Dear APRALO members https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/APRALO+Rules+of+Procedures+Review... On the workspace whose link is above, I have summarised some of the face-to-face discussion we had today at our monthly meeting, plus some comments that were already on the workspace about INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP. Before we move on to a formal set of criteria if would be good to get a sense of others' views on the following points: - should we expect individuals to prove that they are not affiliated with any ICANN or ALS related organisations - if so how would they do this? - what evidence should the provide to show that they are actually working on end-user activities and are aware of what ICANN is and does - should we impose timeframed membership for all ALSes as well as individual members - it would make it easier to get rid of the deadwood as Satish suggests? - should we impose a similar set of metrics for individual members as we do for ALSes? - What is an optimum sized package for an individual members ALS? - what process should we expect for them to vote for their representative of their ALS-type organisation? - should we be encouraging individual membership or encouraging ALSes? - Should we make it harder to be an individual member so that we can encourage more ALSes (to enable outreach from a common governance or technical starting point?) I would really appreciate your comments Maureen