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

[Fouad Bajwa]

Thanks for sharing and the wonderful work done Sala. This is really good!


On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro
<salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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Fouad Bajwa