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Review of the At-Large Advisory Committee
Independent Review
The final report of the independent reviewer (Westlake Consulting) has been posted in Arabic [PDF, 940K], Chinese [PDF, 881K], English [PDF, 561K], French [PDF, 629K], German [PDF, 611K] and Spanish [PDF, 629K].
ICANN is actively seeking public comment on the recommendations contained in the draft report. Comments may be made on the public comment page.
The closing date for comments is 12 September.
Over the coming weeks, the ALAC Review Working Group will analyze the recommendations in the report, consider the comments made in the public comment forum and during the Paris meeting and actively seek comments from parties inside ICANN and in the broader Internet community.
At the Cairo meeting, the Working Group will present their initial thinking about what changes (if any) might need to be made. Two public sessions will be organized at the Cairo meeting to allow discussion of that initial thinking. Comments will also be welcome through an online comment forum that will be set up for that purpose.
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