23 February 2010

Monthly APRALO Teleconference 2010

Date: 23 February 2010

Time: 05:00 - 06:00 UTC (for the time in various timezones click here)

Meeting Number: AL.AP/CC.0210/1

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Summary Minutes:
Action Items: Action Items 23 February 2010
Audio Stream: English
*Adobe Connect Room: http://icann.na3.acrobat.com/apralo*

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A G E N D A - TO BE UPDATED

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Standing Agenda Items

1. Roll Call and Apologies (if any)* (2 minutes)

2. Review of Summary Minutes 23 January 2010 (2 minutes)

3. Review of the Action Items 26 January 2010 (5 minutes)

4. Current Open Public Consultations (5 minutes)

• b. Currently open public consultations

>> Proposed Process for the 2010 Selection of an ICANN At-Large Board Member (ends 6 March)
>> New Consumers Constituency Petition and Charter (ends 13 Feb 10) (Beau drafted an ALAC Statement on the New Consumers Constituency Petition and Charter )
>> Proposed Framework for the Fiscal Year 2011 Operating Plan and Budget(ends 1 Apr 10)
>> Draft Report on WHOIS Accuracy(ends 15 Apr 10)
>> Process for gTLD Registry Agreement Amendment(ends 1 April 10)
>> Benchmarking of Registry Operations(ends 1 April 10)
>> IDN Variants(ends 1 April 10)
>> IDN 3 Character(ends 1 April 10)
>> Registry Restrictions Dispute Resolution Procedure (RRDRP)(ends 1 April 10)
>> Post Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedure (PPDRP)(ends 1 April 10)
>> TM Clearinghouse(ends 1 April 10)
>> Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS)(ends 1 April 10)

Proposed Agenda Items

5. AOC Volunteer Review Team Selection Process (Karaitiana, Cheryl)(15 minutes)

The Affirmation of Commitment (AOC) Reviews between the US Department of Commerce and ICANN calls for a periodic review of the key AOC objectives.

• Ensuring accountability, transparency and the interests of global Internet users;
• Preserving security, stability and resiliency of the DNS;
• Promoting competition, consumer trust and consumer choice;
• Whois policy.

The first review will be on accountability and transparency. It is expected to start in April 2010. Selection of the members will ultimately be made jointly by the Chair of the GAC and the Chair of the ICANN Board. See call for applicants for the position of volunteer review team member

In its message from February 15th, the ALAC asks the RALOs for the following:

• 5.1. Selection of Candidates for the AOC Review Team

RALOs should select and forward any preferred candidates to the ALAC and to the designated ICANN address through whatever mechanism they choose. The candidates must follow the specific requirements specified in the Call for Applicants PLUS must include a statement of why they believe:

a.) they are in a position to fairly access ICANN’s accountability, transparency and the focus on the interests of global Internet users;

b.) they will be able to do this from the perspective of the global ICANN At-Large Community and the ALAC.

• 5.2. Advise ALAC on AOC Review Team Selection Process

All RALOs, through whatever mechanism they choose, decide how their representatives can help the ALAC come to closure on the decisions on the AOC Review Team Selection Process for At-Large that the ALAC need to make during its teleconference on February 23rd.

Click here to find the complete information on the AOC Review Team Selection Process and to review received candidatures.

6. Update on the At-Large Selection Board process* (Hong, Cheryl)(10 minutes)

• 6.1) Ratification of the Board Selection Process)

The At-Large Selection Process design team (ABSdt) asks APRALO to formally endorse the selection process during the February meeting. Minority views can be forwarded directly to the ABSdt (absdtatatlarge-lists.icann.org) or the ICANN public consultation on the At-Large Board Selection Process.

• 6.2) Timeline Election Process (see full Board Selection Process White Paper)

• 6.3) At-Large Board Selection Design Team (ABSdt) Membership

• 6.4 At-Large Board Selection Committee Membership

• Each RALO is asked to put forward two delegates to the ABSC which will be endorsed by the ALAC during its 23rd February meeting. So far, Jaqueline Morris has been nominated by Carlton Samuel but she has not publicly accepted her nomination yet.

7. Increase APRALO participation during meetings (APRALO, ALAC and others like GNSO) (5 minutes)

A Doodle was sent out in January to find suitable times for teleconferences.

8. Chair's report (Cheryl)(5 minutes)

9. ALAC/Liaison Updates (Cheryl, James, Vivek)(5 minutes)

10. APRALO preparations for the ICANN Nairobi Meeting (Cheryl, Vivek, James, Hong, Charles)

11. Update on the activities of the gTLD working group* (Hong, Cheryl) (5 minutes)*

The gTLD working group recently started work on the Draft ALAC Statement on the DAG 3.*

12. Update from the APRALO Brochure design working group (Karaitiana, Pavan) (5 minutes)

13. Non-Lawyers' Guide to the 2009 RAA* (2 minutes)

ICANN recently produced a guide to ICANN's Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) written in an accessible language which tries to avoid legal jargon. You can find the Guide to the 2009 RAA under: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-15feb10-en.htm

14. AOB (5 minutes)