[ALAC] [LAC-ALS] [EURO-ALS] [NA-ALS] Major Milestone Coming Up

[jam at jacquelinemorris.com]

   Quoting Patrick Vande Walle <patrick at isoc.lu>:

> Danny Younger said the following  on 07/02/07 21:23:
>> We have been pursuing this experiment for four long years
>> during which time the DNS policy-related contributions
>> offered by the ALS organizations has been almost nil.
>>
> Danny,
>
> You are correct. On the metrics at least.
>
> Here's the view of an ALS:
>
> What has been done by the ALAC and ICANN to involve the ALSes into the
> debate ?  It has only been a week or so that we actually receive the
> ALAC mailing list in our mailbox. And this is in read-only mode. As an
> example, this reply will be moderated once it goes to the alac list.  Is
> this the treatement that ALSes deserve ?

   The ALAC mailing list is an open list, anyone can join, as far as I  
know. The ALSes were all subscribed to the regional lists. All the  
lists are new, and Nick is now setting them up and getting them to  
work properly. I've only now started to get LAC messages via the new  
list  about 3-4 weeks now. Until recently, there weren't many ALSes  
and we didn't have the regional lists. One thing that would work is to  
give Nick feedback on how the list management is working so he cna  
fine-tune it to become a useful tool for communication.
>
> My understanding is that much of the work of the ALAC is done through
> teleconferences, which ALSes cannot attend. Another part of the work is
> done face-to-face during ICANN meetings, where most ALSes cannot afford
> to send a representativefor a week.
>

   teleconferences are recorded and the minutes are posted-used to be  
on ICANNWiki, but now on a new site that Nick is orgnaising. I'm sure  
he'll let everyone get the url when he's finished (hopefully soon) and  
then you can actually sit and listen to the 2 hour long mp3s of the  
discussions on administrative issues, which are mainly what the  
teleconferences are about. Much more work is done via email and wiki  
than via the telecon. There's also a videoconferencing tool that is  
being tested - in which case it would be easier for everyone to attend  
the meeting. But if ALSes want to participate in the next  
teleconference, I'm pretty sure that this wouldn't be too much of a  
problem. (unless we have 50 people - in which case it would be pretty  
unwieldy)

> In short, ALAC and ICANN seem out of touch viewed from here.
>
> There seems to be a willingess from ICANN to go forward with the ALAC
> and RALOs. ICANN has assigned a budget for this. There are new mailing
> lists, wikis and most importantly staff dedicated to bring this all
> together. I still believe something useful can come of out this.
>
>> I don't want a powerless ALAC model that offers no
>> hope of representation on the ICANN Board.  I want our
>> community to have the benefit of a Supporting
>> Organization model that seats its members on the ICANN
>> Board.
>>
> I think this is what we all want to achieve in the end. And indeed, it
> is not with sleeping ALses that we are going to reach that goal. How can
> we wake them up ?
>

   Start specific policy discussions on specific policy issues. Assist  
the other ALSes and their members who may not  be fully up to speed  
to  get the information and be able to articulate their concerns and  
issues.

Get auto-translation software goingfor the lists so that everyone  
feels comfortable communicating. (actually Nick is also working on this)

   Jacqueline
> Best,
>
> Patrick Vande Walle
>

-- 
Jacqueline A. Morris
www.jacquelinemorris.com

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