ALAC Monthly Teleconference
Meeting Number: AL.ALAC/CC.0112/1
Date: Tuesday, 28 February 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
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Participants:EN: Olivier Crepin Leblond, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Ron Sherwood, Tijani Ben Jemaa, Yaovi Atohoun, Jean Jacques Subrenat, Pastor Peters, Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Sandra Hoferichter, Alan Greenberg, Yrjo Lansipuro, Ganesh Kumar, Edmon Chung, Dev Anand Teelucksingh, Wolf Ludwig, Oksana Prykhodko, Sala Tamanikaiwaimaro, Edouardo Diaz, Carlton Samuels, Maureen Hilyard, Evan Leibovitch, Rudi Vansnick, Avri DoriaES: Sergio Salinas Port0, Natalia Enciso, FR: NoneApologies: Cintra Sooknanan, Jose Arce, Titi Akinsanmi, Yulyia MorenetsStaff: Heidi Ullrich, Matt Ashtiani, Silvia Vivanco, Gisella GruberInterpreters: Sabrina, Veronica on ES and Camila, Claire on French
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:
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 24 January 2012 ALAC Meeting - Olivier (20 min)
4. Review of current ALS applications – Olivier, Staff (5 min)
a. Recently approved ALS applications
i. (157) Internet Society Cameroon Chapter
ii. (161) Internet Society Armenia Chapter
b. Organizations that are Currently undergoing the Accreditation Process
a. (158) Association of Notary Public Professionals of Uruguay\ (ASOCIACIÓN DE ESCRIBANOS DEL URUGUAY) - ALAC to conduct vote shortly.
b. (159) National Association for Digital Inclusion (Associação Nacional para Inclusão Digital), located in Brazil - ALAC to conduct vote shortly.
c. (160) The Ecuadorian Association for Free Software (DTECH ECUADOR GC TECH TICS) - ALAC to conduct vote shortly.
e. (162) Wikimedia Austria - Awaiting Regional Advice from EURALO
f. (163) Internet Society Trinidad and Tobago Chapter - Awaiting Due Diligence
g. (164) Media Education Center, NGO - Awaiting Regional Advice from APRALO
h. (165) Internet Society Bahrain Chapter - ALAC to conduct vote shortly.
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 ALAC Statements:
i. ALAC Statement on the IDN Variant Issues Project Draft Integrated Issues Report
ii. Initial Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs
b. Statements currently being reviewed by the ALAC
i. Framework for the FY 13 Budget - ALAC vote ends 29 February. The statement was submitted to the PC Forum.
ii. IDN Variant Issues Project – Proposed Project Plan for Next Steps - Deadline: 18 March 2012
iii. WHOIS Policy Review Team Draft Report - Deadline: 18 March 2012
See: At-Large Whois Policy Review Team Draft Report Workspace - At-Large comment period now open.
iv. Defensive Applications for New gTLDs - Deadline: 27 February - Alan Greenberg, ALAC Liaison to the GNSO, has informed the ExCom that he felt this was not an issue for which the ALAC needed to submit a statement.
v. .CAT WHOIS Proposed Changes - Deadline: 10 February - Carlton Samuels, Whois WG Chair and member of the ALAC Executive Committee, has stated that this issue will be covered in the ALAC statement on the Whois RT Draft Report.
c. Current open policy forums:
Does the ALAC wish to develop statements for the following Public Comments:
i. Further Bylaw Changes Following Adoption of Revised Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Policy Development Process (PDP) - Deadline: 2 March 2012
ii. Draft Roadmap to Implement SAC 051- Deadline 18 March 2012
iii. Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B Policy Development Process – Recommendation 8 Concerning Standardizing and Clarifying WHOIS Status Messages - Deadline: 25 March 2012
iv. Interim Report on Support Significantly Interested Parties fo rccTLD Delegation or Redelegation Requests - Deadline: 30 March 2012
v. Draft Advice Letter on Consumer Trust, Consumer Choice, and Competition - Deadline: 3 April 2012
Items for Discussion
7. Ratification of the ALAC/At-Large Policy Advice Development (PAD) process - Olivier (10 min)
See: ALAC At-Large Policy Advice Development (PAD) Process Workspace
The ALAC will be asked to ratify the process reflected in the flowchart titled “ALAC/At-Large Policy Advice Development (PAD) Process”.
8. At-Large 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
b. LACRALO Costa Rica Events
ii. LACRALO Capacity Building Sessions
9. Development of At-Large Objection Process - Avri and Olivier (15 min)
a. Development and Process of Review (Avri)
b. Next Steps for the ALAC (Olivier)
10. At-Large Improvements Taskforce: Next Steps - Cheryl (10 min)
See: At-Large Improvements Project Taskforce Workspace
See: At-Large Improvements Recommendations Workspace
a. Update on At-Large Improvements Taskforce
b. Activities scheduled to take place in Costa Rica
i. Status Update to be presented to the Structural Improvements Committee
See: Draft Status Update
ii. Taskforce Workshop
iii. Taskforce Meeting with the SIC
11. At-Large ICANN Academy Ad Hoc WG: Next Steps - Sandra (10 min)
See: ICANN At-Large Academy WG Workspace
a. Upcoming Academy Webinar
b. Activities scheduled to take place in Costa Rica
i. Discussion by At-Large
ii. Discussion by the Public Participation Committee
12. On-Line Capacity Building within ICANN - Sala (10 min)
See: Draft At-Large Proposal to Address Capacity Building within ICANN
13. ALAC Members' Participation in Working Groups - Olivier (5 min)
14. Any Other Business – Olivier (5 min)
