Hi, first, please accept my apologies for not being present during the complete GA, it overlapped some early morning family duties. I'd like to stress what Veronica said (typed) during the last minutes of the meeting. It would be nice (and a milestone in our engagement endeavour) if ICANN staff (regional and HQ) and fellow ALAC members could drop a line and try to meet with local ALSs whenever they get close to an ALS place. ALS members not directly involved in the IG/ICANN processes experience low involvement, and thus face a low barrier to leave the ALS, so difficulting ALS growth, participation and renewal. They join the ALS because they somehow feel identified with our goals, but many do not have time or wish to actively participate in the policy development processes. To increase engagement, having the opportunity to meet or to listen to other people directly related to these processes may help. They may feel identified and satisfied to have this 2nd row seat to the process. Warn enough in advance. Let's keep in mind that many members of the ALS do have a job not related to IG and cannot ask for a free day to attend and/or organize a formal meeting. So sending them as much in advance an invitation to attend your presentation, or reserve some minutes for an informal afterwork meetings might be very well received. For any average ALS member, to fully participate in the ICANN policy development process asks for high involvement; learning curve is long and almost flat, you need quite a lot of time to read, understand and participate, and quite often you need free time during standard working hours to join a teleconference or other activities. Not easy. BTW, this is something that we have also proposed to ISOC staff. rgds jordi