Here's my sense of where things stand. Many on ALAC and in the At-Large Community are interested in bringing ALS representatives to an ICANN meeting for an At-Large Summit. We've heard the staff want to see several things: a draft budget, proposed outcomes, and a measure of community support, and I imagine the Board would want to see a similar assessment. Many of these have already been discussed or are listed on the wiki <https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?motion_on_the_summit_proposal> Budget: I'd recommend using the draft budget that Sebastien and Nick have circulated as a starting point. I hear the community has been discussing many ways to minimize the expenses ICANN is asked to bear, so how would those change the draft? Outcomes: Along with the increased community productiveness and ability to work together that can come from face-to-face meeting, are there specific goals, either in education or policy development? Support: When is the appropriate time for the ALSs, RALOs, ALAC, and other members of the community to indicate their support for the summit proposal? Keep in mind that if we want this to happen at the Paris meeting, where transportation costs might be lowest overall, we should expedite it. --Wendy -- Wendy Seltzer -- wendy@seltzer.org Visiting Professor, Northeastern University School of Law Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html http://www.chillingeffects.org/ https://www.torproject.org/