[NA-Discuss] Agenda for today's call

[Nick Ashton-Hart]

May I also take this opportunity to remind you all that the dial-in  
details, and the agenda, is all available to you at: https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi?7_january_2008

Note that I shall leave it to you all to take the issues below, and or  
any others, and put them in agenda form...

One thing I would bring to your attention: there is a draft statement  
on the NomCom review which will be discussed by APRALO in their  
teleconference on 10th January. This can be reviewed at: https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?10_january_nomcom_draft_statement

Perhaps this draft will be useful to all of you in discussing the same  
subject as proposed below by Evan.

On 7 Jan 2008, at 10:41, Evan Leibovitch wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> According to the schedule that was previously discussed, we have a
> conference call set for 3pm Eastern time today.
>
> If there are any issues that anyone would like to discuss, letting me
> know in advance is helpful if not critical.
>
> Here are issues that are up for discussion today:
>
> 1) Do we want to produce comments for the NTIA transition review?
> http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/frnotices/2007/ICANN_JPA_110207.html
> If so, do we want it as an ALAC statement/project or is this  
> internal to
> NARALO?
>
> 2) Does NARALO have anything to say to follow up on the issue of Venue
> Accessibility for ICANN meetings? Or has the issue been discussed
> sufficiently in the At-Large mailing list?
>
> 3) One nasty aftermath of the ALAC statement on domain tasting was the
> assertion by Alan that it is current ALAC policy that, in its
> decision-making process, "silence means consent". I personally find  
> this
> policy quite disturbing for a number of reasons, and I believe that  
> ALAC
> needs to abandon this stance as a matter of its own credibility. I  
> would
> like to NARALO's backing to press ALAC to change that policy -- if it
> does not get enough feedback to a request given suitable time, lack of
> response should never be seen as acceptance.
>
> 4) Reports from Wendy, Beau and Robert -- even brief ones -- about
> recent Board and ALAC activities would be appreciated.
>
> 5) According to http://icann.org/public_comment/#nomcom-review the
> comment period for the Nominating Committee review has not closed.  
> Does
> NARALO have anything to offer? Are there any other issues at
> http://icann.org/public_comment that warrant our direct participation?
>
> 6) It's been a while since we heard the status of any North American
> ALSs in the process of being reviewed. Are there many new ones  
> coming on
> board soon? Is the loss of Jacob damaging ICANN's work to recruit new
> ALSs? What more could/should be done?
>
>
> Anyway, that's what I have. Feel free to add. Talk to you later today!
>
>
> - Evan
>
>
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