ALAC and At-Large Action Items from ICANN71

At-Large Leadership Session: Welcome to ICANN71 & Policy Talking Points (HU)

At-Large Policy Session 1: End User Participation in ICANN PDPs and their Role within the ICANN ecosystem (EE)

It was noted by the ICANN Board Vice Chair, Leon Sanchez, that ALAC advice is at the heart of the ICANN Board operations, that "everyone is an end user" at some point. Hadia Elminiawi, moderator of the session, summarized ICANN President and CEO Göran Marby's comments: At-Large needs to leverage the structure more. ICANN Board Member, Avri Doria noted the important role ALAC has in the Public Interest, that "there is a balancing in determining the public interest, as defined in the Articles, Mission, Commitment and Values. The better the various Advice and comments explain their view of that Public Interest in those terms, the easier it is to take it into account and balance."
No action items recorded.

At-Large Policy Session 2: ccTLD governance models - Testimonies from At-Large end users (HU)

Following an introduction of the four models of ccTLD governance, At-Large members provided the end-user experience with their ccTLDs.
At-Large to continue the discussion internally on sharing each of their end user feedback and to explore how to increase end user input in their local ccTLD. A good starting point is to take the input of today's panellists regarding what promotes end user input in the governance of the ccTLD and what features of the ccTLD operator's offering has resonated well with local end users.
Hadia Elminiawi and Olivier Crepin-Leblond to consider holding a follow up session on ccTLDs and how end user input could be heard to a greater degree.

At-Large Policy Session 3: GDPR as a technology - policy implications (EE)

Hadia Elminiawi provided an overview of EPDP Phase 2 Report, and the policy implications while answering questions. Jan Janssen (European IP law) presented on the VeriSign patent and how it can implement GDPR; It could create additional burdens in an international environment, when Verisign’s parent is used in different environments, with a national patent perhaps being enforced locally, internationally. What will enforcement look like? In implementation of SSAD, will groups look through the lense of patents? Jan commented that he wished Verisign "were in the room for answers". Joanna Kulesza summarized, noting that Verisign can raise their patent in ICANN policy debates and PDPs. Holly Raiche presented on IP law and trademarks with regards to domain names. A discussion ensued regarding enforceability in post-GDPR world. Hadia Elminiawi noted that she does not see necessity of patent beyond thick registry use; not necessarily needed for SSAD, other aspects of GDPR. Jan noted it has taken so long for EPDP to evolve, and ICANN has not looked at GDPR until it was “doomsday”, then took drastic decision of temp-spec. In his perspective, since it was so friendly towards registrants who want to remain hidden, "that really changed the ball game". Difficult to reverse or water down the rushed decisions (to avoid liability risks). Christopher Wilkinson concluded, noting that the At-Large community and other stakeholders will want to follow up on these issues.
No AIs recorded.

Joint AFRALO-AfrICANN Meeting (SV)

At-Large EURALO Policy Session: New gTLDs: Protection of Geographical Names in Europe (EE)

EE to confirm ALAC Actions with Maureen

Joint ALAC & GAC Meeting (SV)

At-Large Leadership Wrap-Up (EE)