Bonjour darlene, I also have the ICT summit in Vancouver on my radar, but funding to attend the event is an issue...again. Louis Houle Président ISOC Québec Thompson, Darlene a écrit :
Hi all,
I would echo Evan's sentiments as I have had similar conversations with Nick and the other Secretariats.
One problem is that a lot of the conferences for next fiscal may not have dates set but if we can even say, for example, that "I know that there will be an ICT Summit in Vancouver in February 2009, dates yet to be set" it would at least get it on ICANN's radar and into the budgeting process, I would think/hope.
D
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 -----Original Message----- From: na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Evan Leibovitch Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:42 PM To: NA Discuss Subject: [NA-Discuss] ATTENTION REQUIRED: Re: ARIN Participation at the Nonprofit Technology Conference
Hello all,
I has a conversation last night with Nick on some things.
I mentioned the 2009 NARALO regional meeting we'd been toying with. Nick's answer was that the whole travel funding policy is under review... so this may be premature.
In the conversation Nick mentioned that there was an At-Large budget process underway for some time that was desperately wanting input from ALAC, RALOs, ALSs... anyone.
So... considering this thread... THIS IS THE TIME for us to propose specific events that NARALO wants to attend in order to do outreach. Whether it's funding a NARALO person to attend, or a larger presence with a booth/table and literature, we need to come up with some plans within the next week in order to present to staff for budgetary purposes. Even if it's not a specific amount, we can at least get it put on the budget in anticipation of details to come later.
Nick suggested that there is a real vacuum related to budget items (or At-Large initiatives) that aren't all about ICANN people F2F meetings. Participation in N-TEN (and other such events) for outreach are exactly such projects, as well as another proposal for a Comsumer Warning System that I'll outline in a different email.
Please... those within NARALO who have been calling for outreach resources ... here is the opportunity to ask for them with a reasonable chance of success. We DO NOT need to get ALAC's blessing for such initiatives.
This cannot wait for the next call. Please offer feedback now so we can have SOMETHING to add to the budget process...
- Evan
- Evan
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