Beau and all, It has seems to me and all of our members for a number of years now, and almost sense the founding of ICANN, that ICANN meetings should all be avaliable to the extent possible to all whom would wish to participate but are unable to physically attend via satalite link and as many downlink locations throughout the globe as possible. I am sure and have been assured by a number of main stream media sources that such capability would and could be made avaliable if advance notice were provided by ICANN and a no-cost of low cost basis. -----Original Message-----
From: "Brendler, Beau" <Brenbe@consumer.org> Sent: Jun 10, 2008 11:43 AM To: At-Large Worldwide <alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: [At-Large] ICANN meeting reform
I imagine many of you have seen this. What do you think? Seems to me that the RALOs and ALAC should register an official opinion on this, probably in Paris. The report's also kind of an interesting read.
Beau Brendler
-----Original Message----- From: ICANN News Alert [mailto:communications@icann.org] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 7:05 PM To: Brendler, Beau Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Consultation on Proposals to Reform ICANN Meetings
ICANN News Alert http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09jun08-en.htm
________________________________ Consultation on Proposals to Reform ICANN Meetings 9 June 2008
At its meeting on May 29, 2008 the Board agreed to the release of a paper on the reform of ICANN meetings that has been prepared by staff.
The paper (http://icann.org/en/meetings/meetings-reform-discussion-paper-16may08-e n.pdf) asks the community to consider changes to the number of meetings that ICANN holds and the location.
To allow for better planning and economy, the paper asks the community to consider that the number of meetings be reduced from three to two per year. It is proposed that this change would commence from 2010.
The paper also proposes that one of the two meetings be held in locations that are transport hubs. The locations would need to be the subject of a separate consultation, but would be rotated through the existing ICANN predetermined regions.
There has not been substantive change to meetings processes or the frequency of the meetings since the organization's inception. The purpose of this paper is to encourage debate on any matters to do with meetings that the community may wish to raise, but to especially consider issues concerning the frequency of meetings and their location.
ICANN welcomes comments from the community on the matters raised in this paper and any other comments that relate to the operation of meetings.
In addition to on-line forums, consultations will also be held at the Paris meeting directly with Committees and Councils and there will also be the opportunity to comment via the public forum.
*View Meetings Reform Discussion Paper: http://icann.org/en/meetings/meetings-reform-discussion-paper-16may08-en .pdf *Send comments to: meeting-consultation-2008@icann.org *View comments at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/meeting-consultation-2008/
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