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Hello all,<br>
<br>
it is very hard indeed to balance between having a complete proposal
and having a compact enough proposal that it will be read.<br>
As I have said on many occasions, the proposals hinges on 3 main
pillars: the importance of face to face meetings for the At-Large
Community, the advantages of being able to predict significant costs
in a multi-year planning and the rotation of general assemblies
& summits striking a good balance.<br>
<br>
This is not an ALAC Statement, where if it is too long, members of
the Board will just ignore it. This is a proposal which requires the
full attention of the Board, and whilst some Board members will
immediately buy in on it, others might take a lot more convincing.
An exhaustive proposal with many convincing arguments (and not just
a short summary) is, in my opinion, what's needed to shift the
scales in the borderline cases. When it comes to stronger opponents
to the concept the proposal contains, this will require a
conversation with the sceptics.<br>
<br>
BTW - I agree we are competing with the Bylaws for quantity, but
pretty much everything in ICANN is competing with the Bylaws for
quantity at the moment. I would be very disappointed if the Board
was not able to handle more than one major thread at any one time.
The ALAC manages many more, so I am sure the Board can cope too.<br>
Kindest regards,<br>
<br>
Olivier<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 30/04/2016 21:00, Alan Greenberg
wrote:<br>
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You were heard before, but I was really at a loss to know how to
reduce
the size that much and still make the arguments that I (and
others)
believe are needed to counter the negative perceptions that could
lead to
rejection. And give that the document must be submitted within a
few
hours, there is really no way for someone else to take over the
task and
get ALAC buy-in on the result.<br>
<br>
Alan<br>
<br>
At 30/04/2016 05:02 AM, Maureen Hilyard wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite="">Hi all<br>
<br>
I've said it before but not with such specificity. My
recommendations:<br>
<br>
1. Incorporate the key ideas in the "Proposal" section into the
Executive Summary <br>
<br>
2. Merge the "Background" and the "importance of Face to
Face" meetings into a couple of paragraphs<br>
<br>
3. Shorten the bullet pointed items in the "MultiYear Planning
section" to key ideas only, present them after a short
introduction<br>
<br>
4. End with the conclusion and next steps, as is :)<br>
<br>
3 pages MAX. (plus your graphic and annexes). At the moment we
are
competing with the bylaws for quantity. <br>
<br>
Maureen<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 6:46 PM, Alan Greenberg
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca">alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca</a>
> wrote:<br>
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<dd>Attached please fine the final proposal, subject to final
clean-up
editing (and inclusion of the missing URL on the last page).<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>Please forward any critical errors to me and Heidi.<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>Note that this paper must be submitted to the Budget
Public Comment
prior to 23:59 UTC on Saturday, 30 April.<font
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<dd><font color="#888888">Alan<br>
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