Working Group on Membership-related Matters
Dear APRALO Community, APRALO has been steadily growing in its reach and membership over the course of the last decade, and is today a vibrant community that contributes actively to ICANN's policy processes, besides supporting its own activities. One of our recent innovations has been the introduction of individual members, which was largely aimed at supporting individuals in communities where we had no ALSes. We note that our individual membership has steadily been increasing and also that individual members have begun to contribute significantly to the work of At-Large. We would like to improve our membership experience, particularly (but not only) for our individual members. To this end, taking into consideration some of the constructive feedback received this week, the APRALO Leadership Team has decided, in its meeting on 4 July 2019, to set up a Working Group that will consider the following aspects related to membership: 1. Examine existing provisions in our Rules of Procedure relating to the obligations and responsibilities of Unaffiliated Individual Members, and suggest new provisions or modifications to existing provisions. 2. Clearly stipulate the roles and responsibilities of the elected representative of Unaffiliated Individual Members and his/her relations *vis-à-vis* the APRALO Leadership Team. 3. Design a Code of Conduct document laying out expected standards of behavior and other related matters, which is intended to be shared with every newcomer to our community. If you would to join this Working Group, kindly forward your name to At-Large Staff (staff@atlarge.icann.org) on or before Friday, 12 July 2019. On a related note, APRALO, as one of the five RALOs of ICANN At-Large, is expected to abide by the ICANN Expected Standards of Behavior (available here: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/expected-standards-2016-06-28-en). As a community, each of us are expected to be respectful towards one another and to behave in a collegial fashion on email, during remote meetings, or while meeting face to face, even when we disagree with others. Further, if you feel strongly about something, it is always better to write to APRALO leaders and not escalate it outside our community, which may make it difficult to address the issue at hand satisfactorily. I hope we will address this concern in our future interactions. With kind regards, satish
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Satish Babu