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Volume 7 - EN

AFRALO NEWSLETTER

Volume 7 | English

June 2021
The latest news from the African At-Large Regional Organization (AFRALO)
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>From the Chair's Desk
Seun Ojedeji, AFRALO Chair

Dear Colleagues,

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.

Our AFRALO Webinar series 2021
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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 “AFRALO Webinar series 2021
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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

AFRALO participated in the Africa Engagement Forum
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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.

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

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.

We are already mid year - on behalf of the AFRALO Leadership, I wish the
entire community an engaging virtual year ahead!

See At-Large 2021 Priori
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ties
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Editorial Team

Editor-in-Chief: Seun OJEDEJI
Deputy Editor-in-Chief: Aziz HILALI
Managing Editor | Secretariat: Abdeljalil Bachar BONG
Editor (English): Remmy NWEKE
Co-Editor (French): Olévié KOUAMI

CONTRIBUTORS

Pierre Dandjinou,ICANN Regional Vice President, GSE Africa
Sarah Kiden, AFRALO ALAC Member

ENGLISH
Isaac Maposa
Sarah Kiden

FRENCH
Olévié Kouami
ISOC-Mali

Full list of team members
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SUPPORT
ICANN At-Large Staff
staff at atlarge.icann.org
About AFRALO

African Regional At-Large Organization: Engaging Africa for Development

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.

AFRALO aims to:


   - Strengthen users’ participation in ICANN decision-making structures
   - Help ensure that its members will actively encourage more direct
   participation by end users
   - Build Internet policy making capacity in the region
   - Reach out to Internet users on the issues in the scope of ICANN
   - Represent users’ interests and defining public interest aspects of
   Internet governance with specific focus on the areas of privacy,
   transparency, and accountability
   - Strengthen consumer protection in ICANN policies
   - Identify social impacts of technical infrastructure design
   - Take cultural diversity into account when formulating technical
   standards (e.g. IDN implementation)


AFRALO currently consist of 68 ALSes
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located in 32 countries and territories, as well as 16 Individual members
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and 3 Observers.

To learn more about the ongoing work of AFRALO, you are welcome to check
out the AFRALO workspace
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Regional GSE Update
Pierre Dandjinou,VP, Stakeholder Engagement - Africa

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.

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.

Highlights of the Africa Engagement Forum 2021:


   - It consisted of active high-level panel discussions and sessions
   covering updates from ICANN and the community at large.
   - 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.
   - It provided an opportunity for ‘ICANNers’ to deepen collaborations
   with a New friends and audience such as IGOs and RECs like the ATU.
   - Calls to ICANN org to consider running a follow-up Study on the Africa
   DNS Market.
   - There were calls for greater efforts to localize the Multistakeholder
   Processes across African Countries.


>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:


   - High Level Panel
   - ICANN org Global Stakeholder Engagement Team - Updates
   - Africa Community Public Forum


Thank you and I do hope that we would be able to work even more closely
this FY22.

Please keep safe.
ICANN71 Update
The ICANN71 Virtual Policy Forum  was held from 14-17 June, attended by
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1,330 participants from 147 countries around the world. During the meeting,
the 2021 ICANN Community Excellence Award
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was given posthumously to Marilyn Cade and to Rafik Dammak.

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: At-Large Policy Session 1: End User Participation in ICANN
PDPs and their Role within the ICANN ecosystem
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; At-Large Policy Session 2: ccTLD governance models - Testimonies from
At-Large end users
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and At-Large Policy Session 3: GDPR as a technology - policy implications
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The GNSO Council had their regular meeting, various stakeholders organised
their own meetings, and the GNSO held a session to provide updates to the
community of the activities of the various policy initiatives such as the
GNSO EPDP Phase 2A , GNSO - CPH DNS Abuse Work Group, Transfer Policy
Review Working Group. The GNSO also had a meeting on the Registration Data
Policy IRT and IDNs EPDP community outreach.

GAC had meetings with GNSO and ALAC. There were sessions to discuss DNS
Abuse  Mitigation, subsequent rounds of GTLD auctions,  RDS/ WHOIS and data
protection. The GAC Communique of ICANN71 can be read here
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Apart from the ccNSO Council meeting, ccNSO organised a session of the
Strategic & Operational Planning Standing Committee, a ccTLD-related Board
Members Questions and Answer Session and a Members Meeting Governance
Session.

Additionally, there were two DNSSEC and Security workshops, two Tech day
sessions and an SSAC public meeting. RSSAC has a work session and there was
a session organised by the Customer Standing Committee (CSC) - IANA Naming
Function Session.

The At-Large sessions have been highlighted separately in the next section.
At-Large  @ICANN71

At-Large was very active in ICANN71 and organised several policy sessions
that were greatly appreciated by the community.

During the Prep Week (between 1-3 June), At Large organised three
webinars: ICANN71
At-Large: What to expect
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 Flash Pitch Tour of ICANN and At Large (by EURALO)
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and  At-Large Outreach and Engagement Session.
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During ICANN71, the At-Large community held three policy sessions.

End User Participation in ICANN PDPs and their Role within the ICANN
Ecosystem
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:

●  To what extent does the ICANN Board rely on the Internet end user
community in making its decisions?
●  How does the ICANN community gather opinions that are representative of
Internet end users?

ICANN President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Göran Marby, ICANN Board
Vice Chair León Sánchez, and ALAC Vice Chair for Policy Jonathan Zuck
exchanged their views on end user participation in ICANN. León Sánchez
noted that “the end user is at the center” of ICANN. The discussion also
highlighted the important role the ALAC and At-Large community have in the
public interest.

ccTLD Governance Models: Testimonies from At-Large End Users
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.

GDPR as a Technology: Policy Implications
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.

There was also an AFRALO and AfrICANN meeting along with the At-Large
EURALO social event. The African community held the 26th joint African RALO
(AFRALO)-AfrICANN meeting to discuss regional issues and finalize a joint
statement, “DNS Abuse Mitigation Strategies
<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7eyvSmyvAboxPXWq2N22AWPP-09stVF6MUmKEf6aylEIaBGejlZvUs48RSOpIPvFnCE5pwUQgrku1m7BtHTWG_Wcx7CnossKRpVu0YY2Os9RV4OoCeTpOUjfSvOjk0dQ1mw9R6GZJICCRZe2b7CYGxsHaG086t2lBmaNwOAqg1a7nMrBdg8TlDkq_LfA0PVNTap51r6aeX8YwKPibJACLVyDhCbsxUXi9EB5qh2r9wYAkseaW_2_cPZxFgqm4719kO-p-TFz4yz5-BytpyOzRcH-uZff0ROw_ijKskv9vYW490a23xKsdI8B5sUznxO0VrF_ZiD_GXNZfsdE9fJEIcvs=&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==>
”.

Read more about At-Large activity during ICANN71 in the ICANN71 Policy
Outcomes Report
<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7e2lA4hhvKf0eobpHxv8EhO9eKM2seabqYe-s0YXPWN9VWPr-mNpY5KJRj-0dgu0ahYNGam5Mm8PiEi106a8nnf1A1r1WfOodo5uhSlTrDc_oeVadis1gKLvFiwzJJLkRrhU6oN7JuRXIDJjljzdJTvxd40YSGiDSjYDcpZhYeyj3&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==>
.
ALAC Update
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 ICANN71 Policy Outcomes Report
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.

The ALAC met with the ICANN Board in July
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and discussed 1) ALAC advice to the Board - best practice in format,
approach, feedback and process; 2) ALAC advice to the ICANN Board on
Subsequent Procedures; 3) Holistic review.

In July, the ALAC met
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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 León Sánchez
<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7e5sAEjhX_7k7t8i8APAMOuDsWKwz2VdtP_EVU7jnTs7WzFAunUVYqRlRLK8EQTd5jIQ0gS3-Ewl-p4smZbHTQAk50AyojkBvN6BFUhmgkams1uy00TOg536MFBn9UVLlNC5PRs8wSYshsvyWst34Afg2klvIaeQFoA==&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==>,
ICANN Board Vice Chair and Director selected by At-Large.
ALAC / At-Large Policy Comments & Advice
All of AFRALO and the At-Large Community are invited to contribute to ICANN
Public Comment proceedings. For more information, please visit the At-Large
Policy Advice Development Page
<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7e6BMMHUFM2Vwit86DwIJbdPx8j8WSllR37IfPO7tu0_rr4toQfxzG1JOg9wbRo2ibLi8GsP81k38agcJ0KtI5X6KORuWE5bqO_GYW6D0H8QK&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==>
or
contact At-Large Staff.

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.

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:


   - Initial Report of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on
   the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Team – PHASE 2A
   <https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7e5sAEjhX_7k7nav9VsIl7aeoOEcVm3Fec0_cUtnAXnqpa58o83P2p95UPdzjA8uKMSw554DxZu88EnBzqD6YPYvtghuudjg3pnmfZVnO1GWU1-XicvCCTuhKFBZfOBbqvNRU55KJRT9YoU33qJlcgqGbVmBz2xHd7w==&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==>
   - RrSG Draft White Paper: Registrant Protections in DNS Abuse Mitigation
   <https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7e5sAEjhX_7k7Lyisw98AJlXiWmGXgLOeCG6j50yt78HGjJpURMsQI8RivCTOBNa7hVLTTvxXfgnZ6LZMxgoEeoXVd1IWm9d0N7lgE6poXe7cgKwXjDWp7_PUJUWalvwZUftvIYZxsn6n5UK3bEZ41lT8rqh7XmeZ4zhI9EGE8uEGP9lLD8WvrAb9JJyDrOqpR8WbKR1iQwWyLBhnT6SFh3eda3Qxbd0UglYszDLYnecF_V7B5BhJ10R3GtNql1_wkEBzwD-4zDtoT3WV3LlwMWuYiQp_iqNgrw==&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==>
   - GNSO New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Final Outputs for ICANN Board
   Consideration
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APRALO
   Statement
   - GNSO Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs Policy
   Development Process Phase 1 Final Recommendations for ICANN Board
   Consideration
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   - ALAC Advice to the ICANN Board on Subsequent Procedures
   <https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7e_L8VDT4kpGTKk6h_lPefwRuhnQSaB5A4spXvhPZSH5B-Q8ec7pKR-bIE2Nx23ZAuDRkaDqoC8KltcydKv9W-aU9tsXPDSwOSWnk5C8ORFb-90QA0NBpq-K1vtOJnASlHOB868eSNo6hkbWO43EQsoEbeeluLb_xH5KpwyGduReIBGVKiZK4Q8uFW7C3W6CFS5gOlV68roypwwiaAKapRWYTuipgce0BKD1DVXw3k5su1_cMqqos1ew7fKRoz21rdL9aXPnQf322&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==>
   - Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency (SSR2) Review Team Final
   Report
   <https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7e_L8VDT4kpGTmyNkg_m6tiFHSEysxokuSVWVMH0QbwaOd4mvFCdoXwm0W0CTR1U08RNwBAdbF1BsBW4hx3RX67ZQMoUzY7J1Ph7DqexJGyKCQlLGh5CzRzKtFWqucQ1H_CVy9bxTSOGB1_kwi9_9-fsZPzNsf1ph7T0wBbU8gg8xgTliXX4DWn_imYaupYujPHy9UQXQPQtk_bX34fcvgA3WBOJelFx5RpHmXipTrvGj0tOxkSuKfayyRFwqCbi9yK83x5unGs1ejUNNGX0_FKGy43NcHfwaNJFeXuYRRcYi-Lu6Z0n32Qs=&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==>
   - IANA Naming Function Review: Recommendation for an IANA Naming
   Function Contract Amendment
   <https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7ew4rUKY7HTYlb4h5_jDQ2S_MphjOcNy-Zht3ZU72X6VeSPyUjf6NkFepSMEJr6K9fi0OS47tZepC5i92cjZ8DxYOjr5Jt0a1qL5Zdl5guABVpVtngy4Ysgudvj5U3Gtv8a5do5vcrtIffhqBxLYfuQ2KHti-JLjei8aDkBONjZD4KhYUZX0s3uS3Z48dZ79TYG4PnwsnmjOXXNZW9Y_BW4DML-ho8MN2CdsfZ2XAxwkAvNJU3fple3T3bRUdS-XAJBJCVIzS--_WrfRcsykdX4MoU4-ioGSmQZAYtNl55J3bkz25kVAgn50PgxGO13Hd6g==&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==>
   - EU Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems (NIS 2
   Directive)
   <https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7exJPvpzf_cRuBnc-QyEaz_UTkz9rt4HC_KjLiUyoiWRv4BZlB1BAYi5FW83QDqCCeffxOtPwxnyu18mVdzJg1eO1x_aOH01wpKlxMLk9HTUHQF3wV0N97E4PIKQsmZdbHptWtsDLGscAEhApRzOGZTlljRslE_1hgw==&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==>


The ALAC is currently developing (1) ALAC advice to the ICANN Board:

Comment ALAC Advice to ICANN Board on EPDP Phase 2
<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7eyvSmyvAboxPqNT5GPKLkLB5P53lOimtj7RiObtv6NwdtJzfPITxmL-v6agNKoRGXyCeuC0ZcHsIQGBjO3JT2j9PIkm-BLMzAx3lCJNfkrske4LtaBUEe6_nJeMFZag5nkswPztJenZkxUOqkZ8lbUJDmBu4agJHO5_GeY8qpCvKF1ZnrpsbNuJuaSwk4w4uaqN2aq293FpGw_3BPF6qxy7mBZ7GTMewd6GG4ltneNqeCJTFWbo2GaM=&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==>
CPWG

See:
<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7e6BMMHUFM2Vwit86DwIJbdPx8j8WSllR37IfPO7tu0_rr4toQfxzG1JOg9wbRo2ibLi8GsP81k38agcJ0KtI5X6KORuWE5bqO_GYW6D0H8QK&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==>At-Large
Website on Public Comments and Policy Advice
<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015GpJVeT9UxXUpng6PidcgvWJ3rT-TbwmPXK7Cio0wLOmf9WQNim7e6BMMHUFM2Vwit86DwIJbdPx8j8WSllR37IfPO7tu0_rr4toQfxzG1JOg9wbRo2ibLi8GsP81k38agcJ0KtI5X6KORuWE5bqO_GYW6D0H8QK&c=iTPJUItZFse6DPazbBRiQfZbqABIO3DtdHMk3GCRKU4ApwgcjNaHMg==&ch=dXrUWaYbI2QOvhFCjSGslrrqSBaojbaGG532zCzMfJAZ6AJdkDqcHA==>
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