Hello CLO, 1. I have posted the liaison's report at page http://bit.ly/alacidnaug as also attached as a PDF document here. Please let me know if any improvements are needed on this short update. 2. Following the IDN PDP working group call I have sent this message to the group. (The suggestion for inter-constituency meetings is more clearly expressed in this message) I have made a mention of this in the working group, rather than assume that it is too late to think of meetings of this nature for the Seoul meeting. More importantly, your recommendations as Chair of ALAC could get other constituencies and participant groups to pay attention to this suggestion. Thank you Sivasubramanian Muthusamy ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sivasubramanian Muthusamy <isolatedn@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 8:29 PM Subject: Re: [ccnso-idnpdpwg1] Agenda today's call To: Bart Boswinkel <bart.boswinkel@icann.org> Cc: "ccnso-idnpdpwg1@icann.org" <ccnso-idnpdpwg1@icann.org>, ALAC Working List <alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Hello Bart Boswinkel, I am sending this note AFTER the meeting, but this was intended to be raised as a suggestion under "any other business". As an introductory statement to the ALAC comments on the 3rd Revison of the Draft Implementation Plan http://bit.ly/idnmeeting the following was stated: "With the view to expeditiously complete the IDN related tasks, it is proposed that ICANN incorporates in its agenda for the Seoul meeting a full day of meetings to focus on IDNs, scheduled as inter‐constituency meetings attended by invited experts, staff and finance committees to resolve all pending issues related to IDN Policy and pave the way for implementation." This has also been mentioned at an ALAC meeting, though not formally discussed nor voted upon as an ALAC suggestion. 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. Thank you Sivasubramanian Muthusamy ALAC IDN Liaison.