The working group will consider the following aspects related to membership:
Examine the existing provisions in our Rules of Procedure, and suggest new provisions or modifications to existing provisions relating to the obligations and responsibilities of individual members.
Clearly stipulate the roles and responsibilities of the elected individual member representative and his/her relations vis-à-vis the APRALO Leadership Team
Design a Code of Conduct document laying out expected standards of behavior and other related matters, which is intended to be shared with every newcomer to our community.
The WG will make sure that all changes to the ROPs are consistent with the At-Large Review recommendations.
B. Additional Points that may need to be addressed
Some issues that may need to be clarified (tentative, there may be more)
Unaffiliated Individual Member criteria
Says the applicant should not be a member of an existing ALS: is this valid?
Enforcing the above criteria: trust the initial affidavit or "trust but verify". How about ongoing verification?
Role of UIM Representative
Is he/she an APRALO LT Member?
What are his/her eligibilities?
Job description/deliverable (such as Periodic updates to the APRALO community)
The Election Process
How to avoid conflicting leadership positions in APRALO and other ICANN positions
Process of Nominations and Elections (for instance, should we forbid expression of support from the community on the list?)
Membership type
Need for an Associate Member category? (The recent case of China Internet Development Foundation)
Membership status
Affirming the current types of association
ALS Representative
Member of an APRALO ALS
Unaffiliated Individual Member
Subscriber of apac-discuss mailing list
Periodic purge of apac-discuss list?
Term of appointment for Individual members?
Deregistration of ALSes
Any ALAC-level decisions on membership post-ATLAS III
Code of Conduct
Updating Expected Standards of Behaviour/Code of Conduct
An APRALO Starter Pack?
C. Timeline
The drafting team will obtain clearance from ICANN legal department
The process of adoption of the new rules will include approval by APRALO membership.