[ALAC] At-Large Engagement in RIR Policy Development - Issue Raised in Board Meeting with NRO/ASO today

[Carlton Samuels]

Hi Rinalia:
Good ear being displayed here.

We fully endorse more engagement from the edge in Numbers policy making and
some of us have been straddling the two streams.  But it takes a lot of
volunteer cycles on top of those committed to Names already.  What we need
is more capacity - in quantity and enabled for effective engagement - and
improvements in the modalities to participate.  And that is a long slog.

-Carlton


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On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 5:56 AM, Rinalia Abdul Rahim <
rinalia.abdulrahim at gmail.com> wrote:

> ALAC and RALO Chairs,
>
> This morning the Board had a meeting with the NRO/ASO.  The importance of
> At-Large community engagement in the policy development process of the
> Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) was raised and discussed.
>
> Context: ICANN's remit covers Names and Numbers.  The policy development
> process for Names takes place at ICANN while the policy development process
> for Numbers takes places place at the RIRs.  It is important to have end
> user engagement in both.
>
> The existence of RALO-RIR MOUs is noted, but concrete engagement needs to
> follow-through.
>
> Issues raised:
> 1. Co-location of face-to-face meetings (i.e., RALO meeting in conjunction
> with RIR meeting) and need for ICANN funding to supplement RIR Fellowship
> funding.
> 2. Pre-meeting orientation program for ALSes to help them understand the
> structure and processes of the RIR before participating in the RIR meeting
> (face-to-face or remotely)
> 3. Focused participation in the Policy Development Track at RIR meetings  +
> remote participation for those that cannot be on site
> 4. Participation in RIR Policy Development mailing-list (substance of RIR
> policy development is discussed via mailing-lists)
> - suggestion: RIR notification/alerts on Policy Development to be sent to
> RALO mailing lists so ALSes can prepare for engagement.
>
> My suggestion on follow-up: Leverage on the momentum created by the board's
> discussion with the NRO
> - RALO Chairs can follow-up with RIR Chairs respectively
> - RALO Chairs can discuss within RALOs on whether groups need to be formed
> to focus on numbers policy among ALSes
> - ALAC Chair can facilitate RALO interface with ICANN on funding issue
>
> Thanks!
>
> Rinalia
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