Firstly to Olivier may we (ALAC) 'copy' your report(s) from this list into a text section in the IRT WG Wiki space https://st.icann.org/gnso-liaison/index.cgi?at_large_irt_process_working_gro... (and indeed I would also welcome any other reports from people who may also have attended the London "show" or the earlier New York one as well as the next two planned for Hong Kong & Abu-Dhabi)
Of course Cheryl, that's fine by me. I'm happy it is deemed interesting enough to include. On the second part of your note I'm afraid that there seems to be a misunderstanding. Quoting on the page: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/consultation-outreach-en.htm Which includes agendas for each of the meetings: "During the upcoming consultation sessions in New York (13 July) and London (15 July), attendees will have the chance to hear from ICANN staff and others who have contributed to the ongoing process, including members of the Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT) that submitted their report to the ICANN Board on measures to protect intellectual property. The proposed events in Hong Kong (24 July) and Abu-Dhabi (4 August) will mainly focus on the New gTLDs and Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) programs details." This means that the NYC & London meetings both center on the IRT, but the Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi events focus on IDNs. Does this mean that ICANN is intentionally restricting the IRT roadshow to NYC & London - (anglo-saxon) locations which might be more likely to "accept" the IRT's recommendations? I am sorry to bring this up, but IMHO, the IRT's report will affect those other parts of the world as much as the "western" world. It is precisely something which the IRT Team has failed to understand. Kindest regards, Olivier