For your info, and as an invitation, here's the announcement of the Telecommunities Canada session now on the program of the PCNA 2007 Summit in Vancouver. GG Garth Graham 25-118 Aldersmith Place, Victoria, BC, Canada, V9A 7M9 250-721-5494 Skype: gghis voice ================================= WHAT’S A NARALO? Telecommunities Canada is hosting an open “ICANN Outreach” session at the Pacific Community Networks Association 2007 Summit: Strategic use of ICTs for Communities, Vancouver, February 23-25, 2007. < http://www.2007summit.ca/> Friday, Feb 23rd, 10:30 – 11:30 am Pacific Standard Time. SESSION DESCRIPTION Telecommunities Canada is exploring ways to increase public participation in “Internet Governance” issues. One opportunity we see involves working with and through the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). ICANN is a private sector, non-profit corporation with technical management responsibilities for the Internet's domain name and address system. In understanding the interests of individual Internet users (referred to by ICANN as the "At-Large" community) they rely on an At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC). ICANN is in the process of encouraging the formation of the North American Regional At-Large Organization (NARALO) to be a forum and coordination point in North America for public input via the ALAC. Telecommunities Canada is acting in cooperation with other organizations to assist in NARALO”s formation, particularly to gain leverage in addressing the way that telecommunications policy reform in Canada will impact on Internet Governance issues. In this session, we’d like to think aloud about our plans and receive your comments by: · Reviewing and discussing the thinking of TC and other agencies about the opportunities that might flow from NARALO formation, · Providing a window on what NARALO/ALAC/ICANN participation could involve for other interested user groups attending the 2007 Community Networking Summit. REMOTE PARTICIPATION: There will be remote participation in this session, facilitated via the Marratech video e-meeting and web collaboration environment now being tested by ALAC. The meeting room is “open” now and throughout February. We’d encourage you to spend time learning how it works before entering the session. There are 2 ways to enter the MarrraTech e-meeting room: 1 - Java Webstart (The preferred method) Click the following link which will automatically install the Marratech client: http://uk.emeetingportal.com/launch.jsp?sid=537 When prompted enter the user details: Username: spamcop Password: spamcop This will take you into the virtual meting room. 2 - Installed client Download the installation file from our website: www.marratech.com/download and install in the usual manner Open Marratech, select 'Marratech Meetings' / 'UK & France' Login on the left hand side with the above details and your room will appear at the bottom of the list under 'Private Rooms' - click to enter. When you are “in” the room, you will notice on the lower right-hand corner of the screen, at the bottom of the participants panel, there are three on/off buttons with icons for video, audio-out and audio- in. Because of possible audio feedback/echo problems, please do not leave the audio-in button on, unless you are speaking or are using a head-set. ------ end ----