Recommendation 4

4.1

External Education

Substantially Complete

The ALAC and its Improvements Taskforce established that the ongoing responsibility for this sub-task and the ongoing education needs of ALSes will be disseminated amongst Staff, ALAC, Regional Leadership, ALSes, and other relevant parties to ensure that the system is interactive with ICANN wide activities. 

4.1(a)

Establish the ICANN Academy, an annual training program for new At-Large ALS members, modeled after aspects of the ICANN Fellowship and Diplo Foundation.

The intent is to establish this program during the ICANN Meeting in Toronto in October 2012.

Complete

See: Curriculum for the ICANN Leadership Pilot Program

With future curriculum development to be established and discussed in further years.

4.2

Internal Engagement

Complete

4.2(a)

Establish an engagement program for existing At-Large ALS members, to be conducted year-round and modeled after certain aspects of the Diplo Foundation (specifically, this is the At-Large Capacity Building Program to begin in Dakar in Oct 2011).

The intent is for this program to start (be funded for) FY2012.

Substantially Complete

See: LACRALO Capacity Building Budget Request

The ALAC and its Improvements Taskforce established that the ongoing responsibility for this task will be disseminated amongst ALAC Chair, the Executive Committee, and the Director of At-Large.

4.2(b)

Make available to each ALS a Confluence page for two-way communication with ICANN.

Complete 

See: RALO Confluence Pages

• AFRALO ALS Confluence pages
• APRALO ALS Confluence pages
• EURALO ALS Confluence pages
• LACRALO ALS confluence pages
• NARALO ALS confluence pages

4.2(c)

Make available to each ALS the use of an Adobe Connect Room for meetings, etc.

Complete 

See: RALO Adobe Connect Rooms 

• AFRALO ALS Adobe Connect Room
• APRALO ALS Adobe Connect Room
• EURALO ALS Adobe Connect Room
• LACRALO ALS Adobe Connect Room
• NARALO ALS Adobe Connect Room

4.3

External outreach and recruitment

Complete

4.3(a)

Request that selected At-Large members be funded to attend non-ICANN meetings (e.g., the IGF, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), etc.).

The ALAC made this request for FY11, but it was not approved. 

This request is supported by the fact that At-Large should constitute an essential part of ICANN's global outreach process.

Complete

ALAC made this request in FY11, FY12, and FY13. FY11 and FY12 requests were not accepted, FY13 request is still being evaluated.

4.3(b)

Request that the ALAC be invited and funded to participate in all outreach programs launched by ICANN (including the New gTLD Program outreach road show). 

In accepting such invitations, the ALAC should be given the option to send At-Large members as representatives who are located within the region of the specific outreach event.

This request is supported by the fact that At-Large should constitute an essential part of ICANN's global outreach process.

Complete

While the request was made, ICANN did not fund any ALAC participation in the new gTLD activities. However, the following ALS and ALAC events were either attended by ICANN Staff or ICANN contributed materials: 

4.3(c)

Invite potential At-Large members from countries currently without any ALS to a series of outreach teleconferences aimed at reaching the goal of having at least one ALS in every country.

Pending

See: At-Large Dashboard

The ALAC and its Improvements Taskforce established that the ongoing responsibility for this task will be disseminated amongst ALAC Chair, the Executive Committee, and the Director of At-Large. 

4.3(d)

Recommend that each RALO start an individual member program.
This proposal is scheduled for further discussion in the Regional Leadership Meeting in Dakar.

Complete

4.3(e)

Continue collaborating with ICANN Communications on Beginner’s Guides devoted to topics relevant to At-Large.

Substantially Complete

The ALAC and its Improvements Taskforce established that the ongoing responsibility for this task will be disseminated amongst ALAC Chair, the Executive Committee, the Director of At-Large, and RALO leaders.

The goal should be to produce one Guide for each ICANN Public Meeting.  

This Beginner’s Guide series was initiated by At-Large. The Beginners Guide to participating in At-Large will be posted on ICANN's e-learning page prior to the Costa Rica meeting.  

In close collaboration with ICANN Communications, At-Large has already co-produced a Beginner’s Guide to Domain Names and Beginner’s Guide to Internet Protocol (IP) Addresses.  

The next Beginner's Guide is tentatively title CyberSavvy and will be completed by ICANN's 44th Meeting in Prague.

4.3(f)

Recommend to the RALOs that they formalize their outreach/“inreach” role in whatever way each finds appropriate (e.g., by including in their Rules of Procedure).

Complete

4.4

Explore whether additional measures need be taken to involve individual Internet users in At‐Large work, where they wish to contribute in their personal capacities 

Complete

The ALAC and its Improvements Taskforce established that the ongoing responsibility for this sub-task disseminated amongst the Staff, At-Large Rules of Procedure Working Group, Regional Leadership, RALOs, and other relevant parties to ensure that the system is interactive with ICANN wide activities.

4.5

Internal leadership engagement and development

Substantially Complete

4.5(a)

Increase significantly the ALAC’s creation of “inreach” materials aimed at leadership engagement and development throughout At-Large (including brochures, radio programs, podcasts, webinars, and online videos).

Substantially Complete

The ALAC and its Improvements Taskforce established that the ongoing responsibility for this sub-task and the ongoing education needs of ALSes will be disseminated amongst Staff, ALAC, Regional Leadership, ALSes, and other relevant parties to ensure that the system is interactive with ICANN wide activities. 

See: At-Large and RALO Brochures. 

4.5(b)

Create job descriptions for ALAC members, liaisons and other At-Large leaders that include qualification requirements, responsibilities and objective criteria for performance evaluation.

Complete

The ALAC and its Improvements Taskforce established that the ongoing responsibility for this sub-task and the ongoing education needs of ALSes will be disseminated amongst Staff, ALAC, Regional Leadership, ALSes, and other relevant parties to ensure that the system is interactive with ICANN wide activities. 

See: Resolution on Position Description for ALAC Members and ALAC Liaisons. 

4.5(c)

Create and implement a transparent sanctions process for nonperformance of ALAC, RALO and ALS members. 

The relevant metrics and sanctions should be consistent across all RALOs.  The sanctions should be progressive, including the withholding of travel support and ending with the replacement of the member.  

In Progress

The ALAC and its Improvements Taskforce established that the ongoing responsibility for this sub-task disseminated amongst the At-Large Rules of Procedure Working Group and the At-Large Metrics Working Group.

4.5(d)

Create, in collaboration with ICANN’s Nominating Committee (NomCom), a process for the midterm replacement both of NomCom appointments to the ALAC and of ALAC appointments to the NomCom.  

Substantially Complete

The ALAC and its Improvements Taskforce established that the ongoing responsibility for this sub-task disseminated amongst the At-Large Rules of Procedure Working Group in collaboration with the NomCom. Whilst this sub-task was not able to be done as proposed, the recent call for the NARALO NomCom appointment to the ALAC replacement process indicates significant progress in this area.