Dear NARALO Members, A friendly reminder that at least one member from each RALO is needed on the new At-Large Ad-Hoc New Meeting Strategy Working Party. The details of the new group are outlined below. The deadline for indicating interest to join this new group is tomorrow, Wednesday, 6 May. Please either indicate your interest directly on the At-Large Ad-Hoc Meeting Strategy Working Party Workspace<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Ad-Hoc+New+Meeting+Stra...> or by writing At-Large staff. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge> From: ICANN At-Large Staff Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 10:38 AM To: alac-announce@atlarge-lists.icann.org; afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org; apac-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org; euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org; lac-discuss-en@atlarge-lists.icann.org; na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org Cc: Alan Greenberg (alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca); ICANN At-Large Staff (staff@atlarge.icann.org) Subject: CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP: At-Large Ad-Hoc New Meeting Strategy Working Party Importance: High Dear All, On behalf of Alan Greenberg, Chair of the ALAC, this is a call for membership of the At-Large Ad-Hoc New Meeting Strategy Working Party. New ICANN Meeting Strategy: In 2014, the ICANN Board approved a new ICANN Meetings Strategy for implementation in 2016<https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2014-11-17-en#2.a>. Based on a formal recommendation made by the Meeting Strategy Working Group<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/recommendations-25feb14-en.pdf> earlier this year, this new strategy will create some fundamental changes in the way ICANN holds its meetings beginning with ICANN 55 in March 2016. The formats of the three new Meetings (Meetings A, B and C) may be viewed on the At-Large New ICANN Meetings Strategy Workspace<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+New+ICANN+Meetings+Stra...> Mandate of At-Large Ad-Hoc Meeting Strategy Working Party: The mandate of the At-Large Ad-Hoc Meeting Strategy Working Party is the following: * Advise the ALAC Leadership team regarding a draft schedule for the ALAC and At-Large for Meeting B of the New Meeting Strategy. * Represent ALAC in meetings with the ICANN Meetings Team. Call for Membership: The ALAC Leadership Team has requested that a Call for Membership for the At-Large Ad-Hoc Meeting Strategy Working Party be made. The At-Large Ad-Hoc Meeting Strategy Working Party is to have at least one member from each region. There is no limit in terms of membership. Please either indicate your interest directly on the At-Large Ad-Hoc Meeting Strategy Working Party Workspace<https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Ad-Hoc+New+Meeting+Stra...> or by writing At-Large staff at: staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> by Wednesday, 6 May 2015. Next Steps: The first call of the At-Large Ad-Hoc Meeting Strategy Working Party will be held the week of 11 May 2015. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge>