ALAC Meetings in Rome
2 March 2004

Welcome, introductions - Vittorio Bertola, ALAC Chair

At-Large Involvement in ICANN

Overview of At-Large Organizing and Advocacy - Vittorio Bertola
At-Large organizing

• Conducting outreach through mailing lists, website, regional/international conferences
• Developed, gained Board approval of, and implemented At-Large Structure accreditation process
• 8 more At-Large Structure applications received since ICANN Tunis meeting in October 2003
• Conducted due diligence (process can be tracked on website – www.alac.icann.org)
• First round of votes in December 2003
• Second round of votes in February 2004
• All applications approved except one rejected as ineligible (application incomplete)
• Currently 10 organizations accredited as At-Large Structures + 6 applications under due diligence (in Tunis: 0 ALS + 8 under due diligence)
• Current list of accredited At-Large Structures:
  – Società Internet (Europe)
  – Arab Knowledge Management Society (Asia/Aust./Pac.)
  – Alfa-Redi (Latin America/Caribbean Islands)
  – FITUG (Europe)
  – Internet Society Luxembourg A.S.B.L. (Europe)
  – Internet Society Bulgaria (Europe)
  – Moroccan Internet Society (Africa)
  – Anais.AC (Africa)
  – Sudan Internet Society (Africa)
  – Internet Society - Finland (Europe)
• Prepared “welcome package” for accredited orgs and working to identify orgs’ interests/needs and involve orgs and their members in ICANN
• Two regional workshops held in Rome – Europe and Asia/Pacific/Australia to discuss At-Large organizing efforts in these regions
• ALAC currently conducting due diligence on six applications:
  – Internet Society Vasudhay Kutumbhkum (ISVK) - India (Asia/Australia/Pacific)
  – ISOC Taiwan Chapter (Asia/Australia/Pacific)
  – At Large @ China (Asia/Australia/Pacific)
  – National Information Infrastructure Enterprise Promotion Association, Taiwan (Asia/Australia/Pacific)
  – Internet Society - Catalan Chapter (Europe)
  – Asociación Costarricense de Derecho Informático (Latin America/Caribbean Islands)
  At-Large Advocacy/Policy Development
• At-Large liaisons serving on three GNSO WHOIS task forces
• At-Large statement on registry services recently issued
• At-Large liaison working on WIPO-2 task force

Other activities: WSIS

• Informal participation by some ALAC members in WSIS and in related events
• ALAC co-organized WSIS workshop here in Rome
• Very important that the ICANN community:
  – is informed about what is happening at WSIS
  – mobilizes local Internet communities
  – participates in the upcoming UN WG activities
• Statement recently released emphasize:
  – Support for public-private partnership and ICANN
  – A couple of issues still need to be addressed
  – ALAC willing to participate in UN working group

At-Large activity in Africa - Clement Dzidonu, ALAC member

• African RALO Contact Group Set-up
• Website to publicize/coordinate African region activities is being developed
• Secretariat to support outreach & ALSs recruitment/mobilization activities is being set-up to be based in Accra
• Targeted outreach to increase number of ALSs is on-going and will be step-up leading to Kuala Lumpur and thereafter (revised schedule on reaching critical mass of accredited ALSs)
• Still hopeful to launch RALO in Cape Town or at minimum get enough ALSs and start the formation process

At-Large activity in Asia/Australia/Pacific - Tommy Matsumoto, Izumi Aizu, Hong Xue, ALAC members

• APNG – started “AtLarge Committee”
• Outreach meetings at:
  - APRICOT, Kuala Lumpur
  - AP* meeting
  - APNG meeting
• ALAC conducting due diligence on 4 ALS applications from this region
• Planning organizing event in Kuala Lumpur to advance RALO

At-Large activity in Europe - Roberto Gaetano, ALAC member

• 2 more applications received
• Formal requirements for RALO already met
• Broadening the scope, schedule revised
• Mailing to around 40 “non-technical” organizations – some feedback received
• Aiming to start a founding group

At-Large activity in Latin America/Caribbean Islands - Sebastian Ricciardi, ALAC member

• Conducting outreach to variety of groups
• Professional societies (e.g. engineers, attorneys, etc.)
• Consumer advocacy and civil society groups
• Computer user organizations
• Others

Current Issues Affecting Individual Internet Users

• Introduction of New Domain Names - status report on ICANN evaluation of new gTLDs, Miriam Sapiro, gTLD Evaluation Team (Presentation - PDF)
• WHOIS Database - addressing privacy, accuracy, access, and use of the WHOIS database - Vittorio Bertola, Thomas Roessler (Presentation - PDF)
• WIPO II – Sebastian Ricciardi (Presentation - PDF)
• WSIS – Izumi Aizu (Presentation - PDF)
• Registry Services - developing procedures for handling registry changes that may affect Internet users - Thomas Roessler (Presentation - PDF)

Adjourn