ICANN AtLarge Activities Asia-Pacific

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ICANN AtLarge ActivitiesAsia-Pacific

• AP Retreat
• Feb 22, 2004
• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Izumi Aizu
• ltizumi_at_anr.orggt

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My participation to ICANN so far

• 1996 GLOCOM sponsored a Panel on Internet
  governance at INET Montreal
• 1998 participated IFWP Steering Committee
• APIA as the only legal entity from Asia
• Sent comments to USG
• Participated all IFWP meetings, chaired WG on
  Membership
• Hosted IFWP in Singapore
• GLOCOM meting with Ira Magaziner in Tokyo
• Convey voices from Asia
• 1999 MAC to establish membership structure
• 2000 Election, Study in 2001 as NAIS
• 2002 reform, 2003 became ALAC

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ALS application status

• Certified as ALS 10
• Europe 5
• Africa 3
• LA/CB 1
• Asia Pacific 1
• North America 0
• Under due diligence 6
• Europe 1
• LA/CB 1
• Asia Pacific 4

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Europe

• Certified as ALS
• Internet Society - Finland (22 Nov 03)
• Internet Society - Bulgaria (30 Oct 03)
• Internet Society Luxembourg (27 Oct 03)
• Förderverein Informationstechnik und Gesellschaft
  (FITUG) e.V (20 Oct 03)
• Societa' Internet (4 Sept 03)
• Under due diligence
• Internet Society - Catalan (19 Jan 04)

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Africa

• Certified as At-Large Structure
• Sudan Internet Society (29 Sep 03)
• Anais.AC (27 Oct 03)
• 11 African countries
• Cameroon- Chad- Gabon - Central Africa Republic-
  Congo and RDC, part of Euro-African network Anais
• Moroccan Internet Society (25 Nov 03)

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Latin America/Carribean Islands

• Certified as ALS
• Alfred (13 Oct 2003)
• Under due diligence
• Asociación Costmaries de Derecho Informático (2
  Dec 2003)

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North America

• No application submitted so far
• Interested parties
• IEEE (www.ieee.org)
• ACM (www.acm.org)
• Others?

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Asia Pacific

• Certified as ALS
• Arab Knowledge Management Society (3 Oct 03)
• Under due diligence
• National Information Infrastructure Enterprise
  Promotion Association, Taiwan (7 Jan 04)
• At Large _at_ China (9 January 04)
• ISOC Taiwan Chapter (29 Jan 04)
• Internet Society Vasudhay Kutumbhkum (ISVK)-
  India (5 Feb 04)

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China

• AtLarge_at_China
• Established in 2003
• Internet Society of China gave support, but
  AtLarge_at_China is independent
• To serve individual users of China
• Using CNCs national network to reach users in
  provinces

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Taiwan

• National Information Infrastructure Enterprise
  Promotion Association, Taiwan (www.nii.org.tw)
• Industry promotion body, with many individual
  members
• ISOC Taiwan Chapter
• (www.isoc.org.tw)

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Japan

• Consultation with Internet Community and
  Government (MPHPT)
• WSIS Liaison Group is formed by MPHPT
• Internet Governance TF to be proposed
• WG on AtLrage
• WG on WSIS
• Internet Users Network, Tokyo
• 47 members now online
• Peer-to-peer model, network of networks

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Building RALO in Asia

• At least 3 ALSs from 2 countries to organize
  Regional At-Large Organization (RALO)
• First preparatory meeting in July at ICANN KL
  meeting

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Challenges for RALOs

• Come to produce reasonable working mechanism (it
  took years for DNSO to become productive)
• How individuals participate after RALO
  established?
• Funding government/industry support?
• Setup office? Secretariat?
• Need coordinating body?
• Lightweight organization

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Issues

• Regional diversity
• User organization to act as local focal point
• How to go beyond the technical community?
  Consumer advocates, general users, small
  enterprise, etc.

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More challenges

• Will Bottom-up happen without top-down or other
  support?
• Need some top-down?
• Bottom-up per se is illusion?
• Do we need an umbrella structure?
• Still need coordination within region, and beyond
  regions

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Challenges for AP

• Difficult to base on individuals in Asia
• Should we accept industry and government
  support/collaboration?
• How much restriction should we adopt with the
  criteria?

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APNG (Asia Pacific Networking Group)

• APNG AtLarge committee starting
• To share information from AP region
• To get more people involved, outreach
• Initial members
• Kapil Chawla (India)
• Izumi Aizu (Japan), Co-Chair
• Ji-Yul Yoo (KRNIC) Co-Chair
• Ching Chiao (Taiwan)
• James Seng (Singapore)
• Hong Xue (China)
• ?? (AtLarge_at_China)
• Tommy Matsumoto (Japan)
• 2nd Meeting 130 PM Feb 23, tomorrow!

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Asia-Pacific Region
Unt. Arab Emirat. Afghanistan Armenia Australia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Bahrain Brunei Darussalam Bhutan Cook Islands China Cyprus Fiji Micronesia (FS) Georgia Hong Kong Indonesia Israel India Iraq Iran, Islamic Republic of Jordan Japan Kyrgyzstan Cambodia Kiribati Korea (DPR) Korea (R) Kuwait Kazakhstan Lao (PDR) Lebanon Sri Lanka Marshall Islands Myanmar Mongolia Macao Maldives Malaysia Norfolk Island Nepal Nauru Niue New Zealand Oman Papua New Guin. Philippines Pakistan Palestinian Ter. Palau Qatar Saudi Arabia Solomon Islands Singapore
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Asia-Pacific Region (contd)
Syrian Arab Rep. Thailand Tajikistan Tokelau Timor-Leste Turkmenistan Tonga Turkey Tuvalu Uzbekistan Viet Nam Vanuatu Samoa Yemen Cocos Islands Christmas Island Heard/McDonald Islands Taiwan Antarctica
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Core Internet groupsin Asia Pacific

• APNG (Asia Pacific Networking Group)
• APNIC (Asia Pacific Network Information Center)
• APRICOT (Conference body)
• APTLD
• APAN (Asia Pacific Advanced Networking)
• APCAUCE (Asia Pacific Coalition Against
  Unsolicited Commercial Email )
• AIII (Asia Internet Infrastructure Initiative)
• AP Cert (Computer Emergency Response Team)
• AP (joint organizational activity of all APs)

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ALAC Contacts

• Website http//alac.icann.org
• Asia-Pacific contacts
• Hong Xue, Hong Kong lthongxue_at_hku.hkgt
• Toshifumi Matsumoto, Japan ltTommy.Matsumoto_at_ap.at
  t.comgt
• Izumi Aizu, Japan ltizumi_at_anr.orggt
• Email Committee_at_alac.icann.org

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ALS Applications and Certification Process

• Any group (existing or newly formed for this
  purpose) that supports individuals' ability to
  share their views on ICANN issues, and that meets
  the few simple criteria listed on the At-Large
  Advisory Committee (ALAC) website, can apply to
  be an At-Large Structure.

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Structure for Individual User (At-Large)
Involvement

• ICANN created Interim At-Large Advisory Committee
  (ALAC) few months ago and called for framework
  of local, regional, global groups to promote
  structured involvement and informed participation
  of worlds At-Large community. 

At-Large Structures
Regional At-Large Organizations
At-Large Advisory Committee
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Steps for At-Large Structure Certification

• A group submits an ALS application.
• ALAC conducts due diligence,
• ALAC Regional members in charge.
• ALAC reviews the application and related
  documentation.
• ALAC votes on certifying the applicant as an
  "At-Large Structure."
• ALAC has hands-off approach accept unless we
  have serious objections
• ALAC notifies the applicant about the result