Wow! This is sure news to me. When we were being courted to become an ALS we were told that there was no possibility at all of getting grant funding from ICANN for our own internal projects. We were distinctly told that all ALSs have to be self supporting. D Darlene A. Thompson Community Access Program Administrator Nunavut Dept. of Education / N-CAP P.O. Box 1000, Station 910 Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 Phone: (867) 975-5631 Fax: (867) 975-5610 E-mail: dthompson@gov.nu.ca -----Original Message----- From: alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Danny Younger Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 6:57 PM To: cheryl@hovtek.com.au Cc: At-Large Worldwide Subject: [At-Large] Grant Funding to Support ALS Activities Cheryl, The info below appeared on a slide entitled "Why Become an ALS?" presented by Bilal Beiram at the Dubai Regional session -- http://public.icann.org/files/Bilal_Dubai08_Presentation.pdf * Representation in ICANN at the regional and international level, plus your group's members will be eligible to serve on important regional and international decision-making bodies in ICANN; * A free web page and other Internet-based mechanisms to support your group's work; * Opportunities for grant funding to support some of your group's activities (ALAC is applying for grant funding). Is the ALAC really trying to recruit ALSs by pitching the possibility of grant funding for ALS projects? This strikes me as a rather deceptive and unethical recruiting practice... To whom has the ALAC applied for grant monies? Has a grant application or disbursement policy been created? Is there something here that I'm misunderstanding? regards, Danny ________________________________________________________________________ ____________ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com _______________________________________________ ALAC mailing list ALAC@atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann .org At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org