ALAC August Teleconference

Meeting Number: AL.ALAC/CC.0815/1

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Date: Tuesday, 25 August 2015                                      

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

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

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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

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Dial out Participants:

EN - ALAC:   Tijani Ben Jemaa, Beran Gillen, Maureen Hilyard (NZ mobile number), Olivier Crépin-Leblond, León Sanchez (after he joins AC), Chris Mulola,

EN: Cheryl Langdon-Orr, 

FR- ALAC:  

FR: Barrack Otieno,

ES - ALAC: Fatima Cambronero

ES: 

RU: 

Liaisons:  Ron Sherwood, Julie Hammer

Apologies:  Jean-Jacques Subranat, Holly Raiche

Absent - ALAC:

Staff:  Heidi Ullrich, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber

Interpreters: FR: Isabelle & Claire , RU: Galina & Ekaterina, ES: Veronica &  David

Call management: Gisella Gruber

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Action Items: EN  

Adopted Motions:  EN

Consensus Call:  EN

Transcription:   EN,  FR,  ES,  RU   

Recording:  EN, ES,  FR, RU       

Chat:  EN       

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A G E N D A:     TO BE UPDATED

Standing Agenda Items

1. Roll call and apologies – Staff (2 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 (0 minutes)

4. ALAC Policy Development Activities - Alan Greenberg (15 minutes) 

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

1. 1. Statements approved by the ALAC:
      • Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) - Proposed Accountability Enhancements (Work Stream 1) - Adopted 15Y, 0N, 0A 
      • ALAC Motion to adopt the Final Transition Proposal of the Cross Community Working Group on Naming-Related Functions (CWG-Stewardship) - Adopted 15Y, 0N, 0A 
      • Proposed Schedule and Process/Operational Improvements for AoC and Organizational Reviews - Adopted 13Y, 0N, 0A
        
      • GNSO Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues Working Group Initial Report - Adopted 13Y, 0N, 0A 
        
   2. Statements in process: being drafted, in comment or in vote:
      • Draft Report: Review of the Generic Names Supporting Organization - ALAC commenting on a Statement 
      • Proposal for Armenian Script Root Zone‬ Label Generation Rules (LGR) - Narine Khachatryan drafting a Statement 
      • Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Services to Replace WHOIS Preliminary Issue Report - ALAC considering drafting a Statement 
   3. Statements that seem to be stalled:
      • GNSO Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information Policy Development Process (PDP) Recommendations for Board Consideration
   4. Public Comment requests to which the ALAC decided not to submit Statements: 
      • Release of Country and Territory Names within the .GLOBAL, .BNPPARIBAS, .BRIDGESTONE and .FIRESTONE TLDs (closes 03 Aug 2015)
   5. New Public Comment requests requiring decision: 
2. 1. • None

•  How do we make this process work?

  • Discussion Paper

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

• Total number of ALSes: 192
  
• Recently certified ALSes: (226) ISOC Uganda, AFRALO ALS
• Applications currently being voted on: None
• Applications pending: See: At-Large Structure Applications and Certification Process
• Staff processing due diligence on:  Sri Lanka Next Generation (SLNG), APRALO
• (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 Information/Discussion

7. IANA Stewardship Transition and Accountability - Update from Paris Meeting and Next Steps  - Alan Greenberg and Others (20 minutes)

See: At-Large Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) - Proposed Accountability Enhancements (Work Stream 1) Workspace

8. ALS Criteria and Expectations - Update - Alan Greenberg (5 minutes)

See: At-Large ALS Criteria and Expectations Taskforce

See: DRAFT Discussion paper - "Improving the Effectiveness of RALOs and ALSes in supporting the mission of At Large and ICANN " by ALAC's Chair, Alan Greenberg

9. Selection of ALAC Member in WG to Review the IDN Implementation Guidelines - Alan Greenberg (10 minutes)

See: Call for Community Experts to Review the IDN Implementation Guidelines

10. At-Large Planning for ICANN 54 in Dublin - Leon Sanches and At-Large Staff (15 minutes)

a. Staff responsibilities during an ICANN Public F2F Meeting

b. Buenos Aires Presentation Topics - review

11. 2015 Leadership Training Program - Sandra Hoferichter and Alan Greenberg (5 minutes)

• Process and timetable of confirmation of At-Large participants. See the 2015 Leadership Training Program Workspace.
• Confirmation of AFRALO participant

12. New Meeting Strategy WG - Alan, Heidi, Beran (10 minutes)

13. CROPP - Alan (3 minute)

14. Geographic Regions - Alan, Heidi, Dev (10 minutes)

• Status of Geo-Regions Final Report (June 2013)
• Status of new/changed Countries/Territories
• Region Flexibility

15. Staff Announcement - At-Large Staff (2 minutes)

16. Any Other Business (5 minutes)