ALAC:ABCs of RALO Formation

This is a working DRAFT and does not yet represent the consensus of ALAC.

See the At-Large Infrastructure Formation Proposals for the exact wording of the requirements for ALS and RALO formation. The At-Large Infrastructure Formation Proposals are an ALAC recommendation that was accepted by the ICANN Board.

There is considerable freedom of implementation within the ICANN bylaws and the At-Large Infrastructure Formation Proposals. Each RALO must include a minimum of 3 open and transparent At-Large Structures based in at least 2 different countries within the RALO's Geographic Region. If so provided by its Memorandum of Understanding with ICANN, a RALO may also have as its members individual Internet users who are citizens and residents of the RALO's Geographic Region.

Since the board must review and accept a memorandum of understanding for each RALO, the requirements are kept to a minimum so that each RALO has the freedom to create the type of structure that best fits its Geographic Region's customs and characteristics.

[edit] Purpose of this Document

This ABCs of RALO Formation will provide RALO formation guidelines and share best practices as they are developed. The document will feature a menu of structure options, and how they could work. The creation if this document is essentially the gathering and synthesis of existing information, tips and ideas. When people feel it is ready, we'll send an email to the ALAC list asking for additional suggestions and then publish it.

[edit] Working Group

The creation of this "ABCs" document is delegated to a working group composed of all ALAC members and ALAC constituents who want to be involved. Please feel warmly welcomed to edit this document and add value to it.

[edit] Targeted Completion

Completion of this document is targeted for October 31, 2006. Upon completion, this document will be published on the ALAC website. New information will be incorporated into this document as we become more experienced in forming RALOs. Updated versions of this document will be published periodically on the ALAC website.

[edit] Discussion

Perhaps we should ask ICANN staff (Paul Levins, Bruce Beckwith, Legal Counsel, ???) to work on this with us?

Since this is a roadmap piece we'll need to make sure the roapmap steps are right (hence ICANN legal needs to have a look).