ALAC/At-Large Achievements at ICANN54

The ALAC and At-Large community held 30 meetings at ICANN54. The ALAC held a new strategy session on 17 October 2015 as well as a very successful first development sessionOpens a new window on 23 October 2015.

The ALAC withdrew its supportOpens a new window for the single membership model previously proposed by the CCWG-Accountability. The ALAC also unanimously passed a statement on the Use of Country and Territory Names as Top-Level DomainsOpens a new window and a statement on the New gTLD Auction Proceeds Discussion PaperOpens a new window for communication to the relevant parties. The ALAC and At-Large New Meeting Strategy Working Party made significant progress toward agreement on the At-Large Schedule for Meetings A, B, and C. Leaders of the working party met with members of the ICANN Meetings team to discuss the schedule.

New ALAC Members

The ALAC welcomed seven new members at ICANN54 (* denotes new ALAC members selected to represent their respective region by the Nominating Committee):

• Seun OjedejiOpens a new window (AFRALO)
• Wafa Dahmani ZaafouriOpens a new window*
• Dr. Kaili KanOpens a new window*
• Sebastien BacholletOpens a new window (EURALO)
• Harold ArcosOpens a new window (LACRALO)
• Garth BruenOpens a new window (NARALO)
• Timothy DentonOpens a new window*

New ALAC Leadership Team

After considerable deliberation, the ALAC selected its new leadership team for the year:

• Alan Greenberg – ALAC Chair (NARALO)
• Leon Sanchez – ALAC Vice Chair (LACRALO)
• Tijani Ben Jemaa – ALAC Vice Chair (AFRALO)
• Holly Raiche (APRALO)
• Sandra Hoferichter (EURALO)