ICANN participation

What it is |  This meeting is of the At-Large Advisory Committee (“ALAC”) and the leaders of the Regional At-Large Organisations (“RALOs”) to jointly progress the scheduling of the programme of the At-Large Summit scheduled for the ICANN Mexico City meeting.

Why it's important | This one-day session is expected to considerably move forward the planning of the At-Large Summit, especially as regards the programme content of the event.

See https://st.icann.org/summit-wg/index.cgi?01_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”)

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 Is It | A meeting of the NCUC and At-Large community

Why it's important |  The changes to the GNSO that are a part of the GNSO Improvements programme bring up several issues related to the new Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG). This is especially the case with respect to interaction between the proposed inclusion of Internet end-users and registrants and the pre-existing NCUC constituency.

See https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?03 November 2008 NCUC for complete details.

Who should attend? |  Members of the NCUC and At-Large communities, others interested in At-Large or the meeting’s subjects.

What it is | This meeting is to further develop the existing rules and obligations on members of the ALAC in light of the experience of implementation of the existing rules. They were originally adopted in 2007

Why it's important |  As the first community in ICANN to adopt formal rules for accountability and transparency as well as participation obligations on community leaders, this session and its debates may be of interest to other communities considering their own initiatives of this kind.

See https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?04 November 2008 for complete details.

Who should attend? |  At-Large community members, others interested in the subject.

What it is | This is the standing meeting between members of the ICANN Board of Directors and members of the At-Large (Internet end-user) community in ICANN, which is a feature of each ICANN meeting.

Why it's important | This meeting provides an important opportunity for members of the ICANN Board to speak at length with the At-Large community and learn more about the community perspective on topical subjects under debate in ICANN.

See https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?04 November 2008 Board for complete details.

Who should attend? | Designated ICANN Board members, At-Large community members, others interested in At-Large

What Is It | The leaders of the Regional At-Large Organisations (RALOs) meeting for the ICANN Cairo Meeting.

Why it's important | This meeting provides regional leaders with the opportunity to coordinate and work on cross-regional coordination and special projects.

Please visit https://st.icann.org/secretariat/index.cgi?04_november_2008 for further information.

Who should attend? |  At-Large Secretariats

What Is It |  The monthly meeting of the Asia-Australia and the Pacific Islands RALO (“APRALO”)

Why it's important | The monthly meetings of each RALO are an important opportunity for the region to coordinate, discuss policy views and track work progress on their agenda.

Who should attend? | Members of APRALO, others interested in At-Large

What Is It |  This meeting is to review current policy subjects and At-Large responses to them

Why it's important |  It provides the community with an opportunity to organise their policy work for the forthcoming quarter on key subjects – the ALAC Review, the new GTLD RFP, and GNSO Improvements.

See https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?05_november_2008 for complete details.

Who should attend? |  At-Large community members, others interested in the subject.

What Is It | This is a meeting between members of the At-Large (Internet end-user) community in ICANN and the Registrar community.

Why it's important | This meeting provides an important opportunity for members of the ALAC and the Registrar community to discuss issues of common interest, in particular the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (“RAA”) amendment discussions currently underway.  

Who should attend? | At-Large community members, Registrar constituency members, others interested in At-Large