Many thanks for the usefull update and feedback Maureen,

I am in agreement with Yrjo's proposal. using the fund to support Research would give us some usefull insights which will bolster our engagement efforts within the ICANN Organization and Community.

Regards

On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 11:44 PM Yrjö Länsipuro <yrjo_lansipuro@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi Maureen, all

Thank you, very interesting news, especially that about Flexibility Fund. Can't resist putting my thinking cap on:

With that kind of money, ALAC/At Large could afford to back up its policy advice by some  solid market research/ surveys in a sample of countries in all regions to find out, what individual Internet end users actually think about some issues within ICANN's remit.  There might be a role for ALS'es here, too, in liaising with local  research outfits.

My 2 cents.

Best,

Yrjö


From: ALAC <alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org> on behalf of Maureen Hilyard <maureen.hilyard@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2019 5:19 AM
To: ALAC <alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org>
Subject: [ALAC] My chat with Goran today
 
Hi all

Brief notes, reporting back after a 45min chat I had with Goran today:

I updated on: 
* ATLASIII - ATLAS Ambassadors - focus areas - alignment with At-Large Review objectives - program - invitation to the CEO and Board to key events during the ATLAS week
* 2020 Organigram - focus on ALT+ and collaboration within RALOs to facilitate effective communication to communities - resource development - building relationships with other sections of the ICANN community (GAC, NCSG) - support from ATLAS Ambassadors for regional communication initiatives
* At-Large Communication strategy - ICANN support for joint ALAC-GAC communication paper to the Board - more support needed to improve understanding of policy issues by non-technical community of At-Large & GAC - hours of volunteer time needed to develop resources - require combined support of the Comms Team, GSE and ICANN Learn for this work.
* CPWG developments - Policy platform and talking points - eg Jonathan's latest videos - Olivier's podcasts - eLearning
* Request for ICANN Legal advice on the ALS application by "ISOC SIG Rural Development" - check with ISOC

Goran's topics: 
* ITI is working on improving communication support for ICANN Learn and other areas - we will invite them to demonstrate what they have done, in Montreal.
* SubPro and DNS Abuse - the Board would welcome ALAC ADVICE on policy issues
* CCEG IG is to take over the global Legislation and Regulation Tracker - tracks impacts of global L&R activity on ICANN's work. Olivier and Nigel in charge?
* Flexibiilty Fund (USD1mil). For any project ideas that would add value to the work of At-Large in your regions - complete application form for consideration by the ALAC Chair - requires signoff by each of the other SO-AC Chairs before it is granted. ICANN Org is putting administration and monitoring mechanisms in place for transparency and accountability - David Olive in charge.

Maureen





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