2017-05-18 APRALO Monthly Teleconference

Date: Thursday, 18 May 2017

Time: 06:00 - 07:00 UTC (for the time in various timezones click here)

Meeting Number: AL.AP/CC.0517/1

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How do I participate in this meeting?

English Conference ID = 1638

Chinese Conference ID = 2038 

Adobe Connect Meeting Room:    https://participate.icann.org/apralo/

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Action Items: EN 

Recording:  EN, ZH

Transcript:   EN, ZH

AC Chat Transcript: EN

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Dial-out Participants: 

EN: Satish Babu, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Holly Raiche, Maureen Hilyard

Apologies: 

Staff: Silvia Vivanco, Evin Erdoğdu

Call Management: Evin Erdoğdu

ZH Interpreters: 

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TO BE UPDATED 

Agenda

1. Roll call - Staff (2 min).

2. Welcome to new Members - Satish (3 min)

3. ALAC Policy Update -  Holly/Maureen/Kaili  (10 min)

See: Policy Advice Page on New At-Large Website 

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:
      • Recommendations to Improve ICANN's Transparency (closes 10 Apr 2017) - A Statement has been submitted with ratification pending; ALAC ratifying a Statement 
      • Interim Paper Cross-Community Working Group on Use of Names of Countries and Territories as Top Level Domains (closes 21 Apr 2017)  -  A Statement has been submitted with ratification pending; ALAC ratifying a Statement 
      • ICANN's Draft FY18 Operating Plan and Budget, and Five-Year Operating Plan Update (closes 28 Apr 2017) - Tijani Ben Jemaa drafting a Statement 
      • Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Implementation Guidelines (closes 02 May 2017) - Andrei Kolesnikov reviewing the public comment 
      • Draft 2016 African Domain Name System Market Study (closes 05 May 2017) - At-Large Community commenting on a Statement  
      • Proposed Fundamentals Bylaws Changes to Move the Board Governance Committee's Reconsideration Process Responsibilities to Another Board Committee (closes 10 May 2017) - Leon Sanchez drafting a Statement 
      • Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice Review Team Draft Report of Recommendations for New gTLDs (closes 19 May 2017) - At-Large Community commenting on a Statement 
      • Deferral of Country Code Names Supporting Organization Review (closes 19 May 2017) - Alan Greenberg drafting a Statement in consultation with Maureen Hilyard
      • GNSO Community Comment 2 (CC2) on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process (closes 22 May 2017)  - Alan Greenberg and Cheryl Langdon-Orr drafting a Statement 
      • Recommendations to Improve SO/AC Accountability (closes 26 May 2017)  - Alan Greenberg and Cheryl Langdon-Orr drafting a Statement 
      • Proposed Renewal of .NET Registry Agreement (closes 30 May 2017) - Bastiaan Goslings and Maureen Hilyard drafting a Statement 
   3. Statements that seem to be stalled:
      • None
   4. Public Comment requests to which the ALAC decided not to submit Statements: 
      • Proposal for Ethiopic Script Root Zone‬ Label Generation Rules (LGR)  (closes 05 May 2017)
   5. New Public Comment requests to which the ALAC needs to make decisions: 
      • None

4. Leadership Selection Process in APRALO (10 min, Satish)

1. 2018 NomCom Representative
2. APRALO Vice Chair (2017-2019)
3. ALAC Representative from APRALO
4. APRALO Secretariat

5. Universal Acceptance and Engaging with UAI (Don Hollander, 15 min)

6. Organizational Matters -  (10 min)

1. Interim Admission Form for Unaffiliated Individual Members - 5 min (Satish)
2. General Assembly: Identifying Sub-Committees: Program, Organizing, Finance, Outreach (Satish) (5 min)

7. APRALO Mentorship Program (5 min, Ali)

8. AOB - 5 min