[lac-discuss-en] Reminder : Call for regional members of the alac/at-large improvements work teams deadline extended to Friday 13 August 2010

[Dev Anand Teelucksingh]

Dear All,

This is to remind any LACRALO members interested in joining the
At-Large Improvements work teams that the deadline to do so is Friday
13 August 2010. While any interested ALS representative can join more
than one work team, please note that the work teams will be conducting
their work in English.

Regards,

Dev Anand Teelucksingh
LACRALO Secretariat


CALL FOR REGIONAL MEMBERS OF THE ALAC/AT-LARGE IMPROVEMENTS WORK TEAMS


The ALAC/At-Large Improvements project is moving ahead.  The goal is
to review and improve both ALAC/At-Large’s participation in ICANN and
the ALSes’ participation in At-Large.  This will be done through the
implementation of the 13 recommendations detailed in the Simplified
At-Large Improvements Implementation Outline
(http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AhOqmBdY590QdExXZklQLVRZZUtncm1xSDZBVy1ROWc&authkey=CPSY6KIG&hl=en#gid=15).

We have divided these recommendations into four groups, each of which
will be assigned a work team consisting of ALAC members and regional
representatives.  These recommendation groups (and work teams) are
listed below.

The ALAC is now looking for one representative from each RALO to join
each of the four work teams. We ask that interested ALS
representatives respond to the At-Large Staff
(staff at atlarge.icann.org) no later than Friday 13 August 2010.

Each work team is expected to schedule a call every two weeks.  As
with other At-Large work groups, these teams will conduct their
business in English.  For more details, please see the Improvements
Project Plan (attached).

The four recommendation groups and work teams are:

Work team A:  Work team on ALAC's continuing purpose
Rec 1: ICANN bylaws to reflect ALAC's continuing purpose
Rec 10: ALAC/At-Large is home of individual Internet users
Rec 11: Board statement recognizing Rec 10

Work team B:  Work team on ALS participation
Rec 3: Remove any obstacles in ALS-RALO-ALAC structure
Rec 4: ALS education and engagement
Rec 7: ALAC should choose its own communication/collaboration tools
Rec 9: ICANN should strengthen its translation/interpretation tools

Work team C:  Work team on ALAC planning processes
Rec 5:  ALAC should develop strategic/operational plans as part of
ICANN’s planning process
Rec 6:  At-Large should develop accurate cost models

Work team D:  Work team on ALAC's policy advice development
Rec 8: ALAC may request public comment period be extended to 45 days
Rec 12: Consumer representatives should have input into decisions and
policy advice
Rec 13: ALAC/At-Large policy advice mechanisms should be strengthened