ALAC August Teleconference

Meeting Number: AL.ALAC/CC.0815/1

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Date: Tuesday, 25 August 2015                                      

Time: 19:00-21:00 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)

How can I participate in this meeting? English Conference ID = 1638

¿Cómo se puede participar en la teleconferencia? Spanish Conference ID = 1738

Comment participer a cette teleconference?  French Conference ID = 1838

Russian Conference ID = 2138

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EN - ALAC: Alan Greenberg, Maureen Hilyard, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Vanda Scartezini, Glenn McKnight, Jimmy Schulz, Leoón Sanchez, Sandra Hoferichter,

Absent: Rafid Fatani

EN: Roosevelt King, Avri Doria, Siranush Vardanyan, Garth Graham, Allan Skuce, Chris Mulola, Sebastien Bachollet, Judith Hellerstein, Daniel Nanghaka (ISOC Uganda), Jee Eun Choi, Dev Anand Teelucksingh, Theo Geurts, Nomsa Mwayenga (ISOC Zimbabwe), Wolf Ludwig, Cheryl Langdon-Orr

FR- ALAC:  none

ES - ALAC: Fatima Cambronero

ES: Alberto Soto

RU: non

Liaisons:  Ron Sherwood, Julie Hammer

Apologies:  Jean-Jacques Subranat, Holly Raiche, Sarah Kiden, Barrack Otieno, Beran Gillen, Hadja Outtara, Tijani Ben Jemaa

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

Interpreters: FR: Camila (and Claire to follow) , RU: Galina , ES: Veronica and Paula

Call management: Gisella Gruber

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Action Items: EN  

Adopted Motions:  EN

Consensus Call:  EN

Transcription:   EN,  FR,  ES,  RU   

Recording:  EN, ES,  FR, RU       

Chat:  EN       

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A G E N D A:    

Standing Agenda Items

1. Roll call and apologies – Staff (5 minutes)

2. Adoption of agenda; call for Any Other Business or other amendments – Alan Greenberg (3 minutes)

3. Review of outstanding Action Items requiring ALAC involvement - Alan Greenberg (2 minutes)

4. ALAC Policy Development Activities - Alan Greenberg (15 minutes)

• See: Policy Advice Development Page
• See: ICANN Public Comment page   
  
  1. 1. Statements approved by the ALAC:
        • Draft Report: Review of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (closed 31 Jul 2015) - 11Y, 0N, 0A
     2. Statements in process: being drafted, in comment or in vote:
        • Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Services to Replace WHOIS Preliminary Issue Report (closes 06 Sep 2015) - ALAC commenting on a Statement
        • Initial Report on Data & Metrics for Policy Making (closes 07 Sep 2015) - ALAC commenting on a Statement 
        • Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability 2nd Draft Report (Work Stream 1) (closes 12 Sep 2015) - ALAC commenting on a Statement 
        • IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal (closes 08 Sep 2015) - Olivier Crepin-Leblond drafting a Statement 
        • Proposed ICANN Bylaws Amendments—GNSO Policy & Implementation Recommendations (closes 12 Sep 2015) - Alan Greenberg drafting a Statement  
     3. Statements that seem to be stalled:
        • Proposal for Armenian Script Root Zone‬ Label Generation Rules (LGR) (closes 31 Aug 2015) - Narine Khachatryan drafting a Statement
     4. Public Comment requests to which the ALAC decided not to submit Statements: 
        • Removal of Searchable Whois Service from .SHARP Registry Agreement (closes 11 Sep 2015) 
        • Design Team Review of Plan for DNS Root Zone KSK Change (closes 15 Sep 2015) 
     5. New Public Comment requests requiring decision: 
        • Proposal for Arabic Script Root Zone‬ Label Generation Rules (LGR) (closes 06 Oct 2015) 
          

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

• Total number of ALSes: 192
  
• Recently certified ALSes: (226) ISOC Uganda, AFRALO ALS
• Applications currently being voted on: None
• Applications pending: See: At-Large Structure Applications and Certification Process, Sri Lanka Next Generation (SLNG), Awaiting Regional Advice from APRALO
• Staff processing due diligence on:  None
• (210) ISOC Gambia [PDF, 495 KB] Application suspended as per AFRALO Leadership, and advice from Internet Society to wait until further notice from ISOC.
  

6.  Reports – Alan Greenberg (10 minutes)

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

Note:  Usually, little discussion of these reports is scheduled for this meeting. Short comments calling attention to important issues are welcome. Any WG or RALO Chair/Liaison seeking to discuss his/her report in more detail is advised to inform the Chair in advance or if minimal time is required, add the item to AOB before adoption of the agenda.

For Discussion/Decision

7. Statement on Armenian Script Root Zone‬ Label Generation Rules (LGR) - Alan Greenberg (5 minutes)

Should the ALAC make a formal statement?

• Wiki page

For Information/Discussion

8. IANA Stewardship Transition and Accountability - ALAC Statement on the CCWG - Alan Greenberg and Others (20 minutes)

See: Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability 2nd Draft Report (Work Stream 1)

Current Draft Statement - v03

9. Review of At-Large Work Groups - Alan Greenberg, Staff, Others (20 minutes)

List of Work Groups and Current Status 

10. At-Large Planning for ICANN 54 in Dublin - Leon Sanches and At-Large Staff (20 minutes)

Potential Invited Guests & Joint Meetings (Excel Version)

See: Draft Schedule

11. Any Other Business (5 minutes)