I am interested to join the newly created APRALO policy forum. Your information and suggestion in this regard is highly appreciated. Regards, Mohammad Kawsar Uddin General Secretary ISOC Bangladesh Chapter On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 7:44 AM Justine Chew <justine.chew@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear APRALO colleagues,

In late 2019, the APRALO Leadership Team proposed the initiation of an APRALO Policy Platform for 2020. After a period of input from RALO members, the Leadership Team took some time to consider how best to take this initiative forward given the priorities for the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and At-Large Community, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

While cognizant of RALO members' challenges in facing the pandemic and the ever-present risk of Zoom call fatigue, we needed to find a convenient way to address the goal of *coordinating regional policy-related activities, including establishing input from an end users' perspective for various recipients* be it the ALAC, or the At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG), or other ICANN-related policy development processes (PDP) or fora.

To make a start on meeting this goal, we are pleased to announce the creation of the *APRALO Policy Forum*. To begin with, this initiative will be facilitated using the new *APRALO Policy Forum work space* and *apralo-policy@icann.org <apralo-policy@icann.org> mailing list* which will be moderated by members of the Leadership Team and supported by At-Large staff.

To join the Leadership Team and APRALO ATLAS III Ambassadors in building up this initiative, please email to staff@atlarge.icann.org your Expression of Interest to participate and to be subscribed to the new mailing list; and thereafter, ensure that your Statement of Interest (SOI) is up to date, as guided by Staff.

For more information on plans for the APRALO Policy Forum, please visit https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/APRALO+Policy+Forum

Kind regards,

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