I agree with the process to proceed. I wonder if there is a way to come to a consensus rather than relying on the group emails? So far as the face to face meetings, I would very much like to be in attendance, however please realize that 2 of the NA ALSs are in Honolulu. Travel to Yonkers is about a 6,000 mile trip. I am planning to meet in San Juan, but maybe more central locations would be better. -Randy Glass A@L On 4/11/07, bfausett@internet.law.pro <bfausett@internet.law.pro> wrote:
Following up on Luc's summary from Tuesday, copied below, here's what I see as the order for things to proceed...
(1) The first thing on which we need agreement is the terms of the Draft MOU with ICANN and the Draft Operating Principles.
Draft MoU with ICANN: http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_MOU
Draft Operating Principles: http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_OP
If we can reach agreement on these online or by teleconference, we really shouldn't need an in-person meeting. As I understand the formation process from the other regions, the governing documents were the central focus for their face-to-face meeting. Here in North America, while we have a handful of languages spoken, most everyone has mastery of English, so we should have some added comfort in discussing the points and reaching agreement.
(2) AFTER we've signed off on our chartering documents, and assuming that the adopted chartering documents look somewhat like they do now in draft, each individual ALS will need to name its representatives to the General Assembly.
(3) The General Assembly will elect its Chair.
(4) The Chair of the General Assembly will oversee the election of the 2 ALAC Representatives. Election and seating of ALAC representatives.
(5) The Chair of the General Assembly will work with the ALAC, ICANN Staff and the General Assembly to select a permanent Secretariat to support the work of the NARALO.
Why don't we spend some time working through Item (1) on the list so we can see what still remains. If we have substantial disagreements about how things should work, we'll be able to spot those now and put them on the agenda for teleconferences and, if necessary, a face-to-face meeting in May.
-- Bret
-----Original Message----- From: Luc Faubert [mailto:LFaubert@conceptum.ca] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 11:24 AM To: Bret Fausett; na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: RE: [NA-Discuss] Status report on NA-RALO documents?
The links to our documents are:
Draft MoU with ICANN: http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_MOU Draft Operating Principles: http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_OP
What remains to do, as far as I can tell, is:
- for everybody to agree on the 2 documents, - for each ALS to name its 2 representatives to the General Assembly, - for individual users to name their 2 reps to the GA, - name the Chair of the General Assembly, - name our Secreteriat, - choose our 2 ALAC reps.
_________________________________________ Luc Faubert Conseiller en gouvernance TI et en gestion du changement / IT governance and change management consulting +1 514 236 5129 www.LucFaubert.com www.isoc.qc.ca www.ccig.ca www.maillons.qc.ca
-----Original Message----- From: na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Bret Fausett Sent: 10 avril 2007 13:59 To: na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: [NA-Discuss] Status report on NA-RALO documents?
My recollection from our previous discussions was that we had money set aside for two meetings: one for RALO formation and one for the signing meeting. We had discussed doing the RALO formation online and by teleconference -- and, frankly, aren't we almost complete with the draft MOU? -- and using the travel money for San Juan and the ICANN annual meeting in November (Bombay?).
What I believe is now on the table is an option for a RALO meeting in Yonkers, NY in early May for RALO formation. As with the proposed meeting in Vancouver, I personally would recommend against the Yonkers meeting and, instead, recommend using the funds for Bombay travel in November.
Before we call this to a vote, or a consensus hum as it may be, perhaps we should review where we are on the documents. If there's really not much left to resolve, then this may be an easy call. As much as I like grabbing beers and meeting new people, as Jacob suggested we do, I'd rather do that around a meeting with a substantive agenda.
Nick, can you send us pointers to the documents and give us a short summary of where we are and what remains to decide?
Many thanks,
Bret
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