Just FYI, during the conference in Delhi, I brought up the whole outreach thing to the Secretariats/Chairs group and suggested this idea of piggy-backing ICANN outreach with meetings that ALSs would be sending reps to, anyways, as a way of conserving costs on ICANN’s end and being able to do more outreach.  Nick seemed to think that this was a good idea and would like to receive a list of events that any of us will be attending.

So, maybe we could use this dialogue started by Michael to generate such a list.

Darlene

Darlene A. Thompson

Community Access Program Administrator

Nunavut Department of Education/N-CAP

c/o P.O. Box 1000, Station 910

Iqaluit, NU  X0A 0H0

Phone:  (867) 975-5631

Fax:  (867) 975-5610

dthompson@gov.nu.ca

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From: na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Michael Maranda
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 12:42 AM
To: NARALO MailingList
Subject: [NA-Discuss] Outreach?

Within NARALO context, there was a fair amount of discussion last year regarding potential for continued outreach, in particular public education and outreach at existing events.  Specific venues were mentioned, among them NTEN.   The NTEN conference is coming up shortly:  March 19-21, in New Orleans.   Are any of the ALSs at all engaged in NTEN constituency?  Are there other events or constituency groups we can be reaching out to?   (at live events)

Granted, NTEN  is not far off.... but if anyone was already going I am sure accommodation could be made (with some legwork)

Other events in  the near term where NARALO attendance could have value:  David Isenberg's annual gathering... Freedom2Connect (F2C).    Will anyone within NARALO be attending that?

Other ideas?

(This is all premised on the idea that At Large outreach is a good thing)