At-Large Toronto Meeting Reports

Attended day long NCUC session at the Royal York, Photographed session see pictures

Video produced on history of NCUC

The entire session was LIVESTREAMED

15-Oct-2012

14:00-15:30

Intensive session dealing with moving forward issues and protocols. Issue brought up that the monthly meeting schedule. As an outsider on this process it is a bit daunting to keep informed. Need to catch up the reading.

Monday night celebration See video

15-Oct-2012  

14:00-16:45

The public presentation of the paper MAKING ICANN Relevant, Responsive an Respected.

Invitation to have public feedback on document The point about creating a special funding window and I would be happy to volunteer with a working group on this issue.

15-Oct-2012

14:30-13:30

The meeting was mostly informative since the working group is waiting for the results of an UNESCO survey sent to a sub-set of their membership. The survey will provide important information to the working group that will help in understanding/validating some of the names that these countries are generally known by. An example of this is Holland (tourist name) which in reality is Netherlands. 

The Study Group's goal is to provide the ccNSO Council, ccTLD community and other interested stakeholders, including the GAC and GNSO Council, an overview of the scope and issues associated with the use of Country and Territory names as TLD strings.

Please CLICK here to get a copy of the meeting transcript.

15-Oct-2012

15:00-16:45

Fatimata Seye Sylla
(AFRALO)

The ASWG, a multistakeholder group including African representatives of all the ICANN constituencies,  initiated during the Prague meeting, worked hard to draft an ICANN 3-year strategic plan for Africa.  The group presented the work done in consultation with the African community. 

All the attendees appreciated this draft strategy and more importantly the fact that, once finalized,  it is to be included into ICANN strategic plan as a whole.  Inputs from the community are still welcome.  The final draft is expected by December 2012 and an implementation plan by the Beijing meeting.

Note: Tijani is a member of the ASWG, representing At-Large

15-Oct-2012

11:00-12:30

15-Oct-2012

14:00-15:00

Garth Bruen
(NARALO)

NCUC, Registrars, ALAC, Non Profit User Group,

Short summary roadshow on the NOMCOM year and introduction to the new Chair and Chair Elect which are both ALAC.

Glenn McKnight
(NARALO) 

Glenn McKnight
(NARALO)

Early meeting with the BGC in the morning and Public meeting on NOMCOM

Afternoon ALAC meetings

First meeting for 2013 NOMCOM

Discussion recommendations for improvement of NOMCOM

no update of RG Statements of Interest (SOIs)
Seth Reiss expressed his opinion regarding the comments by InternetNZ and IT for Change, India
support for proposal to extend deadline for comments from At-Large from November 7 2012 to November 14 2012
 

Yaovi Atohoun

(AFRALO)

This meeting was organized by the Public Participation Committee to inform the community about the Consolidated meetings strategy proposal. It was also intended to hear from the community

The Board Member Sebastian Bachollet opened the session leaded by Filiz Yilmaz.  During the questions/answers period I pointed  that the document indicated on the public comment page is not clear to me regarding a paragraph:

"Consolidated Meetings Proposal for 2014, 2015 and 2016:

• Hold the first meeting of the year in two cities in Asia Pacific.
• Hold the second meeting of the year in two cities in Europe.
• Rotate the third meeting of the year through North America (2014), Africa (2015) and Latin America/Caribbean (2016). These will be the Annual General Meetings for each year."

The Powerpoint Presentation during the session is more clear

• Hold the first Meeting of the year for 2014, 2015 and 2016 in Asia Pacific
• Hold the second Meeting of the year for 2014, 2015 and 2016 in Europe
• Rotate the third Meeting of the year through: North America - 2014        Africa - 2015                   Latin America/Caribbean - 2016

Most of the participants who had the opportunity to speak after the presentation seem not to be in favour.  The comment period will close on Novermber 16, 2012

A Report on SSAC Meetings which I attended remotely is posted on the SSAC Liaison Page:

ICANN Meeting 45 Toronto October 2012 – SSAC Liaison Report.

Annalisa Roger

SF Bay ISOC, NARALO

The Women in the DNS met alongside ICANN North American meetings in Toronto. A breakfast room filled by 7 a.m. Monday morning, October 15, just prior to ICANN's opening meeting with  enthusiasm to support each other, to network, and to reach out to local business women. Founder Karla Valente and the original advisory group met later in the week to further develop the mission and ability to serve its growing membership, which will include a website. The group was founded at the March 2009 meeting in Mexico and has met every ICANN meeting since then, growing in number.

The Toronto breakfast was sponsored by Uninett, DotGreen, and Neustar. Local Canadian Joan Kerr, Director of FBSC.org in Canada, gave an inspiring address about her own experience developing programs that unite women to support their achievements and others. The event provides an opportunity to meet and connect early in the week, promoting further dialogue in other Law and Policy Forums during the ICANN assembly. The meeting is an integral and popular way for women, typically outnumbered in the industry, to make connections and deepen their interaction with the ICANN community.

The next meeting of the DNS will be Monday morning of ICANN in Beijing, China. For more information, visit LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/groups/DNS-Women-3838635) and Facebook.com/DNSWomen.