Nick Ashton-Hart ha scritto:
Dear All:
I wanted to ensure you saw this as soon as it became available. This is the text of the resolution related to the proposed Summit adopted unanimously at the public ICANN Board Meeting today in New Delhi
I need some clarifications...
At-Large Structures Summit
Whereas, the At-Large Advisory Committee is now supported by five Regional At-Large Organizations comprised of more than one hundred At- Large Structures. Whereas, members of the ALAC, RALOs, and At-Large Structures believe that a face-to-face meeting of at least one person from each of these structures in conjunction with an ICANN meeting would facilitate their coordination and work on ICANN policy matters relating to the interests of individual Internet users.
I am not sure whether I understand the wording. If this means "*all* members believe that...", I don't think that there was sufficient consultation with the RALOs and the ALSes - actually in several cases there was none yet - so I don't know how one can say that. If this means that "*not all* members..."(i.e., "members of" implies that it is not the ALAC as a whole that believes that), does that imply that a formal request to set up the Summit has not been presented yet by the ALAC? In other words, I am not sure whether the ALAC already submitted a formal request as a group, or whether this is a preliminary solicitation by the Board for a formal request. In this case, the ALAC should promptly oblige.
Whereas, the ALAC and constituents have been planning for such a Summit since ICANN's San Juan meeting.
Whereas, this would be a special event associated with the completion of the establishment of the At-Large Advisory Committee.
This seems to imply that it is being perceived as a "once in a lifetime" event, not as the first of a series (or at least, for the moment, there is the desire to state clearly that the possible funding of this one will not constitute a commitment to fund other similar events in the future).
Whereas, many of the ALAC At-Large structures are unable to cover the costs of sending a representative to an ICANN meeting for this purpose.
Resolved (2008.02.15.12), the Board directs Staff to work with the ALAC to finalise a proposal that will fund one person from each At- Large Structure to attend the proposed Summit, for consideration as part of the 2008-2009 operating plan and budget process.
The way I interpret this is: - the Board asks the staff to transform all these talks into a final proposal; - the Board commits the organization to examine the proposal, on the same level and with the same procedures as any other proposal submitted by any party for something to be funded by ICANN; - there is no commitment yet by the Board, or auspices that the proposal is approved, which is obvious since there is no proposal yet; - in any case, since this project is referred to the 2008-2009 planning process, and since the 2008-2009 FY starts on July 1st, the Summit will definitely not happen in Paris. Or does the 2008-2009 process include activities in the first half of 2008? Do I get it well? Thanks, -- vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <--------