ICANN participation

What it is | This is a meeting of the of the At-Large Advisory Committee (“ALAC”) and the leaders of the Regional At-Large Organisations (“RALOs”)

Why it's important | The Sunday meeting of the ALAC and the regional leaders is important as it helps the community’s leaders joint coordination of the following quarter’s activities. This meeting will address subjects such as:

• How to amend the participation and accountability obligations of ALAC members;
• How to help policy working groups become more active and more effective;
• Discuss the proposals for a formal Policy Advice Development (PAD) process for bottom-up community policy development
• How to respond to the next stages of the At-Large Review  

See https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?02_november_2008 for complete details.

Who should attend? |  Members of the At-Large Advisory Committee (“ALAC”) and the leaders of the Regional At-Large Organisations (“RALOs”), others interested in At-Large.

What it is | ASIWG is a self-organizing group that consists of
interested parties in the implementation of Arabic script in
Internationalized Domain Names.

Why it's important | The Sunday meeting of the ASIWG in Cairo provides
the Working Group's leaders an opportunity to solicit input and feedback
from the internet community regarding implementation of IDNs in the
Arabic script. This meeting will address subjects such as:

• Review the proposals to arrive at a Unified Arabic script table,
• including decisions made to date on specific characters that are being
• banned from use in the Domain Name System
• Briefly review papers under consideration in the upcoming ASIWG
• session on Nov 8,9,10 in Cairo;
• Discuss how to include more Arabic script speaking communities
• in the ASIWG efforts;
• How to help ASIWG become more effective

More details will be posted at the ASIWG Wiki:
http://www.arabic-script-domains.org/wiki/Main_Page

Who should attend? | Anyone interested in the ASIWG's work is free to
attend.

What it is | At this session ICANN Staff will give an introduction to New gTLDs including an overview of ICANN’s role, the Policy development and the Program.

 Who should attend? | All interested in learning basics about new gTLDs.

What it is | At this session ICANN Staff will give an introduction to internationalised domain names (IDNs). The session should cover basic concepts as well as technical rules to be followed if an IDN is considered for future New gTLD applications.

Who should attend? | All interested in learning basics about IDNs and New gTLDs.