NARALO is the North American Regional At-Large Organization that represents individual Internet users across North America. It consists of civil society organizations and individuals located in Canada, the US, and Puerto Rico. NARALO participates in ICANN's policy development processes and works to ensure the needs of individual Internet users are addressed. It has been involved in issues like internationalized domain names, DNS security and stability, and the WHOIS database.

1. Welcome to
NARALO
North American At Large
Organization
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2. What is NARALO?
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3. What is NARALO/At-Large
• NARALO stands for: North American Region
At-Large Organization
• At-Large by itself refers to the community of
Individual Internet users all over the world
• At-Large Structures refers to those
organizations that represent individual
Internet users.
• NARALO is the only region that allows single
individuals to be represented by themselves
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4. What is NARALO/At-Large
Regional Organizations
• ICANN At-Large Structures are organized in five (5) geographical
regions
• APRALO: Asian Pacific Regional At-Large Organization
• NARALO: North American Regional At-Large Organization
• LACRALO: Latin-American/Caribbean At-Large Organization
• AFRALO: Africa Regional At-Large Organization
• EURALO: Europe Regional At-Large Organization
• All these organizations are represented by the At-Large Advisory
Committee (ALAC)
• ALAC is the organization that provides advice to the ICANN processes
• There are three members representin each region
• Each region appoints/selects two representatives to participate in this
committee
• The NomCom selects the third member
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5. Do you want to
help shape
ICANN's future?
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7. NARALO consists of the civil
society organizations, non-profits
and individuals to represent the
rights of Internet users across the
region, from Hawaii, to Nunavut,
to San Juan.
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8. At-Large (individual Internet user
community) for the North American
region, providing news, key resources
and interactive features for information
sharing for individuals and end-user
groups in the North American region
interested in ICANN and shaping the
future of the Internet.
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9. How does NARALO
fit into the ICANN
Ecosystem?
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10. We represent their views in the
bottom-up, consensus based,
multi-stakeholder ICANN
policy development process
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11. What At-Large Regional
Groups Do?
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12. Each At-Large Region holds
monthly meetings to develop
is own view on current policy
issues and provide input to At-
Large's policy-making.
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13. Together, At-Large:
■ Actively contributes to ICANN policy
development
■ Draws ICANN's attention to emerging
issues
■ Ensures that ICANN serves all
stakeholders, from commercial to
individual Internet users
■ Encourages greater accountability
and transparency
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14. What NARALO Does?
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15. NARALO participates in policy
development:
■ Internationalized Domain Names
■ DNS Security and Stability
■ The WHOIS database
■ Registrant Rights and
Responsibilities
. . . And many more . . .
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16. NARALO
Achievements
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17. NARALO has been front and
centre of At-Large from its
beginning, but is proud to be
one voice of many in At-
Large's uniquely diverse
constituency.
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18. NARALO was:
■ The first Region to enable and
empower individual
memberships
■ Part of the first constituency to
insist on multilingual interpretation
for its meetings
■ A major promoter of a support
program for developing countries
applying for Generic Top Level
Domains
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19. NARALO has worked closely with
other ICANN constituencies to:
■ Develop a balance between
organizational domain naming rights
and free speech
■ Define objection processes for new
Generic Top Level Domains
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20. WHO WE ARE?
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22. ORGANIZATION
Garth Bruen, Chair
Darlene Thompson,Secretariat
22 ALS Members
NARALO only comprises organisations
and individuals located in Canada, the United
States, and Puerto Rico
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23. Amongst the types of
organizations that can join us are:
■ Professional Societies
■ Academic and Research
Organizations
■ Community Networking Groups
■ Consumer Advocacy Groups
■ Internet Society Chapters
■ Computer User Organizations
■ Internet Civil Society groups
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24. ALS's At Large Structure Organizations

25. What is NARALO/At-Large
Current Members
• America At Large • ISOC Colorado
• Association for Community • ISOC New York
Networking • ISOC Puerto Rico
• Canadian Association for Open • ISOC Quebec
Source • ISOC San Francisco Bay
• Coalition Against Unsolicited • Knujon
Commercial E-Mail • N-Cap
• Communautique • Pacific Community Network
• Foundation for Building Association
Sustainable Communities • People who…
• Greater Toronto Area Linux User • Telecommunities Canada
Group
• The Albert Community Network
• Association Association
• Web405 • The intellectual Property &
• Youth Helping Youth Inc dba Technology Section of the

26. How you can be involved?
Provide public
comment
Attend monthly
meetings
Run for office

27. If you are an organization or individual
located in Canada, the United States or
Puerto Rico and concerned with
Internet-related issues, YOU can help
influence the operation, growth and
development of the Internet by
becoming part of the North American
At-Large Organization (NARALO).
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28. Diversity Matters
NARALO has
brochures in
English, French
and Spanish

29. To Join go to
NARALO.ORG
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30. Submit the Interest Form
https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/ALS+Starter+Kits

31. Get Contacted!
ICANN Staff and NARALO officers
will contact you to:
* Add you to the mailing list and
Skype chat
* Complete application details
* Explain the due diligence process
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32. Track your status
http://www.atlarge.icann.org/applications
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