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<div dir="auto"> Surveys and R&D into users' needs and opinions about domain names and the DNS, that you suggest, would indeed be very useful for the ALAC to base its policy advice upon, but I don't understand how this would facilitated by "eliminating" the
ALS´es. Quite the contrary, ALS'es could be used by RALO's as instruments of such grassroot level survey work.
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<div dir="auto">As far as the policy role of ALS'es is concerned, at least some RALO's are making the effort - and getting results - in reaching experts in various policy areas within ALS'es and benefiting from their input into the process of drafting advice
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<div dir="auto">Best,</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> At-Large <at-large-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org> on behalf of Evan Leibovitch <evanleibovitch@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 11, 2018 10:27 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Alan Greenberg<br>
<b>Cc:</b> ICANN At-Large list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [At-Large] Say Whut!</font>
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<div dir="auto">On Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 9:07 AM Alan Greenberg <<a href="mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca">alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca</a> wrote:<br>
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<div>Our current plan going forward is to use those ALSes as a conduit to their members.</div>
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<div dir="auto">That's not the current plan, that's been the always plan since the ALS concept was invented. What has changed now? </div>
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<div>If it works, great. If it oesn't then it may well be the time to focus on phasing ALSes out. But I am optimistic.<br>
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<div dir="auto">It's now been a dozen years or so. How much longer will it take to prove or disprove? </div>
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<div>Bottom line is that except in a few relatively rare cases, work is done by people - wee need to find those people willing and interested to work, regardless of whether they are unaffiliated or hear about us through their ALS.<br>
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<div dir="auto">There are yet other ways of attracting them.</div>
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<div dir="auto">- Evan </div>
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