[ALAC] Fwd: Invitation to an ICANN Advice kick-off workshop, Sunday, November 17 in Buenos Aires

[Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond]

Dear All,

Please be so kind to find a message from Steve Crocker, Chair of the
ICANN Board, regarding a workshop to take place at the beginning of the
ICANN meeting in Buenos Aires. I am aware that the ALAC is already
meeting on Sunday morning. We may need to nominate someone to sit on
that workshop on behalf of the ALAC.
Kind regards,

Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond
ALAC Chair


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Invitation to an ICANN Advice kick-off workshop, Sunday,
November 17 in Buenos Aires
Date: 	Sun, 10 Nov 2013 00:51:06 -0500
From: 	Steve Crocker <steve at shinkuro.com>
CC: 	Steve Crocker <steve at shinkuro.com>, Karine Perset
<karine.perset at icann.org>



SO and AC chairs, TLG members, ISOC, senior ICANN staff, and ICANN Board,

As many -- perhaps all -- of you have heard, we are revamping our
process of asking for, receiving, acknowledging and processing technical
advice.  Toward that end, we are having an informal workshop session
Sunday morning, Nov 17, from 10:30 to noon in the Martin Fierro room at
the ICANN meeting in Buenos Aires to kick-off this revised advice
process.  You are invited to send technical people from each of your
organizations.  (Many of you have already been alerted to this meeting
and have already made plans to come.  This message is intended to share
the same information with everyone.)

Here's a bit of background.  Our bylaws specify the existence of two
technical Advisory Committees, RSSAC and SSAC, and the existence of a
Technical Liaison Group (TLG), whose members, ETSI, ITU-T, W3C and IETF,
each provide advice when asked.  There is also considerable expertise
within the other Advisory Committees and within the Supporting
Organizations.

Until now, our process for asking for and receiving technical advice has
been a patchwork.  For example, SSAC regularly sends the Board
reports with advice.  ALAC has begun doing the same.  Three of the TLG
members have shared one seat on the Board but have not otherwise
provided specific advice.

Our next step is to develop a regular dialog for technical advice,
starting with the workshop on Nov 17.  The workshop will focus on two
primary questions:

  * What are the areas you think need technical advice?  This applies to
    both those who need advice and those who have the expertise to give
    us advice.

  * Do you prefer to be asked for specific advice, prefer to offer
    advice on topics of your choice, or both?

Please RSVP to Karine Perset, Director of Board Support,
karine.perset at icann.org <mailto:karine.perset at icann.org>, and please
come with suggestions for both specific technical issues and how to make
the process work best from your point of view.

Thanks!

Steve Crocker
Chair, ICANN Board of Directors