Participants: Hong, Xue, Vittorio Bertola, Sebastian Ricciardi, Jean Armour Polly, Denise Michel, Pierre Dandjinou, Izumi Aizu, John Levine, Roberto Gaetano, Bret Fausett, Eric Iriarte,Wendy Seltzer.
Absent: Clement Dzidonu, Sunday Folayan, Annette Muehlberg, Tadao Takahashi, and Tommy Matsumoto.
Agenda:
1. Discussion/next steps: Verisign settlement
2. Discussion/next steps: ALAC Self Review
3. Discussion/agreement: Vancouver Schedule and agendas
4. Discussion/agreement: IDN Guidelines and IDN President’s Committee
5. Update: Liaisons & Policy Issues
6. Report: Oct. Strategic Planning Session
7. Update/action: Minimum ALAC member participaton requirements & changing ALAC positions
8. Update: Regional reports
9. Update: Website; bylaw changes
1. ALAC discussed the proposed VeriSign settlement and agreed to draft proposed input for ICANN’s Board. Additonally, ALAC agreed to contact all At-Large Structures directly to request their views, and discuss this issue at the ICANN Vancouver meeting. The proposed statement will be developed via email.
2. Sebastian presented draft ALAC review (draft review and slides sent via email). ALAC agreed to share specific edits via email and the report would be finalized and presented/discussed in Vancouver.
3. ALAC discussed proposed At-Large related schedule for the ICANN Vancouver meetings, which tentatively includes: Mon. evening, 28 Nov. – Dinner Meeting with new ALAC members; Tues., 29 Nov. – At-Large Regional Meetings, At-Large Planning Workshop, and At-Large Users Forum; Wed., 30 Nov. – ICANN Orientation Roundtable, Lunch for New Participants, and IDN Workshop; Thurs., 1 Dec. – ALAC Meeting, At-Large Users Forum, ALAC Meeting with GAC, and ALAC Meeting with NCUC; Fri., 2 Dec. – Strategic Planning Workshop, WSIS Workshop, and Public Forum; and Sat., 3 Dec. – Public Forum. More information will be emailed and posted.
4. No further comments have been received on the proposed IDN Statement emailed by Vittorio. It will be posted and additional input will be sought from the At-Large Structure groups. Hong Xue has been recommended for the President’s IDN Committee and the ALAC has requested 4 additional spots to ensure that an At-Large member is able to represent each geographic region. We await a response from Paul Twomey.
5. Liaisons will provide emailed reports.
6. Initial information has been emailed on the Oct. Strategic Planning Session held in Marina del Rey. Additional information will be emailed. The ALAC is expected to provide input on ICANN’s long-term Strategic Plan at the Vancouver ICANN meeting.
7. ALAC agreed that it would be prepared to agree on, and implement, minimum ALAC member participation requirements in Vancouver. Vittorio will follow-up via email. ALAC also agreed to be prepared to agree on new ALAC positions in Vancouver. See email for proposals.
8. ALAC is voting on five pending ALS applications: ASOCIACIóN ECUATORIANA DE DERECHO INFORMáTICO Y TELECOMUNICACIONES; JCI ECUADOR; AGEIA DENSI; PACIFIC ISLANDS CHAPTER OF THE INTERNET SOCIETY (PICISOC); and INTERNET USERS SOCIETY – NIUE. Votes are needed ASAP.
9. The ALAC’s new website is ready to be constructed. We are waiting for ICANN’s General Counsel’s office to release the contract for the website developer. Regarding bylaw changes, the action of posting the proposed changes for public comment on ICANN’s homepage is on the Board’s 8 Nov. meeting agenda. Once the bylaw changes have been posted for public comment, they will be placed on the Board’s agenda for approval (potentially in Vancouver). The proposed bylaw changes also will be posted on the ALAC’s website.
