ALAC Monthly Teleconference
Meeting Number: AL.ALAC/CC.0512/1
Date: Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Time: 1400 - 1600 UTC
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Adobe Connect Meeting Room: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/alac
Interpretation Available: Yes (ES, FR - Simultaneous)
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Participants: Olivier Crépin-Leblond (OCL) - EN Jean-Jacques Subrenat (JJS) - EN, Ron Sherwood (SH) - EN, Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO) - EN, Evan Leibovitch (EL) - EN, Rinalia Abdul Rahim (RAR) - EN, Alan Greenberg (AG) - EN, Edouardo Diaz (ED) - EN, Ganesh Kumar (GK) - EN, Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro (ST) - EN, Wolf Ludwig (WLF) - EN, Carlton Samuels (CS) - EN, Maurenn Hilyard (MH) - EN, Sergio Salinas Porto (SSP) - ES, Fatima Cambronero (FC) - ES, Natalia Enciso (NE) - EN
Apologies: Tijani Ben Jemaa, Oksana Prykhodka, Yrjö Lansipuro, Julie Hammer, Jose Arce
Staff: Heidi Ullrich (HU), Matt Ashtiani (MA), Gisella Gruber (GG), Silvia Vivanco (SV)
Interpreters: ES: Veronica and Sabrina / FR: Claire and Camila
Action Items: EN,FR, ES
Adopted Motions: EN, FR, ES
Transcription: EN, FR, ES
Recording: EN, FR, ES
Chat: EN
Summary Minutes: EN
A G E N D A: Draft
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 the Action Items from the 17 April ALAC Meeting - Olivier (20 min)
4. Review of current ALS applications – Olivier, Staff (5 min)
a. Recently approved ALS applications
i. (162) Wikimedia Austria
ii. (164) Media Education Center, NGO
b. Organizations that are Currently undergoing the Accreditation Process
i. (158) ASOCIACIÓN DE ESCRIBANOS DEL URUGUAY\ - Awaiting Regional Advice from LACRALO
ii. (159) National Association for Digital Inclusion (Associação Nacional para Inclusão Digital) - Awaiting Regional Advice from LACRALO
iii. (166) [Association Tchadienne pour la Promotion et de Développement de l'Internet au Tchad (ATPDIT) - Awaiting Regional Advice from AFRALO
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. .com Registry Agreement Renewal
ii. ALAC Statement on the Security, Stability & Resiliency of the DNS Review Team (SSR RT)
iii. ALAC Statement on the Verisign Request to Implement Redemption Grace Period (RGP) for .name
iv. ALAC Statement on the Fake Renewal Notices Report
v. At-Large Draft Advice Letter on Consumer Trust, Consumer Choice, and Competition
vi. IDN Variant Issues Project – Proposed Project Plan for Next Steps
b. Statements currently being reviewed by the ALAC
ICANN Draft FY13 Operating Plan and Budget - Comment closes 24 May. TBJ drafting statement.
c. Current open policy forums:
Does the ALAC wish to develop statements for the following Public Comments:
i. Proposed Revised Process for Handling Requests for Removal of Cross-Ownership Restrictions on Operators of Existing gTLDs - Comment period closes 6 June 2012 - AG will provide a recommendation on whether or not to prepare a statement in one week.
ii. WHOIS Policy Review Team Final Report - Comment period closes 10 June 2012 - CS asked that the ALAC endorse the Final Report. CS will prepare a draft statement.
iii. DRAFT Statement of ICANN's Role and Remit in Security, Stability and Resiliency of the Internet's Unique Identifier Systems - Comment period closes 16 June 2012 - CLO suggested a short statement should be prepared. Suggested that J. Hammer prepare report.
iv. DRAFT - ICANN Language Services Policy and Procedures - Comment period closes 2 July 2012 - CLO - ALAC should prepare a statement.
Items for Decision
7. ALAC/At-Large Vision Statement
Does the ALAC wish to ratify the draft ALAC/At-Large Vision Statement?
8. At-Large Improvements Final Report
Does the ALAC wish to endorse the draft ALAC/At-Large Improvements Implementation Project: Final Report?
9. Membership of At-Large New gTLD Review Group - Olivier (15 min)
See: New gTLD Review Group Workspace
See: Call for Membership of the new gTLD Review Group
a. Ratification of RALO Recommended Members
b. ALAC Selected Members - Next Steps
Items for Discussion
10. FCWG White Paper - Olivier and Jean-Jacques Subrenat (15 minutes)
See: Making ICANN Relevant, Responsive and Respected
a. Discussion of main points and next steps
11. Update from Selected At-Large Working Groups - WG Chairs (15 mins)
a. New gTLD WG (Avri Doria/Cintra Sooknanan)
b. At-Large Improvements Taskforce- Cheryl Langdon-Orr
c. ALAC RoP WG and ALAC Metrics Sub-committee - Cheryl Langdon-Orr
d. At-Large Academy WG - Olivier Crepin-Leblond
12. At-Large Prague Meeting Development - Olivier and Staff (5 min)
See: At-Large Prague Workspace, including the At-Large Prague Meeting Agendas
See: ICANN Prague Meeting page
See: Venue - Hilton Prague Hotel, including Meeting Rooms and Floor Plans
a. At-Large Meetings
b. Meeting Agendas
c. Questions for Board, the GAC, and ICANN Departments - Deadline is 24 May
See: Questions for the Board; Questions for the GAC; Questions for Communications; Questions for Compliance, Questions for Global Partnerships, Questions for Participation and Engagement
For Information
13. ALAC Policy Issues to be part of Policy Webinar - Olivier/Staff (5 min)
Date/times: Thursday 14 June at 12.00 UTC and Thursday 14 June at 19.00 UTC
a. Suggestions for topics
14. Updating ALAC Top 10 Policy Issues - Next Steps - Olivier (5 min)
15. Updating of At-Large Website - Next Steps - Olivier (5 min)
16. Any Other Business – Olivier (5 min)
a. CMR Issue (Alan Greenberg)
