[At-Large] ICANN meeting reform

[Brendler, Beau]

I imagine many of you have seen this. What do you think? Seems to me
that the RALOs and ALAC should register an official opinion on this,
probably in Paris. The report's also kind of an interesting read.

Beau Brendler

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Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 7:05 PM
To: Brendler, Beau
Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Consultation on Proposals to Reform ICANN
Meetings

ICANN News Alert
http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09jun08-en.htm

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Consultation on Proposals to Reform ICANN Meetings
9 June 2008 

At its meeting on May 29, 2008 the Board agreed to the release of a
paper on the reform of ICANN meetings that has been prepared by staff.

The paper
(http://icann.org/en/meetings/meetings-reform-discussion-paper-16may08-e
n.pdf) asks the community to consider changes to the number of meetings
that ICANN holds and the location.

To allow for better planning and economy, the paper asks the community
to consider that the number of meetings be reduced from three to two per
year. It is proposed that this change would commence from 2010.

The paper also proposes that one of the two meetings be held in
locations that are transport hubs. The locations would need to be the
subject of a separate consultation, but would be rotated through the
existing ICANN predetermined regions.

There has not been substantive change to meetings processes or the
frequency of the meetings since the organization's inception. The
purpose of this paper is to encourage debate on any matters to do with
meetings that the community may wish to raise, but to especially
consider issues concerning the frequency of meetings and their location.

ICANN welcomes comments from the community on the matters raised in this
paper and any other comments that relate to the operation of meetings.

In addition to on-line forums, consultations will also be held at the
Paris meeting directly with Committees and Councils and there will also
be the opportunity to comment via the public forum. 

*View Meetings Reform Discussion Paper:
http://icann.org/en/meetings/meetings-reform-discussion-paper-16may08-en
.pdf
*Send comments to: meeting-consultation-2008 at icann.org
*View comments at:
http://forum.icann.org/lists/meeting-consultation-2008/

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