DRAFT — requires source and editorial review before import. '''ALAC Open House: Talk with the ALAC''' is a session listed in the ICANN87 programme.[https://icann87.sched.com/event/2WjfL/alac-open-house-talk-with-the-alac Official session listing] == Session information == Stable import identifier: icann87-sched-2WjfL Scheduled start: 2026-10-17T15:00:00+08:00 Scheduled end: 2026-10-17T16:00:00+08:00 Status (schedule metadata): scheduled Access (schedule metadata): public == Official session description (source text) == 15:00 WITA (UTC+8), 17 October 202607:00 UTC, 17 October 2026Nusantara 2 (At-Large) ID# 18665 Session DetailsThe ALAC Open House will provide an opportunity for a series of presentations and discussions by groups and individuals on topics that are of interest to the members of the At-Large community. Agenda: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/BIEwSw Session Leader: Heidi...See More →[https://icann87.sched.com/event/2WjfL/alac-open-house-talk-with-the-alac Official session description] == AI-generated summary == The following is machine-generated interpretation, not an official conclusion. The open house combined a research presentation on ICANN’s governance capacity, a NomCom recruitment update and a leadership-program discussion. Questions addressed inclusion, accountability, outreach and whether leadership training could affect bottom-up participation. Source context: Session recording (no public source URL supplied); claim-level evidence follows where supplied. LLM terminology correction completed; source caption text remains separate. Human review not completed according to source metadata. == AI-generated key points and supplied evidence == * The Leiden University project compares ICANN with the Forest Stewardship Council and Global Fund, using capacity, effectiveness and legitimacy as lenses.Evidence locator: {"quote": "based at Leiden University in the Netherlands.", "segment_id": 28} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "the Forest Stewardship Council in the environmental field, and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria", "segment_id": 39} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "the effectiveness and the legitimacy of the arrangements.", "segment_id": 42} (no public source URL supplied) * The researcher found no fundamental capacity deficit so far, but noted concerns about renewal and reliance on small circles of volunteers; he also acknowledged Global North concentration of resources.Evidence locator: {"quote": "But I can't say that we're finding fundamental deficits that would compromise the operation of the regime so far.", "segment_id": 128} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "not having enough renewal and new blood", "segment_id": 101} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "too much reliance, perhaps, on relatively small circles of dedicated community members.", "segment_id": 102} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "are all primarily resourced from the Global North.", "segment_id": 145} (no public source URL supplied) * On reopening consensus decisions, Avri raised concern that gains can be lost unless defended; Scholte replied that reopening can also be politically productive.Evidence locator: {"quote": "stand guard over it", "segment_id": 157} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "they will eventually lose a certain amount of what was decided.", "segment_id": 158} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "sometimes when it can be actually politically productive.", "segment_id": 165} (no public source URL supplied) * Tom Barrett announced nine NomCom openings: three Board, one ccNSO, two GNSO and three ALAC positions. He set a target of at least sixteen applications per ALAC opening.Evidence locator: {"quote": "We have 9 open positions, for the NOMCOM. We have 3 for the board.", "segment_id": 200} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "one for the CCNSO, two for the GNSO, and then three for ALAC.", "segment_id": 201} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "at least 16 applications per position.", "segment_id": 209} (no public source URL supplied) * NomCom described targeted campaigns on LinkedIn, X and Facebook and direct outreach to governance organizations, including organizations without events during the application window.Evidence locator: {"quote": "The platforms are LinkedIn, X, and Facebook.", "segment_id": 218} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "let's approach the organizations directly. We don't really care if they have something scheduled", "segment_id": 277} (no public source URL supplied) * For the next leadership program in Lisbon, nominations were due at the end of November through ALAC leadership. ICANN Learn provided prerequisite courses, with an external facilitator leading skill-building discussions.Evidence locator: {"quote": "the next and 10th iteration of this program will take place in Lisbon.", "segment_id": 310} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "the nominations are due at the end of November", "segment_id": 315} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "will come through the ALAC leadership.", "segment_id": 315} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "ICANNLearn is used as the platform, and there's certain prerequisite courses that everybody has to take.", "segment_id": 320} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "an external facilitator", "segment_id": 321} (no public source URL supplied) == AI-generated TL;DR == * Jan Scholte reported broadly positive early capacity findings, while distinguishing resources from effectiveness, which would be examined next.Evidence locator: {"quote": "On the whole, I have to say that the impressions are positive.", "segment_id": 51} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "having capacity is not the same as having effectiveness.", "segment_id": 129} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "that's the next step in this, in this research", "segment_id": 131} (no public source URL supplied) * NomCom sought help improving ALAC candidate recruitment and planned position-specific outreach; the announced application window ran from December 18 to around February 16.Evidence locator: {"quote": "we do tend to fall short with ALAC in particular.", "segment_id": 207} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "it's a campaign per position.", "segment_id": 215} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "will open December 18th, and will close around February 16th.", "segment_id": 232} (no public source URL supplied) * The leadership program was expanding At-Large participation from five slots to six, adding an ALAC representative. Participants debated benefits and possible exclusion effects without resolving the concern.Evidence locator: {"quote": "Starting with the next iteration of the program, that has increased to 6, so ALAC will now also have one representative.", "segment_id": 309} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "it's not something that we've actually evaluated or assessed.", "segment_id": 382} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "I would be slightly contrary to you, Avri, in this", "segment_id": 412} (no public source URL supplied) == Disagreements == * Avri questioned whether leadership bonding creates a self-selecting volunteer class that weakens bottom-up participation. Other participants defended training as helping leaders guide consensus and work with diverse people.Evidence locator: {"quote": "leaders pick leaders to take the course", "segment_id": 372} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "Our ambition of bottom-up", "segment_id": 376} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "it's to help steer toward consensus.", "segment_id": 393} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "how you can work with different, diverse people in your own SOs or ACs.", "segment_id": 412} (no public source URL supplied) == Explicitly agreed actions == * The chair said At-Large would think about more compelling recruitment messaging; Tom said NomCom would return with social-media posts for feedback.Evidence locator: {"quote": "Why we're here, why we decided this was interesting, what keeps us here", "segment_id": 289} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "we'll make sure we get back to what those social media posts will look like.", "segment_id": 291} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "We'll put some thought into that.", "segment_id": 294} (no public source URL supplied) == Possible follow-ups - inferred == * Suggested follow-up: assess whether leadership training has unintended effects on bottom-up participation; the program representative said this had not been evaluated and offered an offline discussion.Evidence locator: {"quote": "we have not actually conducted an analysis", "segment_id": 379} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "I would be happy to talk to you offline", "segment_id": 382} (no public source URL supplied) * Cheryl proposed focusing training on emerging talent for several years; this remained a proposal.Evidence locator: {"quote": "What we haven't got is the emerging talent looked after yet.", "segment_id": 385} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "have 3 or 5 years of the emerging talent.", "segment_id": 386} (no public source URL supplied) == Open questions == * How should multistakeholder accountability work when participants move between stakeholder roles?Evidence locator: {"quote": "How do we identify when interest changes?", "segment_id": 171} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "as you move from one SOAC to another in your own work.", "segment_id": 185} (no public source URL supplied)Evidence locator: {"quote": "what kind of accountability is suitable for each one of them in relation to each kind of issue?", "segment_id": 186} (no public source URL supplied) == Source materials == == Provenance and attribution == LLM terminology correction completed; source caption text remains separate. Human review not completed according to source metadata. Processing metadata: {"asr": "completed", "human_reviewed": false, "semantic_check": "passed", "summary": "ai_generated", "terminology": "llm_corrected"} Caption note: Not supplied Raw captions and corrected/derived transcript segments remain distinct in the JSON bundle. A local raw-caption path is a locator, not an included or publicly accessible file. [https://agentcommunity.org Made by AgentCommunity // Balázs Némethi] Community export attribution; this does not assert ICANN or ICANNWiki affiliation or endorsement. == References ==