Dear Nadira

Thanks for sharing Nadira.

I have  summarised the responses to the  optional questions for easy reference of all. Hope it is useful to all.

Q What other issue(s) of interest would you propose for APRALO? (Optional)

Net neutrality, Fake news were issues where ALS’s had more interest. The other issues of interest were online trust deficit;  access and affordability; inclusion and participation;  encouraging next level leadership; Enhancing Gender diversity in terms of participation and in  the policy process;  local or regional policy issues that can affect domain names and numbers;  Ethics in AI, Machine Learning; development of cost effective solutions for developing and under developed countries;  concerns of divided internet;  encouraging startups to opt for domain name reseller business; understanding of the domain name business and New GTLD Application Process.

Q What challenges have you experienced in  engagement and involvement in ICANNs policy process?  (Optional)

The challenges that were listed in terms of engagement and involvement in ICANNs policy process which were cited,  include high demands on time;  steep learning curve;  unfriendly process for newcomers;   lack of information,  trainings and knowledge on ICANNs policy process; need for mentoring and guidance;  sustaining interest especially of newcomers and young people;  challenges of language;  few topics may not be of interest to ALS’s,  need for more involvement of ALS and their leadership in the process; limitation of fellowships; the online wiki’s quite  difficult to understand and workon and complexity and length of the policy documents.

Q In what ways could the engagement of ALSes and APRALO Members in At-Large's activities be improved?  (Optional)

Suggestions share by ALSes to improve their engagement  in At-Large's activities include having an effective and complete closed loop of communication, resourcing and engagement support; enhancing local level engagement and capacity building activities through local leadership with a bottom up approach; encouraging local leadership to be more active; having guides for new comers; encourage new voices in the discussion; providing remote mentorship and support; simplifying the policy discussions so that new members can understand the process; limit policy discussion to one  during monthly calls and explain the same in details with open Q& A; encourage ALS representatives to take an active role in passing ICANN knowledge and better understanding to their communites; come up with  out of the box suggestions on how to conduct policy development discussion and bring diversity to the discussions and support SIGs for more engagement of ALSes.

Regards,

Amrita

From: APRALO-Hot-Topics [mailto:apralo-hot-topics-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Nadira Alaraj
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2018 1:07 PM
To: apralo-hot-topics@icann.org
Subject: Re: [APRALO-Hot-Topics] Survey summary for 2019

Dear Satish and all,

I'm attaching the tabulated summary and the raw Google file,

Nadira

On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 3:17 AM Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi All,

After closing the survey, and removing the duplicate responses, we have 30 respondents. 

The topics that got the higher priorities could be considered APRALO hot topics

They are:

· DNSSEC including DNS Security and Abuse (24 respondents)

· ICANN's Accountability and Transparency (20 respondents)

· Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) and Universal Acceptance (19 respondents)

· Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice (17 respondents)

· Geographic Names gTLDs (17 respondents)

The file attached is the summary of the survey that I put together because the Google Form pdf file (also attached) summary was not clear. 

 We need some of the group member to compile the written responses. 

Taking this opportunity to wishing your all a happy 2018 ending and peaceful successful  2019.

Best wishes,

Nadira

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