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Participants: Eve Edelson, Garth Bruen, John Laprise, Ron Sherwood, Eduardo Diaz, Leah Symekher, Glenn McKnight, Alfredo Calderon, Louis Houle, Joly MacFie, Alan Greenberg, Evan Leibovitch, Judith Hellerstein, Tom Lowenhaupt, Seth Reiss, Le-Marie Thompson, Gordon Chillcott, Allan Skuce, Yubelkys Montalvo, Avri Doria
Apologies: Allen Grogan, Murray McKercher,
Staff: Staff: Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Joe Catapano, Christopher Mondini, Terri Agnew
Call management: Terri Agnew
2.0. Action Items
3.0 NARALO
3.1. CROPP
3.1.1. CROPP Engagment and Outreach Strategy(10) Feedback and Community Approval
3.1.2. Review of CROPP-RT selection process/Vacancies -CROPP Need to be either a member of Outreach & Engagement
3.2. Re-Chartering of Outreach & Engagement Committee (Glenn or Alan)
3.2. NARALO Newsletter (Eduardo)
3.3. Sub-Regional Meeting Proposed in NYC: The idea is to have mini-regional, informal meetings in locations accessible to a number of members
3.4. Comparing ATLAS II Objectives with At-Large CWG Work (Garth/Tom L.)
3.5. Apply Now to Be the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) Representative, North America Region
4.0 . Community Updates & Recruitment Drive (30 minutes)
4.1 Recruitment Drive for Working Groups. (Outreach & Engagement, Capacity Building, Metrics, New Meeting Strategy, Social Media, At Large Review) (Judith)
4.2 ALS Criteria Task Force (Glenn/Garth/Etc)
4.2.1. Some thoughts on ALS Criteria & Expectations Taskforce (Post: Call on Friday August 7 2015)
4.2.2. Improving the Effectiveness of RALOs and ALSes in supporting the mission of At Large and ICANN
4.3. Concern over Global Domains Division Influence/Control over Compliance
4.3.1. Summary of issue
There appears to be a conflict of Interest within the ICANN Structure.
4.3.2. Questions for Allen Grogan (Rescheduled for September 14)
4.4 ALAC (Glenn/Eduardo/Alan)
4.4.1. ALAC Policy Development Activities (5 minutes)
4.5. IANA transition issues (Olivier)
4.6. IANA Accountability Issues (Leon/Olivier)
4.7. Monthly Report Template- http://tinyurl.com/pv3mgdw (Glenn)
4.8. At Large Review Appointment (At-Large Review Working Party 2015 - 2019)
4.9. Registration for ICANN's FY15 Q4 Stakeholder Call - 20 August, 2015
4.10. Apply Now to Be the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) Representative, North America Region
Relevant News
House panel adds requirements to ICANN transition (PC World)
Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters Act of 2015 "DOTCOM"
Most Recent ICANN Congressional Hearing
Russia Bans Funding from "undesirable" foreign groups (RT)