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The [[ALAC|At-Large Advisory Committee]] (ALAC) is responsible for evaluating, processing, and certifying the applications of any group that is interested to become an ALS after the criteria set forth by ICANN for ALSes is met.<ref>[http://www.atlarge.icann.org/correspondence/structures-app.htm At-Large Framework Formation]</ref> Currently, there are 239 ALSes in 104 countries and territories.<ref>https://atlarge.icann.org/alses</ref>  

Different types of groups, such as professional societies, academic and research organizations, community networking groups, consumer advocacy groups, internet society chapters, computer user organizations, and internet civil society groups are qualified to become At Large Structure, as long as they are able to fulfill the minimum criteria established by ICANN, which include:

There are 85 individual members around the world. Typically, an individual Internet user joins the At-Large community by joining one of the local ALSes. However, individuals may also participate in ALAC without joining an ALS. All five regions accept individual members, but the terms and conditions differ from RALO to RALO on who can do so and how. All individual members within a RALO must select one representative, who gets one ballot to vote during RALO-wide election, selection, and ratification processes, whereas each ALS gets one vote for the entire ALS in polls within its RALO.<ref>https://atlarge.icann.org/get-involved/individual-member</ref>

Every RALO has a Chairman and Secretariat and conducts a yearly general assembly and regular monthly teleconferences to discuss and develop the position of the individual internet users community from each region in conjunction with every current ICANN policy issue.

One result of the [[Second ALAC Organizational Review]] was the formation of an ALS Mobilization Working Party. At [[ICANN 74]], in the RALO Leaders Meeting, [[Alan Greenberg]] explained that the review final report included a recommendation to "either abolish ALSes or treat them as individuals but not put our overall focus on ALSes...The response from At-Large was 'we disagree, that we believe ALSes do have a purpose...they have groups of people on the ground in the countries we're looking at."<ref>[https://74.schedule.icann.org/meetings/ RALO Leaders Meeting, ICANN 74]</ref> Thus, ALAC formed the ALS Mob WG, which met in late 2019 and throughout 2020<ref>[</ref> and generated a list of expectations to improve ALS involvement and participation metrics:<ref>[https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/ALS+Mobilization+Working+Party?preview=/120821482/202703511/ALS-Mob-WP-Report-Final-Approved.pdf ALS Mob Final Report, 04 December 2020</ref>

===ALS Mobilization Members==

[[Barrack Otieno]]

[[Beran Dondeh]]

[[Daniel Nanghaka]]

[[Pastor Peters Omoragbon]]

[[Raymond Mamattah]]

[[Sarah Kiden]]

[[Vernatius Okwu Ezeama]]

[[Abdeldjalil Bachar Bong]]

[[Liz Orembo]]

[[Remmy Nweke]]

[[Ali AlMeshal]]

[[Amrita Choudhury]]

[[Justine Chew]]

[[Nadira AlAraj]]

[[Shreedeep Rayamajhi]]

[[Sivasubramanian Muthusamy]]

[[Bastiaan Goslings]]

[[Natalia Filina]]

[[Roberto Gaetano]]

[[Yrjö Länsipuro]]

[[Ephraim Percy Kenyanito]]

[[Matthias Markus Hudobnik|Matthias Hudobnik]]

[[Dev Anand Teelucksingh]]

[[Jacqueline Morris]]

[[Maritza Aguero Minano]]

[[Alberto Soto]]   

[[David Mackey]]

[[Eduardo Diaz]]

[[Judith Hellerstein]]

 

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