XI.2.4.j, drafted in collaboration with Legal:
The ALAC is also responsible, working in conjunction with the RALOs, for coordinating the following activities:...Participating in the ICANN policy development processes and providing input and advice that accurately reflects the views of individual Internet users;…

Complete

See: ICANN Public Comment - Proposed ICANN Bylaw Revisions Regarding the ALAC


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