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Review of the At-Large Advisory Committee

Independent Review

The ALAC Review Working Group (WG) has released its Mid-point Consultation Report [PDF, 285K] for discussion with the ICANN community. This preliminary report presents the WG's "initial thinking" on the questions under review following the publication of the Independent Review of the At Large Advisory Committee by Westlake Consulting. It is based on consultation that the WG has undertaken with the ICANN community at the Paris meeting, through an online comment forum and at meetings with a variety of groups with the ICANN community. A summary of the consultation is contained in an appendix to the report.

 The WG is publishing this Mid-point Consultation Report now in order to engage the ICANN community and staff in dialogue at an early stage of its thinking. Comments on this paper will be very welcome and the WG encourages all interested parties to attend workshops during the ICANN Meeting in Cairo and/or post comments on the public comment forum.

This mid-point consultation document includes a discussion of areas of emerging agreement, possible recommendations, and questions that need to be addressed. It does not reach, and should not be interpreted as reaching, any definitive recommendations or conclusions at this time.

The WG will continue to consult with the community over the coming months with a view to publishing final recommendations for discussion at the Mexico meeting in early 2009.

This initial posting contains the text in English. Translations will be available shortly.

Board Governance Committee's ALAC Review Working Group

The Board Governance Committee (BGC) selected the following individuals to serve on the BGC's ALAC Review Working Group (WG): Harald Alvestrand, Karl Auerbach, Vittorio Bertola, Tricia Drakes (Chair), Thomas Narten, Nii Quaynor and Jean-Jacques Subrenat.

As with the working groups the BGC formed for the GNSO Review and the Nominating Committee Review, the ALAC Review WG has been formed to help ensure that the evaluator's final report (independent review) contains the data and information needed to conduct the work of the BGC and the WG, and (primarily) to advise the BGC on whether any change is needed for At-Large. The WG will consider the Independent Reviewer's final report, Board input, and comments from stakeholders and the public, and will:

Background

In accordance with Article XI, Section 2 of ICANN's Bylaws, the role of the At-Large Advisory Committee ("ALAC") is to consider and provide advice on the activities of ICANN insofar as they relate to the interests of individual Internet users. The ALAC provides important contributions to ICANN's work on such matters as how internationalised domain names (“IDNs”) are implemented, and how additional new top-level domains (i.e. .info, .name, .museum, etc.) are introduced -- to name just two issues. ALAC has also been a leading voice for ICANN stakeholders on Internet governance and issues related to WSIS, and helps raise awareness of key Internet resource issues that affect ICT development.

The ALAC consists of (i) two members selected by each of the Regional At-Large Organizations ("RALOs") (which are described in paragraph 4(g) ); and (ii) five members selected by the Nominating Committee. The Chair of the ALAC is elected by the members of the ALAC pursuant to procedures adopted by the Committee. The ALAC appoints one non-voting liaison to the ICANN Board of Directors.

The ALAC is also responsible, working in conjunction with the RALOs, for coordinating the following activities:

For more information about the At-Large structures and process, see http://www.atlarge.icann.org .  

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Next Steps

Comments on the final report close on 12 September. Public comment will be sought on the initial thinking of the Working Group both in meetings and online at the time of the Cairo meeting.

Last updated: 13 August 2008

This file last modified 27-Oct-2008

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