[At-Large] [Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- ALAC Review WG Posts Mid-Point Consultation Report]

[Wendy Seltzer]

FYI.  Much improved from the consultants' report.



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Subject: ICANN News Alert -- ALAC Review WG Posts Mid-Point Consultation
Report
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:02:58 -0400
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To: wendy at seltzer.com

ICANN

http://www.icann.org/

News Alert

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-23oct08-en.htm

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ALAC Review WG Posts Mid-Point Consultation Report

23 October 2008

The ALAC Review Working Group (WG) has released its Mid-point
Consultation Report
http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/alac/midpoint-consultation-report-21oct08-en.pdf
[PDF, 285K] for discussion with the ICANN community. This preliminary
report presents the WG's "initial thinking" on the questions under
review following the publication of the Independent Review of the At
Large Advisory Committee by Westlake Consulting. It is based on
consultation that the WG has undertaken with the ICANN community at the
Paris meeting, through an online comment forum and at meetings with a
variety of groups with the ICANN community. A summary of the
consultation is contained in an appendix to the report.

The WG is publishing this Mid-point Consultation Report now in order to
engage the ICANN community and staff in dialogue at an early stage of
its thinking. Comments on this paper will be very welcome and the WG
encourages all interested parties to attend workshops during the ICANN
Meeting in Cairo and/or post comments on the public comment forum
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200812.html#alac-midpoint-rev.

This mid-point consultation document includes a discussion of areas of
emerging agreement, possible recommendations, and questions that need to
be addressed. It does not reach, and should not be interpreted as
reaching, any definitive recommendations or conclusions at this time.

The WG will continue to consult with the community over the coming
months with a view to publishing final recommendations for discussion at
the Mexico meeting in early 2009.

This initial posting contains the text in English. Translations will be
available shortly.

Further details of the ALAC Review can be found at
http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/alac/