I agree. All ALSs go through a process of "approval". What process do individuals have to go through to ensure that they are lobbyists or others that would be unattractive to our group. Unless we create some kind of umbrella group for the individuals that would act as a pseudo-ALS and they could police their own membership (this has been suggested before but I'm not sure by whom). We need some kind of wording clarifying what we would like this to look like. 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) 975-6531 Fax: (867) 979-8870 dthompson@gov.nu.ca ________________________________ From: na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of RJGlass | America@Large Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 11:04 PM To: nick.ashton-hart@icann.org Cc: NA Discuss Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Staff Review of Draft MoU Terms Thanks. There is only one area which concerns me that has been under some discussion for some time: --------- 3. Composition of NARALO 3.1 The NARALO shall be comprised of At-Large Structures and unaffiliated individuals within the North American Region. All interested citizens or residents are welcomed to join as unaffiliated individuals, to join an ALS, to encourage their organization to apply for ALS certification or to form a new organization and apply for ALS certification. 3.2 To help ensure participation by any interested individual in the North American Region, the NARALO will encourage the formation and certification of additional At-Large Structures and their participation in the NARALO. --------- My concern is how we allocate 'unaffiliated individuals' ie: do we qualify people as individual users? what participation/involvement do they have? do we draw a new set of documentation for unaffiilated users? what issues are we not considering that may be a consideration later? et cetera ?? -Randy Glass A@L On 5/23/07, Nick Ashton-Hart <nick.ashton-hart@icann.org> wrote: Dear North American community: As promised, I've attached the review of the terms of the MoU from ICANN's perspective. I hope it is useful in your deliberations and if there are any questions please don't hesitate to ask. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 Win IM: ashtonhart@hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart@mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart _______________________________________________ NA-Discuss mailing list NA-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-lists .icann.org --- Draft MoU with ICANN: http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_MOU Draft Operating Principles: http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_OP Draft Code of Conduct: http://www.icannwiki.org/NARALO_Code_of_Conduct -- ------------------------- AmericaAtLarge.org RJPacific.com DDMF.org