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

[Roberto Gaetano]

Izumi AIZU wrote:

> 
> # 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.

This is not meant to be the "official" explanation, but being not only on
the Board, but also on the Meeting Committee I can assure you that it was a
"force majeure" decision, not a choice that has been taken lightly.
The problem was that all the proposed venues proved to be unsuitable for one
reason or the other, and the least damaging possibility for the AP region
was to reschedule the AP meeting at the earliest date, i.e. February 2008.
I am really sorry for the consequences that this action had on AP-RALO
(which, incidentally, was the one that started early and in spite of the
difficulty because of the size of the region, covered a lot of ground and
set the example for the others to follow), but I am also confident that the
ceremony in Delhi will boost motivation, and that all these events will be
taken into account while preparing the Summit, if it is decided that it will
take place.

Cheers,
Roberto
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