AFRALO Activity Report (March 2012)
San José Meeting:
The AFRALO members attending the 43rd ICANN meeting in San José actively participated in the various activities of the event:
- All the At-Large meetings
- The LACRALO early morning capacity building sessions
- The Show-Case organized by LACRALO
- Meetings of the Working Groups on:
- The new gTLDs
- The IDNs
- The At-Large Improvements
- The future challenges
- Meetings with the other ICANN stakeholders:
- ICANN Board of Directors
- Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC)
- Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG)
- Commercial Stakeholder Group (CSG)
- Nominating Committee (NomCom)
- Addresses Supporting Organization (ASO)
- Non-At-Large Meetings:
- New gTLDs program update
- ICANN and Internet Governance Landscape
- ICANN community Finance session
- Presentation and discussion of the community comments on the Geographic Regions review project
- Applicant Support program
- The joint AFRAL-AfrICANN meeting which drained a large number of the African participants in the San José ICANN meeting to discuss the support to be provided to the new gTLD applicants from developing countries. The adopted statement has been sent to the ICANN Board, and to both “AFRI-Discuss” and “AfrICANN” lists as well.
At the end of the meeting, Mohamed Al Bashir, our representative in NomCom, and chair of “dot Africa” Steering Committee made a brief presentation of the continental string project. For the record, AFRALO is represented in the “dot Africa” steering committee.
- Regional leadership meeting (Secretariat)
- The Public Participation Board Committee meeting in which the At-Large ICANN Academy WG presented the academy project as a whole, and particularly the pilot action planned for Toronto for the new ICANN leaders.
- The Thursday Public Forum
- The Friday session where the reports of Board committees, the supporting organizations and the advisory committees were presented.
AFRALO Activity Report (February 2012)
The main AFRALO activities during February 2012 were:
Open Policy issues
AFRALO continues to follow up on the open policy issues and urges all African ALSes to contribute in the comments initiated by ALAC or make their own ones to make the voice of the African end-users heard.
ISOC Cameroon application
After AFRALO positive advice, ALAC found the application of the Cameroon ISOC chapter satisfactory and decided to certify the ISOC Cameroon as an AFRALO At-Large Structure.
Invitation TO THE POLICY UPDATE Webinar
All The AFRALO ALSes were urged to participate in the Webinar that the ICANN staff planned to organize prior to the 43ème ICANN public international meeting in San José to update the community on the ICANN policy issues.
AFRALO-AfrICANN joint meeting in San José
As a preparation of the next AFRALO-AfrICANN meeting in San José, an online discussion has been initiated to decide on the theme to be addressed. 5 subjects were proposed to date:
- The dissemination of the Continent content,
- SOPA and PIPA,
- Support to the new gTLDs applicants,
- IPv4 - IPv6 migration,
- Legal provisions for the cyber-security and cyber-criminality.
During the 8 February call, the AFRALO members selected 2 of the 5 proposed themes that they found the most appropriate: Support to the new gTLDs applicants and dissemination of the African content. Therefore, it was decided to consult both AFRALO and AfrICANN lists, and the result was that “Support to the new gTLDs applicants” collected the most support.
Capacity Building program result
On request of the ICANN outreach department, the ALS representatives who participated in the capacity building program organized in Dakar, explained how the so-called program helped them to better participate in the At-Large activities, and more broadly, in the ICANN ones.
AFRALO Activity Report (January 2012)
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The AFRALO main activities during the month of January 2012 were:
Open Public Consultations
AFRALO is following-up on the open public consultations for which ALAC prepares comments:
- IDN Variant issues project: Draft integrated issues report (deadline: 30 January 2012) http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/idn-vip-integrated-issues-23dec11-en.htm
- Initial report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs(deadline: 07 February 2012) http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/universal-acceptance-idn-tlds-06jan12-en.htm
- Whois Policy Review Team Draft Report(deadline: 18 March 2012) http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/whois-rt-draft-final-report-05dec11-en.htm
The African ALSes have been invited to give their point of view, particularly on the issue of Whois Policy Review Team Draft Report.
Individual Membership and Vote criteria inside AFRALO
The individual membership and the review of the vote criteria inside AFRALO have been rejected by most of the ALSes that participated in the debate. The discussion on those two issues is closed. ISOC Cameroon application for accreditation as an ALS After an online discussion, only positive opinions have been expressed by AFRALO members regarding the application of the Internet Society’s Cameroon chapter. AFRALO advised ALAC to approve the application.
Statement of Interest for NomCom 2012
Mohamed El Bashir, Representative of AFRALO in the ICANN Nominating Committee advised that the NomCom posted on its web site a call for statement of Interest (SOI) for positions in the Board and some supporting organizations and advisory committees http://nomcom.icann.org/. He invited the African ALSes to submit SOIs and/or recommend candidates from the Internet community for the following key leadership
positions to fulfill ICANN's technical and policy coordination role:
- Three members of the Board of Directors,
- Two ALAC members (representing Europe and North America regions)
- One gNSO council member,
- One ccNSO council member.
AFRALO-AfrICANN joint meeting in San José
As a preparation of the upcoming joint AFRALO-AfrICANN meeting in San José, an online discussion has been launched to define the theme to be debated. The following subjects have been so far proposed:
- The dissemination of continental contents,
- SOPA and PIPA,
- Support for the new gold applicants,
- Migration from IPv4 to IPv6,
- Legal dispositions on cyber-security and cyber-crimes.
