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Date: Wednesday, 02 September 2020
Time: 18:30 - 20:00 UTC (For the time in various time zones click here)      

Meeting Number: AL.AF/CC.14  BDB 0520/1

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Conference ID: FR 1838 / EN 1638

Zoom room: https://icann.zoom.us/j/96179567264?pwd=c2VlNXVMdmU4RFJyTmtNeHFjWElOZz09  / Password: igJx6gRk3^

Real time transcription (RTT) available at (subject to availability): https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ICANN

Action Items: EN 

Transcript: EN, FR

Recording:  EN, FR 

Zoom Recording: EN

Zoom Chat:  EN

Participants: 

FR: Olévié Kouami, Etienne Tshishimbi, Michel Tchonang Linze, Abdeldjalil Bachar Bong, Aziz Hilali, Ann-Marie Joly-Bachollet

EN: Tijani Ben Jemaa, Vernatius Ezeama, Barrack Otieno, Moriam Sulaimon, Joan Katambi, Innocent Adriko, Abdalmonem Gailila, Adri Loubser, Bob Ochieng, Chokri Ben Romdhane, Dave Kissoondoyal, Esther Patricia Akello, Glenn McKnight, Jacob Odame Baiden, Leon Felipe Sanchez Ambia, Malick A, Mary Uduma, Otieno Antony, Sarah Kiden, Sarata Omane, Abdulkarim Oloyede, Ben Kyemba, Cliff Mutegeki, Hadia Elminiawi, Lillian Achom, Rachad Sanoussi, Emmanuel Mfitumukiza, Jules Nizeyimana, Moses Serugo, Caleb Ogundele, Bukola Oronti, Seun Ojedji, 

Apologies: Daniel Nanghaka, 

Staff: Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Yaovi Atahoun, Yazid Akanho, Edward Lewis, Paul Muchene, Michelle DeSmyter

FR Interpreters: Isabelle & Camila

Call Management:  Michelle DeSmyter

Agenda:  

  1. Roll call (Staff) – 2 min
  2. Review of action items from previous meeting (Staff, Sarah) – 3 min
  3. Open ICANN Public Comments (Seun) – 5 min

At-Large Policy Resources:

At-Large Capacity Building Workshop - An Introduction to Policy Development at ICANN
2020 ALAC Policy Comments & Advice
At-Large Policy Summary
At-Large Executive Summary page
Multistakeholder Advice Development graphic
Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG)

Recently Ratified by the ALAC (since last AFRALO Monthly Meeting)

Addendum to the ALAC Statement on EPDP (August 2020)
Although the ALAC and the BC, IPC, GAC and the SSAC each took a somewhat different approach to addressing their positions in respect to the report, the ALAC is in general agreement with the positions taken in the GAC, SSAC and BC/IPC statements. In particular, the ALAC appreciates the in-depth and insightful analysis provided by the GAC, SSAC and BC/IPC.

 Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model – Next Steps
The At-Large community is pleased to follow up on its prior ALAC statements regarding ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model (see: 13 June 2019, 14 October 2019, February 2020) with this ALAC statement on Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model - Next Steps. The ALAC made recommendations on priority issues, moving out of silos, restoring recruitment and demographics, reviewing previous responses, identifying gaps, pandemic related issues and evaluation of success with respect to the latest Public Comment on the topic.

Final Report of the Cross Community Working Group (CCWG) on new gTLD Auction Proceeds
The ALAC appointed five Members to the CCWG and these Members, alongside several participants from At-Large, were very active contributors to the work of the CCWG. The ALAC believes that all of its concerns have been addressed and therefore was pleased to accept and ratify the Final Report of the new gTLD Auction Proceeds Cross Community Working Group.

Third Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3) Final Report
The ALAC strongly supports the limited and focused number of recommendations proposed by the ATRT3 report, reflecting the pending implementation of proposals from previous review teams. In moving forward, the ALAC advises the ICANN Board to: (1) Swiftly implement ATRT3 recommendation to evolve both specific and organizational reviews as per Section 8 of the final report; (2) Fully endorse the recommendation to enhance current methods of Prioritization and Rationalization of Activities, Policies, and Recommendations (as per Section 10 of the report); (3) Share the ATRT3 Review Team’s approach to the review process and methodology behind it, aiming to ensure that all elements contributing to achieving strategic objectives and their subcomponents are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-based (SMART) and that all reporting on these refers to well specified metrics, to be reviewed on a regular or timely basis (as per Section 9 of the report).

ALAC Statement on EPDP (July 2020)
A vast amount of work has been done, but the ALAC believes that if and when the SSAD is deployed, the probability of its meeting the goals needed by the communities whose efforts we support will be low. Therefore, in order for the ALAC to support the EPDP Final Report, the ALAC noted the following GNSO Council outcomes would be required: 

  1. GNSO Council would agree that any Evolution Standing Committee recommendation on additional SSAD decision use-cases (that are in full accordance with the EPDP Policy Recommendation 9.3) will be treated as Implementation and not require further policy deliberations.
  2. Legal vs Natural, Accuracy, WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System and Anonymized contact email will be fully addressed with full participation in all aspects of discussions by the ICANN Advisory Committees that wish to participate. If these issues are deemed to be policy, they must be addressed by a group empowered to make policy recommendations, led by a qualified, non-conflicted chair. The GAC, ALAC and SSAC must be involved in setting the mandate or charter of such groups. The target for completion of all work should be no later than April 2021.
  3. The GNSO Council would agree that ratifying the Evolution Standing Committee recommendations will only require a GNSO Majority as currently called for in the GNSO Policy Manual.
  4. The GNSO Council would acknowledge that deliberations during implementation setting of prices for the SSAD must involve the future potential users of the SSAD and not only look at cost recovery but the actual ability and willingness of SSAD users to pay the prices being set.

Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Regional Strategic Plan for FY2021-2025 LACRALO Statement
The LACRALO statement was in response to the ICANN Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Regional Strategic Plan for FY2021-2025. As all LACRALO countries fall under the LAC Regional Plan, a diverse drafting team from the region provided feedback on strategy topics such as security, ICANN governance, unique identifiers system, geopolitics, and financials. Note: Ratified by the LACRALO Leadership Team and the ALAC.

ccNSO PDP3: Initial Proposals for Process to Retire ccTLDs
As a whole, the ALAC supports the ccNSO PDP3.  From an end user perspective, the ALAC suggested two points to be considered: 1) As a user of the Internet, the removal of a TLD will mean less likelihood for confusion as usually a ccTLD would be removed to make way for a new one. This enhances Trust in the domain name identifiers; 2) As a domain name registrant, the retirement of the ccTLD could pose a problem when correspondents are accustomed to use the "old" address using the obsolete ccTLD. Some companies have built a brand around the "old" ccTLD.

Upcoming Public Comment Proceedings

    Issue Report on the ccNSO Policy Development Process for Selection of the IDN ccTLD Strings 

    This proceeding seeks feedback from the community on issues that were identified and need to be addressed with respect to selection of the IDN ccTLD strings. ccPDP will build on previous ccNSO effort on IDN ccTLD string selection and take into account the evolution of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process & IDN TLD variant management.

    ICANN Managed Root Server (IMRS) Placement and Methodology Study

    ICANN Managed Root Server (IMRS) Placement and Methodology Study is seeking public comments.

    Issue Final Paper on the Proposed Policy Recommendations for the Retirement of ccTLDs

    As part of the ccNSO PDP3 effort, this final paper includes proposed policy recommendations for the retirement of ccTLDs.

    Hyperlocal Deployment Plan 

    Hyperlocal Deployment Plan is seeking public comments.

    Proposal for Myanmar Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) 

    The Myanmar script community has formed the Myanmar script Generation Panel (GP), which in turn has developed the Proposal for the Myanmar Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules. As per the LGR Procedure, this proposal is being posted for public comments to allow those who have not participated in the Myanmar script GP to make their views known to the GP. Based on the feedback, the Myanmar script GP will finalize the proposal for submission for integration into the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone.

    Proposal for Latin Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) 

    The Latin script community has formed the Latin script Generation Panel (GP), which in turn has developed the Proposal for the Latin Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules. As per the LGR Procedure, this proposal is being posted for public comments to allow those who have not participated in the Latin script GP to make their views known to the GP. Based on the feedback, the Latin script GP will finalize the proposal for submission for integration into the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone.

    Proposed Renewal of .AERO Registry Agreement 

    ICANN Organization is seeking input on the proposed .aero renewal agreement.

    Draft PTI and IANA FY22 Operating Plan and Budget 

    ICANN Organization is seeking community input and feedback on two documents, the Draft PTI FY22 Operating Plan and Budget, and the Draft IANA FY22 Operating Plan and Budget.

    Second Security,Stability, and Resiliency (SSR2) Review Team Final Report 

    The final report of the Security, Stability and Resiliency Review (SSR2) is expected to be issued in October 2020. The final report is submitted for public comment to inform the ICANN Board actions on the SSR2 final recommendations.

    Draft ICANNFY22 Operating Plan and Budget 

    ICANN Organization is seeking community input and feedback on the Draft ICANN FY22 Operating Plan and Budget.

    Domain Abuse Activity Reporting (DAAR) 2.0 

    Domain Abuse Activity Reporting (DAAR) 2.0 is seeking public comments.

    Public Comment for Decision 

    Reference Label Generation Rulesets (LGRs) for the Second Level  

    Current Statements (ALAC Advice, Comment or Correspondence)

    Public Comment Name

    Public Comment Close

    Status

    		Assigned Working Group

    Penholder(s)

    GNSO New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Draft Final Report

     

    DRAFTING


    CPWG

    Drafting team member(s):

    Justine Chew & Small Team (TBC)

    4. Reports

         a. Global Stakeholder Engagement (GSE) Africa updates  (Pierre, Yaovi, Bob) - 5 min

         b. Technical Engagement updates (Yazid Akanho, Paul Muchene) - 3 min

         c. Recent and upcoming ALAC activities (Tijani, Dave, Abdulkarim) – 5 min

         d. NOMCOM Update (Hadia) - 2 min

         e. Universal Acceptance (UA) (Adbalmonem/Malick/Abdulkarim) - 3 min

         f. ALS Mobilization Working Party Update (Pastor Peters/Barrack/Sarah) - 3 min

         g. Unaffiliated Individuals Mobilization Working Party (Esther Patricia, Caleb, Sarah) - 2 min

         h. Recent and upcoming AFRALO/ALS activities (All)  - 5 min

    5. Updates/Items for discussion

          a. ICANN Launches Pandemic Internet Access Reimbursement Program Pilot

          b. Joint AFRALO-AfrICANN Statement for ICANN69 (virtual) (Abdalmonem/Abdulkarim/Sarah/Drafting Team) - see draft statement - 5 min     

          c.  AFRALO WG on the review of the Operating Principles 2020- Membership section -  (Isaac Maposa/Abdeljalil Bachar Bong) - 5 min

          d. AFRALO FY21 Outreach and Engagement Strategic Plan (Fatimata/Daniel) - 3 min

              See document to operationalize the O&E Strategic Plan

          e.  AFRALO Newsletter (Remmy, Olivier, Sarah) - 3 min

              See Newsletter Archives

           f. Virtual School on Internet Governance (VSIG) - Glen McKnight [See VSIG Walk-through Video] - 3 min

    6. New At-Large Structure (ALS) and individual member applications (Sarah) – 5 min

         ALS applications

         Individual members

         None

         - Evin working with Sarah and AFRALO Leadership to clean up membership list

    7. AOB – (Seun, all) 5 min


    Ordre du Jour (Français) 


    1. Appel - Liste de Présence (Personnel) – 2 min
    2. Revue des actions à entreprendre de la réunion précédente (Personnel, Sarah) – 5 min

    3. Commentaires publics d' ICANN (Seun) – 5 min

    Recently Ratified by the ALAC (since last AFRALO Monthly Meeting)

    Addendum to the ALAC Statement on EPDP (August 2020)
    Although the ALAC and the BC, IPC, GAC and the SSAC each took a somewhat different approach to addressing their positions in respect to the report, the ALAC is in general agreement with the positions taken in the GAC, SSAC and BC/IPC statements. In particular, the ALAC appreciates the in-depth and insightful analysis provided by the GAC, SSAC and BC/IPC.

     Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model – Next Steps
    The At-Large community is pleased to follow up on its prior ALAC statements regarding ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model (see: 13 June 2019, 14 October 2019, February 2020) with this ALAC statement on Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model - Next Steps. The ALAC made recommendations on priority issues, moving out of silos, restoring recruitment and demographics, reviewing previous responses, identifying gaps, pandemic related issues and evaluation of success with respect to the latest Public Comment on the topic.

    Final Report of the Cross Community Working Group (CCWG) on new gTLD Auction Proceeds
    The ALAC appointed five Members to the CCWG and these Members, alongside several participants from At-Large, were very active contributors to the work of the CCWG. The ALAC believes that all of its concerns have been addressed and therefore was pleased to accept and ratify the Final Report of the new gTLD Auction Proceeds Cross Community Working Group.

    Third Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3) Final Report
    The ALAC strongly supports the limited and focused number of recommendations proposed by the ATRT3 report, reflecting the pending implementation of proposals from previous review teams. In moving forward, the ALAC advises the ICANN Board to: (1) Swiftly implement ATRT3 recommendation to evolve both specific and organizational reviews as per Section 8 of the final report; (2) Fully endorse the recommendation to enhance current methods of Prioritization and Rationalization of Activities, Policies, and Recommendations (as per Section 10 of the report); (3) Share the ATRT3 Review Team’s approach to the review process and methodology behind it, aiming to ensure that all elements contributing to achieving strategic objectives and their subcomponents are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-based (SMART) and that all reporting on these refers to well specified metrics, to be reviewed on a regular or timely basis (as per Section 9 of the report).

    ALAC Statement on EPDP (July 2020)
    A vast amount of work has been done, but the ALAC believes that if and when the SSAD is deployed, the probability of its meeting the goals needed by the communities whose efforts we support will be low. Therefore, in order for the ALAC to support the EPDP Final Report, the ALAC noted the following GNSO Council outcomes would be required: 

    1. GNSO Council would agree that any Evolution Standing Committee recommendation on additional SSAD decision use-cases (that are in full accordance with the EPDP Policy Recommendation 9.3) will be treated as Implementation and not require further policy deliberations.
    2. Legal vs Natural, Accuracy, WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System and Anonymized contact email will be fully addressed with full participation in all aspects of discussions by the ICANN Advisory Committees that wish to participate. If these issues are deemed to be policy, they must be addressed by a group empowered to make policy recommendations, led by a qualified, non-conflicted chair. The GAC, ALAC and SSAC must be involved in setting the mandate or charter of such groups. The target for completion of all work should be no later than April 2021.
    3. The GNSO Council would agree that ratifying the Evolution Standing Committee recommendations will only require a GNSO Majority as currently called for in the GNSO Policy Manual.
    4. The GNSO Council would acknowledge that deliberations during implementation setting of prices for the SSAD must involve the future potential users of the SSAD and not only look at cost recovery but the actual ability and willingness of SSAD users to pay the prices being set.

    Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Regional Strategic Plan for FY2021-2025 LACRALO Statement
    The LACRALO statement was in response to the ICANN Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Regional Strategic Plan for FY2021-2025. As all LACRALO countries fall under the LAC Regional Plan, a diverse drafting team from the region provided feedback on strategy topics such as security, ICANN governance, unique identifiers system, geopolitics, and financials. Note: Ratified by the LACRALO Leadership Team and the ALAC.

    ccNSO PDP3: Initial Proposals for Process to Retire ccTLDs
    As a whole, the ALAC supports the ccNSO PDP3.  From an end user perspective, the ALAC suggested two points to be considered: 1) As a user of the Internet, the removal of a TLD will mean less likelihood for confusion as usually a ccTLD would be removed to make way for a new one. This enhances Trust in the domain name identifiers; 2) As a domain name registrant, the retirement of the ccTLD could pose a problem when correspondents are accustomed to use the "old" address using the obsolete ccTLD. Some companies have built a brand around the "old" ccTLD.

    Upcoming Public Comment Proceedings

      Issue Report on the ccNSO Policy Development Process for Selection of the IDN ccTLD Strings 

      This proceeding seeks feedback from the community on issues that were identified and need to be addressed with respect to selection of the IDN ccTLD strings. ccPDP will build on previous ccNSO effort on IDN ccTLD string selection and take into account the evolution of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process & IDN TLD variant management.

      ICANN Managed Root Server (IMRS) Placement and Methodology Study

      ICANN Managed Root Server (IMRS) Placement and Methodology Study is seeking public comments.

      Issue Final Paper on the Proposed Policy Recommendations for the Retirement of ccTLDs

      As part of the ccNSO PDP3 effort, this final paper includes proposed policy recommendations for the retirement of ccTLDs.

      Hyperlocal Deployment Plan 

      Hyperlocal Deployment Plan is seeking public comments.

      Proposal for Myanmar Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) 

      The Myanmar script community has formed the Myanmar script Generation Panel (GP), which in turn has developed the Proposal for the Myanmar Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules. As per the LGR Procedure, this proposal is being posted for public comments to allow those who have not participated in the Myanmar script GP to make their views known to the GP. Based on the feedback, the Myanmar script GP will finalize the proposal for submission for integration into the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone.

      Proposal for Latin Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR) 

      The Latin script community has formed the Latin script Generation Panel (GP), which in turn has developed the Proposal for the Latin Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules. As per the LGR Procedure, this proposal is being posted for public comments to allow those who have not participated in the Latin script GP to make their views known to the GP. Based on the feedback, the Latin script GP will finalize the proposal for submission for integration into the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone.

      Proposed Renewal of .AERO Registry Agreement 

      ICANN Organization is seeking input on the proposed .aero renewal agreement.

      Draft PTI and IANA FY22 Operating Plan and Budget 

      ICANN Organization is seeking community input and feedback on two documents, the Draft PTI FY22 Operating Plan and Budget, and the Draft IANA FY22 Operating Plan and Budget.

      Second Security,Stability, and Resiliency (SSR2) Review Team Final Report 

      The final report of the Security, Stability and Resiliency Review (SSR2) is expected to be issued in October 2020. The final report is submitted for public comment to inform the ICANN Board actions on the SSR2 final recommendations.

      Draft ICANNFY22 Operating Plan and Budget 

      ICANN Organization is seeking community input and feedback on the Draft ICANN FY22 Operating Plan and Budget.

      Domain Abuse Activity Reporting (DAAR) 2.0 

      Domain Abuse Activity Reporting (DAAR) 2.0 is seeking public comments.

      Public Comment for Decision 

      Reference Label Generation Rulesets (LGRs) for the Second Level  

      Current Statements (ALAC Advice, Comment or Correspondence)

      Public Comment Name

      Public Comment Close

      Status

      		Assigned Working Group

      Penholder(s)

      GNSO New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Draft Final Report

       

      DRAFTING


      CPWG

      Drafting team member(s):

      Justine Chew & Small Team (TBC)

      4. Rapports

          a. Dernières infos du Global Stakeholder Engagement (GSE) Afrique  (Pierre, Yaovi, Bob) - 5 min

          b. Mises à jour de l'engagement technique (Yazid Akanho, Paul Muchene) - 3 min

          c. Activités récentes / à venir de l'ALAC (Tijani, Dave, Abdulkarim) - 5 min

          d. Mise à jour sur NOMCOM (Hadia) - 2 min

          e. Acceptation universelle (AU) (Abdalmonem/Malick/Abdulkarim) - 3 min

          f. ALS Mobilization Working Party Update (Pastor Peters/Barrack/Sarah) - 3 min

          g. Unaffiliated Individuals Mobilization Working Party (Esther Patricia, Caleb, Sarah) - 2 min

          h. Activités récentes / à venir des membres d'AFRALO (tous) - 5 min

      5. Sujets de discussion

           a. L'ICANN lance un programme pilote de remboursement de l'accès Internet à l'ère de la pandémie

           b. Réunion conjointe AFRALO-AfrICANN à l'ICANN69 (virtuelle)(Abdalmonem/Abdulkarim/Sarah/Drafting Team) - le declaration - 5 min

           c. Groupe de travail sur l'examen des principes de fonctionnement (Isaac Maposa/Abdeljalil Bachar Bong) - 5 min

           d. AFRALO FY21 Plan Stratégique de sensibilisation et d'engagement (Fatimata/Daniel) - 3 min

                    Voir document to operationalize the O&E Strategic Plan

           e.  AFRALO Newsletter appel à articles (Remmy, Olivier, Sarah) - 3 min

               Voir Archive de la Newsletter

         f. Virtual School on Internet Governance (VSIG) - Glen McKnight [See VSIG Walk-through Video] - 3 min

      6. Nouvelles demandes de Structure At-Large (ALS) et les candidatures individuelles (Sarah) - 5min

          Demandes d'ALS


         Individual membership applications

         - Evin travaille avec Sarah pour nettoyer la liste des membres

      7. Question diverses (Seun, tous) – 5 min 

         

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