[APAC-Discuss] APRALO Report at ICANN 41 Singapore

Fri Jun 24 03:35:30 UTC 2011

I think we need to encourage any and all members of our ALSes  to attend our
monthly Meetings *and for that matter prospective ALSes and Ind Members
(when we sort that out) as well...  After all we know  who is listed as
authorized to vote when and if they are ever called for...

The More the Merrier in my view and that gives us a lot more chance of
greater edge/community involvement in all we discuss and do...

Cheryl Langdon-Orr
(CLO)

On 24 June 2011 13:24, Charles Mok (gmail) <charlespmok at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you Will!
>
> Will you or someone else from PICISOC be able to join us on our monthly
> teleconference calls to start to get involved?? Also, we like to start to
> schedule some ALS members to introduce themselves in our monthly calls, and
> if possible for PICISOC, we can do it in the next one or two teleconference
> meeting.
>
> Also, thanks Raj for your kind and continuous support!  For one thing, we
> may start with the ISOC chapters in those economies, I think!
>
> Thanks!
> Charles
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 9:29 PM, William Tibben <wjt at uow.edu.au> wrote:
>
> > Yes, a well written report Charles. I'm pleased to say that we have a few
> > more PICISOC people keen to get involved after their attendance in
> SIngapore
> > so I'm looking forward to some positive developments from the Pacific!.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Will
> >
> > On 23/06/2011, at 10:00 PM, Rajnesh D. Singh wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Charles,
> > >
> > > A great report.
> > >
> > > Participation by all ALS' in APRALO has been an issue from the
> beginning,
> > and I would urge all ALS' to nominate representatives to actively
> > participate in the process - that's why they signed up for APRALO in the
> > first place!!
> > >
> > > I also fully support your intention to target specific major economies
> > for ALS representation, in fact perhaps we can look at getting at least
> one
> > ALS in each economy covered by APRALO.
> > >
> > > I remain available to assist in whatever little way I can.
> > >
> > > Onwards and upwards!
> > >
> > > Raj
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Charles Mok (gmail)" <charlespmok at gmail.com>
> > > To: apac-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 2:20:47 PM
> > > Subject: [APAC-Discuss] APRALO Report at ICANN 41 Singapore
> > >
> > > *The following is an expanded report from me as APRALO Chair in the
> > Wrap-up
> > > meeting this morning at ICANN 41 Singapore. (Because of time I was only
> > able
> > > to give a brief verbal summary of the following in the meeting.)*
> > >
> > > I will make a brief report for APRALO about our work in the last
> several
> > > months as well as during this ICANN meeting.
> > >
> > > We had an election held with voting conducted between May 11-19, 2011,
> > and
> > > the result that I (Charles Mok, of Internet Society Hong Kong) elected
> as
> > > Chair, Holly Raiche (of Internet Society Australia) elected as Vice
> > Chair,
> > > and Internet Society Hong Kong (represented by Pavan Badhrani) elected
> as
> > > Secretariat, with the term until Jun 30, 2013.  Our other Vice Chair
> > remains
> > > to be Fauod Bajwa (of Pakistan ICT Policy Monitor), with his term until
> > Jun
> > > 30, 2012.
> > >
> > > I am the third chair in one calendar year before my election,
> succeeding
> > > Hong Xue, our last APRALO Chair, and certainly someone who leaves a big
> > shoe
> > > for me to fill.  It was unfortunate for APRALO that Hong cannot
> continue
> > her
> > > service as Chair for us, but we know she will continue to contribute
> > greatly
> > > to our community.
> > >
> > > The biggest issues we face in our Asia, Australiasia and Pacific
> Islands
> > > community are continuity, stability, outreach, and policy work.
> Currently
> > we
> > > have twenty-one ALS member organizations, in a region with more than
> > seventy
> > > countries/regions.  Some countries/regions in fact have more than one
> ALS
> > > members in APRALO, such as India, Pakistan and Hong Kong, so we have a
> > long
> > > way to go.  We are continually challenged by our large and wide
> > geography,
> > > diverse language and cultural differences, and relatively little
> > > participation from the Arabic world, Central Asia, etc.
> > >
> > > In the past, under Hong's leadership, we developed a system dividing
> the
> > > leadership duties of our two vice chairs into outreach and policy
> works.
> >  It
> > > was unfortunate that our two vice chairs cannot join our meeting this
> > time,
> > > even though it was held within our region.  Yet, it is clear that
> > outreach
> > > and policy works are closely related -- no good policy comments can be
> > made
> > > without wide and deep participation from our ALS members, hence we need
> > good
> > > inreach effort in addition to outreach.  It is always a worry on my
> mind
> > > that we lack substantive inputs from ALS members for ICANN policy
> > comments
> > > we are to make, hence the responses may not be as representative of all
> > > views as APRALO likes them to be.
> > >
> > > I would also take this opportunity to report that, since the last ICANN
> > > meeting in San Francisco in early 2011, APRALO responded in March to
> the
> > > Draft Proposal for the Study of Issues Related to the Delegation of IDN
> > > Variants TLDs.  We urged ICANN's recognition on the work done by the
> Asia
> > > Pacific community on various related major Asian languages such as the
> > > Arabic, Indic and Chinese languages.  We also urged ICANN to adopt the
> > > bottom-up-developed IDN Variant policies, and to consult APRALO to
> > identify
> > > members for the case study team.
> > >
> > > In the months preceding this ICANN meeting, we also made a budget
> > proposal
> > > to ICANN, requesting funding support for holding a much-needed
> > face-to-face
> > > general assembly, and other plans for outreach and promotion.
> > > Unfortunately, we did not receive any funding alloted to APRALO, as the
> > > ICANN Finance Team explained that since this current ICANN meeting is
> > held
> > > in Asia (Singapore), they considered this already an opportunity for us
> > to
> > > have a regional summit.  However, judging by the number of ALS members
> of
> > > APRALO who are present here, this was clearly not the case.  I have
> made
> > > clear our strong comment of disapproval to the ICANN Finance team, and
> to
> > > the ALAC community.
> > >
> > > On the other hand, I am happy to report that the two new ALS
> applications
> > > from our region have been approved by ALAC in this meeting, and they
> are
> > > Internet Society India Kolkata Chapter (of India) and NetMission.Asia
> (of
> > > Hong Kong).  In fact, supported by DotAsia Organization, over ten young
> > > representatives of NetMission.Asia -- the youngest of age 14 -- are
> > present
> > > in this ICANN meeting and have joined our APRALO activities here and
> some
> > of
> > > the ALAC meetings.  Their number may have set a new record of the
> number
> > of
> > > attendees from one ALS in Asia.  Going forward, NetMission.Asia will
> > report
> > > back on its participation in ICANN in Hong Kong, elevating the level of
> > > awareness.  On the other hand, APRALO will continue to encourage more
> > youth
> > > participation and volunteering.
> > >
> > > Back on the topic of outreach and inreach, we made efforts to warm old
> > ties
> > > and build new ones at various regional events, in order to promote
> APRALO
> > > and recruit new ALS members, for instance, in APRICOT-APAN 2011 held in
> > Hong
> > > Kong in February, where more than 1,500 people attended, and the
> Internet
> > > Society Regional Workshop in April in Colombo, Sri Lanka.  We renewed
> > ties
> > > with ALS members from Taiwan, Pakistan, Pacific Islands, etc. and build
> > > links to potential new ALS.
> > >
> > > I would also like to report that our APRALO Showcase was held
> successful
> > on
> > > Monday afternoon here in Singapore.  It was unfortunate that at the
> very
> > > last minute we were informed that ICANN scheduled a briefing on new
> gTLD
> > at
> > > the same time as our event, which has caused the attendance in the
> > Showcase
> > > to be less than my expectation.  However, all who attended agreed that
> it
> > > was a great event, with keynotes from Rajnesh Singh (the first APRALO
> > chair)
> > > and Dr Peng-hwa Ang (well-recognized Internet leader in Singapore).  We
> > also
> > > have received attention from many remote participants over the
> audiocast.
> >  I
> > > would like to thank the Working Group members who have worked hard in
> the
> > > last couple months putting this event together remotely, with
> participate
> > > gratitude to ICANN staff and Pavan, who was my co-chair for the working
> > > group.
> > >
> > > Looking to the future, in order to strategically improve our outreach
> and
> > > policy comment works, we will focus on driving volunteers
> participation,
> > > raising APRALO and ICANN awareness, etc.  In fact, with the new gTLD
> > > program,. we will face more attention as well as challenges and
> > > opportunities.  We will start to do that in Hong Kong, regardless of
> the
> > > support from ICANN.  We will encourage the newly-formed Internet
> Society
> > > Singapore chapter to join as an ALS, and I will also propose to target
> > > specific major Asian Internet economies, such as Malaysia, Philippines
> --
> > to
> > > join.
> > >
> > > Thank you for your attention and support.
> > >
> > > Charles Mok
> > > Chair
> > > Internet Society Hong Kong
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