Summary Minutes and Action Items NARALO November Monthly call Monday November 12th 2012
Roll call- Staff
Minutes
I would like to list the previous action Items Garth reviewed the Agenda for today's call
3. Review of Toronto activities Garth thanked staff for the assistance.
Toronto Review All the events came off flawlessly and I received compliments and it was a successful event. Meeting reports: Some people had problems editing them in the WIKI. Heidi: We had 3 requests signalling that we had an issue. It was lack of access to the WIKI.
OCL: The same people file reports and we need more Glenn: I think the issue is changing actitude in people. We have to remind people. Only a few people made an effort to report. Gordon: I am still waiting from a couple of reports. One of the areas where we had success and failure is in the slide show. The Sub-Committee did a fantastic job in re-interpreting. The table was a success. We did not have a computer.
Agenda item 4. Review of the Communication Strategy. We need to constantly improve. 4.2. How do we improve the functions of our calls. We will duplicate the style of the announcement and reminders. 4.3 Overuse of acronyms. Spell out terms.
Recruitment: We would like to create a semi-permanent question in creating recruitment. Eduardo: Suggest that you call to all members.
SubCommittee on Recruitment : Who would like to volunteer to be a subcommitte Chair? Garth volunteered himself. Others: Glenn, Joly, Evan
-New ALS applications
Due diligence has been completed, and the next step is the Regional Advice from the Ralo. Garth will proceed to vote whether the RALO should recommend or not approval: Nova Scotia - 8 approvals and approved. No disapproval. Connect NYC: 9 approvals and approved. No disapproval.University Community Partnership for Social Action Research: No disapproval
Pending email to the NARALO list, if no objections formal recommendation approval will be sent to the ALAC Garth welcomed non-affiliated members. Heidi: A Wiki page could be created to identify who the affiliated members are.
5.4 Working Group watch: We wanted to see where we participated and where we did not. You can see WG's where there is good participation and where there is not so good participation. IRT ..AG mentioned that the groups are long defunct. The names issue was also old. We need to make sure that anything listed has lived in our lifetime. OCL: There are some listed on the page but does not appear to be archived. CLO and staff went through the whole list. Garth: I put forward the proposal to assign people to new WG. AG: You cannot assign, it is a collaboration. When somebody comes on as a new ALS we present them with projects and we can ask them is this something that interests you? Glenn: Recently I had conversations with Sala on capacity building. Anybody who joins a Committee needs to know what the expectations are.
ACTION ITEM: To clean up the Working Groups list
Garth: Are there any errors on the list? Other than omissions? Evan: At large members are increasingly getting involved on issues. There are some that are not ALAC initiated.
Garth asked about new Gtld review group and another group/ What's the difference?
New Gtld is a general purpose policy Review Team is a specific group for the objection process.
OCL: The review group is going to continue but its work is far from finished and membership is closed. The New Gtld chaired by Avri accepts new members.
5.5. ALS Spotlight. We will have one a month, an ALS giving an update. Garth explained that his ALS addresses abuse information and we assist users . 5.6 Cross Ralo relations 5.7 New members on the Skype Group As far as NARALO we need to be proactive.
6. Beijing on the summit. No information at the moment. Visa information;. Heidi: We are very aware that visas to China will take a significant amount of time. Once we have the lists of travellers., then ICANN travel can move the documents required. AG: For many countries the rules vary. In Canada we have completely different offices and they have different national policies.
Eduardo: I went to Beijing office, passport was sent to NY.
NOMCOM
Glenn: Posted a document. We are doing a monthly report. We refined the application process. We have two ALAC members as Chair and Chair Elect providing excellent representation We have a total of four alac voting positions We are taping every session for the record.
9. ALAC Issues 9.1 Burning Issues AG: Trademark clearinghouse implementation. A meeting was held in Brussels and we were not invited. some NCSG was invited. There will be a meeting in LA. These are things necessary in terms of trademark protection. AG: There was a review of the draft ALAC ROPs and the groups will come up with slightly revised versions.
10. ICANN's Functions In terms of ICANN's functions there are 3. Garth: I will be drafting a compliance list of questions.
Travel: Can travel constituency be on the call before the meetings so we can address questions,? concern. Perdiem and re-imburesement are also pending. There should be a tracking number for this? Heidi asked if Gath can send a message to Heidi. Heidi clarified that ICANN does pay for the wire transfer fees.
Shuttles from other hotels. Garth mentioned that there were no shuttles. What is the standard? Heidi: We can get a response from meeting staff. Evan: The construction and the metro lines were diverted.
11. News: Posted previously on the list. NARALO Buzz Items Think about Richard Branson participating as Key note in China.
Glenn: Are we going to have a table on Beijing? Glenn: clarified if NARALO volunteers can be at at APRALO Outreach table
Heidi: APRALO will have its events in Beijing.. The organizing committee will be holding a meeting shortly she can raise the question.
Is the Internet really prepared for disaster? Critical portions of the internet were kept online by diesel generators.
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