Dear Carlton, the ALAC position was articulated in a public discussion at the ICANN meeting in Prague, but also in meetings of the ALT with David Olive on the Friday morning ALT session wrap-up. The position is as you stated. Comment + Reply did not work out and Staff was to try several different types of comment periods, which is what they did. I note with interest that Staff are putting together a staff-led Team and I gather someone from At-Large, probably Ariel, should definitely be part of this. Kindest regards, Olivier On 21/12/2015 17:55, Carlton Samuels wrote:

FYI. I was not following this closely, largely because I still believe the real issue for the At-Large is the lack of bandwidth due to low participation; only a few people still doing the heavy lifting of reading the reports so one could sensibly mount a credible response.

To my mind the time is imminent for the ALAC to decide and cherry pick issues meriting response.

I recall the arguments linking the lack of timely translation of reports as contributory to the low participation rate from At-Large representatives, never mind the requirement for working knowledge of English. I also recall some position on eliminating the Reply Time Period in favour of a longer Comment Period.

Was there a final ALAC position here?

CAS

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