<div dir="auto">Coucou.<div dir="auto">Greetings!</div><div dir="auto">Please, fyi </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>De : <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">ICANN At-Large via AFRI-Discuss</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org">afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>></span><br>Date: ven. 30 juil. 2021 à 21:19<br>Subject: [AFRI-Discuss] AFRALO Newsletter<br>To: <<a href="mailto:afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org">afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>><br></div><br><br><u></u>
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<div style="text-align:justify" align="justify"><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(209,109,8);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">Dear Colleagues,</span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify" align="justify"><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">I trust you are staying safe and maintaining all safety precautions during this period of pandemic. On behalf of the AFRALO Leadership (Myself, Aziz Hilali and Abdeldjalil Bachar Bong) I welcome us all to our second newsletter (volume7) for the year 2021. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Our </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7ew4rUKY7HTYlR199xJLjTmxl8mEiQtAk-jB2Pe1__Zs7zO80bkEWv2zhCG7zehpsjO99LMYcFjFjzX58JiPsYznEA30D5vCQWwIYiaBDbGHylIGyFjKitZsflF_Ks6CDwYy76L3mPCOW8MpHjh9OOv4zWkCRwnQyZP1JlwCrmxyp&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(209,109,8);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">AFRALO Webinar series 2021</a><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"> continued in Q2 with the topic: “The DNS and how it works”, with participation from members of our community. This webinar was also an initial step into drafting the next statement for the Joint AFRALO-AfrICANN meeting. The “</span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7ew4rUKY7HTYlR199xJLjTmxl8mEiQtAk-jB2Pe1__Zs7zO80bkEWv2zhCG7zehpsjO99LMYcFjFjzX58JiPsYznEA30D5vCQWwIYiaBDbGHylIGyFjKitZsflF_Ks6CDwYy76L3mPCOW8MpHjh9OOv4zWkCRwnQyZP1JlwCrmxyp&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(209,109,8);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">AFRALO Webinar series 2021</a><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">” was initiated to keep our community engaged, making this “online only” time more beneficial and productive for all. Due to the limitations in our face-to-face meetings imposed by the current health crisis. The webinar series will continue to alternate between topic-based and activity-based webinars, both of which are geared towards improving capacity and participation of our members within ICANN. I encourage members of our community who will like to lead any of the upcoming webinar topics to contact the coordinators in person of Tijani and Bram</span>
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<span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">AFRALO participated in the </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7eyvSmyvAboxPc9XD-iamzVPtUgaXNypu3_DVSFYfAYnlEHCAfYnVdToLRCw28S7K0itcDmU4VuAebnZPDv0JrIKEMgTL95QZg1RvH0LCQ4KFRGeEipPDSCwpSxMo82pScQZZkFQIqOuHmjd9PXlEIQO3R3Qpr-dZ1x7UW98_j8AigdhGx7JDOBqYgBtHAZLkP8YBOZi9YS6F&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(209,109,8);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Africa Engagement Forum</a><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"> organised by the ICANN regional global stakeholders engagement team. The event which ran for 2 days was filled with various sessions held and we featured during the Africa community public forum session. </span>
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<div style="text-align:justify" align="justify"><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">AFRALO will participate at various sessions during the ICANN71 Policy Forum, as its our custom, we will also hold our Joint AFRALO-AfrICANN Meeting where we will be finalising a statement around the topic titled “DNS Abuse Mitigation Strategies”. The session will feature various guest speakers to include: Board members (including board members from Africa), ICANN President and CEO, ALAC Chair, AFRINIC CEO and other experts in the field of multistakeholderism. We will also take a few minutes to pay tribute to Mr. Faye. Makene who is now late. Makene is one of the big contributors to IGF in the region</span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify" align="justify"><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Finally the review of the Individual membership section of our operating principles is in progress and one of the key changes to watchout for is the voting rights to individual members. The Working Party is still discussing the implementation mechanisms and the draft will be shared with the community. </span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify" align="justify"><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(209,109,8);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">We are already mid year - on behalf of the AFRALO Leadership, I wish the entire community an engaging virtual year ahead!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">See </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7e_XgWPq32oDIlfP7me3J-qv0MHbBA393nV9lbfhYPVSHgdaTPuhWAYa0rc3yHnPd7h6kPmYCcaaUXdGJM5QTNv6xxcBMZGixsidCQ6_9pO-s&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(209,109,8);font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">At-Large 2021 Priori</a><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7e_XgWPq32oDIlfP7me3J-qv0MHbBA393nV9lbfhYPVSHgdaTPuhWAYa0rc3yHnPd7h6kPmYCcaaUXdGJM5QTNv6xxcBMZGixsidCQ6_9pO-s&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(209,109,8);font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">ties</a>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">AFRALO is the home of the individual Internet user community for the African region. It provides news, key resources and interactive information sharing tools for individuals and end-user groups in the African region who are interested in ICANN and in shaping the future of the Internet. </span></div>
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<li style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Help ensure that its members will actively encourage more direct participation by end users </span></li>
<li style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Build Internet policy making capacity in the region </span></li>
<li style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Reach out to Internet users on the issues in the scope of ICANN </span></li>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Represent users’ interests and defining public interest aspects of Internet governance with specific focus on the areas of </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold">privacy, transparency, and accountability </span>
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<li style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Strengthen consumer protection in ICANN policies</span></li>
<li style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Identify social impacts of technical infrastructure design </span></li>
<li style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Take cultural diversity into account when formulating technical standards (e.g. IDN implementation) </span></li>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">To learn more about the ongoing work of AFRALO, you are welcome to check out the AFRALO </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7eyOvifnKwvGWK-r6cK7ZeIbp6n8aUKTsmYOHmqvW-Eu2-ZRi22Xy7oHIB5ZeXO6L8xf9XoKtzQusIA6ihPv3TMtFEow08vCEHk2p79yxkxifzh5ozx0usLI=&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" style="color:rgb(209,109,8);font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">workspace</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">.</span>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Pierre Dandji</span><span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">nou,</span><span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">VP, Stakeholder Engagement - Africa</span>
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<div><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">As has become our tradition, I want to begin my note by sending across (On behalf of the Africa SGE and OCTO TE) our warm greetings to the AFRALO leadership and community for their continued active participation and focus on policy work even as the global Pandemic lasts. It is a clear testimony to your commitment and contribution in ensuring that the Internet, the global, open and interoperable Internet continues to be that hope that keeps our communities connected, regardless of where they are.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">In this edition of your newsletter, and as we hinted in the last edition, I wanted to report back to you on one of our important Pilot Events that we pioneered during the FY21 period, The Africa Engagement Forum. This inaugural event was hosted virtually on 19th and 20th May 2021 and attracted more than 211 remote participants. The forum sought to collate, update, follow-up and synchronize on the work done by ICANN GSE – Africa, as well provide a platform to share direct updates and feedback from the ICANN org staff and as well as the community. At the close of the forum, the following key recommendations and observations were made.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Highlights of the Africa Engagement Forum 2021:</span></div>
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<li style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">It consisted of active high-level panel discussions and sessions covering updates from ICANN and the community at large.</span></li>
<li style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">The community was very supportive of the Africa Engagement Forum overall as it demonstrated that there was indeed a lack of such space for discussion on ICANN specific topics in Africa.</span></li>
<li style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">It provided an opportunity for ‘ICANNers’ to deepen collaborations with a New friends and audience such as IGOs and RECs like the ATU.</span></li>
<li style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Calls to ICANN org to consider running a follow-up Study on the Africa DNS Market.</span></li>
<li style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">There were calls for greater efforts to localize the Multistakeholder Processes across African Countries.</span></li>
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<div><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">From the feedback, it was clear that the community not only found the event quite valuable but also keen to see the event evolved into an annual forum and ICANN org would work internally to ensure this is achieved. In particular, I want to recommend reviewing the recordings of these three sessions that proved very popular:</span></div>
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<li style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">High Level Panel</span></li>
<li style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">ICANN org Global Stakeholder Engagement Team - Updates</span></li>
<li style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Africa Community Public Forum</span></li>
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<div><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Thank you and I do hope that we would be able to work even more closely this FY22.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">The ICANN71 Virtual Policy Forum was held from 14-17 June, </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7e9Tngs-zOWRHpDlFIdow_8DrBEex18ikRUe4ZAzPyW2clBYcmREnJd4VL683pO18HgNSsGBWKLfcdrpZHU-xh2UBeCVh5nGtQVTK3jEerFhiu0rHbHpu8BVIUMmAc8PS1oqzefrWRggVl11QznW0NOYo5Crl7KRcMuMo_Y74RY1QVwr8yRojAF5qE93wKYUDCQ==&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(209,109,8);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">attended by</a><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"> 1,330 participants from 147 countries around the world. During the meeting, the </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7e2lA4hhvKf0e1QE7DcAeL5Ixq8y3S3d-xG3M1nvGvl9yhGzzALnxlCdAyWbabYO51PDRoRjwzcT8LJnslzZLtwfZqwa1o6mGdJyxeA2yihE_CCveaQFZ5uYOIJtPAtlJrqDsAmV2TMJWV-YRD7zaBD5nLNEr5OmgrFHkjATzZlZs4JCuCPDqeKmfSbI6sLToBvXFKAr_VfcspKd9Krcn75Lj6X3iq4CP1Q==&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(209,109,8);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">2021 ICANN Community Excellence Award</a><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"> was given posthumously to Marilyn Cade and to Rafik Dammak.</span>
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<span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">There were three plenary sessions during the conference: The Impact of Regulatory Developments on ICANN Policy Topics, ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model within the Internet Governance Ecosystem, and Understanding Reputation Block Lists. There was a session discussing the post pandemic future of ICANN Public meetings. The At-Large policy sessions during ICANN71 include: </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7e5sAEjhX_7k7Ur5l0CeJDXYy7PR2oIHMMAwbClVnEccLq5379VahSPXxkgI8c92k_Z4lyFoJiFBi_zjZkDKaAQZlPXo3N4xTm9MqTNtD7I7p&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(209,109,8);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">At-Large Policy Session 1: End User Participation in ICANN PDPs and their Role within the ICANN ecosystem</a><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">;</span><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(209,109,8);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7e5sAEjhX_7k7LyY25fejA_FA5fzgPpmOeZGw0V-LnocJG_-LuzDmRT-C0o3e59uIPs2E0V5bSIkwciNatyfzMfXAq5Ll35rgW9WIyFwSWp0k&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(209,109,8);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">At-Large Policy Session 2: ccTLD governance models - Testimonies from At-Large end users</a><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"> and </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7e5sAEjhX_7k7LyY25fejA_FA5fzgPpmOeZGw0V-LnocJG_-LuzDmRT-C0o3e59uIPs2E0V5bSIkwciNatyfzMfXAq5Ll35rgW9WIyFwSWp0k&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(209,109,8);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">At-Large Policy Session 3: GDPR as a technology - policy implications</a><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">. </span>
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<div style="text-align:justify" align="justify"><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">This At-Large policy session explored the level of influence of Internet end users on ICANN policy development processes (PDPs). The session explored two questions:</span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify" align="justify"><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">In this policy session, Country Code Name Supporting Organization member Katrina Sataki introduced the four types of country code top-level domain (ccTLD) governance models consisting of academic, government, for profit, and not for profit. Nine At-Large members from around the world and across the various ccTLD governance models spoke about their experiences with the ccTLD operators in their country. Moderator Olivier Crépin-Leblond noted in his summary that all four models of ccTLD governance appear to be listening to end user inputs in how they serve their local community. Following ICANN71, the At-Large community will continue the discussion to increase end user input in their local ccTLD. The session organizers are considering a follow-up session during ICANN72 on ccTLDs and how end user input could be heard to a greater degree, including how to promote end user input in the governance of ccTLDs and which aspects of ccTLD operation have resonated well with end users.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify" align="justify"><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">The At-Large community held a policy session on the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its technology and policy implications. The policy session explored the potential impact that advancing GDPR compliance with the use of technology will likely have on Internet end users, in particular the policy implications of a United States patent, “Systems and Methods for Preserving Privacy of a Registrant in a Domain Name System (DNS),” recently issued to Verisign and the level to which it might impact further work of the Expedited Policy Development Process on the Temporary Specification (EPDP-TempSpec) for Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Registration Data. Program participants noted that national patents may impact ICANN policies and PDPs and may raise questions of enforcement. The At-Large community and other stakeholders will follow up on these evolving issues.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">In June, the ALAC did not hold their monthly meeting due to ICANN71 Virtual Policy Forum activities. Read more about At-Large activity during ICANN71 in the </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7e2lA4hhvKf0eobpHxv8EhO9eKM2seabqYe-s0YXPWN9VWPr-mNpY5KJRj-0dgu0ahYNGam5Mm8PiEi106a8nnf1A1r1WfOodo5uhSlTrDc_oeVadis1gKLvFiwzJJLkRrhU6oN7JuRXIDJjljzdJTvxd40YSGiDSjYDcpZhYeyj3&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(209,109,8);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">ICANN71 Policy Outcomes Report</a><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">.</span>
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<span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">In </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7eyvSmyvAboxPscjsO1pEwg8vTZimOsWmFNmU-ulIn3tvzdKbCjzdAHDBZ47zdT5u5C67MIFOHl5ol2WT32n-Rf09wxTQGNpR9F_9KaLEP4Ot&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(209,109,8);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">July, the ALAC met</a><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"> and reviewed ICANN71 action items, discuss ALAC advice to the ICANN Board on EPDP Phase 2 (SSAD), other At-Large policy and operational issues, a review of ALS and Individual membership applications, reports from At-Large PLUS leaders, plans for ICANN72 AGM, as well as a guest speaker presentation from </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7e5sAEjhX_7k7t8i8APAMOuDsWKwz2VdtP_EVU7jnTs7WzFAunUVYqRlRLK8EQTd5jIQ0gS3-Ewl-p4smZbHTQAk50AyojkBvN6BFUhmgkams1uy00TOg536MFBn9UVLlNC5PRs8wSYshsvyWst34Afg2klvIaeQFoA==&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(209,109,8);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">León Sánchez</a><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">, ICANN Board Vice Chair and Director selected by At-Large.</span>
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<span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">All of AFRALO and the At-Large Community are invited to contribute to ICANN Public Comment proceedings. For more information, please visit the</span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7e6BMMHUFM2Vwit86DwIJbdPx8j8WSllR37IfPO7tu0_rr4toQfxzG1JOg9wbRo2ibLi8GsP81k38agcJ0KtI5X6KORuWE5bqO_GYW6D0H8QK&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(209,109,8);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"> At-Large Policy Advice Development Page</a><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(209,109,8);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">or contact At-Large Staff.</span>
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<div style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold">Have your say! To contribute to ALAC policy activity, please comment on the At-Large workspace or volunteer as penholder, and join the weekly At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) meetings. </span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify" align="justify"><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">The At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) submitted (8) statements and advice to the ICANN Board, ICANN Public Comment proceedings, and cross-community solicitations for comment since the last AFRALO Newsletter:</span></div>
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<li style="text-align:justify;color:rgb(209,109,8);font-size:12px"><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7e5sAEjhX_7k7nav9VsIl7aeoOEcVm3Fec0_cUtnAXnqpa58o83P2p95UPdzjA8uKMSw554DxZu88EnBzqD6YPYvtghuudjg3pnmfZVnO1GWU1-XicvCCTuhKFBZfOBbqvNRU55KJRT9YoU33qJlcgqGbVmBz2xHd7w==&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" style="color:rgb(209,109,8);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Initial Report of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Team – PHASE 2A</a></li>
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<li style="color:rgb(209,109,8);font-size:12px"><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7e_L8VDT4kpGTKk6h_lPefwRuhnQSaB5A4spXvhPZSH5B-Q8ec7pKR-bIE2Nx23ZAuDRkaDqoC8KltcydKv9W-aU9tsXPDSwOSWnk5C8ORFb-90QA0NBpq-K1vtOJnASlHOB868eSNo6hkbWO43EQsoEbeeluLb_xH5KpwyGduReIBGVKiZK4Q8uFW7C3W6CFS5gOlV68roypwwiaAKapRWYTuipgce0BKD1DVXw3k5su1_cMqqos1ew7fKRoz21rdL9aXPnQf322&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" style="color:rgb(209,109,8);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">ALAC Advice to the ICANN Board on Subsequent Procedures</a></li>
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