Dear All, Had a conference call with Daniel Nanghaka (it was 2am for him) to discuss the O&E presentation and came up with some other ideas for engagement that I put on the wiki at https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Ideas+for+Engagement+Strategies Please add your thoughts and ideas on this wiki page: Here's are the ideas: To solve engagement, have ALSes to care about and be involved in DNS related issues at * local level -- e.g policies that govern your ccTLD ; DNS reliability ; DNS security (DNSSEC) ; WHOIS privacy of ccTLD domain registration * regional level -- e.g DNS reliability in the region ; DNS security * global level -- e.g IANA stewardship transition ; CCWG on Accountability ; many locals use gTLDs and therefore are governed by the policies (e.g WHOIS privacy) that gTLD registries set with registrants, If ALSes don't care about DNS related issues at the local level, they are unlikely to care about global DNS related issues. So to get ALSes, engaged, have to - raise awareness of possible local DNS issues ; - ask ALSes input/opinion on their regional ICANN strategy - help foster discussions about other local/regional ICT/IG issues - e.g net neutrality To raise ICANN issues for ALSes to respond to, have to get ALSes to understand the impact of the ICANN issue to them, and create compelling content for them to see the impact of the ICANN issue to them. Other engagement challenges: - getting connected to At-Large calls ; persons can't be reached on their phones, persons don't have sufficient net connectivity. Another suggestion to foster engagement in WGs: - A WG should be able to select a regional active member to attend a regional ICANN F2F meeting. Kind Regards, Dev Anand Teelucksingh