At-Large Structures
The ICANN At-Large Community is composed of over 120 At-Large-Structures (ALS) which represents the voice of individual internet users all over the world who actively participates in the policy development of the internet governing body. It provides an avenue for every individual internet user to take part in all the issues discussed within ICANN such as introduction of new generic top level domain names, transition of the current internet addressing system from from IPv4 to IPv6 and many other issues.
Regional At-Large Organizations[edit | edit source]
Each At-Large Structure from different geographical region around the world is affiliated with one of the five Regional At-Large Organizations ( RALO) such as:[1]
- African Regional At-Large Organization (AFRALO)
- Asian, Australasian and Pacific Islands Regional At-Large Organization (APRALO)
- European Regional At-Large Organization (EURALO)
- Latin American and Caribbean Islands Regional At-Large Organization (LACRALO)
- North-American Regional At-Large Organization (NARALO)
Every RALO has a Chairman and Secretariat and conducts regular monthly teleconferences to discuss and develop the position of the internet community from each region in conjunction with the every current policy issues.