At-Large ICANN 55 Meeting Reports Workspace

All day  activity on  the  CCWG  Update.  Clear discussion with little surprising revelations  

A summary video with Leon Sanchez  Co Chair  from LACRALO

Pictures  at  ICANN  55

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Really appreciated spending time with Aziz as he held preparatory meetings with local support teams who would be looking after his students during their visit to ICANN55. Also enjoyed some informal time with Aziz and Rinalia at the Medina, generally just enjoying the local culture and buying small gifts for my family.

15 mins session with ALAC Board Director which turned to a 35 min (very informative) session with Rinalia Abdul Rahim

Interactive session with 5 African NGOs from Cameroun, Egypt, Morocco to name a few

Busy day from  8 am  APRALO and  NGO,  All day event on  ALAC with an onus on the discussion of the endorsement of the  CCWG proposal

Evening  outreach with   NCUC  and  Adam Peake on  Civil Society Engagement

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The day started with a 7am meeting with the ALT - the promised hot breakfast didn't happen but a productive preparatory meeting despite the moans and groans

Important items during the ALAC Strategy and Working sessions were the ALS Criteria (still under discussion); continuing discussion of each of the sections of the CCWG proposal in readiness for the ALAC vote (nearing the end of this phase); and Holly's request for inputs with regards to the At-Large Review (there is still a lot of work to be done there).

Morning started with  Newcomers/Fellowship  support

AFRALO and NGO  sessions  with  insights in  African and   Pierre Danjinou and  Fhad Batayneh   strategies from 8 am

All with ALAC culimating with successful vote

Outreach and Engagement meeting

Ended with the Fellows reception

Great start to the day - meeting with the APRALO team. Looking forward to our continuing relationship with Jia-Rong and the Singapore team with regards to webinar development as well as our joint participation in events and visits. I gave a presentation on metrics and participation as part of the Leadership Teams participation in the APTLD AGM and the APRICOT meeting where Siranush introduced the participants to APRALO (and where we had to use an ICANN map that didn't have NZ on it!! - this did not go down well with the NZers in the audience . It was good to have Nadira at the meeting to provide some personal input with regards to her FBSC application. Our recommendation in regards to financial support from ICANN is for better guidance about the different funding mechanisms and what they will actually fund. And what qualifies an application to FBSC as being "special"? Pavan reported that of the 43 ALSes, at least 50% had at least 50% attendance of meetings. We need to work on improving this.

The ALAC and Regional Leadership Working Sessions - significantly, more discussion on the CCWG proposal

The Outreach and Engagement session provided a great overview of what his happening in the regions.The APRALO Leadership team had had the benefit of an overview of FY16 and a strategic planning meeting for FY17 while we were together in Auckland so we were probably a little bit more prepared than other RALOs. Siranush presented our regional overiew.

A later start than usual at the Capacity Building meeting - met with Betsy Andrews and a new direction for ICANN Learn (not before time). I was then able to catch a short session with the ccNSO on marketing activities by some ccTLDs. At lunchtime the APRALO team were introduced to the ISC team to initiate some discussions about our respective expectations. The APRALO team is keen to have an onsite visit and to meet potential ALS participants - we met as a team to discuss this proposal plus other events planned for the rest of 2016. After giving a ccNSO report to the ALAC & Regional Leaders wrap up, I then rushed to the end of the ccNSO members meeting just after they had voted in favour of the CCWG proposal. There were even drinks set up for the members to celebrate their decision. The ccNSO Council formally endorsed the members' decision and passed the message on to the Board.

It started off as one of those days - ALT meeting - the breakfast didn't turn up, again - so Heidi introduced us to the oubliette (I got to see it proper later in the day when Joseph paid a reimbursement for me. Yet it is certainly somewhere people could forget you were there.. Mind you, the guards at the doorway ask for your credentials before they allow you past the entrance. I just mentioned the magic word "Joseph" for them to go scampering in to notify him of a visitor. I attended the Internet Governance Session and heard feedback from the WSIS+10 dscussions and the IGF Brazil. Unfortunately time ran out to offer some discussion on fragmentation vs openness. This will be transderred to the next meeting.

Had an awesome time with students during the University Outreach to University of Cadi in Marrakech. We had students ask some awesome questions regarding to ICANN and the Internet. This clearly aslo showed that there is a gap in their knowledge about ICANN in academia and recommend that more engagement is done with the Universities through remote participation and the webinar.