September 2007 - APAC-Discuss

Meeting Outcomes: August Teleconference
by Rajnesh D. Singh Sept. 9, 2007

Sept. 9, 2007

Colleagues, We had a relatively good turnout at last week's (August 28th) Teleconference, and I hope those that could not make it are able to join the next one. The monthly teleconference is for our collective benefit and serves as a regular forum to discuss issues of importance. Meeting notes were taken by ISOC HK and will be posted on the APRALO site in due course (Edmon will advise). The meeting recording is not yet on the APRALO site (Nick will advise availability). These will be available at https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?28_august_2007 (as is the agenda). I would like to very briefly relay to you the major outcomes of the meeting and welcome your comments on the same. 1. APTLD IDN Fast-track Proposal: Keith Davidson (on behalf of APTLD) summarised the rationale behind their proposal. The general consensus at the teleconference was that APRALO should support the APTLD proposal, based on the fact that the AP region is likely the region with the greatest need for an IDN solution. As such, the following motion was put forth: 'That APRALO support the "very limited and controlled approach" for an allocation of ccTLD IDN's, as proposed by the APTLD, for a FastTrack allocation of ccTLD IDN's, while ICANN goes through their more extensive Policy Development Process; and to vocally show this support at the ICANN meeting in LA.' Proposed: Cheryl Langdon-Orr Seconded: Gary Soo I welcome comments on this motion. The comment period is 10 days, after which a vote will be setup for APRALO's endorsement of this motion. The APTLD statement is available at https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?28_august_2007 Comment Period Start: 9 September 2007 Comment Period End: 19 September 2300GMT Voting Period Start: 20 September 2007 End: 25 September 2007 2359GMT 2. APRALO 2008 Physical Meetings: One meeting at ICANN Asia Pacific Meeting. Second meeting proposed during IGF 2008 in Delhi. APRALO and APTLD are currently in the process of seeking mutual grounds of engagement and collaboration (APRALO has a Working Group to this effect). APTLD (through Don Hollander, General Manager) has indicated to me that they will likely hold a regular meeting during IGF 2008 and suggested it would be an opportune time to stage a joint APRALO/APTLD meeting. This concept met with general approval at the Teleconference. I welcome comments on this idea of holding an APRALO meeting during IGF 2008 with reference to the fact that APRALO is meant to represent the User community, and IGF Delhi will represent an ideal opportunity for outreach, networking and collaboration. A motion to hold this meeting will be proposed at the September Teleconference. 3. Working Group Updates Budget and Projects: John Fung has indicated to me he will have some feedback as per the timeline set (October 2007). Nirmol (ISVK) has joined this WG. APRALO-APTLD Collaboration: Christopher and Edmon are actively working on this. APTLD Bangkok Meeting: Edmon (ISOC-HK) has indicated he will attend this meeting and represent APRALO during a Panel Discussion. This is in response to APTLD's request. I was also invited to present at the August APTLD Meeting in Honiara on APRALO and its function. I will make my presentation available on the APRALO web site (perhaps in a new section I will create called "Resources") Outreach: Support for APNG Camp - Cheryl indicated there was some communication breakdown in the proposal to support this year's camp, coupled with time constraints. However it is APRALO's intention to support the APNG initiative and it is hoped that the request and proposal for next year's camp can be addressed in a timely manner. 4. Issues Working Groups: Volunteers are required for several issues under consideration within ALAC. These are: Assembly-wg ALS Summit Idn-wg Idn-wg Policy Discussion IPv6-WG IPv4 - IPv6 Migration issues Working Group RAA-WG RAA Working Group Whois-wg Whois-wg Policy Discussion Volunteers are required to work with these ALAC WGs to represent APRALO interests. Please indicate your ALS' interest. If I do not get sufficient feedback, I will put ALS names in a hat and pick for each WG as above. 5. Your comments are also invited on collaborative mechanisms for Working Groups. Some options are: - dedicated mailing list per WG - IRC/IM type setup (ExCom has started using Skype Chat with some success) - Wiki (which already exists) -- Kind regards, Rajnesh D. Singh Chair, ICANN Asia Pacific Regional At-Large Organisation www.apralo.org

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Re: [APAC-Discuss] [ALAC-Internal] IDN ccTLD
by Hong Xue Sept. 9, 2007

Sept. 9, 2007

Dear At-large Community, At San Juan Meeting, the ICANN Board requests that that the ICANN community including the ALAC provide the Board with responses to the published list of issues and questions that need to be addressed in order to move forward with IDN ccTLDs associated with the ISO 3166-1 two-letter codes in a manner that ensures the continued security and stability of the Internet. The Board requests status reports regarding progress by the conclusion of the ICANN meeting in Los Angeles in October 2007. The ALAC IDN Working Group, which was set up in May 2007 and charied by Hong Xue, commenced drafting the status report from July 2007 and sent out the first draft to the regional lists for public comments from August 2007. For the Working Group working plan, please refer to https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?alac_idn_working_group. Now, the Working Group has completed the second draft and is expecting your comments or revisions. You're very welcome to post the comments on the Working Group page at https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?alac_idn_working_group. The Working Group is particularly looking forward to hearing from each RALO. The Public Consultation is from September 9 to September 28, 2007. For the background informaiton and relevant knowledge on IDNs, please refer to ALAC IDN Policy Formation page at https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?idn_policy_formation. Best wishes Hong ALAC IDN Liaison ALAC IDN WG has drafted a set of answers

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[Fwd: Re: Summit]
by Rajnesh D. Singh Sept. 7, 2007

Sept. 7, 2007

Colleagues, FYI, I have relayed the APRALO position to the group currently engaged in working on the Summit idea. This position is generally the same one we agreed to in Bali during our MOU deliberations, as well as at the Hong Meeting in July and the most recent Teleconference. The gist of it is that APRALO will meet at the ICANN Asia Pacific meeting, and if there is to be a general summit at Paris 2008, then as long as this is an extra-budgetary allocation (and the money can be found), its fine with us, but we will not forsake the ICANN Asia Pacific meeting for the Summit, as Asia Pacific is our region and an in-region meeting is where we achieve the most from all perspectives. We have already lost the October 2007 Asia Pacific meeting and I (as well others within APRALO) do not wish to see us miss the February 2008 one as well. Regards, R. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Summit Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:30:27 +1200 From: Rajnesh D. Singh <rajnesh(a)pacificit.org> Reply-To: rajnesh(a)pacificit.org Organization: pacificIT.org To: icann-summit(a)googlegroups.com Hi Evan, Response(s) starting with /--RDS->/ in-line. On Sep 5, 7:20 am, Evan <evanleibovi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Rajnesh, > > --RDS-> We discussed the At-Large Summit (or whatever other name you want to give it) at the APRALO conference call last week and general consensus is its a good idea. Thank you! > Is there anyone from APRALO who is interested in helping to put the > conference together? --RDS-> Me, if you see a need. > > > --RDS->- The timing of the Summit is an issue. APRALO intends to hold its> - The timing of the Summit is an issue. APRALO intends to hold its >> annual assembly during the February 2008 AP meeting and meeting again >> within 3-4 months does not suit us, as our intended workplan has us >> meeting bi-annually - once in the first half and once in the second half >> where one of these is a general APRALO assembly and the second is more a > >subset. > No matter when we schecule this, there will always be RALOs who would > be meeting at the previous or subsequent ICANN meeting, so it wll be > impossible to schedule this without causing such of conflict for > somebody. > > It is my hope that, should the Summit go ahead on an ongoing basis, > that sufficient time will be given to allow every RALO to have > regional assemblies during the Summit. Even now, in our logistical > planning, we are working to give the regions plenty of time on their > own -- now only for conventional assemblies, but also to allow for > regional caucus meetings in which each RALO could internally discuss > global issues arising during the Summit. --RDS-> APRALO's position is it will meet at every ICANN Asia Pacific Meeting. If the Summit is an extra-budgetary event then this is no problem, however you are unlikely to get buy-in from APRALO if we are required to forsake the ICANN Asia Pacific meeting. Asia Pacific is our region and meeting in-region at the ICANN meeting means we can get a larger sub-set of our community involved. > > --RDS->- Paris as a meeting venue could be an issue with respect to costs. > > APRALO is the most dispersed region and Paris is not exactly the cheapest city to get to (or stay in for that matter). > > In fact, Paris was chosen specifically because of the recommendation > of ICANN staff after doing its own research. They informed us that it > is less expensive to bring the world's ALSs to Europe than to any > other region. (It _might_ also be inexpensive in the US, but passport > issues there now make it a difficult international destination.) --RDS-> If ICANN staff says its a spade, then it must be a spade and up to the powers-that-be to find the money. > > > --RDS-> I also noticehttp://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/assembly-wg_atlarge-l... > > Is anyone on that list? I see nothing in the archives. > > This group was started before that list was created. My intent is that > once we have a real working group, the Summit work will move to the > official channels. > > Regards, > > Evan

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Communication to the Board: At-Large Structure Applications Handling
by Nick Ashton-Hart Sept. 4, 2007

Sept. 4, 2007

Dear ALAC and community members: As decided by the ALAC in their meeting on 10th August 2007, as a consequence of decisions taken by the ALAC in their meetings in San Juan, the Board of ICANN is to be formally requested to acknowledge certain changes to the way in which ALS applications are to be handled, and to acknowledge the written guidelines established by the Committee which replace a previously unwritten understanding between committee members of how to interpret the Minimum Criteria and Bylaw requirements related to ALS Applications. In my view, these changes are an important landmark in the development of the community, providing amongst many other benefits and features: * A truly bottom-up-driven applications review process - where the existing ALS community in the region new applicants are from are able to provide advice to the ALAC about applicants; * A standard and open way to evaluate applications which is in conformity with the RALO MoUs (the previous process, since it predated the RALOs' formation, was not); * A flexible system which allows much larger volumes of applications to be handled without an overly burdensome load on volunteer time and energy being required to process them; * A process and guidelines that learn from the more than 100 previous applications and which should ensure that questions about specific aspects of applications are raised and answered earlier in the cycle of applications management; * Utilising a new and online interface, the applications handling process will be transferred into a forms-based database environment which will make review of applications easier on all parties - especially the volunteer community. As the ICANN staff person who was the focal point for administration of this effort, I would be remiss in not thanking the many other members of staff who provided advice and reviewed various stages in the development of this work, which began in January 2007 - and I would also like to extend my compliments and admiration to the members of the community, and in particular the members of the At- Large Advisory Committee, who devoted considerable time and effort to completing this important work. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +41 (22) 595 85 44 mobile: +41 (79) 595 54 68 email: nashton(a)consensus.pro Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +41 (22) 595 85 44 mobile: +41 (79) 595 54 68 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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