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Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 07:40:44 -0400 From: cintra.sooknanan@gmail.com To: lac-discuss-en@atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: Re: [lac-discuss-en] incorrect links to budget issue
Hello everyone
I have made some changes to the google document, particularly to assist in readability of the document as follows:
LACRALO comment on ICANN’s Draft FY12 Operating Plan and Budgetdraft responses (initial from Sergio, edits by Jacqueline, Dev)(extracted from [ http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/lac-discuss-es/2011/002768.html| http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/lac-discuss-es/2011/002768.html])The Latin American and Caribbean Regional At-Large Organisation (LACRALO), being the Internet end-user representatives in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), submits our comments regarding ICANN's Draft FY12 Operating Plan and Budget http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#op-budget-fy12).We appreciate the dialogue and feedback from ICANN Financial Staff to evaluate the ALAC/At-Large budget requests that were submitted for inclusion in ICANN's draft Operational Plan and Budget 2012. We wish to see such dialogue continue in future Operational Plans and Budgets.WHowever, we, the representatives of end users of the Internet in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), note with considerable concern that, once again, many of the budget requests ( http://forum.icann.org/lists/op-budget-fy2012/pdfUNwycLKGih.pdf) proposed by At-Large (http://forum.icann.org/lists/op-budget-fy2012/pdfUNwycLKGih.pdf) to improve participation in ICANN of user organizations in ICANN, (the basefoundation base of the pyramid on which sits the "multi -stakeholder model" sits,) were not approved or only partially approved.
From our proposals, the budget for a General Assembly (GA) has been cut to an extent where only 6 ALS representatives will be funded to attend. The LAC region has more than 30 ALSs representatives accredited.
It is impossible to have a successful General Assembly (GA) without the in-personphysical presence and face to face interaction of all the ALS representatives of the region, especially infor a system based ion the bbottom-up participation and democratic principles which define ICANN. This view hais consensus throughout the At -Large community. These cuts do not only undermine and limit the possibility of real participation in the proposed annual LACRALO General Assembly (GA), but also, given that there is no funding approved for in-reach and out-reach in our region, limit the participation of the end-users of the LAC region in the overall ICANN process. We appreciate the limited efforts made by ICANN to date, but we strongly believe that users should have a large, active and physical presence in all the policy-making processes. There is much more that can be done. W, but we fear that the budget cuts reflect a lack of commitment to and show a lack of value offor end-user participation in ICANN processes.We believe that, given ICANN’s fiscal resources, this budget can easily be adjusted to ensure funds to support the participation of the ALSes in a General Assembly once a year as well as funds to finance activities related to in-reach and out-reach, if these are truly considered important by the Board and Staff of ICANN. Regarding LACRALO's proposals for outreach that were not approved, we take note of ICANN's Public Participation Committee (PPC ; http://www.icann.org/en/committees/participation/) Work Schedule to create a "Comprehensive Stakeholder Outreach and Engagement Strategy" and look forward to consultations with the PPC to create such a strategy so that it can be implemented as soon as possible,. This is crucially important as there is an At-Large presencerepresentation in only 15 out of 33 countries in the Latin American and Caribbean region.We look forward to your response and call to discuss the possibilities that our approach could be as a solution to this dire situation facing those who maintain their presence throughout the scaffold structure of the Organization. =================================================================================================================== Regards
Cintra Sooknanan
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 1:44 PM, <sylvia@internautabrasil.org> wrote:
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Subject: incorrect links to budget issue From: sylvia@internautabrasil.org
https://community.icann.org/x/LoH3 comments at the end
https://docs.google.com/document/d/114VVRkBq2kQKInfkgGWM3qhcXsUR6Bb17GXDhURY uyc / edit? hl = en_GB < https://docs.google.com/document/d/114VVRkBq2kQKInfkgGWM3qhcXsUR6Bb17GXDhUR Yuyc / edit? Hl = en_GB & authkey = CMjwrcII> & authkey = CMjwrcII = extra comments
everything was http://forum.icann.org/lists/op-budget-fy2012/pdfUNwycLKGih.pdf = approved or not
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