Bret, What was mentioned was the Canadian Council on Internet Governance. The CCIG is meant as a forum to discuss Canadian Internet governance issues, _________________________________________ Luc Faubert Conseiller en gouvernance TI et en gestion du changement / IT governance and change management consulting GFI Solutions +1 514 236 5129 www.GFISolutions.com www.LucFaubert.com
-----Original Message----- From: na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Bret Fausett Sent: 12 janvier 2007 16:52 To: na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: [NA-Discuss] Scope and Purpose of RALO
I'm sorry that I cannot remember the speakers on today's call, but one person noted the need for a greater North American voice in Internet governance generally. I understood this to be a call for policy advice and advocacy from a new organization in the broadest sense, where ICANN was simply one aspect of the organization's work.
I believe they have discussed this same idea in the European RALO organizational meetings and were considering incorporating as a separate legal entity, so they would have a legal existence separate from and outside of ICANN.
Did I understand this proposal correctly? Is the call to create a new organization, with an independent legal structure, to represent North American interests in all Internet Governance fora? I don't know that I would be against this, per se, but I do think it presents some hard issues about financial resources and sustainability.
Bret
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