Dear Pavan Suggest replacing: We believe that the Chair and his/her delegate and the secretariat should attend all the ICANN meetings and also the Annual General Meeting of the APRALO. with: We believe that the Chair and his/her delegates and the secretariat should attend all the ICANN meetings and also the Annual General Meeting of the APRALO. The pluralisation of delegate will enable a chair to nominate liaisons or subcommittee chairs to attend AGMs and other meetings. Regards Les 2009/4/6 Pavan Budhrani <pavan@registry.asia>
Dear APRALO,
Attached here is the final draft of what is going to be sent to ICANN on behalf of APRALO. Feel free to comment by days end and I will send this first thing tomorrow morning.
To whom it may concern,
We are writing to comment on the travel procedure which is posted on the ICANN website. On behalf of APRALO, we have the following points to make.
*Visa issues*
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Acquiring a Visa in a timely manner is a major obstacle with the current travel process. Some members have to send their passport as there is no consulate in their own country. The buffer time for this is around 30 to 45 days depending on the type of passport they hold and in addition, Visas require them to show their ticket and hotel confirmation.
*Recommendations *
We suggest the ticket and hotel confirmation be taken care of at least 45 days in advance of the suggested travel date.
*People attending meeting*
We believe that the Chair and his/her delegate and the secretariat should attend all the ICANN meetings and also the Annual General Meeting of the APRALO. This allows for greater understanding of issues within the RALO and greater networking with other leaders within ICANN. In addition, it is of utmost importance that the secretariat takes part in the secretariat meeting at ICANN.
In addition, we also have the belief that any ALAC liaison who has a major function at an ICANN meeting should be fully funded to travel too as it is unrealistic for these liaisons not to attend relevant meetings and be able to participate and contribute to such meetings. An example would be any IDN or gTLD liaisons who were not funded to attend ICANN meetings at this stage. This would certainly be detrimental to the ALAC and the RALO’s.
For these trips mentioned above, per diems should be paid out in a timely manner so participants will be able to get their funds and have sufficient time to change to another currency if needed.
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*APRALO AGM 2009*
The APRALO will have the first Annual General Meeting of the 2009 and 2010 fiscal year and it is important we feel to have all members of the ALS joining this meeting. We believe this can lay down the marker being the first one and set an example for future AGM’s for other RALOs as well. ALS involvement was a plus factor in the summit that just finished in Mexico. There was lots of interaction and we firmly believe that these will push them to join more APRALO monthly meetings too and also commenting on ICANN issues which is the main reason we exist.
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