Congrats to all. <div><br></div><div>Per OCL's observations, couldn't have said it better!</div><div><br></div><div>-Carlton<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jun 14, 2016, 2:55 AM Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <<a href="mailto:ocl@gih.com">ocl@gih.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex" id="gmail_block_quote0">
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Hello everyone,<br>
<br>
I am obviously thrilled about these news. This is due to a lot of
people working on this, planting seeds at various levels, adding
their input to the document and speaking to individual Board members
and other community leaders. Alan and I, as ALAC Chair, might have
been the drivers of the initiative, but the vehicle moved forward
thanks to your collective push, including our past and current
selected Board members. So THANK YOU everyone.<br>
<br>
But you know, only part of the deal has gone through so far: the
funding. Now comes the hard work of actually making good use of this
ability to meet more regularly both at RALO and At-Large level, in
order to increase the end user voice in ICANN. We need to organise
ourselves at all levels. We need to mobilise. We need to search for
the input of end users and in this search, we need to inform them
about what is happening at ICANN. We need to act responsibly,
collectively, helping each other out, collaborating between RALOs,
with RIRs, with other organisations. We need to use every CROPP trip
to reach out as hard as we can to expand our footprint. We need to
put to bed the tensions about how we call ourselves, whether we are
civil society or not, whether we can work with NCSG & NCUC or
not, and also agree to willingly and amicably share ALAC seats
geographically around the world *so that no region or sub-region of
the world is left out*. <br>
Failing to do any of the above will just waste our time into
parochial internal fights and waste not only ICANN's money, the
money which end users have spent when they have purchased a domain
name, but also discredit the At-Large community at ICANN. We would
*fail* miserably at our task.<br>
The ICANN Board has placed its trust in our Community to do the
right thing. Let's not disappoint them. Let's not disappoint
Internet end users. We are *not* going to use this rotation of
General Assemblies and Summits as a calendar of all-paid holidays in
exotic locations. Quite the contrary, we will use it for the public
good and we will *denounce* whoever does otherwise in our community.
It is a matter of trust and accountability. Let's make end users
proud of the ICANN multi-stakeholder model.<br>
<br>
Olivier<br>
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<br>
<br>
<div>On 14/06/2016 05:24, Alan Greenberg
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Rinalia beat me to it, but here is the note I received
from Xavier along with my reply.
<br>
<br>
This is indeed a landmark decision. My thanks to Olivier who
spearheaded this initiative, and to all others who contributed to
its success.
<br>
<br>
Alan
<br>
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<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Thanks so much Xavier. I have been at a
meeting in Africa and did not see the announcement.
<br>
<br>
We certainly hoped that our proposal would be accepted, but this
is faster and better than we dared hope.
<br>
<br>
I am the rest of the ALAC and At-Large do appreciate what you,
your staff, and the Board Finance Committee have done.
<br>
<br>
Warm regards, Alan
<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">From: "Xavier J. Calvez"
<a href="mailto:xavier.calvez@icann.org" target="_blank"><xavier.calvez@icann.org></a>
<br>
To: Alan Greenberg <a href="mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca" target="_blank"><alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca></a>, Cherine
Chalaby
<br>
<a href="mailto:cherine.chalaby@icann.org" target="_blank"><cherine.chalaby@icann.org></a>, Asha Hemrajani
<a href="mailto:asha.hemrajani@icann.org" target="_blank"><asha.hemrajani@icann.org></a>
<br>
CC: "Rinalia Abdul Rahim (GMAIL)"
<a href="mailto:rinalia.abdulrahim@gmail.com" target="_blank"><rinalia.abdulrahim@gmail.com></a>, "Board
<br>
Operations" <a href="mailto:board-operations@icann.org" target="_blank"><board-operations@icann.org></a>
<br>
Subject: Re: ALAC proposal on multi-year planning for
face-to-face meetings
<br>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 22:56:30 +0000
<br>
<br>
Dear Alan,
<br>
<br>
I am following up on the email below and attached proposal.
<br>
<br>
As Cherine and I had indicated, we have addressed this request
in the public comment responses, which were published on 6
June (see link below, page 116/119). In case, you would not
have had an opportunity to review this document, you will find
below the text of the response. Hopefully, this conveys
adequately that the ALAC request is welcome and approved.
<br>
<br>
I want to ensure it is clear that the Goal 1.3 of the 5-year
Operating Plan has been adjusted to reflect this proposal,
with a mention of the At Large meetings as relevant in each
remaining years of the 5-year plan.
<br>
<br>
If you have any questions, please let Cherine or I know.
<br>
<br>
Link:
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/report-comments-op-budget-fy17-five-year-06jun16-en.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/report-comments-op-budget-fy17-five-year-06jun16-en.pdf</a><br>
<br>
Response
<br>
<br>
Value in Face-to-Face Meetings
<br>
ICANN recognizes the fundamental importance of the
representation of users in ICANN’s multistakeholder model,
and of the participation of such representatives in its
activities. ICANN also recognizes that the existing structures
of the At-Large organization depend for their effectiveness on
face-to-face meetings, and that the past experience of the
value resulting from such face-to-face meetings has received
broad consensus from the community.
<br>
<br>
ICANN Agrees with the At-Large Request
<br>
ICANN welcomes the request from At-Large for a multiyear
schedule of General Assemblies and Summits. It is consistent
with the organization’s efforts to plan more and better in
both short and long terms.
<br>
It allows the existing meetings and costs to be put in the
longer term perspective of a five-year cycle. This will
improve the predictability of activities and costs for the
ICANN organization and allow better planning and increased
efficiency in the organization of such meetings. It also makes
explicit the commitment of the At-Large organization to the
suggested structure of meetings included in the proposal.
<br>
<br>
The Way Forward
<br>
ICANN plans to integrate the At-Large multiyear schedule of
General Assemblies and Summits, and similar requests from
other parts of the community, into ICANN’s Five-Year
Operating Plan. This means At-Large will not have to make new
requests every year for the inclusion in the Fiscal Year
Operating Plan and Budget.
<br>
<br>
Future Considerations
<br>
The Fiscal Year Operating Plan and Budget are subject to
community and Board approval each year. Because of the longer
term planning arising from this process, both the ICANN and
At-Large organizations will need to be flexible and adjust the
scheduling of General Assemblies and Summit meetings to take
account of circumstances as they arise. “
<br>
We also recommended that At-Large provides periodic updates of
the five-year cycle of meetings. These should happen at least
once a year and at least two months before the scheduled date
of publication of the draft annual operating plan and budget
for public comment.
<br>
<br>
Changes to be made in final FY17 planning documents
<br>
Integrate the proposed multiyear planning proposal into the
FY17 Operating Plan and Budget
<br>
<br>
Thank you.
<br>
<br>
Best,
<br>
Xavier
<br>
<br>
Xavier Calvez
<br>
ICANN
<br>
CFO
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<br>
<br>
<br>
-----Original Message-----
<br>
From: Alan Greenberg <a href="mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca" target="_blank"><alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca></a>
<br>
Date: Sunday, May 1, 2016 at 9:40 AM
<br>
To: Cherine Chalaby <a href="mailto:cherine.chalaby@icann.org" target="_blank"><cherine.chalaby@icann.org></a>, Asha
Hemrajani <a href="mailto:asha.hemrajani@icann.org" target="_blank"><asha.hemrajani@icann.org></a>, Xavier Calvez
<a href="mailto:xavier.calvez@icann.org" target="_blank"><xavier.calvez@icann.org></a>
<br>
Cc: "Rinalia Abdul Rahim (GMAIL)"
<a href="mailto:rinalia.abdulrahim@gmail.com" target="_blank"><rinalia.abdulrahim@gmail.com></a>
<br>
Subject: ALAC proposal on multi-year planning for face-to-face
meetings
<br>
<br>
>Dear Cherine, Asha and Xavier,
<br>
>
<br>
>As discussed in Marrakech, the ALAC Proposal for
Multi-Year Planning
<br>
>of At-Large Face-to-Face Meetings has been submitted to
the Public
<br>
>Comment on the Y17 plan and budget. I am attaching a copy
here for
<br>
>your convenience. I am of course available to answer any
questions
<br>
>you may have.
<br>
>
<br>
>If you have any idea of the time-line for addressing the
proposal, I
<br>
>would appreciate if you could share it. If it is
aspirational and not
<br>
>something you would like to see published, I will only
share with my
<br>
>trusted leadership team. You will note that the proposal
implies but
<br>
>does not explicitly say that this should be rolled into
the FY17 plan
<br>
>and budget, so we have tried to give you flexibility as to
how things play out.
<br>
>
<br>
>Warm regards, Alan
<br>
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