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Dear Board members, especially those who made it for Geneva meeting
this week, greetings!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000099></FONT>
</DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000099>Thank you, Wolf, for the summary of
the meeting, which is highly appreciated, especially due to my absence from
the meeting! </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000099></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>
<FONT color=#000099>Below are some questions/concerns/comments I
have after reading the Summary report per concrete issues that have
been discussed during the meeting: </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
color=#000099></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE:
11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000099>1. <SPAN> </SPAN>
“There are suggestions to reduce the size of the EURALO board to five
members to make it more operational and effective” – <U>What are the
main reasons behind changing the current number of EURALO Board members?</U>
(there is no enough information from the meeting summary on this). </FONT>
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face="Times New Roman"><FONT color=#000099><SPAN> </SPAN>
<SPAN> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New
Roman"><FONT color=#000099><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">2.<B>
</B>I see that there were discussions about organizing certain events <B>
BUT</B> “As we cannot count on ICANN funding for such a side event / Users
Summit PrepCom in Paris” there are ideas about „<U>prepare and submit a
project proposal for the board to be submitted to different European
organizations for sponsoring</U>”. </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">In this context, I have the following
comments/observations: </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000099>
</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000099>If EURALO is an ICANN related/created
structure – than it should be able to function on support from ICANN. In
case certain proposals are submitted to ICANN for funding, they SHOULD NOT
BE refused/rejected, but on the contrary, improved and developed and finally
implemented. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000099></FONT>
</DIV> <DIV><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times
New Roman" color=#000099>Otherwise, if we start looking for funding from
other organizations, we are NOT an ICANN structure any longer. Requesting
funding from other donors, EUROPEAN ones, does not mean only using money for
certain purposes, but adjusting our projects/activities/mission/scope, etc.
to the priorities of the grant giver. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT
color=#000099></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE:
11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000099>And here: </FONT></SPAN>
</DIV> <OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1> <LI><U><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000099>EURALO
should clarify its working relationship with ICANN;</FONT></SPAN></U></LI>
<LI><U><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000099>If EURALO starts thinking about applying for sponsorship from
other organizations, then, it should re-think/review its organizational
structure, mission, etc. – that are not in line with ICANN bylaws, rules,
procedures any longer. </FONT></SPAN></U></LI></OL> <DIV><FONT color=#000099>
</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT color=#000099>
<SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Also, in regards to </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">EURALO will submit a new budget proposal
for the Fiscal Year 2008-09 to ALAC that will include several activities,
and my questions/comments are: </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
color=#000099>- Usually any budget is made based on a Action Plan/s for a
certain period of time. <U>Where can EURALO’s Action Plan for 2008-2009 be
accessed? To what extent ALSs are involved in identification of certain
activities of this Action Plan? </U></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
color=#000099><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT color=#000099><B><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">3. ICANN Internet users declaration and
the preparation process of this Declaration: </SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Preparing a Declaration of this kind on behalf of
ICANN Internet Users raises several questions vs. concerns: </SPAN></FONT>
</FONT></DIV> <UL> <LI> <DIV style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><FONT face="Times
New Roman"><FONT color=#000099><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">
<SPAN><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>
<SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The extent/degree to which ICANN
Internet users are aware/informed about the current problems and challenges
in the field?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV style="TEXT-INDENT:
-18pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000099><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">What ARE the current challenges, main problems in
the field?</SPAN></FONT></DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt">
<FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000099><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">What are the solutions or/and alternative decisions
that are proposed OR should be taken?</SPAN></FONT></DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV
style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000099><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">What are the PROs and CONs of each
solution?</SPAN></FONT></DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt">
<FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000099><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Other. </SPAN></FONT></DIV></LI></UL> <DIV><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
color=#000099>In order to find answers to the above questions, one needs
both human and financial recourses. An ideal output would be a research
report which would be disseminated among ICANN Internet users community and
vis-à-vis which ICANN Internet Users community would take a certain
attitude. This attitude is actually something that is reflected in a
Declaration, and by this Declaration ICANN Internet Users would seek
concrete changes/attitude from ICANN side.<SPAN> </SPAN></FONT></FONT>
</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000099></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><U><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000099>Is this what is meant? Is this the process that is being
discussed by EURALO? I would appreciate concrete details about it, in order
to be able to come with certain proposal/solutions for how that can be
implemented, etc. </FONT></SPAN></U></DIV> <DIV><U><FONT color=#000099>
</FONT></U> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000099>
<SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Thank you all very much for your
time and for making the Board F2F meeting become a reality for at least some
members of the Board:)!</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000099>
</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000099>
<SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Have a nice weekend ahead,</SPAN>
</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000099><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Veronica </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV>
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