Dear all,

Please find included the written ALC update

Kind regards,

Bart

 

From: wafa DAHMANI <wafa@ati.tn>
Date: Monday 25 June 2018 at 13:03
To: Katrina Sataki <katrina@nic.lv>, Bart Boswinkel <bart.boswinkel@icann.org>
Subject: [Ext] ALAC updates

 

Dear Katrina, Dear Bart

 

About ALAC policy activities the members of ALAC have recently approved the following statements 

 

The ALAC noted that the assurance of full consistency between all of the recommendations - which are noted in the report to be more than 100 - would depend primarily on the interpretation of the recommendations and the implementation plan. The ALAC recommends dedicating enough time to ensure inconsistencies do not result due to misinterpretation of the recommendations. 

On the whole, the ALAC believes the ICANN NomCom system has been working well considering the significant challenges it faces. The ALAC made 8 general comments to improve the function of the NomCom, noting that while confidentiality needs to be maintained, whenever possible, open, transparent processes should be adopted to represent the multistakeholder nature of ICANN.

As the principle voice of end users within the ICANN community, the ALAC supported the SSAC in its efforts to address the issue of Name Collisions, while encouraging clarity on the SSAC's bidding process for work contemplated under the Draft Project Plan.

[community.icann.org](https://community.icann.org/display/alacpolicydev/At-Large+Workspace%3A+ICANN+Reserve+Fund%3A+Proposed+Replenishment+Strategy)


[community.icann.org]The ALAC supports the overall strategy, with several important conditions related to operational savings, auction proceeds, per-domain registrar fees and revenue. 

        (https://community.icann.org/display/alacpolicydev/At-Large+Workspace%3A+Release+for+Registration+one+.COM+Domain+Name+with+a+Single-Character+Label%3A+O.COM)



Given the  lack of both  stability  and competition concerns, the  ALAC believes the  introduction  of O.com represents no  downside  to end users.  The ALAC

further  suggests  that the proceeds  of the auction  be used to  make concrete progress  on universal acceptance,

one  of the primary  frustrations  of end users  with regards to  the introduction of  new top level  domains.  



During this meeting in Panama ALAC members will elect also the new chair since Alan Greenberg term ends by the end of this year. Two candidates are running for this position :

  • Maureen Hilyard
  • Tijani Ben Jemaa

The results are expected to be announced this Wednesday.

 

 

Best Regards,

 

Wafa