[APAC-Discuss] APRALO monthly call and follow up input from ALSs needed

[Satish Babu]

Thanks Siranush. Apologies for missing the December call on account of some
unexpected work.

Thanks also for the update (and for all the work that's been done). Will
get back to you after parsing the contents of your mail.





satish




On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Siranush Vardanyan <
siranush_vardanyan at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Dear APRALO colleagues,
> First of all, my appreciation to those who were able to join our December
> monthly call yesterday. Second, during the call we have discussed several
> important steps to follow up and we need the input from all ALSs.
> Sorry for the long e-mail in advance, but, please, read all and provide
> input wherever you consider appropriate within the mentioned deadlines.
> Don't miss the opportunity to make your voice heard!!!
> Here are the follow up actions needed:
> 1. MOU with APNIC.-  APRALO will have the whole month of January to send
> comments. The draft MOU is posted here -
> https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/APRALO+Draft+MOU+with+APNICIfyou have any comments, please, send those to Maureen and Holly during
> January, after that the final version will be prepared to be officially
> signed during Singapore meeting.
> The same process had been started with APTLD, so if you have any
> suggestions, how you see our cooperation with APTLD, also, please, provide
> your suggestions to the list. Comments are due to the end of January.
> 2. APRALO ALS Spotlight - As you all know, during every monthly call we
> are asking one of the ALSs to provide the presentation about their
> activities (by the way, this suggestion came from your side and we started
> to implement it after Durban meeting). During December call NetMission.Asia
> has been presented by Yannis Li, if you missed that, you can see the
> presentation posted here:
> https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/APRALO+ALSes+Spotlight
> Action: we need volunteers from ALSs to present themselves for our
> January, February calls. ANY VOLUNTEERS?
> 3. APRALO Rules of Procedure (ROP) WG Charter had been sent to all of you
> almost a month ago for the comments. We had the majority of participants of
> the call voted in favor, but some members asked for a little bit more time
> for the comments, which is NOW OPEN FOR ONE WEEK - Deadline for your final
> input is December 27. After that time, the Charter will be considered
> adopted as the main Charter for ROP WG. The link to the Charter is here:
> https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/APRALO+Rules+of+Procedures+Review+2013
> 4. ALAC Finance and Budget Sub-Committee (FBSC) is seeking one more
> volunteer representative from our RALO. We have Cheryl Langdon Orr and
> Rafid Fatani currently serving in this Committee, but we need one regional
> representative as well. Those who have background in finance and are
> interested to serve in this committee, please, send your name to me and/or
> ICANN staff by December 25, 2013.
> To learn more about FBSC, please, visit the wiki space , direct link is
> here:
> https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/ALAC+Subcommittee+on+Finance+and+Budget
> 5. At Large Community Regional Outreach Pilot Program, known as CROPP -
> Ali Almeshal sent a very informative e-mail to this list related to this
> program. We need to identify ASAP what are the major events taking place in
> APRALO region during the periodfrom February-June 2014 (we are already
> aware about APRICOT 2014). If you are aware of such events, which will meet
> the criteria of the program, please, send your suggestions via this mailing
> list. To learn more about the program, please, visit:
> https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=43982055
> 6. Singapore Showcase - We are in the process of identifying some sponsors
> for this, and several people who participated in the call mentioned that
> already started the works on that, which is really appreciated and needed.
> According to the suggestions, the Staff will post in the wiki space for
> Showcase (
> https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/APRALO+Singapore+Showcase+OC+2013-12-04++Action+Items)
> the approximate amount for catering budget and other items needed to be
> prepared for the event. If you have any ideas for the showcase or
> sponsorship, please notify me (Siranush Vardanyan at
> siranush_vardanyan at hotmail.com) before 10th of January 2014, which will
> be prior to the next monthly meeting of Showcase Organizing Committee.
> All mentioned actions are posted also in Wiki space, under the Current
> Issues - https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/Current+Issues(thanks to Maureen) and in APRALO December Monthly call action items -
> https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/APRALO+Monthly+2013-12-18+-+Action+Items
> .
> As Maureen has mentioned in her last e-mail to you, WE NEED EVERYONE'S
> SUPPORT AND INPUT FOR ALL ACTION ITEMS AND APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION
> AND CONTRIBUTION TO OUR REGIONAL DECISIONS!
> With warmest seasonal greetings.
> Siranush
> Siranush VardanyanAPRALO Acting Chair
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