Dear All, The following email is transmitted to you on behalf of Carlos Aguirre, Chair of the working group on At-Large Engagement in ICANN. **************** Participation & Engagement in ICANN Working Group. First Letter for the At Large Community Following work started in Mexico Summit by the WG #1, and with the intention to improve this work trying to achieve the objectives fixed in that opportunity, and after to be nominated by ALAC as Chair of this WG, I want to make extensive to every end users around the world the invitation to participate and colaborate in this huge effort. That participation have to do with the engagement in the ICANN task, and with the understanding that the End Users must be involves into the ICANN desitions in order to do a better world for everyone. We need specially ideas of all of you, to give or add our knowledges to who is in charge into the Organization. We are convinced, the participation for End Users is in most of the cases very difficult, and for multiples factors: like different languajes, lack of knowledge, lack of time, priorization of other matters, etc, etc. We are sure, this is not an easy job, but we will try to reduce the gap, with the multiple participation of all of you, and giving a chanel for where this communication could be fluid. That is the intention of this WG. We want, at this moment, add and share with you some new ideas, to the final WG#1 statement (given at the Mexico Summit), to be analized by you, and asking your comments and points of view about this, in principle. After that,Then, the idea is give to you some documents to hear your feedback and opinions and make in this form a shared work in order to improve and make a better and massive participation, generating an brain storming wich could surely help to achive the goals. There are not silly comments nor useless participation, any one of you can do a productive contribution. For that, Could you help us to improve the communication, participation and in definitive our commitment into ICANN ?. We are sure that the response is YES !! We want to receive of any way your participation, trough documents, mails, tweets, messages in any way, in English, Spanish, French or any other languaje. The idea is to have your participation, doesn`t matter how or how much, the important is to do. And we are waiting those comments and points of view. We are waiting your comments, don`t hesitate and GO ahead!! thank`s and best regards, and of course happy new year for all of you. Carlos Dionisio Aguirre ALAC elected member , by LACRALO & chair of Participation and engagement WG. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Some new ideas in a brain storming method to add the final Mexico Summit statement – Add your idea !!!! will be welcomed !!!.!. 1 – Direct communication with each one of ALS leaders, and each end user registered in a data base. 2 – Use of Social Networks, like twitter, facebook, my space and others. 3 – Document Translations in every languaje ( at least in main six : Spanish, French, Chinese, German, Russian & Portuguese) 4 - End User Friendly Document (in different languajes) about tasks and functions and finalities of each one Suporting Organization and Advisory Committees, and any other part of ICANN structure. 5 – Make periodical teleconference with the people who want participate in a WG 6 - YOUR IDEA... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can download the PDF file of the ALAC statement on At-Large Participation in ICANN, which was drafted by the working group on At-Large Engagement in ICANN during the Mexico Summit under: http://tinyurl.com/yfo7phy