ALAC September Teleconference

Meeting Number: AL.ALAC/CC.0915/1

Date: Tuesday, 22 September 2015                                      

Time: 19:00-21:00 UTC (For the time in various timezones click here)

Adobe Connect Meeting Room: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/alac

Interpretation Available: Yes ( ES, FR & RU - Simultaneous)

How can I participate in this meeting? English Conference ID = 1638

¿Cómo se puede participar en la teleconferencia? Spanish Conference ID = 1738

Comment participer a cette teleconference?  French Conference ID = 1838

Russian Conference ID = 2138

EN - ALAC:

Alan Greenberg, Glenn McKnight, Eduardo Diaz

Maureen Hilyard, Holly Raiche, Rafid Fatani

Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Jimmy Schulz

Vanda Scartezini, León Sanchez, Fatima Cambronero (ES)

Tijani Ben Jemaa, Beran Gillen

ALAC Absent: none

EN: Judith Hellerstein, Allen Skuce, Siranush Vardanyan, Leah Symekher, Dev Anand Teelucksingh, Sébastien Bachollet, Roosevelt King, Amal Al-Saqqaf, Nkem Nweke

FR- ALAC:  none

ES - ALAC: Fatima Cambronero

ES: Harold Arcos. Alberto Soto

RU:  none

Liaisons:  Ron Sherwood, Julie Hammer, Murray McKercher

Apologies:  Wolf Ludwig, Sandra Hoferichter, Hadja Ouattara, Rafid Fatani, Sarah Kidden

Staff:  Heidi Ullrich, Ariel Liang, Silvia Vivanco, Gisella Gruber

Interpreters: FR: Camila & Isabelle , RU: Ekaterina and Galina , ES: Veronica and Claudia

Call management: Gisella Gruber

Action Items: EN  

Adopted Motions:  EN

Vote:  EN

Transcription: EN,  FR,  ES,   RU    

Recording:   EN, ES,   FR , RU        

Chat:  EN       

A G E N D A:    

Standing Agenda Items

1. Roll call and apologies – Staff (5 minutes)

2. Adoption of agenda; call for Any Other Business or other amendments – Alan Greenberg (3 minutes)

3. Review of outstanding Action Items requiring ALAC involvement - Alan Greenberg (2 minutes)

4. ALAC Policy Development Activities - Alan Greenberg (10 minutes)

• See: Policy Advice Development Page
• See: ICANN Public Comment page    

1. 1. Statements approved by the ALAC:
      • Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Services to Replace WHOIS Preliminary Issue Report -  Adopted 11Y, 0N, 0A
      • Initial Report on Data & Metrics for Policy Making - Adopted 13Y, 0N, 0A
      • IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal - Adopted 11Y, 0N, 0A
      • Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability 2nd Draft Report (Work Stream 1) - Adopted 15Y, 0N, 0A
      • Proposed ICANN Bylaws Amendments—GNSO Policy & Implementation Recommendations - Adopted by consensus 
   2. Statements in process: being drafted, in comment or in vote:
      • Preliminary Issue Report on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures - Olivier Crepin-Leblond, assisted by Carlton Samuels, drafting a Statement (closes 2015/10/10)  
      • Proposal for Arabic Script Root Zone‬ Label Generation Rules (LGR) - ALAC calling for volunteer(s) to review whether an ALAC Statement is necessary and advisable; if so, to draft a Statement (closes2015/10/06) 
      • Use of Country and Territory Names as Top-Level Domains - Maureen Hilyard, in consultation with Cheryl Langdon-Orr, drafting a Statement (closes 2015/10/09)  
      • New gTLD Auction Proceeds Discussion Paper - Eduardo Diaz, assisted by Carlton Samuels, drafting a Statement (closes 2015/11/08) 
   3. Statements that seem to be stalled:
      • None 
   4. Public Comment requests to which the ALAC decided not to submit Statements: 
      • Release of Country and Territory Names within the .BROTHER, .GEA, .ACO, .SECURITY, .PROTECTION, .THEATRE and .RENT TLDs (closes 2015/10/14) 
   5. New Public Comment requests requiring decision: 
      • None

5.  Review of current ALS applications – Staff (5 minutes) 

• Total number of ALSes: 193
  
• Recently certified ALSes:  Sri Lanka Next Generation (SLNG),
• Applications currently being voted on: None
• Applications pending: See: At-Large Structure Applications and Certification Process, LOAD - Staff conducting Due Diligence
• Staff processing due diligence on:  None
• (210) ISOC Gambia [PDF, 495 KB] Application suspended as per AFRALO Leadership, and advice from Internet Society to wait until further notice from ISOC.
  

6.  Reports – Alan Greenberg (10 minutes)

• See: At-Large Reports from WGs,
• See: RALOs and Liaisons wiki page
• See: ALAC Monthly Reports wiki page

Note:  Usually, little discussion of these reports is scheduled for this meeting. Short comments calling attention to important issues are welcome. Any WG or RALO Chair/Liaison seeking to discuss his/her report in more detail is advised to inform the Chair in advance or if minimal time is required, add the item to AOB before adoption of the agenda.

For Discussion/Decision

7. At-Large Participants in the 2015 Leadership Training Program - Alan Greenberg and Sandra Hoferichter (10 minutes)

• AFRALO: Seun Ojedeji (already approved)
• APRALO: Maureen Hilyard, NomCom Appointee
  
• EURALO: Yrjö Länsipuro, Valentina Pavel
• LACRALO: Alberto Soto, Humberto Carrasco, Harold Arcos
  
• NARALO: Glenn McNight, Judith Hellerstein

8. ALAC Liaisons - 2015-2016 - Alan Greenberg (15 minutes)

Current Appointments

• GNSO: Olivier Crepin-Leblond
• ccNSO: Maureen Hilyard
• SSAC: Julie Hammer
• .mobi: Murray McKercher

For Information/Discussion

9. IANA Stewardship Transition and Accountability - Preparing for the CCWG Meeting in Los Angeles - Alan Greenberg and Others (15 minutes)

Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability 2nd Draft Report (Work Stream 1)

IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal - ICG

10. At-Large Planning for ICANN 54 in Dublin - Leon Sanches and At-Large Staff ( 30 minutes)

a. Review of ALAC Agendas

b. Questions for the Board, GAC, GSE Team

11. Preview of New At-Large Website - Ariel Liang (5 minutes)

a. RALO page mockup 

b. ALS & Independent Members page mockup 

12. Any Other Business (5 minutes)