NARALO Monthly Teleconference
Date: Monday, 10 December 2012
Time: 20:00 UTC (for the time in various timezones click here)
How can I participate in this meeting? 1(800)550-6865, Teleconference ID: 1638 (as a standard item for the meeting agenda)
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Participants:
Apologies:
Staff: Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Gisella Gruber
Summary Minutes: Summary Minutes 10 December 2012
Action Items: Action Items 10 December 2012
Transcript:
Chat: NARALO Chat transcript 10 December 2012
Recording: ENGLISH
A G E N D A
1. Roll call - Staff (2 min)
2. Review of Action Items of call 8 October 2012 - Darlene Thompson (1 min)
NARALO Monthly call 2012.10.08 (Going forward, let's list previous action items and not have a separate page)
2.1 Eric BW suggested/recommended we use time tracking on call agendas
2.2 Should these calls ALWAYS occur at 3PM EST REGARDLESS of Daylight Savings Time?
2.3 Staff should review and update the Working Groups lists and status
2.4 Staff will assist with the back-end processing of a online application form for ALSes as well as individual NARALO members
3. Review of Toronto Activities and Chair's Report (5 Minutes)
3.1 Chair's Report - (Communications Strategy I.1)
3.2 Toronto Review
3.2.1 Chair has drafted a thank you letter to Toronto event sponsors to be countersigned by ALAC Chair Olivier Crepin-Leblond
4. Review of Communication Strategy (5 Minutes)
4.1 NARALO Communication Strategy Document: This work is never "done", we will constantly update and improve our communication. Please submit your comments to the Chair or directly into the document.
4.2 How do we continue to improve the function of our calls? Recent recommendations: Put the technical call instructions right in the email/meeting agenda and Put the full action item list from the previous meeting in the beginning of the agenda and NOT on a separate page. Send your recommendations to the Chair.
4.3 Reduce or explain the use of acronyms: Below the usual NOMCOM, ALAC, and AOB are expanded.
5. Our Community (20 Minutes)
5.1 Recruitment (Section II of Communication Strategy)
5.1.1 Sub-Committee on NARALO ALS Outreach has been created with 5 members, Garth B. as Chair, more volunteers welcome
5.1.2 Recruitment Introduction Letter is being drafted, please review and comment (Section II-3 of Communications Strategy)
5.2 Status of ALS Applications & Regional Advice
5.2.1 Nova Scotia Community Access Program APPROVED!
5.2.2 Connect.NYC APPROVED!
5.2.3 University Community Partnership for Social Action Research Under Further Due Diligence
5.3 Unaffiliated Status
5.3.1 Staff: Any new members?
5.4 Working Group Watch (Communication Strategy III.6)
| Engagement in ICANN | Monique C. | |||||
| Naming Issues Taskforce | Alan G. (?) | Evan L. (?) | Seth R. (?) | |||
| Darlene T. | ||||||
| Randy G.* | ||||||
| Gareth S. | Darlene T. | |||||
| Eduardo D. | ||||||
| Gordon C. | Avri D. | Bill T. | ||||
| Alan G. | Darlene T. | |||||
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| Darlene T. | ||||||
| Glenn M. | Allan S. | |||||
| Eduardo D. | ||||||
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| Thick WHOIS PDP (GNSO - pending) | Evan L. | |||||
| Red Cross/IOC PDP (GNSO - pending) | Evan L. | |||||
| Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation WG (GNSO) | Evan L. | |||||
| Joint Applicant Support WG (ALAC-GNSO) | Evan L. |
5.5 ALS Spotlight - Each Month we will feature a NARALO ALS to give a brief presentation of what their ALS does as well as their goals and achievements. (Communication Strategy I.2)
5.5.1 Our second spotlight: NEW NARALO ALS: Connecting NYC with comments from Tom L.
5.6 Cross-Ralo Relations (Communication Strategy IV)
5.6.1 Offering our support to APRALO for their Showcase event: At the request of Holly R. we have offered advice and made ourselves available to APRALO members
5.7 Statements of Interest (SOI)
6. Beijing & The Summit (2 Minutes)
6.1 Visa Information, U.S., Canada
6.1.1 TC Sent Instructions to sponsored travelers
6.2 Worst U.S. Airports for connections
7. New gTLDs (2 Minutes)
7.1 General Status
7.2 Lawsuit Claims Fraud in new gTLD Application
7.3 Neutral Auction & Mediation Resolution for gTLD String Contention
8. Nominating Committee "NOMCOM" Activity (No Updates)
8.2 Positions available (apply at: http://forms.icann.org/nomcom/soi-2013.php)
- Three members of the Board of Directors of ICANN
- Three At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) representatives (one each from the Africa, Asia/Australia/Pacific Islands and Latin America/Caribbean Islands regions)
- Two members of the Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO)
- One member of the Council of the Country-Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO)
9. At-Large Advisory Committee "ALAC" Issues (Olivier, Evan, Eduardo, Alan - 10 Minutes)
9.1 Burning Issues
9.1.1 ALAC Statement on the Community Input Draft 2013-2016 Strategic Plan, Question: Do you support the ratification of the "ALAC Statement on the Community Input Draft 2013-2016 Strategic Plan" for communication to the relevant parties? Poll will be open from 8-November-2012 13:00 UTC to 11-Novemeber-2012 23:59 UTC. Question for ALAC and Staff, who votes on these?
9.1.2 Joint BC-IPC Position Regarding Rights Protection Measures (RPM) Improvements As Second Level
9.2 Policy Advice Development Page
10. ICANN Functions (5 Minutes) (Communication Strategy III.5)
10.1 Compliance Answers to Questions submitted in November
10.2 Language and Translation
10.2.1 Requests from Louis H:
10.2.1.1: Translation of the ICANN News Alert in Spanish and in French
10.2.1.2: An abstract of the Naralo Monthly Meeting that we could post on our Web site (or RSS it), including some of the documents produced by ICANN, that we discuss and that would be worth translating to attract attention toward NARALO.
10.3 Travel
10.3.1 Request to have Travel Constituency on a call before each ICANN meeting to address any issues or questions
10.3.2 Remaining items from Toronto - Add tracking numbers for travel requests?
-Glenn M: Per Diem and Survey
10.3.3 Shuttles from spill-over hotels to venue/Compliance with disability access laws/Taxi fares
12.1 On Travel (This list sent to staff 11/12/12):
12.1.1 What was the official policy concerning wire transfer fees? (NARALO members have been asked to forward wire transfer fee information), example of fee from NARALO member
12.1.2 How should At-Large members go about getting transfer fees reimbursed?
12.1.3 What is the official ICANN policy concerning shuttles from sanctioned ICANN meeting spill-over hotels? The following images are of taxi receipts from NARALO members who paid $13 to $15 CAN per trip.
Community needs clarification on travel visa types for China from Staff
11. Any Other Business "AOB" (2 Minutes)
11.1 News
Mobile devices and the poor, The Internet's Next Billion Users ↑
11.2 NARALO Buzz Items
Invite Richard Branson to Keynote in China?
Is the Internet really prepared for disaster? ↑
NRO Contribution to the WCIT Public Consultation Process
Fadi Chehade Letter to ICANN Community
Report of the Chair on the HLM
Glenn on Media outreach
Avri on Dubai & Baku
Neelie Kroes also has voiced her opposition, tweeting last week: “The Internet works, it doesn’t need to be regulated by ITR treaty. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
http://www.pir.org/why/security/ddos
Follow-Up on Trademark Clearinghouse Meeting at ICANN HQ LA
12. Action Items
