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Welcome to the ALAC/At-Large Improvements Workspace
This new Workspace is the hub for all updates, documents, and work related to the ALAC/At-Large Improvements Implementation project.
Announcements
13 August 2010
The call for RALO and ALAC volunteers to serve on the four At-Large Improvements work teams, which closed today, had an especially strong response. Each team will include members from all five RALOs.
5 August 2010
Today, ICANN's Board of Directors approved the ALAC/At-Large Improvements Implementation Project Plan and directed ICANN's CEO to report on the project's progress at the 2010 Annual General Meeting in December 2010.
See the Board resolution here.
21 July 2010
On 21 July, as requested by the Board in Brussels, the ALAC and ICANN's At-Large staff submitted the ALAC/At-Large Improvements Implementation Project Plan Summary for consideration by the SIC (in its 22 July meeting) and by the Board (in its 5 August meeting). This Summary highlights the most important aspects of the full Project Plan -- namely, the Improvements project's adherence to Board guidance, budgetary implications, potential risk factors (and the steps planned to mitigate them), needed bylaw changes, targeted deadlines, and contributions to ICANN's Affirmation of Commitments.
See this Summary here: ALAC, At-Large Improvements Implementation Project Plan - Summary (21 Jul 2010).pdf .
18 June 2010
The new ALAC/At-Large Improvements Status Log, which will chart the progress being made on each of the Final Report's 13 recommendations, is in development. When completed, the Log will be accessible from this Improvements Workspace.
The current draft of the Log under consideration can be found here. Anyone interested is invited to take a look and offer comments and suggestions at the bottom of this page. Thank you.
7 June 2010
On 7 June, the ALAC-At-Large Improvements Project Plan, developed jointly by the ALAC and ICANN’s At-Large staff, in consultation with ICANN’s Legal staff, was submitted to the Structural Improvements Committee for review. This Project Plan contains an implementation timeline and addresses issues related toBoard Guidance, Budgetary Implications, Liability, and Bylaw Changes.
See this Project Plan here: ALAC-At-Large Improvements Implementation Project Plan (7 June 2010).pdf .
5 March 2010
For a comprehensive list of implementation deliverables completed to date, please see the attached Simplified At-Large Improvements Outline (updated on 7 April 2010).
In the months following Nairobi, the At-Large community, working with the At-Large Improvements Project Manager, will execute the following broad steps toward the implementation of the At-Large Improvements:
- The creation of a project plan, including an accurate budget (to be submitted to the Structural Improvements Committee by its May 2010 meeting);
- The strengthening of the At-Large Working Groups, which will be responsible for much of the work implementing the At-Large Improvements; and
- The allocation of specific implementation tasks to individual Working Groups, committees, and relevant ICANN staff.
3 March 2010
Since ICANN’s Meeting in Seoul, a number of milestones have been accomplished as part of the implementation of the At-Large Improvements, including:
- The publication of regional brochures, in the relevant languages, by three of our RALOs; brochures by the remaining two RALOs are in production. These will be used as part of a new education, outreach, and recruitment strategy.
- A review of the information flow between the At-Large ALS-RALO-ALAC structure and individual Internet users has begun.
- The public-comment period on a proposed selection process for the At-Large Board member has closed.
- Draft revisions to the ICANN Bylaws, more clearly defining the At-Large role and contribution, are underway.
At-Large Improvements Work Teams
The goal of the ALAC/At-Large Improvements project is to review and improve both ALAC/At-Large’s participation in ICANN and the ALSes’ participation in At-Large. This will be done through the implementation of the 13 recommendations outlined in the At-Large Review Work Group's Final Report and detailed in the Simplified At-Large Improvements Implementation Outline.
We have divided these recommendations into four groups, each of which has been assigned to a work team consisting of ALAC members and regional representatives. These work teams, along with the recommendations for which they are responsible, are listed below; Please click on the name of each team for more detailed information.
Work Team A: Work team on ALAC’s continuing purpose
Rec 1: ICANN bylaws to reflect ALAC's continuing purpose
Rec 10: ALAC/At-Large is home of individual Internet users
Rec 11: Board statement recognizing Rec 10
Work Team B: Work team on ALS participation
Rec 3: Remove any obstacles in ALS-RALO-ALAC structure
Rec 4: ALS education and engagement
Rec 7: ALAC should choose its own communication/collaboration tools
Rec 9: ICANN should strengthen its translation/interpretation tools
Work Team C: Work team on ALAC planning processes
Rec 5: ALAC should develop strategic/operational plans as part of ICANN’s planning process
Rec 6: At-Large should develop accurate cost models
Work Team D: Work team on ALAC’s policy advice development
Rec 8: ALAC may request public comment period be extended to 45 days
Rec 12: Consumer representatives should have input into decisions and policy advice
Rec 13: ALAC/At-Large policy advice mechanisms should be strengthened
At-Large Improvements Recommendations
Here (click above), we have dedicated an individual wiki page to each of the At-Large Improvements 13 recommendations. Each page contains a summary of the specific work underway in the implementation of that recommendation. Specifically, the following is listed:
- A summary of the recommendation itself (as stated in the Final Report);
- The list of At-Large community members on the work team(s) assigned to the recommenation;
- A summary of the steps or tasks planned for implementing the recommendation; and
- The target completion period for the recommenation as a whole.
In addition, on these pages, visitors can leave comments regarding the implementation of any one of the recommendations.
Finally, each of these pages will link, as needed, to tailored pages that each work team can use in conducting its actual ongoing implementation work (for example, some will link to pages used to collect specific information requested from the At-Large community).
Following are direct links to the individual wiki page for each recommendation:
Recommendation 1: ICANN bylaws to reflect ALAC's continuing purpose
Recommendation 2: At-Large-selected ICANN Board member
Recommendation 3: ALS-RALO-ALAC structure to remain
Recommendation 4: ALS education and engagement
Recommendation 5: Strategic and operational plans
Recommendation 6: Accurate cost models
Recommendation 7: Choice of communication and collaborative tools
Recommendation 8: Public comment period
Recommendation 9: Translation and interpretation processes
Recommendation 10: ALAC/At-Large is home of individual Internet users
Recommendation 11: Board statement recognizing Rec. 10
Recommendation 12: Input from consumer representatives
Recommendation 13: Policy advice mechanisms to be strengthened
At-Large Improvements Implementation Status Log
This log (once established) will contain the most recent updates regarding the details of the work in progress under the At-Large Improvements Implementation project.
The log, organized chronologically, is divided into a general category and 13 separate additional categories, one for each of the 13 At-Large Improvements recommendations.
For further information, please contact Seth Greene at seth.greene@icann.com.
Meeting Notes
As the At-Large Improvements Implementation project progresses, links to and details of certain meetings will be posted here.
Strengthening WGs & At-Large Improvements Call - 08 April 2010
Documents
Also see the Attachments section in the column to the right. (If the column is not visible, click "Show" at the top right of this wiki.)Final Report of the ALAC Review WG on ALAC Improvements.pdf
GNSO Working Group Guidelines_ver 5 Feb 2010.pdf
Simplified At-Large Improvements Implementation OutlineStatus of ALAC Improvements Implementation_rev 6.pdf
Calendars
The At-Large Improvements Implementation calendar will be posted here soon.
At-Large Worldwide Calendar & What's New
https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?at_large_advisory_committee
