I will see who from NCUC is attending Lisbon this time - in view of the packed policy schedule of the Tuesday meeting though I would suggest that we simply extend that meeting from 1800 - 1900 if the NCUC are amenable to meeting during that time.

It is important to say, though, that the ALAC's admission of applicants and the criteria which it uses to decide admission actually do not have anything to do with NCUC or any other constituency - and vice versa. If they were meant to do so the Bylaws would provide for that to be the case, and they do not. As has been pointed out, those who qualify for membership in both are entirely welcome at present to join them both if they wish to do so so - as a result of which there cannot be any competition for members. That would only be possible if membership in one constituency precluded membership in the other.  

 

 
As to you second very good point, the larger context is important as you say - however, the larger context is a shifting sand with the advent of the ALAC review. Addressing the functions and and positions of the two constituencies is important, but is an entirely separate issue from deciding on written criteria for evaluating membership applications for THIS constituency, since, again, organisations are free to join both.  

 

To remind everyone of the current situation, we have an ALS applicant (Telecommunities Canada) who is waiting on a decision on their application, which is more overdue every day, and that decision is waiting on ALAC concluding review of the proposal, subject to amendments of course, on how to evaluate applications for At-Large especially in certain circumstances. The decision also affects another application, Communica.ch, which is of long standing based upon the very same issues. 

 

 
These larger questions you reference are important, but if you do not deal with the question at hand pretty quickly, then the likelihood of another Ombudsman investigation of ALS applications is a real possibility.