[At-Large] At-Large Summit update

[Vittorio Bertola]

Jean Armour Polly ha scritto:
> To me, the idea of an Internet User's "Summit" is not really the 
> right idea in these times. The reason is that there is room for only 
> a few at a summit.  The Internet allows every user a seat at the 
> table--everyone is a publisher--everyone has a blog--everyone is a 
> video producer-- so everyone must be a summit attendee-- and that is 
> the energy we should think how to engage.

I think that Jean is right. I'm not saying that an At Large Summit is 
necessarily a bad idea, but we still need to provide a convincing reply 
to what it would contribute in practice to the advancement of user 
interests inside ICANN, and what would be its objectives and 
deliverables. Otherwise, I see it very hard to convince ICANN to put a 
significant amount of money (more or less corresponding to the ICANN 
fees paid by 500'000 to 1'000'000 registrants) on such a project. In 
comparison, with much less expense, there could be online instruments 
that can gather much more than 100 individuals - we never really gave a 
thought at that possibility.
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