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 -------- Subject: Re: Summit Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:30:27 +1200 From: Rajnesh D. Singh <rajnesh@pacificit.org> Reply-To: rajnesh@pacificit.org Organization: pacificIT.org To: icann-summit@googlegroups.com Hi Evan, Response(s) starting with /--RDS->/ in-line. On Sep 5, 7:20 am, Evan <evanleibovi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Rajnesh,

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--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.

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--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

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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.

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--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.

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--RDS-> I also

noticehttp://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/assembly-wg_atlarge-l...

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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