D, I agree.... On Monday, September 15, 2014 7:17 PM, Darlene Thompson <thompson.darlene@gmail.com> wrote:

First of all this is an amazing achievement in outreach and all should be congratulated for their efforts. The intensified efforts into targeted areas is obviously paying off.

I am not sure if what I have is a suggestion or just an over-all impression - or if it will be at all helpful or not. As someone who reads all the lists and Skype chats and tries to follow everything, I find that there is very little "meat" at the NARALO table. We used to discuss actual policy. Now all I read on this list is outreach events, photo ops, what kind of party should we have at the next ICANN meetings... This has almost NOTHING to do with me or what brought me to ICANN in the first place. Give me something to grab onto and I just might!

Yes, I realize that *I* of all people should know what groups, sub-groups, etc are out there and I'm in a few but as a new-comer, I wouldn't know where to start. Even as an ordinary subscriber to the list its not clear. Also, the NARALO itself exists mainly to discuss policy. I see almost none of that on the list. I find the most interesting things on the Skype chats.

People will come to the table and eat if there is food on it.

D

On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Glenn McKnight <secretariat@naralo.org> wrote:

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Hi NARALO Members

A quick update on the the year plus NARALO Outreach . As the list indicates we have nine new ALS 's

-3 Canadian -1 PR -5 US

Analysis -0 French first language -Spanish first language -2 Disabled Groups -2 First Nations -3 Media Groups

*Engagement and Participation*

Since we had our NARALO call on Monday September 8th I think only Judith and Kerry were on the call from the new ALS's I am checking with Silvia on the NARALO attendance list

My comment is that we need to make sure these new ALS's are engaged and active and starting off on the right foot is critical and I am looking for suggestions from the group G

(206) Online News Association [PDF, 192 KB] <http://atlarge.icann.org/applications/ona-20jun14-en.pdf>

Fri 20 Jun 2014

(201) Manitoba E-Association [PDF, 253 KB] < http://atlarge.icann.org/applications/manitoba-e-association-11apr14-en.pdf

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Fri 11 Apr 2014

(197) Open Media [PDF, 371 KB] <http://atlarge.icann.org/applications/open-media-13mar14-en.pdf>

Thu 13 Mar 2014

(196) Visually Impaired and Blind User Group (VIBUG) [PDF, 166 KB] <http://atlarge.icann.org/applications/vibug-11mar14-en.pdf>

Tue 11 Mar 2014

(195) Native Public Media [PDF, 199 KB] <http://atlarge.icann.org/applications/native-public-media-04mar14-en.pdf>

Tue 04 Mar 2014

(194) Internet Society Disability and Special Needs Chapter [PDF, 135 KB] <http://atlarge.icann.org/applications/isoc-disab-03mar14-en.pdf>

Mon 03 Mar 2014

(188) Capital Area Globetrotters [PDF, 227 KB] < http://atlarge.icann.org/applications/capital-area-globetrotters-26nov13-en....

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Tue 26 Nov 2013

(186) Hispanic Educational Technology Services [PDF, 833 KB] <http://atlarge.icann.org/applications/hets-16sep13-en.pdf>

Mon 16 Sep 2013

(178) Internet Society Canada Chapter [PDF, 354 KB] <http://atlarge.icann.org/applications/isoc-canada-08apr13-en.pdf>

Mon 08 Apr 2013

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