On 19 Sep 2007, at 21:24, Thompson, Darlene wrote:
3. In San Juan, ICANN was so concerned that the NARALO form up that we
all had to miss the meetings that would have given us a grounding in the
current ICANN issues and such. So, great. We've formed up and now I
I'm sorry but this is just not accurate. NARALO had a - single - meeting; it then decided, on its own, to have a second session. The agenda for both those meetings was entirely in the hands of the region to decide upon.
see this big discussion about the RAA and I am completely unable to give
the slightest opinion on it because I am just completely uninformed
about the issues and will likely stay this way until the next meeting.
I offered to arrange telephonic briefings related to this issue on more than one occasion, just like was done with respect to Domain Tasting. I have - repeatedly - offered to arrange briefings at any time on any subject that the regions would like. Not one call has been made for a single briefing.
If there were other ways to help the At-Large community to learn more about the issues, I would love to hear those suggestions. There seems to be a belief amongst some people that the only way for capacity to be built up on issues is for groups of people to attend face-to-face meetings.
Apparently, though, ICANN does not feel this way and would rather have
the "window dressing" of having a RALO, whether its effective or not.
I think any objective view of the situation would not bear this out even in part. Please see above for just a few examples. Would you like to spend your time making negative general statements of this sort - or would you like to learn something about the issues? I cannot really do much for the former except spend time reading the text. I can, however, do something about the former.