ACTIVE [21] APRALO Policy Forum Webinar #2 on the Next Round of New gTLDs: Applicant Support, 23 November 2023

Background: The second in a planned series of activities around the Next Round of New generic Top-Level Domains, this webinar is designed to provide participants with:

• an overview of:
  • the Applicant Support Program of the New gTLD Program; 
  • the policy development work completed by the Subsequent Procedures PDP Working Group (SubPro PDP WG) in 2016-2021;
  • the implementation work by the Subsequent Procedures Implementation Review Team (SubPro IRT) leading up to the launch of the Next Round; 
• an understanding of what work remains in terms of policy versus implementation; and
• an opportunity to seek clarification and/or raise issues for addressing (to the extent possible).

Status:  Planning

Event Wiki:  APF Webinar, 23 November 2023

Recording: Zoom Recording

ACTIVE [20] ICANN78 Readout

Background: The ICANN78 Annual General Meeting held in Hamburg gives the APRALO an opportunity to organise its second Readout. This Readout will feature cross-community panelists from the APAC region, who are invited to discuss their respective key takeaways from ICANN78 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:
TBD
Panelists:
TBD

Status:  Planning

Event Wiki:  APRALO ICANN78 Readout, 9 November 2023

Recording: Zoom recording 

Takeaways: Post

COMPLETED [19] APRALO Policy Forum Webinar #1 on the Next Round of New gTLDs: An Overview, 7 September 2023

Background: The first in a planned series of activities around the Next Round of New generic Top-Level Domains, this webinar is designed to provide participants with:

• an overview of:
  • the New gTLD Program; 
  • the policy development work completed by the Subsequent Procedures PDP Working Group (SubPro PDP WG) in 2016-2021;
  • the implementation work by the Subsequent Procedures Implementation Review Team (SubPro IRT) leading up to the launch of the Next Round; 
  • the different roles held by various parts of the ICANN Community in relation to the SubPro PDP and SubPro IRT;
• an understanding of what work remains in terms of policy versus implementation; 
• an opportunity to seek clarification and/or raise issues for addressing (to the extent possible); and
• an opportunity to input on agenda building for this Webinar series.

Status:  Completed

Event Wiki:  APF Webinar, 7 September 2023

Recording: Zoom Recording

COMPLETED [18] APRALO Policy Forum Town Hall Meeting, 10 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:  Completed

Event Wiki:  APF Town Hall Meeting, 10 August 2023

Zoom Recording: Session #1 EN  |  Session #2 EN

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:

1. That the scope of financial support offered is non-exhaustive, per the language of Recommendation 17.2; and
2. 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 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 ICANN77 Readout, 7 June 2023

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

• APRALO Policy Forum Call, 08 December 2022
• APF Regional Hot Topics Survey 2022 Report during ICANN75, 20 September 2022
• ICANN75 At-Large Policy: ICANN’s Goal for a Multilingual Internet through IDNs, 19 September 2022
• APRALO Policy Forum Fireside Chat #3: Let's Talk About Transfer Policy, 29 June 2022
• APRALO Policy Forum Fireside Chat #2: Let's Talk About Closed Generics, 08 June 2022
• APRALO Policy Forum Fireside Chat #1: Let's Talk About GNSO PDP 3.0, 26 May 2022
• APRALO Policy Forum Team Call, 13 May 2022
• APF HTS Project Team Call, 13 October 2021
• APRALO Policy Forum: Webinar on IDNs, 27 July 2021
• APF Project RoSI Team Call, 20 July 2021