ALAC December Teleconference

Meeting Number: AL.ALAC/CC.1214/1

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Date: Tuesday, 23 December 2014                                      

Time: 15:00-17:00 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)

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EN - ALAC:  Alan Greenberg, Vanda Scartezini, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Holly Raiche, Raf Fatani, Glenn McKnight, Beran Gillen, Leon Sanchez,  Maureen Hilyard,

EN: Ron Sherwood, Siranush Vardanyan, Barrack Otieno, Judith Hellerstein, Roberto Gaetano, Oscar Mike, Le-Marie Thompson, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy, Chris Muloa, Amal Ramzi (ISOC Yemen), Dev Anand Teelucksingh, Loris Taylor, Antonio Medinma Gomez, Garth Graham

ES: ALAC : Fatima Cambronero

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FR- ALAC:  Hadja Ouattara

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RU: /

Liaisons:  Cheryl Langdon-Orr (GNSO Liaison), Julie Hammer (SSAC)

Apologies:  Eduardo Diaz (ALAC), Sandra Hoferichter (ALAC), Tijani Ben Jemaa (ALAC), Alberto Soto

Staff:  Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Gisella Gruber, Ariel Liang

Interpreters: FR: Camila & Claire , ES: Veronica & David, RU: Galina

Call management: Gisella Gruber

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Action Items:   EN 

Adopted Motions:  EN

Consensus Call:  EN

Transcription:   EN,  FR,  ES, RU  

Recording: EN, FR,  ES   , RU     

Chat:       EN       

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A G E N D A:

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. Introduction and Chair's Remarks - Alan Greenberg (5 minutes)

4. Review of outstanding Action Items requiring ALAC involvement - Alan Greenberg (5 minutes)

See: ALAC 2014 -11-25 Action Items

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

• Total number of ALSes: 180
• Recently certified ALSes: (213) ISOC Rwanda [PDF, 156 KB]
• ALS application rejected by vote: (209) Internauta Colombia [PDF, 247 KB] (LACRALO)
• Applications currently being voted on: (214) AMTICS [PDF, 3.91 MB] - Vote closes on 5 January 2015 at 23:59 UTC
• Applications pending:
  • (212) Cameroon League for Development [PDF, 535 KB] Awaiting Regional Advice  - AFRALO leadership seeking further information
  • (215) Internet Support Foundation [PDF, 571 KB] Awaiting Regional Advice
  • (216) Consumers Council of Canada [PDF, 220 KB] Awaiting Regional Advice
  • (210) ISOC Gambia [PDF, 495 KB] Application suspended as per AFRALO Leadership, awaiting leadership election results and impact, beginning 2015
    
    
• See: At-Large Structure Applications and Certification Process

6.  Reports – Alan Greenberg (5 minutes)

• See: At-Large Reports from WGs,
• See: RALOs and Liaisons wiki page
• See: 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

7. ALAC Policy Development Activities - Alan Greenberg (10 minutes) 

• See: Policy Advice Development Page

• See: ICANN Public Comment page
  

a. Statements approved by the ALAC:

• • Cross Community Working Group (CWG) on Naming Related Functions Draft Transition Proposal - 14Y, 0N, 0A

b. Statements in process: being drafted, in comment or in vote:

• • ICANN Draft Five-Year Operating Plan - Statement under final revision.
  • Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information PDP Initial Report - Satish Babu drafting a Statement
  • IDN TLDs - LGR Procedure Implementation - Maximal Starting Repertoire Version 2 - Satish Babu drafting a Statement

b. Statements that seem to be stalled:

• • None

c. Public Comment requests to which the ALAC decided not to submit Statements: 

• • IDN TLD Program - Label Generation Ruleset (LGR) Tool Project (P1) - LGR Tool Set Specifications - Reply period ends on 23 January 2015
  • Proposed Renewal of .JOBS Sponsored TLD Registry Agreement - Reply period ends on 20 January 2015  

d. New Public Comment requests requiring decision: 

• • Release of Country and Territory Names within the .BMW and .MINI TLDs - ALAC considering drafting a Statement

8. PICS - Next Steps - Alan Greenberg (10 minutes)

See:

Letter to Alan Greenberg, Chair of the ALAC, from Cherine Chalaby, Chair, ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee

Letter to Thomas Schneder, Chair of the GAC, from Dr. Stephen Crocker, Chair, ICANN Board Of Directors

9. ICANN 52 At-Large Meeting Schedule - Alan Greenberg and Léon Sánchez (20 minutes)

See: At-Large ICANN 52 - February 2015 Workspace

See: At-Large Schedule - 23 December 2014

10. FBSC and FY16 AC/SO Special Requests Next Steps - Alan Greenberg (15 minutes)

See: FBSC Workspace, including current membership

See: At-Large FY16 Budget Development Workspace

11. IANA Stewardship Transition - Next Steps - Alan Greenberg and Olivier Crepin-Leblond (15 minutes)

See: Public Comment on Cross Community Working Group (CWG) on Naming Related Functions Draft Transition Proposal

12.  Accountability CCWG - Next Steps - Alan Greenberg (10 minutes)

See: CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability

a. Announcement of Co-Chair: Leon Sanchez

13. ALAC Meeting Schedule and Attendance - Alan Greenberg (10 minutes)

Items for Information

14. Upcoming At-Large Review - Alan Greenberg, Holly Raiche and Cheryl Langdon-Orr (2 minutes)

15. Any Other Business (3 minutes)