Colleagues,
FYI, I have relayed the APRALO position to the group currently engaged
in working on the Summit idea.
This position is generally the same one we agreed to in Bali during our
MOU deliberations, as well as at the Hong Meeting in July and the most
recent Teleconference.
The gist of it is that APRALO will meet at the ICANN Asia Pacific
meeting, and if there is to be a general summit at Paris 2008, then as
long as this is an extra-budgetary allocation (and the money can be
found), its fine with us, but we will not forsake the ICANN Asia
Pacific meeting for the Summit, as Asia Pacific is our region and an
in-region meeting is where we achieve the most from all perspectives.
We have already lost the October 2007 Asia Pacific meeting and I (as
well others within APRALO) do not wish to see us miss the February 2008
one as well.
Regards,
R.
-------- Original Message --------
Hi Evan,
Response(s) starting with --RDS-> in-line.
On Sep 5, 7:20 am, Evan <evanleibovi...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello Rajnesh,
> >
--RDS-> We discussed the At-Large Summit (or whatever other name you
want to give it) at the APRALO conference call last week and general
consensus is its a good idea.
Thank you!
> Is there anyone from APRALO who is interested in helping to put the
> conference together?
--RDS-> Me, if you see a need.
>
> > --RDS->- The timing of the Summit is an issue. APRALO
intends to
hold its> - The timing of the Summit is an issue. APRALO intends to
hold its
>> annual assembly during the February 2008 AP meeting and
meeting again
>> within 3-4 months does not suit us, as our intended workplan
has us
>> meeting bi-annually - once in the first half and once in the
second half
>> where one of these is a general APRALO assembly and the second
is more a
> >subset.
> No matter when we schecule this, there will always be RALOs who
would
> be meeting at the previous or subsequent ICANN meeting, so it wll
be
> impossible to schedule this without causing such of conflict for
> somebody.
>
> It is my hope that, should the Summit go ahead on an ongoing basis,
> that sufficient time will be given to allow every RALO to have
> regional assemblies during the Summit. Even now, in our logistical
> planning, we are working to give the regions plenty of time on
their
> own -- now only for conventional assemblies, but also to allow for
> regional caucus meetings in which each RALO could internally
discuss
> global issues arising during the Summit.
--RDS-> APRALO's position is it will meet at every ICANN Asia
Pacific Meeting. If the Summit is an extra-budgetary event then this is
no problem, however you are unlikely to get buy-in from APRALO if we
are required to forsake the ICANN Asia Pacific meeting. Asia Pacific is
our region and meeting in-region at the ICANN meeting means we can get
a larger sub-set of our community involved.
> > --RDS->- Paris as a meeting venue could be an issue with
respect to
costs.
> > APRALO is the most dispersed region and Paris is not exactly
the cheapest city to get to (or stay in for that matter).
>
> In fact, Paris was chosen specifically because of the
recommendation
> of ICANN staff after doing its own research. They informed us that
it
> is less expensive to bring the world's ALSs to Europe than to any
> other region. (It _might_ also be inexpensive in the US, but
passport
> issues there now make it a difficult international destination.)
--RDS-> If ICANN staff says its a spade, then it must be a spade and
up to the powers-that-be to find the money.
>
> >
--RDS-> I also
noticehttp://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/assembly-wg_atlarge-l...
> > Is anyone on that list? I see nothing in the archives.
>
> This group was started before that list was created. My intent is
that
> once we have a real working group, the Summit work will move to the
> official channels.
>
> Regards,
>
> Evan