Hi Avri => delighted to have you as a 'formal' part of At-Large :-) Here are a few responses from me as ALAC Chair => 1. any ALS Member should/can be subscribed to any (or all) the Regional lists and from their a request issue or matter should be formally brought forward by their Regional Rep(s) at any ALAC Meeting (or intersessionally) if you define At-Large Leadership as the ALAC... 2. Similarly if you define the At-Large leadership to include (and I believe it should be defined this way) as 'the ALAC *and *Regional Leadership' then same method of individuals directly OR via their ALS (if they/you want to weight their issue thusly) can be formally used to instigate RALO and ALAC action / discussion 3. ALSes also can and should have direct interaction with ICANN's PDP's, PC's, meetings, activities etc., 4. Individuals should also have direct interaction with ICANN's PDP's, PC's, meetings, activities etc., Also as all ALAC & Committee or WG meetings are open by default any person can pose / comment etc., to a wiki page of an At-Large committee or WG ... Same with respect to an email to any associated list(s) to any WG or Committee though unless subscribed the post will need to be 'allowed through by a list moderator { I doubt anything an ALS Member would post would be 'spam' and if it was that is the only reason for NOT posting a message; And / or of course any one can join a call or meeting and raise any matter question or comment etc., at any time (the meeting Chairs discretion on when and how that fits into agenda planning of course) so there should be open communications as well as the formal channels you describe from individuals at all times... Remembering a group voice may weight differently to a single POV you should pick and choose to best effect IMO... Finally we can certainly put up a wiki or email addressed suggestion box - happy to do so! But the equivalent to the suggestion box (historically) for raising matters comments questions suggestions that runs from at-large (inclusive of ALS members of course who are At-Large ;-) is the public list "At-Large Worldwide" <at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org>, I hope this helps but would like to explore your needs and suggestions further were always looking for ways to better meet Community and ALSes needs... I've copied to the ALAC Working list as all At-Large leaders ALAC and Regional are subscribed there so you can get additional and individual dialog and reactions to your questions from others as well... Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO) On 2 June 2010 06:45, Avri Doria <avri@ltu.se> wrote:

hi,

I recently became a member of an ALS. is there any way a lowly individual in an ALS can pose questions of the At large leadership. Is there a general mailing list for any and all ALS members who care about ICANN. A suggestion box?

I have asked around and been told that i have to go through channels, i have to get the ALS to ask the RALO and the RALO can decide to bring it up. Is this the way it works?

Thanks

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