[APAC-Discuss] Report of ALAC Meeting 24th January 2012 [by APRALO Rep to ALAC]

[Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro]

Dear Colleagues within APRALO,

Happy Lunar New Year! We have just concluded our first ALAC meeting of
2012. Cheryl, Rinalia and I were present at the meeting.

The link for the Agenda which also has a link to the Summary Minutes and
Transcripts (I am not sure whether transcripts will be provided though) is
accessible via
https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/ALAC+24.01.12+-+Monthly+Teleconference

There were many things discussed as you can see from the Agenda but matters
that are relevant in my view that were raised that would be of interest to
APRALO are as follows:


   1. *Review of Current ALS Applications* - We were asked about the
   Application from the Internet Society of the Armenian Chapter. I advised
   the ALAC via chat that the matter was still subject to due diligence and
   that the Application was received by APRALO on January 19, 2012. I also
   advised ALAC that the APRALO call would follow the ALAC call. EURALO
   through Oksana has also expressed their support of this application.
   [APRALO Chair has advised that Save is conducting the due diligence which
   will be then sent to us.
   2. *Policy Forums and Developments*- Status of the development of the
   Policies are available on the wiki and you can access each from the links
   provided for in the Agenda item and bookmark it. [Please feel free to
   interact on the wiki and paste your comments and questions on the wikis. If
   you feel that you would like something translated, clarified or explained
   we can work towards getting people who have expertise on the matter to
   clarify. I know Holly has organised a Whois briefing for APRALO which I
   strongly urge APRALO members to attend.If you would like to get involved in
   any of the Working Groups and are currently not actively engaged in any WGs
   please let us know how we can facilitate introductions in the area of
   interest to you.] Aside from these there are Statements which have been
   drafted that are also up on the Wiki and open for comments etc.
   3. *Budget Requests*- Hurrah! Fingers crossed we may get to convene
   APRALO General Assembly subject to approval by ICANN Finance. This will be
   no doubt an important first step. Gratitude goes to Charles for putting
   together our Budget Proposal for this and to the Finance/Budgetary Team who
   were on the call and advocated and pushed this through.  We were informed
   that the budgetary requests would be categorised into either "High, Medium
   or Low" Priority and that the General Assembly Proposals were on the "High
   Priority". There were substantial discussions on resource and financial
   constraints and challenges with getting requests granted. there was also
   discussions on the General Assembly cycle etc. I expressed support for the
   General Assembly as we had actively submitted to the Budget Sub Committee.
   The issue of Road maps and strategies were brought up which is up on the
   wiki. I siezed the opportunity to remind the ALAC that we should also
   consider parallel sustainable options for outreach etc.
   4. *At Large Outreach Working Group* - The support to establish this
   Group was unanimous and enthusiastically received by the ALAC. I raised the
   issue of the Web based learning and remote learning platforms and
   highlighted the enormous transportation costs that are barriers and the
   need to maximise the use of the internet to increase outreach to compliment
   current Face to Face enagements such as ICANN Meetings, NOG and IGF
   meetings. I emphasised the RALO penetration rate in terms of the number of
   accredited ALS structures within the RALO and that penetration rate was
   below 30%. I had made submissions in the wiki as well, see:
   https://community.icann.org/display/Improve/Recommendation+4
   5. * ICANN Academy* - We have had good meetings to discuss this and for
   now it is limited to 20 hours face to face learnings. This is important
   Face to Face Training and the WG has been heavily involved pre-Christmas in
   discussions involving the training and this includes curriculum development
   which has been taking place on the etherpad. The Budget proposal has been
   submitted and factors in real costs. Cheryl advised that the ccNSO may have
   resource material which can be used in the development of the curriculum. I
   also requested ALAC Chair Olivier to clarify which specific forum within At
   Large would look after the web based learning and remote learning so that
   as a RALO we could make submissions. This is yet to be determined whether
   it is the At Large Outreach Working Group or ICANN Academy. Olivier has
   advised to initiate discussions via the mailing list to gather feedback and
   interactions on the matter. [I also note from the last APRALO call that
   there were requests made by Hong to have the curriculum placed on the wiki.
   We are due to have an ICANN Academy call soon and either Hong or I will
   raise this as Hong has joined the Group]

If there are any matters within the Agenda that you would like
clarification on, please do not hesitate to ask. Those that were present in
the call will be able to give feedback and respond. Prior to any ALAC
meeting, I will in the future try to post the Agenda on the list and ask
for contributions and comments and Charles can coordinate based on the
general consensus from APRALO and any of us can raise matters of  interest
or concern to APRALO.

Kind Regards
-- 
Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala
Asian Pacific Regional At Large Organization Representative to the At Large
Advisory Committee

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