At-Large Community Weekly Update
Week of 04 December 2019



León Sánchez has been nominated by At-Large & designated by the Empowered Community to ICANN Board Director seat #15 for a 2nd term. Sánchez will begin his 2nd 3-year term at the end of ICANN69: Read more > https:// go.icann.org/2rmiMJz







Highlights
The  At-Large Leadership Team (ALT-PLUS) Monthly Call  on Tuesday, 03 December focused on policy advice activities including ALAC advice to the Board on DNS Abuse and the ISOC/PIR issue. In addition, post-ATLAS III activities were set out and discussed. These include a series of activities involving policy, capacity building, communication and closer collaboration with At-Large staff, GSE RVPs and At-Large Regional Leadership. 

The  At-Large Consolidated Policy WG held a single issue call on the ISOC-PIR  issue on Wednesday, 04 December. Over 70 participants from the At-Large community participated very actively in the call. The next steps will be a small group will work on a  statement  which will be sent to the Board in time for the 30 day review. 

The ATLAS III Organizing Committee held a call on Wednesday, 04 December to further discuss the next steps for post-ATLAS III activities. Maureen will hold a call with the leads of the various activities. A post-ATLAS III webinar for all ATLAS III participants is being scheduled for the week of 16 December. The aim of the webinar is to set out the journey for the At-Large Ambassadors, including completion of a survey, a report, and identification of where they will start their journey. 

The call for FY21 ABRs was sent to the RALO lists and was discussed on various At-Large calls. A  FY21 Budget Development Workspace   was created.

At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)
The  At-Large Leadership Team (ALT-PLUS) Monthly Call  on Tuesday, 03 December focused on policy advice activities including ALAC advice to the Board on DNS Abuse and the ISOC/PIR issue. In addition, post-ATLAS III activities were set out and discussed. These include a series of activities involving policy, capacity building, communication and closer collaboration with At-Large staff, GSE RVPs and At-Large Regional Leadership. 

The ALAC monthly call is being planned. 

The call for FY21 ABRs was sent to the RALO lists and was discussed on various At-Large calls. A  FY21 Budget Development Workspace  was created. 
Working Groups (WGs)
The  At-Large Consolidated Policy WG held a single issue call on the ISOC-PIR  issue on Wednesday, 04 December. Over 70 participants from the At-Large community participated very actively in the call. The next steps will be a small group will work on a  statement  which will be sent to the Board in time for the 30 day review. The statement to consist of two parts: 1) Process questions re: comments - Mozilla, et al, and 2) Identify commitments the At-Large would like ICANN to make, if they did approve the sale. ID enforceable commitments for new contract with PIR (Commitments from 2002 agreement and whether they can be built into the new contract). To assess whether have created mission-driven TLD or not, if not ask them to redelegate .NGO. 

As part of the SOPs for the AGM, WG members are being updated. Calls for membership of the ALAC Finance and Budget Sub-Committee are nearly completed. 

The weekly  Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG)  meetings on  27 November  &  4 December  featured updates regarding ISOC-PIR issue, ALAC Advice on DNS Abuse, as well as discussions on SubPro, EPDP II, and At-Large policy comments. The CPWG is also discussing their charter and workflow, as well as an At-Large GeoNames Survey to gather At-Large consensus on the topic.

The At-Large Outreach and Engagement Sub-Committee will issue calls for new co-Chairs from each region to serve in 2020. 

An  At-Large Social Media Working Group (SMWG)  issued a call for a new SMWG Vice-Chair position. The Vice-Chair will be closely mentored by the current SMWG Chair John Laprise, before he transitions out of the role after ICANN66. The SMWG organized a breakfast Tweet-Up session and Twitter Competition during ICANN66.

The  At-Large TTF  will meet on Monday, 9 December and discuss the latest on the testing of the new LACRALO Translation Tool and the RTT survey analysis. 

Policy Comments & Advice
Statements being developed, reviewed or voted on:


Comment   ALAC Advice to ICANN Board on DNS Abuse  week of 9 December 2019 (TBC)

Comment   ISOC Sells PIR  week of 9 December 2019 (TBC)


Comment   At-Large Policy Platform  Post-ICANN66

Recently adopted Statements and Motions:

The ALAC noted that the proposed PTI and IANA FY21 Operating Plan and Budgets are aligned with the ICANN Strategic Plan, and are also very similar to previous years' budgets. An adjustment in the PTI budget is noticeable, including adjustments in salaries, services and other administrative cross-charges from ICANN to PTI or IANA.

However, the ALAC pointed out that a change is in process in the Governance of the Root Server System, these changes are not reflected in the proposed PTI and IANA FY21 Operating Plan and Budgets. The ALAC asked several exploratory questions in their response.

In addition, the ALAC provided feedback on the GNSO  Invitation to Provide Input for PDP 3.0 Implementation .

Regional At-Large Organizations (RALOs)
Cross-RALO
None

AFRALO
The  AFRALO monthly call  was held on Wednesday, 4 November. The full agenda covered policy advice activities, positive feedback on ATLAS III, many ALS activities, announcements of upcoming At-Large activities, including the FY21 ABR process. 

APRALO
APRALO held its monthly call on  21 November . The main topics discussed included ATLAS III Feedback, Update on upcoming CROP Trip to APRICOT 2020, India Youth IGF 2019, GFCE Triple-I Meeting Updates, Welcome to new ALAC member and NomCom Update, IGF Berlin update. Several APRALO Members in attendance at the IGF in Berlin.

EURALO
EURALO held their  Virtual General Assembly  at the IGF in Berlin, on Tuesday 26 November, to include the  Signing of the  EURALO Articles of Association 2019  version by Olivier Crépin-Leblond and Sébastien Bachollet. The IGF also allowed for successful networking within EURALO - with the ALSes present - as well as cross regional with other members of RALOs in attendance. EURALO Board Elections in progress for 2019-2021 terms.

LACRALO
The monthly call was held on  18 November . The main issues discussed included comments ALAC Member, IDN Report - Multilingualism - UA, WG Capacity building, WG Communications Report, Comments on Topics of GNSO, Extended Leadership (Directory) ICANN67 Cancun 2020.

NARALO
The monthly call was held on  18 November . The main issues discussed included 2020 NomCom Updates NASIG 2022, 2021 & 2022 2022 NARALO General Assembly (NGA 2022), Update Reports ATLAS III/NASIG 2019, updates Universal Acceptance F20 Discretionary Funds - reminder & CROP opportunities NARALO Policy Group Update Report, NARALO Outreach Group Update Report EPDP on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration.
At-Large Structures (ALSes) and Individuals
Total Number of ALSes and Individuals

239 (in 104 countries)
124* (plus 20 Observers)
9
Recently Certified

ALSes:  1 APRALO ALS, Internet Society Rural Development Special Interest Group, was accredited. Several other applications are undergoing due diligence or are awaiting ICANN GSE feedback since ICANN66 / ATLAS III.

Individuals:  1 NARALO Individual was accepted.

Recently Decertified

AFRALO will move to decertify MACSIS and several other ALSes, which are no longer active.

ISOC Global informed At-Large of status changes of several of their chapters, which are At-Large Structures. Several will be decertified accordingly.


Current Votes

None

ALS Engagement

A draft proposal on the Sustainable Management for ALSes and Individuals received initial positive feedback. (See additional info below)
At-Large Projects
ATLAS III
Post-ATLAS III Activities  include are being finalized. 

The ATLAS III Organizing Committee held a call on Wednesday, 03 December to further discuss the next steps for post-ATLAS III activities.

Maureen will hold a call with the leads of the various activities. A post-ATLAS III webinar for all ATLAS III participants is being scheduled for the week of 16 December. The aim of the webinar is to set out the journey for the At-Large Ambassadors, including completion of a survey, a report, and identification of where they will start their journey. 

A  survey (in EN/ES/FR) is being sent out to all ATLAS III participants and coaches. 

At-Large Review Implementation
The At-Large Improvements work continues. A draft proposal on the Sustainable Management for ALSes and Individuals is being fast-tracked after very positive feedback from the RVPs and ALAC Leadership. Additionally, there will be an update on the criteria and expectations for ALSes and individuals during ICANN66. Issue 2 on the increased effectiveness of ALSes and individuals in At-Large policy advice development will begin its implementation of the next stage following ATLAS III. These activities will include two groups becoming active again: 1) ALS Criteria and Expectations and 2) Metrics. The At-Large ICANN Review Implementation Status Report will be submitted to the OEC by mid-December. 

ICANN67
The  At-Large ICANN67 Workspace  has been created. The At-Large ICANN67 Prep Group held their first call. The tentative topics, groups and ICANN org teams to be invited were agreed.

The topics for At-Large during ICANN67 will include: 
  1. Review and Assignment of At-Large Talking Points 
  2. EPDP Phase 2
  3. Sub-Pro/WT5/Planning for Next Round 
  4. UA 
  5. Cybersecurity/DNS Abuse/Geopolitics
  6. Review of ATRT3 report