[At-Large] <IMPORTANT> Draft Plan for Tuesday'sAtLarge communitymeeting with ICANN Board

[Izumi AIZU]

As a member of APRALO, and also on ALAC from APRALO,
I think the Summit is a very good idea itself, in fact the same
idea was proposed 2 years ago, I think, by one of our ALSs in
AP, Kuo-Wei WU, but unfortunately it did not go through.

So even though we have some concern about the location,
Paris may not be the easiest place for many AP people, and
unless there is good funding support it will not be feasible for
most of us, I still think it is a good idea to present it to the Board
today, place it in the radar screen, and seek for pragmatic solution.

# Originally, ICANN Asia Pacific meeting was officially scheduled
to take place NOW, in AP region, but with unclear reasons at least
officially, it was postponed into next February, and LA was brought
in as the "Plan B". This significantly affected the involvement of
AP ALS/RALOs since we postponed our celebration ceremony
with ICANN Board and community until the Fall AP region ICANN
meeting that was moved to Feb in New Delhi. WE kind of lost
momentum while all other RALOs had some sort of visible
celebration at ICANN meetings already.

best,

izumi

2007/10/30, Bret Fausett <bfausett at internet.law.pro>:
> On the Summit idea, I think it absolutely needs to be in our
> discussion. Not as a fully evolved plan, but as something we are
> seriously considering. In my view, it needs to be no longer than:
>
> "The RALOs have proposed and are discussing the concept of an At Large
> Summit, which will bring representatives of all the ICANN accredited
> At Large Structures together in one place to exchange ideas and work
> together on At Large projects. ICANN brought each of the RALOs
> together for their formative meetings and signing ceremonies, but now
> these ALSs from all five regions would like to meet each other and
> find areas of common interest and common concern. The current plan is
> to organize the At Large Summit around an existing ICANN meeting,
> either at the second or third ICANN meeting in 2008."
>
> All we want to do it put the Summit on the Board's radar for next
> year, so they can account for it in their own planning and budgeting.
>
>       -- Bret
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           Kumon Center, Tama University, Tokyo
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