As a member of APRALO, and also on ALAC from APRALO, I think the Summit is a very good idea itself, in fact the same idea was proposed 2 years ago, I think, by one of our ALSs in AP, Kuo-Wei WU, but unfortunately it did not go through. So even though we have some concern about the location, Paris may not be the easiest place for many AP people, and unless there is good funding support it will not be feasible for most of us, I still think it is a good idea to present it to the Board today, place it in the radar screen, and seek for pragmatic solution. # Originally, ICANN Asia Pacific meeting was officially scheduled to take place NOW, in AP region, but with unclear reasons at least officially, it was postponed into next February, and LA was brought in as the "Plan B". This significantly affected the involvement of AP ALS/RALOs since we postponed our celebration ceremony with ICANN Board and community until the Fall AP region ICANN meeting that was moved to Feb in New Delhi. WE kind of lost momentum while all other RALOs had some sort of visible celebration at ICANN meetings already. best, izumi 2007/10/30, Bret Fausett <bfausett@internet.law.pro>:
On the Summit idea, I think it absolutely needs to be in our discussion. Not as a fully evolved plan, but as something we are seriously considering. In my view, it needs to be no longer than:
"The RALOs have proposed and are discussing the concept of an At Large Summit, which will bring representatives of all the ICANN accredited At Large Structures together in one place to exchange ideas and work together on At Large projects. ICANN brought each of the RALOs together for their formative meetings and signing ceremonies, but now these ALSs from all five regions would like to meet each other and find areas of common interest and common concern. The current plan is to organize the At Large Summit around an existing ICANN meeting, either at the second or third ICANN meeting in 2008."
All we want to do it put the Summit on the Board's radar for next year, so they can account for it in their own planning and budgeting.
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