ALAC July Teleconference

Meeting Number: AL.ALAC/CC.0715/1

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Date: Tuesday, 28 July 2015                                      

Time: 19:00-21:00 UTC (For the time in various timezones click here)

Adobe Connect Meeting Room: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/alac

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Interpretation Available: Yes ( ES, FR & RU - Simultaneous)

How can I participate in this meeting? English Conference ID = 1638

¿Cómo se puede participar en la teleconferencia? Spanish Conference ID = 1738

Comment participer a cette teleconference?  French Conference ID = 1838

Russian Conference ID = 2138

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Dial out Participants:

EN - ALAC:   Tijani Ben Jemaa, Maureen Hilyard,  León Sanchez,Beran Gillen,Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Holly Raiche (will join first 1.5 hours)

EN: Cheryl Langdon-Orr, 

FR- ALAC:  

FR: / Barrack Otieno, Didier R Kasole

ES - ALAC: Fatima Cambronero, Carlos Vera,

RU: /

Liaisons:  Julie Hammer (SSAC), Ron Sherwood, Murray McKercher,

Apologies:  

Staff:  Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber

Interpreters: FR: Isabelle & Camila , RU: Galina & Ekaterina, ES: Veronica & David

Call management: Gisella Gruber

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Action Items: EN  

Adopted Motions:  EN

Consensus Call:  EN

Transcription:   EN,  FR,  ES,  RU   

Recording:  EN, ES,  FR, RU       

Chat:  EN       

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A G E N D A:    

Standing Agenda Items

1. Roll call and apologies – Staff (2 minutes)

2. Adoption of agenda; call for Any Other Business or other amendments – Alan Greenberg (3 minutes)

3. Review of outstanding Action Items requiring ALAC involvement - Alan Greenberg (5 minutes)

4. ALAC Policy Development Activities - Alan Greenberg (15 minutes) (TO BE UPDATED BY STAFF)

• See: Policy Advice Development Page
• See: ICANN Public Comment page  
  

1. 1. Statements approved by the ALAC:
      • None 
   2. Statements in process: being drafted, in comment or in vote:
      • 2nd Draft Proposal of the Cross Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions - ALAC submitted a Statement with ratification pending; ALAC voting on a Statement  
      • Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) - Proposed Accountability Enhancements (Work Stream 1) - ALAC drafting a Statement 
   3. Statements that seem to be stalled:
      • None
   4. Public Comment requests to which the ALAC decided not to submit Statements: 
      • None 
   5. New Public Comment requests requiring decision: 
      • gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG) Charter Amendments (opens 8 May, closes 16 June) 
      • Proposed Renewal of .TRAVEL Sponsored TLD Registry Agreement (opens 12 May, closes 21 June) 
      • Release of Country and Territory Names within the .SONY, .ARCHI, .BIO and .SAARLAND TLDs (opens 13 May, closes 25 June) 
      • Proposed Schedule and Process/Operational Improvements for AoC and Organizational Reviews (opens 15 May, closes 02 July) 
      • 2013 RAA Whois Accuracy Program Specification Review (opens 14 May, closes 03 July)  
      • GNSO Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues Working Group Initial Report (opens 5 May, closes 07 July) 

5.  Review of current ALS applications – Staff (5 minutes) 

• Total number of ALSes: 190
  
• Recently certified ALSes:High Tech Centre for Nigerian Women and Youths and ISOC Zimbabwe, both AFRALO ALSs
• Applications currently being voted on: Vote opening on 26 May 2015 at 23:59 UTC for IEEE Nicaragua, LACRALO
• Applications pending: See: At-Large Structure Applications and Certification Process
• Staff processing due dligence on:  AFRALO (226) ISOC Uganda
• (210) ISOC Gambia [PDF, 495 KB] Application suspended as per AFRALO Leadership, and advice from Internet Society to wait until further notice from ISOC.
  

6.  Reports – Alan Greenberg (5 minutes)

• See: At-Large Reports from WGs,
• See: RALOs and Liaisons wiki page
• See: ALAC Monthly Reports wiki page

Note:  Usually, little discussion of these reports is scheduled for this meeting. Short comments calling attention to important issues are welcome. Any WG or RALO Chair/Liaison seeking to discuss his/her report in more detail is advised to inform the Chair in advance or if minimal time is required, add the item to AOB before adoption of the agenda.

For Information/Discussion

7. IANA Stewardship Transition and Accountability - Update from Paris Meeting and Next Steps  - Alan Greenberg and Others (20 minutes)

See: At-Large Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) - Proposed Accountability Enhancements (Work Stream 1) Workspace

8. ALS Criteria and Expectations - Update - Alan Greenberg (10 minutes)

See: At-Large ALS Criteria and Expectations Taskforce

See: DRAFT Discussion paper - "Improving the Effectiveness of RALOs and ALSes in supporting the mission of At Large and ICANN " by ALAC's Chair, Alan Greenberg

9. At-Large Planning for ICANN 54 in Dublin - Leon Sanches and At-Large Staff (15 minutes)

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9. 2015 Leadership Training Program - Sandra Hoferichter and Alan Greenberg (5 minutes)

Process and timetable of confirmation of At-Large participants

Confirmation of AFRALO participant

10. Staff Announcement - At-Large Staff (2 minutes)

11. Any Other Business (5 minutes)