Luc Faubert wrote:
> Nick,
>
> If I
understand well, you're telling us that Wendy Seltzer, John Levine and Alan
Greenberg, the North American ALAC reps have decided that a NARALO formation
meeting is not a good idea?
Correct.
Less important than our
individual opinions, we've listened to the ALSs
from the United States and
Canada, and heard that none of the U.S.-based
organizations who participated
in discussion feels that an in-person
meeting would be productive.
Thus, I think the meeting even as proposed
sounds more like a Canadian
groups' gathering than a multi-national RALO
formation meeting. That's
worthwhile, and even worth ICANN's
sponsorship, but it's not a RALO-formation
meeting.
The U.S. organizations participating in the discussion, on the
lists and
on the teleconference, stated their opinions that the work of
RALO
formation should done mostly online, given that the organization
will
have to do most of its work online. Given that, that none of them
was
able to or willing to attend the meeting even with the offer of
ICANN
funding, and that a RALO, to be formed, will have to have support
from
both countries, it didn't seem RALO-formation was the right name
for
this gathering, and since that's how it was submitted, we
recommended
against funding as such.
By contrast, many more ALSs see
it as worth their while to come to an
ICANN meeting, where they'll meet not
only other ALSs from their region,
but the players in ICANN's larger
circle. Whether they'll be ready for
RALO-formation by then or not,
that seems like a better reason to
support long-distance
travel.
--Wendy
> Given that their mandate includes -- at least
for Wendy and John who have the NA interim seats -- "assist[ing] in the
formation and qualification of At-Large Structures and Regional At-Large
Organizations (RALOs)" (see "Responsibilities of the Interim ALAC" at http://www.icann.org/committees/alac/
<http://www.icann.org/committees/alac/>
), I guess I'm missing something here.
>
> I would appreciate
explanations from our 3 ALAC reps, as I don't recall them stating their views on
this list. I'm sorry if I'm mistaken,
>
>
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From: na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org]
On Behalf Of Nick Ashton-Hart
> Sent: 2
février 2007 13:53
> To:
na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org
>
Subject: [NA-Discuss] Potential Meeting in Vancouver
>
>
>
Dear All:
>
>
As many of you know, a proposal was submitted to
hold a meeting of ALSes in North America concurrently with the Vancouver PCNA
summit later this month, at which ALSes and candidates for ALS accreditiation
would meet and discuss issues surrounding forming a North American RALO as well
as doing outreach at the PCNA itself.
>
>
Where a region has not yet created a RALO and
requests for funding of At-Large activities come in to ICANN, ICANN relies upon
advice from the three regional representatives on the At-Large Advisory
Committee and declines to fund meetings or events where the regional reps do not
unanimously agree that it should be funded.
>
>
In this case, the North American ALAC reps did
not recommend that ICANN provide funding for this meeting, for reasons which
they have previously stated on the list (rather than potentially putting words
in their mouths I will leave it to them to state their reasons if they wish /
are asked. They did state that if the meeting were to be primarily an outreach
event for the Canadian community they had no objection.
>
>
>
What I would like to suggest is that we could do the following:
>
>
1) Have a meeting space at the larger meeting,
which if there's a cost ICANN could fund, to allow those of the ALS / candidate
ALS community to meet in-person. Those present could also invite others at the
PCNA who are interested in ICANN and At-Large to attend.
>
>
2) Connect via videoconference over the internet
to that meeting for those unable to attend in person, but who wish to attend. We
have access to an excellent Java-based tool which we are trying out at a meeting
in Asia a few days later which could be used for this meeting
too.
>
> 3) Use the meeting as an
opportunity for those who are present, or who join the meeting remotely, to
discuss RALO formation issues, but also more general outreach for those who are
attending the larger PCNA meeting.
>
>
Perhaps this might prove to be a compromise that
would work?
>
>
>
--
>
Regards,
>
>
> Nick
Ashton-Hart
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