Izumi AIZU wrote:
# Originally, ICANN Asia Pacific meeting was officially scheduled to take place NOW, in AP region, but with unclear reasons at least officially, it was postponed into next February, and LA was brought in as the "Plan B". This significantly affected the involvement of AP ALS/RALOs since we postponed our celebration ceremony with ICANN Board and community until the Fall AP region ICANN meeting that was moved to Feb in New Delhi. WE kind of lost momentum while all other RALOs had some sort of visible celebration at ICANN meetings already.
This is not meant to be the "official" explanation, but being not only on the Board, but also on the Meeting Committee I can assure you that it was a "force majeure" decision, not a choice that has been taken lightly. The problem was that all the proposed venues proved to be unsuitable for one reason or the other, and the least damaging possibility for the AP region was to reschedule the AP meeting at the earliest date, i.e. February 2008. I am really sorry for the consequences that this action had on AP-RALO (which, incidentally, was the one that started early and in spite of the difficulty because of the size of the region, covered a lot of ground and set the example for the others to follow), but I am also confident that the ceremony in Delhi will boost motivation, and that all these events will be taken into account while preparing the Summit, if it is decided that it will take place. Cheers, Roberto