Brochures and the like can definitely be provided for. In fact, I shall include a provision for creating some new / revised ones (ours are quite old now). It is indeed possible, by the way to suggest something as simple as "naralo would like to have the ability to send 2 people to three events TBC during the next year to do outreach". I can then put in a provision for this kind of thing. On 27/03/2008 19:39, "Brendler, Beau" <Brenbe@consumer.org> wrote: Harvard's Berkman Center is planning an event in May to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Perhaps we could add a budget line for transportation and expenses for someone to attend and represent NA RALO's views...be on hand, perhaps try to be part of the program, hand out info, etc. (I'll be attending anyway, so this is not a self-interested request.) There's an admission cost and probably transportation and lodging, so figure about $1,000. If the timing doesn't work for that, maybe we could ask Wendy to attend and talk about getting on the program of events or having an info presence. Don't know if anyone has suggested this before, apologies if it's been suggested, but what about a budget item for some hard-copy brochure materials. I know it sounds counterintuitive and everybody's online these days, but a lot of the folks I encounter and work with like to have a take-home handout of whatever. I would suggest getting something professionally done, perhaps a little bit less fancy than the actual "what is ICANN?" brochure itself, that focuses on why it's important to be an ALS or something. You could spend as much or as little as you want -- I've done them for $10K for 2,000 to much lower. I'll try to think of some more ideas. -----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 ------ NA-Discuss mailing list NA-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-lists .icann.org Visit the NA-RALO Wiki at https://st.icann.org/naralo/ ------ *** Scanned ------ NA-Discuss mailing list NA-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-lists.ica... Visit the NA-RALO Wiki at https://st.icann.org/naralo/ ------ -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile: +41 (79) 595 54-68 email: nick.ashton-hart@icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart@hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart@mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart