FYI -------- Original Message -------- Subject: ALAC Correspondence on the proposed Brazil Summit Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 19:44:52 +0100 From: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com> To: Fadi Chehade <fadi.chehade@icann.org> CC: Steve Crocker <Steve@shinkuro.com>, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com>, Cassia Oliveira <cassia.oliveira@icann.org>, Secretary <secretary@icann.org>, ICANN AtLarge Staff <staff@atlarge.icann.org> ALAC Ref: AL-ALAC-CO-1013-01-00-EN To: Fadi Chehade,CEO, ICANN Dear Fadi. The ALAC welcomes the announcement by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff <https://twitter.com/dilmabr/status/388024593408987136> and you of a major summit of government, civil society, academia and business to take place in Rio de Janeiro in 2014. We congratulate your acting on the recommendations offered in the 2012 ALAC White Paper, "Making ICANN Relevant, Responsive and Respected <http://www.atlarge.icann.org/correspondence/future-challenges-white-paper-17...>", both regarding the proposed summit and in the recent Montevideo statement <http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-07oct13-en.htm> made by you and other Internet leaders. The ICANN global At-Large community looks forward to actively contributing to this effort, in building upon the kind of real change identified and addressed in the Paper. You can count on our help and support in creating a truly diverse, inclusive and purposeful event. Sincerely, the ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee