Background
Under the Article XI, Section 2 of ICANN's Bylaws, At-Large is the name of the community of individual Internet users involved in ICANN's policy development process. It currently consists of over 120 active At-Large organizations (called "At-Large structures" or "ALSes"), representing the opinions of the global community of Internet users. At-Large provides a means through which individual end users of the Internet worldwide can participate in the matters on which ICANN works, such as:
- Guidance on how to run Internationalized Domain Names (IDN);
- How to introduce new gTLDs (such as .info, .name and .museum); and
- How to implement a stable and fair transition from IPv4 to the next Internet addresses generation, IPv6.
Status: Assessment Phase – Please refer to the ALAC web space for further information
Steps of the ALAC Review Process –
| August 2012 | The ICANN Board of Directors approved the ALAC/At-Large Improvements Implementation Project Plan [PDF, 916 KB]. | |||||
| June 2012 | The At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) submits its ALAC/At-Large Improvements Implementation Project Plan [PDF, 916 KB] to the Structural Improvements Committee (SIC). | |||||
| October 2011 | Dakar – The Board acknowledges receipt of the ALAC/At-Large Improvements Project Milestone Report [PDF, 532 KB], dated 9 October 2011, which provides an update on the implementation of the recommendations in the ALAC Review Final Report. | |||||
| August 2011 | The Board approves the ALAC/At-Large Improvements Project Plan and directs ICANN's President and CEO to take action according to the ALAC/At-Large Improvements Implementation Project Plan and report back on the progress at the 2010 Annual General Meeting. | |||||
| June 2010 |
See Brussels Board resolutions and ALAC web space for further details |
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| August 2009 | The Board approved in principle the recommendation of the Board review Working Group to add one voting director from the At-Large Community to the ICANN Board of Directors and removing the present At-Large Advisory Committee Liaison to the ICANN Board. | |||||
| June 2009 | The ALAC Review WG final report (English [PDF, 304 KB]) is released and received by the SIC and Board at the Sydney meeting.
The Board directs ICANN Staff to assist the At-Large community in developing a proposed implementation plan and timeline for the recommendations in the report (except for the recommendation to provide At-Large with voting seats). |
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| February 2009 – April 2009 | The WG’s draft Final Report is submitted for a period of public comments. A staff summary of these comments may be found at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/alac-review/msg00014.html | |||||
| February 2009 – March 2009 | The WG issues its draft Final Report (English [PDF, 309 KB]) on ALAC improvements which is presented at the Mexico City meeting.
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| October 2008 – December 2008 | The Mid-point Consultation Report (English [PDF, 281 KB]) is discussed at the Cairo meeting, and followed by a public comment period. A summary of contributions may be found at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/alac-mid-consult/msg00008.html | |||||
| October 2008 | The ALAC review WG issues its Mid-point Consultation Report (English [PDF, 281 KB]) based on a series of consultations with the ICANN community.
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| August 2008 – September 2008 | The independent reviewers’ final report is submitted for a public comment period. Please consult the staff summary of contributions. | |||||
| July 2008 | Westlake Consulting Ltd releases its final report (English [PDF, 560 KB]):
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| January 2008 | The Board of Directors appoints the independent external reviewer – Westlake Consulting Ltd – and approves the following WG composition:
The WG is to advise the BGC (now, Structural Improvements Committee) whether, in general, ALAC has a continuing purpose in the ICANN structure; and if so, consult broadly and identify desirable changes in structure or operations via recommendations so as to improve its effectiveness. |
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| August 2007 | A Request for Proposals [PDF, 17 KB] for independent evaluators is released. | |||||
| June 2007 | The ALAC review’s Final Terms of Reference [PDF, 29 KB] are published. |