AFRALO Monthly Teleconference

Date: 02 March 2011

Time: 18:00 - 19:00 UTC (For the time in various timezones click here)

Meeting Number: AL.AF/CC.0311/1

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Summary Minutes: FR

Action Items: EN

Interpretation: French and English

Transcript: FR EN

Recording: English,  Francais

Adobe Connect Meeting Room: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/afralo2011

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English:

Apologies: Hawa Diakite

Staff:

A G E N D A (English) - TO BE UPDATED

Standing Issues:

1. Roll Call - 2 minutes

2. Review of the Action Items of 2 February 2011  - 5 minutes

AI: The African representatives in the Improvements WT will send a short summary of the recent WT activities to the Afri-Discussion list.

AI: The agenda item on the ALS application on FORCAS will be carried over to the next monthly call.

3. Open Public Consultations - 5 minutes

a. At-Large Policy Advice Development Schedule

b. Public Consultations on which ALAC is preparing statements:

• Proposed Process for Recognition of New GNSO Constituencies (ends 4 March 11)
• Proposed Framework for the Fiscal Year 2012 (FY12) Operating Plan and Budget (ends 4 April 11)

c. Recently submitted ALAC statements:

• ALAC Statement on the Interim Report of the Geographic Regions Review Working Group
• ALAC Statement on the Accountability and Transparency Review Team Final Recommendations
• ALAC Statement Regarding the Current Situation in Egypt

Proposed Agenda Items

4. Regional Advice on ALS Application from FORCAS  (Fatimata) - 10 mins

See:Application FORCAS

5. African Position on Proposed Framework for FY 12 - (Tijani) 10 mins

See:Proposed Framework for the Fiscal Year 2012 (FY12) Operating Plan and Budget (ends 4 April 11)

6. African Position on ICANN's Global Outreach Program (Fatimata, Tijani) 10 mins

See:Proposed Recommendations for a Global Outreach Program (ends 10 April 11)

7.  Preparations for the AFRALO Activities at ICANN San Francisco Meeting (Tijani, Fatimata) (10 minutes)

• Joint AFRALO-AfriCANN Meeting Agenda
• Pre-San Francisco ICANN Policy Update Webinar, 3 March 2011
• Highlights of the ICANN San Francisco Meeting

8. Update on the Joint SO/AC (JAS) Working Group on New gTLD Applicant Support Working Group (Tijani) - 5 minutes

9. Update on the At-Large Improvement Working Groups (Dave,Tijani, Pastor Peters, Baudouin, Yaovi, Moataz) - 5 minutes

Work Team A: Work team on ALAC’s continuing purpose (/https://community.icann.org/display/Improve/At-Large+Improvements+Work+Team+B/)

Work Team B: Work team on ALS participation (/https://community.icann.org/display/Improve/At-Large+Improvements+Work+Team+B/)

Work Team C: Work team on ALAC planning processes (/https://community.icann.org/display/Improve/At-Large+Improvements+Work+Team+C/)

Work Team D: Work team on ALAC’s policy advice development (/https://community.icann.org/display/Improve/At-Large+Improvements+Work+Team+D/)

10. Recent and Upcoming Activities of ALAC (Dave, Mohamed, Tijani) - 5 mins

11. Recent/Upcoming activities of AFRALO members (all) - 5 mins

12. Any other Business