[At-Large] At-Large Summit update

[Michael Maranda]

Though I am focussed on family matters the next month or so, and not
attending LA, I remain supportive of the Summit concept, and I dont
view the idea as "dead".   The question is really whether this is a
compelling concept for us within At Large.

I believe that we can still explore making the case of the value of
this to ICANN and beyond,

Be well

MM

On 10/4/07, Ross Rader <ross at tucows.com> wrote:
> 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
>
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