Funding Request and Draft Agenda for EURALO Board meeting
Dear Nick, as was mentioned on the list, some of the EURALO board members happened to meet in Meissen at the first European School on Internet Governance two weeks ago. We took the opportunity to informally discuss EURALO issues and how best to get started. Some board and non-board members present (Jeanette, Bill, Wolfgang, Annette and me) thought that the ICANN-Studienkreis meeting planed at the beginning of October 07 (11./12.10.) in Warsaw would offer an almost perfect opportunity to have a first kick-off meeting of the EURALO board. Others on the listserv had previously supported this view as well. We believe that Warsaw offers an excellent – and last – chance this year for the rather newly elected EURALO board and chairs to meet and to get all the working issues and planning 07-08 discussed in a coherent and inclusive way (see attached draft agenda). Furthermore we believe that the attached Funding Request for this board meeting seems to be rather modest and the presumable results of such a physical board meeting will exceed the travel reimbursements and stay-over costs needed (Euro 4,500.00). We would highly appreciate a favourable consideration of our Funding Request and a decision on it in due time to enable the board members to make the necessary (and cheaper) travel arrangements for Warsaw. Thanks and best regards, Wolf comunica-ch phone +41 79 204 83 87 www.comunica-ch.net http://blog.allmend.ch - Digitale Allmend
Many thanks for your note and the time taken to work up your request. ICANN will not be able to finance a purely face-to-face meeting of EURALO at the present time, for the reasons previously enumerated to the list: 1) The region was invited to Lisbon only this past March 2) The region will be invited to the European meeting in June 2008 3) Only in the most extraordinary circumstances do regions meet more than once per year with ICANN financial support. The best way to create an extraordinary circumstance is to create a work process which provides for online, non-F2F policy development work. This would include a schedule for developing positions, keeping to those schedules, members of the region actively involved in the development of policy with other parts of At-Large. ICANN is happy to provide for teleconference facilities and the like; this could even be done as a part of the Studienkreis, where those members of EURALO who are already attending the meeting could be linked via teleconference to those who will not be present. All other communities and stakeholder groups who participate in ICANN manage to do a steady stream of work which takes place largely online and via teleconferences. It is not sustainable for At-Large to do the vast bulk of the community's work at F2F meetings. Other parts of At-Large have already setup a monthly teleconference on a set date and time and are increasingly active on policy development in between those monthly meetings. I note the excellent agenda you've provided and draw your attention to the fact that this agenda would make an excellent one for a group teleconference. I have offered to organise a teleconference for the EURALO board on more than one occasion; I hope that you will take that suggestion up soon and begin to do the great work which everyone believes the EURALO can do! On 14/8/07 22:47, "Wolf Ludwig" <wolf.ludwig@comunica-ch.net> wrote:
Dear Nick,
as was mentioned on the list, some of the EURALO board members happened to meet in Meissen at the first European School on Internet Governance two weeks ago. We took the opportunity to informally discuss EURALO issues and how best to get started.
Some board and non-board members present (Jeanette, Bill, Wolfgang, Annette and me) thought that the ICANN-Studienkreis meeting planed at the beginning of October 07 (11./12.10.) in Warsaw would offer an almost perfect opportunity to have a first kick-off meeting of the EURALO board. Others on the listserv had previously supported this view as well.
We believe that Warsaw offers an excellent and last chance this year for the rather newly elected EURALO board and chairs to meet and to get all the working issues and planning 07-08 discussed in a coherent and inclusive way (see attached draft agenda).
Furthermore we believe that the attached Funding Request for this board meeting seems to be rather modest and the presumable results of such a physical board meeting will exceed the travel reimbursements and stay-over costs needed (Euro 4,500.00).
We would highly appreciate a favourable consideration of our Funding Request and a decision on it in due time to enable the board members to make the necessary (and cheaper) travel arrangements for Warsaw.
Thanks and best regards, Wolf
comunica-ch phone +41 79 204 83 87 www.comunica-ch.net
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Hi Nick, from what I understand only ALS get financial support for attending ICANN meetings. Is that correct? This would mean that several board members would either not attend regional meetings or pay for themselves. jeanette Nick Ashton-Hart schrieb:
Many thanks for your note and the time taken to work up your request.
ICANN will not be able to finance a purely face-to-face meeting of EURALO at the present time, for the reasons previously enumerated to the list:
1) The region was invited to Lisbon only this past March 2) The region will be invited to the European meeting in June 2008 3) Only in the most extraordinary circumstances do regions meet more than once per year with ICANN financial support.
The best way to create an extraordinary circumstance is to create a work process which provides for online, non-F2F policy development work. This would include a schedule for developing positions, keeping to those schedules, members of the region actively involved in the development of policy with other parts of At-Large. ICANN is happy to provide for teleconference facilities and the like; this could even be done as a part of the Studienkreis, where those members of EURALO who are already attending the meeting could be linked via teleconference to those who will not be present.
All other communities and stakeholder groups who participate in ICANN manage to do a steady stream of work which takes place largely online and via teleconferences. It is not sustainable for At-Large to do the vast bulk of the community's work at F2F meetings.
Other parts of At-Large have already setup a monthly teleconference on a set date and time and are increasingly active on policy development in between those monthly meetings. I note the excellent agenda you've provided and draw your attention to the fact that this agenda would make an excellent one for a group teleconference. I have offered to organise a teleconference for the EURALO board on more than one occasion; I hope that you will take that suggestion up soon and begin to do the great work which everyone believes the EURALO can do!
On 14/8/07 22:47, "Wolf Ludwig" <wolf.ludwig@comunica-ch.net> wrote:
Dear Nick,
as was mentioned on the list, some of the EURALO board members happened to meet in Meissen at the first European School on Internet Governance two weeks ago. We took the opportunity to informally discuss EURALO issues and how best to get started.
Some board and non-board members present (Jeanette, Bill, Wolfgang, Annette and me) thought that the ICANN-Studienkreis meeting planed at the beginning of October 07 (11./12.10.) in Warsaw would offer an almost perfect opportunity to have a first kick-off meeting of the EURALO board. Others on the listserv had previously supported this view as well.
We believe that Warsaw offers an excellent and last chance this year for the rather newly elected EURALO board and chairs to meet and to get all the working issues and planning 07-08 discussed in a coherent and inclusive way (see attached draft agenda).
Furthermore we believe that the attached Funding Request for this board meeting seems to be rather modest and the presumable results of such a physical board meeting will exceed the travel reimbursements and stay-over costs needed (Euro 4,500.00).
We would highly appreciate a favourable consideration of our Funding Request and a decision on it in due time to enable the board members to make the necessary (and cheaper) travel arrangements for Warsaw.
Thanks and best regards, Wolf
comunica-ch phone +41 79 204 83 87 www.comunica-ch.net
http://blog.allmend.ch - Digitale Allmend _______________________________________________ EURO-Discuss mailing list EURO-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists.i... nn.org
Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org
ALS' are invited to send a single representative to ICANN meetings when the region that they are in is provided travel support. At this point Europe is the only region which has regional officers who are not also ALS representatives. One could imagine that the invitation could be extended to allow those officers to attend as well. On 15/8/07 14:45, "Jeanette Hofmann" <jeanette@wzb.eu> wrote:
Hi Nick, from what I understand only ALS get financial support for attending ICANN meetings. Is that correct? This would mean that several board members would either not attend regional meetings or pay for themselves. jeanette
Nick Ashton-Hart schrieb:
Many thanks for your note and the time taken to work up your request.
ICANN will not be able to finance a purely face-to-face meeting of EURALO at the present time, for the reasons previously enumerated to the list:
1) The region was invited to Lisbon only this past March 2) The region will be invited to the European meeting in June 2008 3) Only in the most extraordinary circumstances do regions meet more than once per year with ICANN financial support.
The best way to create an extraordinary circumstance is to create a work process which provides for online, non-F2F policy development work. This would include a schedule for developing positions, keeping to those schedules, members of the region actively involved in the development of policy with other parts of At-Large. ICANN is happy to provide for teleconference facilities and the like; this could even be done as a part of the Studienkreis, where those members of EURALO who are already attending the meeting could be linked via teleconference to those who will not be present.
All other communities and stakeholder groups who participate in ICANN manage to do a steady stream of work which takes place largely online and via teleconferences. It is not sustainable for At-Large to do the vast bulk of the community's work at F2F meetings.
Other parts of At-Large have already setup a monthly teleconference on a set date and time and are increasingly active on policy development in between those monthly meetings. I note the excellent agenda you've provided and draw your attention to the fact that this agenda would make an excellent one for a group teleconference. I have offered to organise a teleconference for the EURALO board on more than one occasion; I hope that you will take that suggestion up soon and begin to do the great work which everyone believes the EURALO can do!
On 14/8/07 22:47, "Wolf Ludwig" <wolf.ludwig@comunica-ch.net> wrote:
Dear Nick,
as was mentioned on the list, some of the EURALO board members happened to meet in Meissen at the first European School on Internet Governance two weeks ago. We took the opportunity to informally discuss EURALO issues and how best to get started.
Some board and non-board members present (Jeanette, Bill, Wolfgang, Annette and me) thought that the ICANN-Studienkreis meeting planed at the beginning of October 07 (11./12.10.) in Warsaw would offer an almost perfect opportunity to have a first kick-off meeting of the EURALO board. Others on the listserv had previously supported this view as well.
We believe that Warsaw offers an excellent and last chance this year for the rather newly elected EURALO board and chairs to meet and to get all the working issues and planning 07-08 discussed in a coherent and inclusive way (see attached draft agenda).
Furthermore we believe that the attached Funding Request for this board meeting seems to be rather modest and the presumable results of such a physical board meeting will exceed the travel reimbursements and stay-over costs needed (Euro 4,500.00).
We would highly appreciate a favourable consideration of our Funding Request and a decision on it in due time to enable the board members to make the necessary (and cheaper) travel arrangements for Warsaw.
Thanks and best regards, Wolf
comunica-ch phone +41 79 204 83 87 www.comunica-ch.net
http://blog.allmend.ch - Digitale Allmend _______________________________________________ EURO-Discuss mailing list EURO-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists.i ca nn.org
Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org
-- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax (UK): +44 (20) 7681-3135 Fax (Swiss): +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile (UK): +44 (7774) 932798 Mobile (Swiss): +41 (79) 595 54-68 email: nick.ashton-hart@icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart@hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart@mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart
Dear wolf, thank you very much for starting to organize a board meeting and setting up the agenda. Further outreach work is very important and the ICANN Studienkreis Meeting in Warsaw is an excellent chance to do so - especially in respect to eastern european countries. considering our debate on the list, i think it would be very useful to come up with two euralo papers in regard to netneutrality and whois. we can discuss these issues online and have the deadline for finalization at the warsaw meeting. best greetings annette
participants (4)
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Annette Muehlberg -
Jeanette Hofmann -
Nick Ashton-Hart -
Wolf Ludwig