This document discusses the role and activities of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) within ICANN. The ALAC represents individual internet users and provides advice to the ICANN Board on issues related to users. It communicates perspectives to public comments and participates in cross-community working groups. The ALAC receives input from At-Large Structures and Regional At-Large Organizations using a bottom-up process. It works on issues like WHOIS policy, new gTLDs, and technical standards. The document encourages participation in ALAC working groups and events to engage in internet governance issues.

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Individual
Internet user community
interested in ICANN and
shaping the future of the Internet
INTERNET SOCIETY KENYA CHAPTER ALS
Sarova Panafric, 31st March 2014

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Key Terms
• At-Large Structures (ALS): groups of individual Internet
users all around the world
• Regional At-Large Organizations (RALOs): AFRALO,
EURALO, APRALO, NARALO, LACRALO
• At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC): an advisory
committee to ICANN - with a mandate to "consider and
provide advice on the activities of ICANN, insofar as they
relate to the interests of individual Internet users".

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What is the work of ALAC ?
• Provide Advice to the Board of ICANN;
• Communicate At-Large perspectives to ICANN public comment requests
• Initiate PDPs and providing input and advice that accurately reflects the
views of individual Internet users;
• Issue comments on any subject, process, structure, policy or topic
which it deems important to policy development and execution;
• Takes part in cross-community working groups (CWGs) within ICANN
• Promoting outreach activities in the community of individual Internet
users; Inform community about significant news from ICANN;
• Offering Internet-based mechanisms that enable discussions among
members of At-Large structures

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ICANN multi-stakeholder model
Board of Directors
President and CEO 16 9 1013141112 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 15
At-Large Security &
Stability
Advisory
Committee
Root Server
System
Advisory
Committee
ICANN Staff
MDR – 68
SV – 11
DC – 9
Sydney - 5
Brussels - 5
Other US - 11
Other non-US - 14
Per ICANN
Bylaws, Article
VII, section 2
Nominating
Committee
ASO GNSO ccNSO
Regional Internet
Registries
ARIN
RIPE NCC
LACNIC
APNIC
AfriNIC
gTLD Registries
gTLD Registrars
IP interests
ISPs
Businesses
Universities
Consumers
ccTLD registries
(.us, .uk, .au, .it,
.be, .nl, etc.)
Internet
Engineering
Task Force
Internet Users
(At-Large
Advisory
Committee,
in conjunction
with RALOs)
SSAC RSSAC
Technical
Liaison
Group
TLG IETF
ALAC
L L LL L
Governmental
Advisory
Committee
G
A
C
ChairOmbudsman

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At-Large Bottom-up to the ALAC
Bottom
Up

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RALO
DISCUSSION
CROSS-RALO
DISCUSSION
SEND TO
ALAC
Example of At-Large Structure Input
Bottom-up process

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ALAC DISCUSSION
ALAC
VOTE
STATEMENT
RELEASED
Bottom-up process

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ALAC output
• Policy statements on major issues (with important
inputs from ALSes and RALOs)
• Comments
• Advice to the Board
• Future Challenges WG to facilitate proactive policy
input
• End-user education (Beginner's Guide) and
warnings (i.e. pre-registrations)
• Cross-community cooperation (in addition to liaisons)
• GAC
• Registrars
• Commercial Stakeholder Group (CSG)

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Are we affected?
• ALS Education and engagement
• .nairobi
• Reserve name policies e.g. maasai.Africa
• DNSSEC
• IPv6

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Working groups we participate in
Ways to get ENGAGED
• WHOIS Policy
• New gTLDs
• Future Structure, Accountability and Transparency of
ICANN
• Technical Issues Working Group: interested in the
stability, safety and security of Domain Name System
(DNS) - (DNSSEC, IPv6)

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Working groups
• At-Large Registrants Rights and Responsibilities
• At-Large Engagement in ICANN
• ALAC Subcommittees
• At-Large WG on Future Challenges
• https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo

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Way Forward
• Collaboration and Community engagement
• AFRINIC
• LOCAL LIR
• Participate in netMundial (setup a remote hub)
• Universities

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Metrics
• The growth of Internet adoption and usage
• Improved uptake, use and governance of Internet
resources and identifiers in the Kenya
• Success of capacity building events; and
• Increased awareness, knowledge and understanding of
DNS and Internet governance and technical issues.

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Thank You
Mwendwa Kivuva
Internet Society Kenya Chapter Secretary General and ALS Representative
www.isoc.or.ke
info@isoc.or.ke
Twitter: @isoc_ke