I can understand how it might be appealing to organise meetings on short notice for those attending them - however, this will not be possible; it puts an undue strain on the meetings staff and it also makes the community look disorganised. Every other constituency within ICANN manages to set its schedule well in advance - and manages to do its meetings with relatively few meetings which are for the community alone. We will be unable to accommodate requests for new meetings which are made any less than two weeks before the start of the meeting on Monday 29th October. That means no new meetings which involve ICANN staff support, meeting rooms, interpretation, A/V requirements, and the like can be scheduled if requested after 15 October. To remind the public list as I have reminded the private list: there are members of the committee who really need interpretation to participate fully, so I would hope that you would try to do any real work at sessions where that can be provided... On 20 Sep 2007, at 00:04, Robert Guerra wrote:
Hong:
timezones - argh!
I would have hoped that travel could be coordinated in such a way so that people could arrive not on the sunday, but by saturday by the latest.
That being said, if sat arrival is not possible - then we'll have to try what ever is possible to accommodate those who can't come earlier.
Personally, I think the agenda for the week should be flexible enough so that sessions can be organized if needed - and translation provided. Worse case, those of us who speak more then one language can try to translate for our fellow colleagues.
Let me suggest we all at least meet together for breakfast - that way we can plan our days together, as well as share information from the previous day. In a sense, if we are a committee that should act like a team - we should, given the limited opportunities that we have - coordinate our time together.
regards,
Robert --- Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.ca> Managing Director, Privaterra Tel +1 416 893 0377
On 19-Sep-07, at 1:04 AM, Hong Xue wrote:
Hi, Robert and others,
Sunday session could be a good start but you might not know that many people from Asia won't arrive until Sunday evening or Monday morning. If they are flying, it will be even difficult to arrange online participation on Sunday. Shall we consider scheduling a large (maybe informal) gathering for all the ALSes from all five continents in the middle of the week, when it may better publicize At-large in the whole ICANN community?
Hong
On 9/18/07, Robert Guerra <lists@privaterra.info> wrote: Darlene:
let me suggest that a short briefing of the summit be done at the ALAC strategy session (likely sunday), with at least two follow-up presentations to all of at-large , and then another for other key ICANN folks (such as staff, board, etc).
I would suggest that a briefing session take place early on (mon/ tues) so that it can then be presented at one of the the open microphone sessions of the board. That way, people know about it first - and then gets introduced in an open session, and in the transcript.
as for timing, someone would have to go over the schedule that's been posted on the icann site and suggest the best timing.
In terms of ALAC, let me suggest -
sunday - short briefing 5-10 min on Summit . Objective would be to have the summit included in the ALAC strategic plan for 07/08
regards,
Robert --- Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.ca> Managing Director, Privaterra Tel +1 416 893 0377
On 18-Sep-07, at 11:11 AM, Thompson, Darlene wrote:
I'm thinking that the sooner the better for the first one so that we can all get on the same page and do further planning throughout.
I'm thinking more than one session will be needed.
Anybody else have thoughts on this?
Thanks, Robert!
D
Darlene A. Thompson Community Access Program Administrator Nunavut Department of Education/N-CAP c/o P.O. Box 1000, Station 910 Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 Phone: (867) 975-6531 Fax: (867) 979-8870 dthompson@gov.nu.ca
-----Original Message----- From: Robert Guerra [mailto:lists@privaterra.info] Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 10:55 AM To: Thompson, Darlene Cc: At-Large Worldwide Subject: Re: [At-Large] Schedule Posted for ICANN's 30th International Public Meeting
Darlene:
What is your preference for the session - start (Sun/mon), middle (tue/wed) or towards the end (thurs) of the week?
regards,
Robert --- Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.ca> Managing Director, Privaterra Tel +1 416 893 0377
On 18-Sep-07, at 10:28 AM, Thompson, Darlene wrote:
Hi all,
We will also need to add "Summit Planning" to the agenda.
D
Darlene A. Thompson Community Access Program Administrator Nunavut Department of Education/N-CAP c/o P.O. Box 1000, Station 910 Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 Phone: (867) 975-6531 Fax: (867) 979-8870 dthompson@gov.nu.ca -----Original Message----- From: alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Robert Guerra Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 7:35 PM To: At-Large Worldwide Subject: [At-Large] Schedule Posted for ICANN's 30th International Public Meeting
Dear At-Large & ALAC colleagues:
Please note that ICANN has just posted it's schedule for the upcoming meeting in LA (see below) . ALAC nor At-Large events, do not seem to be listed.
That being said, the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) has created a conference planning committee to develop a at-large schedule, one that hopefully will include a strategy day as well as more closely coordinate with ICANN staff so that key sessions related to at- large activities don't coincide with other events and/or sessions taking place.
In order to plan in an open and transparent fashion, the planning subcommittee suggestions that you post any suggestions and/or comments on this list - so that comments are available to all.
regards
Robert --
Participants have six weeks to plan their ICANN meeting participation and input 14 September 2007 MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: ICANN today released the schedule for its upcoming 30th International Public Meeting slated for 29 October to 2 November in Los Angeles.
"We wanted to get the schedule out well in advance of the meeting so the more than 1,000 people expected to attend can start planning their participation and be aware of the issues on the table," said Paul Levins, Executive Office and Vice President, Corporate Affairs with ICANN. "The Los Angeles meeting is historic for ICANN - it is our 30th, it marks the end of Vint Cerf's term as chair, will welcome ICANN's new chair, and of course there will be discussions of major issues, including new generic top-level domains and internationalized domain names."
"On Tuesday night ICANN will host the meeting's tribute to Vint Cerf to thank him for eight years of volunteer service on the board, seven of those as chair," Levins added.
The meeting, which also serves as ICANN's 2007 annual general meeting, takes place at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport.
"If you care about the Internet, if you care that it works for you every day, then the ICANN meeting is a great place to get involved," Levins added. "We encourage the business and technical communities as well as individuals to come along. Best of all, registration is free."
To learn more about the meeting go to http:// losangeles2007.icann.org.
To view the schedule directly go to http:// losangeles2007.icann.org/ schedule.
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