[At-Large] ALAC, ICANN and translation

[Nick Ashton-Hart]

On 14 Feb 2008, at 10:05, Evan Leibovitch wrote:

> Hi Nick,
>
>> It seems to me that once the community has come together around  
>> WHAT is
>> to be done, then the next step is HOW to do it. I take your point
>> completely Evan - and I hope and trust that you will make this to the
>> public consultations - but if I may request that At-Large ensure  
>> that it
>> looks closely at WHAT it is proposed ICANN should do in the report,  
>> and
>> let us know if you disagree/agree/agree with suggestions/agree with
>> changes -  with the WHAT - understanding that of course all  
>> comments are
>> welcome - and all are encouraged!
>
> Fair enough. I assume by "public consultations", you mean specifically
> in relation to the translation program, and not the Public Forum  
> (which
> I had not planned to do after reading initial responses to my mail
> yesterday).
>

Yes exactly - the online public consultation - of course nothing  
prevents you from doing both if you think that's useful.

> I had just hoped there would have been some specific attempt to  
> solicit
> ALAC's assistance in advance of the report's production. My  
> apologies in
> advance if such a request was made but for whatever reason I didn't  
> see
> it or have forgotten.
>

Here I can provide a bit more information. As you'll notice a number  
of interviews were conducted in preparing the draft report. At the LA  
meeting on translation, the offer was extended to all who wished to be  
interviewed to let either Bert Esselink directly, or the trans-comm at icann.org 
  list, know so those interviews could be arranged.

It is worth emphasising that further interviews can certainly be  
conducted if any of you think there is further information you believe  
should be considered in the preparation of the final report at the end  
of the consultation period.

So in summary, At-Large's views are, will be, and have always been  
welcome and solicited on the subject.
-- 
Regards,

Nick Ashton-Hart
Director, At-Large
ICANN
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