[lac-discuss-en] Summary of activities of LACRALO Secretariat from 2009-2012

[Dev Anand Teelucksingh]

Dear All,

This a an overview of some of the activities and contributions I've
made to LACRALO, the ICANN At-Large community and to the ALAC serving
as LACRALO Secretariat from April 2009 to May 4 2012. Any questions or
comments regarding these activities are welcomed.

The text of this email can be found at http://db.tt/PCrJGpUE in case
the text isn't received by all participants.

Kind Regards,

Dev Anand Teelucksingh
LACRALO Secretariat

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- At-Large Improvements (https://community.icann.org/x/zAQt) - chaired
the Work Team D (https://community.icann.org/x/2Qct) meetings
from September 2010 to March 2011 and participated in the other three
Work Teams meetings and contributed significantly to WT-B, WT-C to
come with recommendations with detailed flowcharts that were included
in the At-Large Milestone Report
(https://community.icann.org/x/fAW5AQ)

- participated in the At-Large Improvements Project Taskforce WG
(https://community.icann.org/x/SQrPAQ) and participated in all weekly
calls since late November 2011 (https://community.icann.org/x/fwrPAQ)

- the At-Large new gTLD WG (https://community.icann.org/x/8Yoi) -
attending all weekly new gTLD WG meetings
(https://community.icann.org/x/woKP) and drafted the Proposal for the
ALAC to submit public comments on, and file objections to new gTLD
applications (https://community.icann.org/x/mA3PAQ) which was approved
by ALAC at the ICANN Costa Rica meeting
(http://costarica43.icann.org/node/29671).

- produced monthly Secretariat reports for LACRALO/ALAC/At-Large
https://community.icann.org/x/t4wi and was involved in most of those
activites.

- submitted various comments to ICANN's New Prototype Wiki Public
Comment Forum in January 2012 :
https://public-comments.icann.org/x/c4GZ

- participated in the ICANN Finance and Budget Subcommittee (FBSC) WG
(ALAC FBSC Meeeting schedule : https://community.icann.org/x/aoOP)

- developed the budget estimate for funding of LACRALO events in Costa
Rica and lead drafter of the letter from LACRALO to ICANN
funding of LACRALO events in Costa Rica ( https://community.icann.org/x/2ZzbAQ )

- participated in the JAS Working Group from March 2011
(https://community.icann.org/x/jQWB).

- attended several At-Large ICANN Academy Ad-Hoc WG
(https://community.icann.org/x/OACzAQ) calls

- issued all calls, votes, polls for the election or selection of
various LACRALO representatives and tallied all results, following our
LACRALO Rules of Procedure.

- attended 11 out of 12 ALAC monthly calls in 2011
(https://community.icann.org/x/EwJ5)

- participated in the LACRALO Bylaw WG
(https://community.icann.org/x/dw0t) - the summary report of how to
deal with "inactive" ALSes has been considered by other RALOs

- participated in all LACRALO conference calls, including regional
calls and WG calls since April 2009 except for one call
(https://community.icann.org/x/mIwi)

- chaired the LACRALO Cartagena WG and attended all calls to organise
LACRALO showcase at ICANN meeting in Cartagena in December 2010,
including collecting and creating ALS factsheets
https://community.icann.org/x/QgQt

- promoted the concept of regional calls in early 2011 to promote
dialogue and discussion in LACRALO
http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/lac-discuss-en/2011/003480.html

- chaired the At-Large Structure Survey WG
(https://community.icann.org/x/ZY8i) in 2010 and presented the raw
data in a detailed spreadsheet for the WG and developed and presented
the final report.

- developed the LACRALO Dashboard, the concept which is being looked
by other RALOs.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtasV2tOgnqxcjgyWjh3TGc5SzRzR3k4T1BqTGRvZnc&authkey=CI_OprwD
An updated version of the dashboard as part of the At-Large
Improvements Project Taskforce is being worked on.

- developed an improved Policy Advice Development (PAD) in 2010 to
track ALAC and At-Large track ICANN public comments and policy
statements
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtasV2tOgnqxdEtybGhDb3NweG5mZXdZXzlSMzlTdVE

- updated the LACRALO wiki attempting to explain various aspects of
LACRALO such as LACRALO Organising Documents
(https://community.icann.org/x/Oo0i)
and LACRALO Representatives (https://community.icann.org/x/LwBu)

- chair the At-Large Technology Task Force WG
https://community.icann.org/x/FpfbAQ

- implementing the procedure for the ALAC to submit public comments
on, and file objections to new gTLD applications
(https://community.icann.org/x/mA3PAQ) - had several meetings with
ICANN At-Large and IT Staff to work and test the gTLD prototype
Dashboard.