[At-Large] At-Large Summit update

[Ross Rader]

Evan Leibovitch wrote:

> We have been recently informed by Nick that the Summit, as it is
> presently developed as described at
> http://www.icannwiki.org/wiki/At-Large_Global_Summit
> http://www.icannwiki.org/wiki/ICANN_Ensemble
> is officially dead, by decree of ICANN staff. No staff support will be
> offered and no funding would be made available for anyone to attend.

That shouldn't necessarily kill the idea. What was the total travel 
subsidy budget? It should be possible to solicit meeting sponsors to 
help cover some of these costs. As far as staff support goes, I'm 
certain that this shortfall can be made up from within the community. It 
would be really cool if ICANN helped out with this (I'd almost consider 
it part of their mandate, but that's another story) but they aren't. So 
let's make it happen anyways.

I'm not 100% up on the events this far, but as far as I can see, this is 
just a plan to have an ALAC meeting at the ICANN meeting writ large. If 
they are able to accomodate the GNSO Public Forum, then they should be 
able to accomodate this on similar terms (i.e. space, staff support, etc.)

-r