Great ideas that Alan is sharing with all. I am a member of ISOC-Puerto Rico which is also an At-Large member of ICANN (NARALO). I mention this because, through the Internet Society Platform, we can communicate using Connect pertinent information to our membership. This includes ICANN information. Therefore we are engaging with them in discussing pertinent issues. There has to be some platform at ALO that can facilitate sharing information. We use our social media networks (Facebook, Twitter) to promote our activities and share concerns with our constituents and civil society. We have managed to have members publish regularly in local major circulating newspapers (print and digital) issues Internet related. I have to agree with Alan that one of the major barriers is that civil society feels that ICANN is too technical and concerns only a few individuals and does not impact them personally or their business. How can ICANN increase that awareness? When we speak about "capacity building", what are we seeking? - Increasing awareness among different groups - Sharing best practices with others. - Creating a solid "database" of skilled human resources per region that can serve as guest speakers for local or regional meetings to increase awareness. - Reach out to local universities / professional groups that lack knowledge on the impact of ICANNs work. These together with the ideas presented by Alan should be our next steps but in a more aggressive and clearly define plan. My 2 cents. [image: photo] *Alfredo Calderon* eLearning Consultant calderon.alfredo@gmail.com | http://aprendizajedistancia.blogspot.com | Skype: Alfredo_1212 <#> | wiseintro.co/alfredocalderon <http://facebook.com/calderon.alfredo> <http://pr.linkedin.com/in/acalderon52> <http://twitter.com/acalderon52> <http://plus.google.com/u/0/103289446075444313762/posts> <http://www.pinterest.com/acalderon/> <http://www.slideshare.net/acalderon> <http://klout.com/#/acalderon52> <http://wiseintro.co/alfredocalderon> Get a signature like this: Click here! <http://ws-promos.appspot.com/r?rdata=eyJydXJsIjogImh0dHA6Ly93d3cud2lzZXN0YW1...> On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 1:03 PM, Dev Anand Teelucksingh <devtee@gmail.com> wrote:

FYI - Thoughts?

Dev Anand

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca> Date: Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 4:47 PM Subject: [ALAC] Document for discussion during Friday's ALS Expectations session To: ALAC <alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org>

Over the last months I have done a lot of thinking and talking about how to make ALSes effective - specifically to set reasonable expectations that will allow At-Large and its ALSes to be critical and useful parts of the ICANN ecosystem.

Please find attached an analysis of where I think we are today, why we are here, and how we should move forward.

I believe that we need a realistic plan and we should not just wait for the independent review to tell us what to do.

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