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 aims to:
- Encourage engagement of APRALO members on issues within ICANN's remit
- 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 Platform / the At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group
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:
The work of the Policy Forum will be facilitated using a combination of the following resources:
- This work space, as the central repository for the Forum
- The apralo-policy@icann.org mailing list which will be moderated by members of the Leadership Team and supported by At-Large Staff.
- Periodic team/small team project/planning calls
The ICANN Expected Standards of Behaviour will apply.
14 Sep 2020
Discussions & Next Events
APRALO Policy Forum Planning Document: Googledoc
Next Events:
- APF Town Hall Meeting Session #1, 10 August at 06:00 UTC for 75 mins
- APF Town Hall Meeting Session #2, 10 August at 10:00 UTC for 75 mins
Immediate Past Events:
- 20 July, Discussion on Next Round of New gTLDs: Call for Input on Applicant Support Resources
- Ending 26 July, Next Round of New gTLDs: Call for Input on Applicant Support Resources
Projects
ACTIVE [18] APRALO Policy Forum Town Hall Meeting, August 2023
Background: Two sessions of an APRALO Policy Forum Town Hall Meeting designed to provide participants with:
- an update on the APRALO Policy Forum (APF) objectives;
- a recap on the APRALO Priorities for 2023-2024, with an opportunity to reaffirm and/or adjust the priorities;
- a town hall-style open mic time to share thoughts and input and to discuss implementation of APF activities; and
- the ability to help the APRALO Policy Forum formulate its activities for Aug-Dec 2023 to meet its objectives.
Status: Active
Event Wiki: APF Town Hall Meeting, 10 August 2023
Recording: Session #1 Zoom recording | Session #1 Zoom recording
Googledoc for Input: click here
COMPLETED [17] Call for Input on Applicant Support Resources, July 2023
Background: As at the end of ICANN77, the ICANN Board has signaled to the GNSO Council of its intention to not adopt Subsequent Procedures PDP Recommendation 17.2, which deals with the scope of financial resources offered to applicants for applicant support who have been deemed as having qualified for applicant support.
Recommendation 17.2: The Working Group recommends expanding the scope of financial support provided to Applicant Support Program beneficiaries beyond the application fee to also cover costs such as application writing fees and attorney fees related to the application process.
The concern that the ICANN Board has summarily indicated for declining to adopt Recommendation 17.2 is essentially two-fold:
- That the scope of financial support offered is non-exhaustive, per the language of Recommendation 17.2; and
- That it might be against the Board’s fiduciary duty to adopt a recommendation that requires ICANN to make payments to third party service providers, whose work ICANN is essentially evaluating, either directly or indirectly.
What the At-Large can do now is to consider what can we propose to address the ICANN Board’s concerns. By this, we need properly thought-out and articulated proposals which may go towards addressing one or more aspects of the Board’s concerns. A Q&A and discussion session is to be conducted during the APRALO Monthly Call on 20 July 2023 to address this call for input.
Status: Completed
Event Wiki: APRALO Monthly Call, 20 July 2023
Recording: Zoom recording
Googledoc for Input: click here
COMPLETED [16] ICANN77 Policy Forum Readout
Background: The ICANN77 Policy Forum held in Washington D.C. set the stage for the APRALO to organise its first Readout. This Readout featured At-Large, GAC, GNSO and ccNSO panelists from the APAC region, who were invited to discuss their respective key takeaways from ICANN77 with event participants with the aim of identifying where and how end-users may play a role in any next steps to each of those takeaways.
Moderator:
Cheryl Langdon-Orr, At-Large Leader, based in Australia
Panelists:
Amrita Choudhury, APRALO Chair, based in India
Juliana Harsianti, ICANN77 Fellow, based in Indonesia
Antonia Chu, GNSO Councillor, Registrar Stakeholder Group, based in China
Kristina Hakobyan, representing GAC Armenia, based in Armenia
Jordan Carter, ccNSO Vice Chair, based in Australia
Status: Completed
Event Wiki: APRALO Policy Forum ICANN77 Readout
Recording: Zoom recording
Takeaways: Post
ACTIVE APRALO Register of Skills & Interests Project (2021-2023)
Background: Tentatively code-named "Project RoSI", this project is intended to produce a dynamic Register of Skills & Interests for APRALO.
Status: Ongoing. Project RoSI Small Team completed preliminary work on data to be presented to the RALO for consultation vide the Hot Topics Survey 2021/2022. See: Infographic report Infographic report
Dedicated Workspace: Project RoSI Workspace
Contact
Staff Support Lead: Gisella Gruber
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
Current membership of the APRALO Policy Forum comprises:
| Name | Position | Date Joined / (Resigned) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justine Chew | Chair | 03.07.2023 | |
| Amrita Choudhury | |||
| Shreedeep Rayamajhi | |||
| Nabeel Yasin | 20.10.2022 | ||
| Gopal Tadipalli | 20.10.2022 | ||
| Dr.N.Sudha Bhuvaneswari | 20.10.2022 | ||
| Asyraf Mierza Abd Rahma | 20.10.2022 | ||
| Md Toufik Hayder | 03.11.2022 | ||
| Kashif Adeel | 04.11.2022 | ||
| Ayesha Iftikhar | 04.11.2022 | ||
| Mohammad Kawsar Uddin | 05.11.2022 | ||
| Md. Jahangir Hossain | 05.11.2022 | ||
| Eranga Samararathna | 05.11.2022 | ||
| Laxmi Prasad Yadav | 09.11.2022 | ||
| Rao Naveed Bin Rais | 10.11.2022 | ||
| Fouad Bajwa | 10.11.2022 | ||
| Shidul Alam Kaisar | 12.11.2022 | ||
| Stacy Gildenston | 14.11.2022 | ||
| Namra Naseer | 16.11.2022 | ||
| Bibek Silwal | 17.11.2022 | ||
| Udeep Baral | 17.11.2022 | ||
| Samik Kharel | 17.11.2022 | ||
| Jaewon Son | 18.11.2022 | ||
| Amir Qayyum | 19.11.2022 | ||
| Abdul Ghayoor Bawary | 20.11.2022 | ||
| Suhaidi Hassan | 20.11.2022 | ||
| Priyatosh Jana | 23.11.2022 | ||
| Abhishek Gautam | 07.07.2023 |
Past Membership
| Justine Chew (Co-Chair) | Satish Babu (Co-Chair) | Maureen Hilyard | Aris Ignacio | Nadira Alaraj |
| Holly Raiche | Gunela Astbrink | Priyatosh Jana | Kristina Hakobyan | Azatullah Dawoodzai |
| Fouad Bajwa | Gopal Tadepalli | Cheryl Langdon-Orr | Mohammad Kawsar Uddin | Sivasubramanian Muthusamy |
| Narine Khachatryan | Amrita Choudhury | Shreedeep Rayamajhi | Jaewon Son | Ali AlMeshal |
| Mahmoud Lattouf | Lianna Galstyan | Amir Qayyum | Winthrop Yu | Hilmi Ghalib |
| Prateek Pathak | Abdul Ghayoor Bawary | K Mohan Raidu | Suhaidi Hassan |
Meetings
- APRALO Policy Forum Call, 10 August 2023
- APRALO Policy Forum: ICANN77 Readout, 06 July 2023
- APRALO Policy Forum Call, 01 June 2023
- APRALO Policy Forum Call, 04 May 2023
- APRALO Policy Forum Call, 06 April 2023
- APRALO Policy Forum Call, 02 March 2023
- APRALO Policy Forum Call, 02 February 2023
- APRALO Policy Forum Call, 12 January 2023
- 2023 Jan-Jun Planning Document
- 2023 APRALO Policy Forum Action Items
Archive
APRALO Policy Forum Discussions Archive
