Hello CLO, Though stated as an independent introductory statement to the ALAC comments on the 3rd Revison of the Draft Implementation Plan http://bit.ly/idnmeeting this has also been mentioned at an ALAC meeting, though not formally discussed nor voted upon as an ALAC suggestion. The rationale and the logistics of the inter-constituency meetings are more clearly explained as below: *The suggestion is to have inter-constituency meetings during Seoul where ccNSO, GNSO and its commercial and non-commercial constituencies, GAC, ALAC, SSAC as also Board Representatives, Staff designated for IDNs, finance and administration committees, IETF, external advisory / support groups, IDN user groups otherwise not part of the ICANN organization and invited experts could all gather together in one room on a suitable day during the Seoul Meeting to discuss all pending issues related to IDN implementation. The purpose is to bring together view points from the different constituencies / support organizations / experts to reconcile the most important issues that could consume time if discussed in different rooms. The inter-constituency meetings could be visualized as happening in the main room on a certain day (or half - a - day) which is relatively a light day for most constituencies, who could also be free to concurrently have their sessions on any other topic that may require to be discussed within their constituencies, but after assigning enough responsible participants to the proposed inter-constituency meetings. This could also be an opportunity for various IDN working groups to report on their work for consolidation. * I had earlier requested your help as ALAC chair to take the suggestion for inter-constituency meetings at Seoul to discuss IDN's and you had helpfully said that you might bring this up at the meeting of Chairs. I understand that ICANN schedules are drawn up well in advance, but at the same time I do not wish to assume that it is too late to fit this in. On my part, apart from raising this at the alac meeting and at the ccNSO PDP meeting, I did not think it appropriate to take further steps. But if you could allow me, I can write to the AC / SO chairs to convey this suggestion and explore if there is a greater interest in this. Thank you Sivasubramanian Muthusamy