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ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is responsible for considering and providing advice on the activities of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), as they relate to the interests of individual Internet users (the “At-Large” community). ICANN, as a private sector, non-profit corporation with technical management responsibilities for the Internet's domain name and address system, relies on the ALAC and the broader At-Large community to involve and represent in ICANN a broad set of individual Internet user interests.

Background

On 31 October 2002, the ICANN Board adopted New Bylaws that establish the ALAC and authorized its supporting At-Large organizations. (Article XI, Section 2(4) of the New Bylaws.) The New Bylaws, which are the result of ICANN's 2002 reform process, went into effect on 15 December 2002. They called for the ALAC to eventually consist of ten members selected by Regional At-Large Organizations, supplemented by five members selected by ICANN's Nominating Committee. To allow the ALAC to begin functioning immediately, the Transition Article of the Interim Bylaws provides for the Board to appoint ten members (two from each of ICANN's five regions) to an Interim ALAC.

On June 29, 2007, the last Interim ALAC member was replaced by elected representatives and the Interim ALAC therefore became the full ALAC.

Underpinning the ALAC is a network of self-organizing, self- supporting At-Large Structures throughout the world involving individual Internet users at the local or issue level. The At-Large Structures (either existing organizations or newly formed for this purpose) have self-organised into five Regional At-Large Organizations (one in each ICANN region – Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America/Caribbean, and North America). The Regional At-Large Organizations are managing outreach and public involvement and are the main forum and coordination point in each region for public input to ICANN.

Members of the ALAC

Africa

• Tijani Ben Jemaa ⁱ (Tunisa)
• Yaovi Atohoun ⁱⁱ (Togo)
• Titi Akinsanmi ⁱⁱⁱ (Nigeria)

Asia/Australia and the Pacific Islands

• Edmon Chung ^v (Hong Kong)
• Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro ^iv (Fiji)
• Rinalia Abdul Rahim ⁱⁱⁱ (Malaysia)

Europe

• Olivier Crepin Leblond ^vi (France)
• Sandra Hoferichter ^vii (Germany)
• Jean-Jacques Subrenat ^viii (France)

Latin America and the Caribbean Islands

• Natalia Enciso ^x (Paraguay)
• Carlton Samuels ⁱⁱⁱ (Jamaica)
• Sergio Salinas Porto ^ix (Argentina)

North America

• Evan Leibovitch ^xi (Canada)
• Ganesh Kumar (United States of America)
• Eduardo Diaz ^xiii (Puerto Rico)

Former Members of the ALAC

Responsibilities of the ALAC

In addition to serving the advisory role provided by the ICANN Bylaws, the ALAC assists in the formation and qualification of At- Large Structures and Regional At-Large Organizations (RALOs). The At- Large Structures and RALOs must meet requirements such as openness, participatory opportunities, transparency, accountability, and diversity in their structure and procedures.

The ALAC also appoints non-voting liaisons to the Generic Names Supporting Organization, which will be responsible for developing and recommending to the ICANN Board policies relating to generic top- level domains, the ICANN Board, and several other organs of ICANN. It also selects five delegates to ICANN's Nominating Committee, which selects eight of the 15 voting members of the ICANN Board and also selects individuals to serve in other key positions.

Other activities undertaken by the ALAC and its supporting organizations include:

• Proposing criteria and an accreditation process for self-forming At- Large Structures;
• Approving applications for “At-Large Structure” designation;
• Assisting with outreach strategies on At-Large and relevant ICANN issues in each geographic region;
• Publicizing and analyzing ICANN's proposed policies and decisions and their (potential) regional impact and (potential) effect on individuals in the region;
• Providing advice to various policy-making organizations within ICANN on issues, proposals, and activities that are relevant to individual Internet users and fall within ICANN's purview; and
• Offering Internet-based mechanisms and processes that enable discussions among members of At-Large structures and with those involved in ICANN decision-making so interested individuals can share their views on pending ICANN issues.

Information on ALAC and At-Large

Please check this page for periodic updates. For additional information on the ALAC or At-Large activities, contact staff@atlarge.icann.org.

ALAC Discussions

The ALAC conducts most of its business on a public mailing list. You may view the archives from 2002-2005, from 2005 to 2008, and 2008 at the present; optionally you may now follow the mailing list through the forum on the At-Large community website.

Links

• At-Large Advisory Committee official ICANN page
• African RALO
• Asia/Australia/Pacific RALO
• European RALO
• Latin America/Caribbean RALO
• North American RALO
• ICANN
• ICANN Announcement on Interim ALAC

ⁱ Member elected by the AFRALO, August 2010, with a term from the end of the 2010 ICANN annual general meeting to the end of the 2012 AGM.

ⁱⁱ Member re-elected by the AFRALO, September 2009, with a term from the end of the 2009 ICANN annual general meeting to the end of the 2011 AGM.

ⁱⁱⁱ Members appointed by the ICANN Nominating Committee with terms from the end of the ICANN 2009 annual general meeting to the end of the 2011 AGM.

^iv Member re-elected by the APRALO, September 2009, with a term from the end of the 2009 ICANN annual general meeting to the end of the 2011 AGM.

^v Member elected by the APRALO, October 2010, with a term from the end of the 2010 ICANN annual general meeting to the end of the 2012 AGM.

^vi Member elected by the EURALO, December 2010, to complete the remainder of Patrick Vande Walle's term from the end of the 2009 ICANN annual general meeting to the end of the 2011 AGM.

^vii Member elected by the EURALO, September 2010, with a term from the end of the 2010 ICANN annual general meeting to the end of the 2012 AGM.

^viii Members appointed by the ICANN Nominating Committee with terms from the end of the ICANN 2010 annual general meeting to the end of the 2012 AGM.

^ix Member elected by the LACRALO, September 2010, with a term from the end of the 2010 ICANN annual general meeting to the end of the 2012 AGM.

^x Member elected by the LACRALO, March 2009, with a term from the end of the 2009 ICANN annual general meeting to the end of the 2011 AGM.

^xi Member elected by the NARALO, August 2010, with a term from the end of the 2010 ICANN annual general meeting to the end of the 2012 AGM.

^xiii Member re-elected by the NARALO, September 2009, with a term from the end of the 2009 ICANN annual general meeting to the end of the 2011 AGM.