[ALAC] ICANN meeting on Fridays/staff demands

Wed Mar 28 17:07:54 UTC 2012

Yessir, the At-Large staff is overburdened, not just in SJO but for the
last year or so.  I have publicly commented months before about their
everyday workload and the need for additional resources.

They run the risk of burnout.  And I think we have a duty of care to say
something in favour of relief to the Kurt et. al.

- Carlton

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On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 7:28 AM, Beau Brendler
<beaubrendler at earthlink.net>wrote:

> Another aspect of this I forgot to mention was: I, too, have seen the
> at-large ICANN staff overburdened. Costa Rica seemed to be the worst, for
> whatever reason. The support was just not as smooth, and staff kept leaving
> meetings early or coming in late in order to run other meetings -- seemed
> like there were too many meetings run concurrently. The NA RALO meeting was
> particularly unfortunate in this regard. This is not a criticism of staff,
> but of the current arrangements as they are.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: tijani.benjemaa at fmai.org
> >Sent: Mar 28, 2012 5:57 AM
> >To: 'Beau Brendler' <beaubrendler at earthlink.net>, 'Evan Leibovitch' <
> evan at telly.org>
> >Cc: 'ALAC Working List' <alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
> >Subject: RE: [ALAC] ICANN meeting on Fridays
> >
> >I disagree with Evan on the Board Theater.
> >
> >If I follow your way of thinking, I would say everything can be done
> virtually, and there is no need for ICANN meetings.
> >I remember the room was full in San Francisco on Friday, in Nairobi too.
> >It's true that in our At-Large community, only the ExCom members are
> funded to leave on Saturday, and most of our people can't attend the Friday
> session because they would be between the hotel and the Airport while the
> session is held.
> >
> >---------------------------------------------------------------
> >Tijani BEN JEMAA
> >Executive Director
> >Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations
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> >
> >
> >-----Message d'origine-----
> >De : Beau Brendler [mailto:beaubrendler at earthlink.net]
> >Envoyé : mercredi 28 mars 2012 01:47
> >À : Evan Leibovitch; tijani.benjemaa at fmai.org
> >Cc : ALAC Working List
> >Objet : Re: [ALAC] ICANN meeting on Fridays
> >
> >I haven't been funded to attend Fridays for years -- even going back to
> when I was in ALAC. As a regional leader, I agree with Evan, I don't care
> about board theatre, but I do think the extra time would be valuable. The
> one time I attended an ALAC ex com meeting (was in San Francisco and my
> homebound flight didn't leave until late) I thought the experience was
> worthwhile.
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Evan Leibovitch <evan at telly.org>
> >>Sent: Mar 27, 2012 3:46 PM
> >>To: tijani.benjemaa at fmai.org
> >>Cc: ALAC Working List <alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
> >>Subject: Re: [ALAC] ICANN meeting on Fridays
> >>
> >>I disagree with removing Friday, but for far different reasons than
> Tijani.
> >>
> >>I may be well known for having zero interest in what I call the
> >>miserable "Board Theatre" that takes place Fridays. In Costa Rica I
> >>attended out of support for Olivier, who presented the ALAC report to a
> >>generally empty room early in the morning. I personally have little
> >>interest in events that are, by design, non-interactive, with the Board
> >>taking final votes (and
> >>speeches) on matters already decided previously. Real conflict rarely
> >>happens in the open meetings. The reports (and comments accompanying
> >>dissenting votes) could/should be done in the form of pre-recorded
> >>slideshows or videos which could be easily seen by anyone in the
> >>community at any time.
> >>
> >>Having said that, I see first hand the absolute panic that At-Large
> >>staff has in advance of all meetings, cramming our various meetings
> >>into every possible available space. So I would argue that we still
> >>need the Friday -- but we need it for something more than Board
> >>threatre, we need it to reduce pressure on the rest of the week.
> >>
> >>If I had my way I would have the Thursday At-Large "wrap up" meeting
> >>take place Friday morning, freeing Thursday up for other things, such
> >>as At-Large working groups which could use the time to write proposals
> >>for ALAC consideration on Friday and/or the public forum. These
> >>proposals could then be accepted or referred back to RALOs as necessary.
> >>
> >>The tradition of an open ALAC executive meeting Friday afternoons works
> >>well and is worth preserving. And to those who want to blow off Friday
> >>afternoon for tourism after an exhausting week (and don't have to be at
> >>the ExCom meeting), you earned it. (Well, most of you ;-) .)
> >>
> >>- Evan
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