ALAC Monthly Teleconference

Meeting Number: AL.ALAC/CC.0112/1

Date: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Time: 1500 - 1700 UTC

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Please note new Adobe Connect Meeting Room to be used from this meeting onwards: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/alac

Interpretation Available: Yes (EN, ES - Simultaneous)

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Participants:EN: Pastor Peters, Edouardo Diaz, Cintra Sooknanan, Jean-Jacques Subrenat, Tijani Ben Jemaa, Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Olivier Crepin-Leblond, Alan Greenberg, Sebastien Bachollet, Oksana Prykhodko, Evan Leibovitch, Ron Sherwood, Sandra Hoferichter, Rudi Vansnick, Wolf Ludwig, Carlton Samuels, Sala Tamanikaiwaimaro, Dev Anand Teelucksingh, Yaovi Atohoun, Avri DoriaES: Sergio Salinas Port, Sylvia Herlein Leite, FR:Apologies: Jose Arce, Titi, Ganesh KumarStaff: Heidi Ullrich, Matt Ashtiani, Silvia Vivanco, Gisella GruberInterpreters: Sabrina, Veronica and Pierre (FR)

Action Items:EN, FR, ES

Adopted Motions: EN, FR, ES

Transcription: EN, FR, ES

Recording: EN, FR, ES

Chat: EN

Documents (EN):

Summary Minutes: EN

A G E N D A: Draft

Standing Agenda Items

1.  Adoption of agenda; call for Any Other Business or other amendments – Olivier (2 min)

2.  Roll call and apologies – Staff (2 min)

3.  Review of AIs from the 20 December 2011 ALAC Meeting - Olivier (20 min)

4.  Review of current ALS applications – Olivier, Staff (5 min)

a. (157) Internet Society Cameroon Chapter - Awaiting Regional Advice from AFRALO.

b. (158) Association of Notary Public Professionals of Uruguay (ASOCIACIÓN DE ESCRIBANOS DEL URUGUAY) - Awaiting Regional Advice from LACRALO.

c. (159) National Association for Digital Inclusion (Associação Nacional para Inclusão Digital), located in Brazil - Awaiting Regional Advice from LACRALO.

d. (160) The Ecuadorian Association for Free Software (DTECH ECUADOR GC TECH TICS) - Conducting Due Diligence.

e. (161) Internet Society Armenia Chapter - Awaiting Regional Advice from APRALO.

f. (162) Wikimedia Austria - Awaiting Regional Advice from EURALO.

See:  At-Large Structure Applications and Certification Process

5.  Reports – Olivier (2 min)

See:  At-Large Reports from WGs,

RALOs and Liaisons wiki page

ALAC Monthly Reports wiki page

Note:  Usually, no discussion of these reports is scheduled for this meeting; the above link is for information only.  Any WG or RALO Chair/Liaison seeking to discuss his/her report or a related decision is asked (i) to edit the relevant agenda section under Items for Decision or Items for Discussion before the meeting or (ii) to raise the item when Any Other Business is called for under agenda item 1, before adoption of the agenda.

New Business

Items for Decision

6.  Policy Advice Development Calendar -- Tijani, Olivier (20 min)

See:  ICANN Public Comment page

a. Recently approved statements

i. ALAC Statement on the Geographic Regions Review

ii. ALAC Statement on the Preliminary Support Implementation Program

iii. ALAC Statement on the Preliminary Issue Report on ‘Thick’ Whois

iv. ALAC Statement on the Joint ccNSO and GNSO Working Group on Single Character IDN TLDs

v. Preliminary GNSO Issue Report on the Registrar Accreditation Agreement Amendments

See: At-Large Preliminary GNSO Issue Report on the Registrar Accreditation Agreement Amendments Workspace

b. Current open policy forums:

i. IDN Variant Issues Project: Draft Integrated Issues Report - Deadline: 30 January 2012

See: At-Large IDN Variant Issues Project Draft Integrated Issues Report Workspace - ALAC vote started 23 January 2012

ii. Initial Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs- Deadline: 7 February 2012

See: At-Large Initial Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs Workspace 

iii. .CAT WHOIS Proposed Changes - Deadline: 10 February 2012

iv. Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B Policy Development Process - Recommendation 9, Part 2 Concerning a New Provision to Lock and Unlock Domain Names - Deadline: 13 February 2012

v. Framework for the FY 13 Budget - Deadline 23 February

See: At-Large Framework for the FY13 Budget Workspace

vi. Whois Policy Review Team Draft Report - Deadline: 18 March 2012

See: At-Large Whois Policy Review Team Draft Report Workspace

7. FY13 Budget Requests: Update and Next Steps - Olivier (10 min)

See: At-Large FY13 Budget Development Workspace

See: ICANN At-Large Academy WG Workspace

See: Draft At-Large Event Roadmap

8. Request to Establish an At-Large Outreach WG - Cheryl and Olivier (10 Min)

The At-Large Improvements Project Taskforce is requesting that the ALAC establish a new At-Large WG focusing on outreach activities.

Items for Discussion

9. Development of At-Large Objection Process - Olivier and Dev (15 min)

10. At-Large Tentative Costa Rica Meeting Schedule - Olivier and Staff (10 min)

a. At-Large Meetings

See: At-Large San Jose Meeting - March 2012 Workspace

See: ICANN Costa Rica Meeting page

11. At-Large Improvements Taskforce: Next Steps - Cheryl (5 min)

See: At-Large Improvements Project Taskforce Workspace

12. At-Large ICANN Academy Ad Hoc WG: Next Steps - Sandra (5 min)

See: ICANN At-Large Academy WG Workspace

Items for Information

13. Beginner's Guide on Participating in At-Large - Staff (2 min)

See: Beginner's Guide on Participating in At-Large Workspace 

14. Upcoming At-Large Briefing Calls - Olivier and Staff (3 min)

a. Whois RT Briefing Call

b. Updated ALAC Advice on new gTLDs

15. Any Other Business – Olivier (5 min)