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At Large Advisory Committee Report to the Board

This report provides an overview of the activities and developments of the At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) during the ICANN meeting in Tunis on October 30, 2003. It includes information on organizing efforts, outreach initiatives, policy development, participation in working groups, and plans for regional At Large organizations.

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At Large Advisory Committee Report to the Board

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  1. At Large Advisory CommitteeReport to the Board Vittorio Bertola At Large Advisory Cmt. ICANN Meeting Tunis, 30 October 2003

  2. Committee Activities • At Large organizing • Outreach through mailing lists and website • Outreach through physical participation and meetings • At Large Structure accreditation process • At Large Structure applications • African community involvement in Tunis • Policy development • Statements on wildcard services • Statements on new gTLDs • Statements on WHOIS • Participation in working groups

  3. At Large Organizing • Prepared accreditation criteria for ALS • Approved by the Board in June • Prepared application forms in different languages • First 8 applications received • Africa: ISOC Sudan, University of Ghana, Anais.AC • Asia/Pacific: Arab Knowledge Management Society (AKMS) • Europe: ISOC Italy, FITUG, ISOC Luxembourg • Latin America: Alfa-Redi • Adopted approval process for applications • First applications to be processed in the next few weeks

  4. At Large Organizing • Outreach / Organization activities • Participation by members in 10 user events in 4 regions • Mailing to a list of 6000+ organizations and individuals • Grant by InfoDev to bring African Internet community members to Carthage • Organization of three regional workshops in Carthage • More to come • Appointments • Roberto Gaetano as Board liaison • Members in task forces: Transfers Assistance Group, WIPO-2 Working Group, GNSO Whois Steering Task Force

  5. At Large Organizing: Africa • 1-year plan to launch AF RALO by Dec 2004 • Setup AF RALO Contact group • 3 ALAC members and 10 others • Rome - to reach critical mass of ALS • June 04 - setup interim RALO committee to draft By-Laws • Sep 04 - formalize AF RALO • Dec 04 - Official Launch

  6. At Large Organizing: Asia/Pacific • APNG – started “AtLarge Committee” • China – Internet Society of China ready for ALS application • Taiwan • ISOC Taiwan Chapter, hosted by TWNIC • Net Consumer Protection Association • Taiwan Internet Association • Japan – “Study Group” to begin with Government

  7. At Large Organizing: Europe • Already talking about European At Large • User organizations forming coordinating group, common mailing lists • Aiming to get a good number of applications before end 2003 • Jan – Mar 04: EU RALO bylaws discussion • Rome / Kuala Lumpur: EU RALO launch

  8. Policy activities: Wildcards • First statement on Sept 16th • Concerns of the community • Request to stop service • Solicited community comments • Second statement on Oct 13th • Preserving users’ right to choose • Keeping innovation at the edge • Co-sponsored workshop in Carthage

  9. Policy activities: New gTLDs • Final document on Oct 9th • Open market competition • ICANN should not judge usefulness of new TLDs • ICANN should not judge business models • “No-harm” approach! • Time to turn this into a predictable and steadily running process • Lower barriers (technical, continuity…) • More geographical and linguistic diversity

  10. Policy activities: WHOIS • Participation in GNSO WHOIS Steering Group • Raised review of data elements collected and displayed as issue with GNSO • New statement on Oct 29th (yesterday), making the case for registrant privacy(see http://alac.icann.org/ ) • Support and willingness to participate in the President’s WHOIS Committee

  11. More activities: WSIS • Informal participation by some ALAC members in WSIS PrepComs • WSIS workshop in Carthage on 29 Oct. • Very important for the ICANN community to be informed about what is happening at WSIS • At Large could bring a good contribution to the discussion and bridge contrapositions

  12. Thank you For further information: ALAC Website: http://alac.icann.org/ ALAC Blog: http://alac.info/

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