[NA-Discuss] Summary Minutes NARALO Teleconference 09 June

[At-Large Staff]

Dear all, 

Please find the summary minutes, action items and audio recording of
yesterday¹s NARALO teleconference on the meeting page. The minutes are also
attached below.

https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi?09_june_2008

Regards,

Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Frederic Teboul
ICANN At-Large Staff
email: staff at atlarge.icann.org






Summary Minutes 09 June 2008

1. Roll Call ­ As above
2. Review of the Summary Minutes 12 May 2008

N/A
3. Review of the Action Items 12 May 2008

N/A
4. NARALO -- first 12 month review:

What did we do well?

    * Glad that this group did more to include individuals than others.
    * We seem to do more discussion on policy than other regions.
    * NARALO has had good interventions with ALAC as a whole.
    * NARALO has had great energy.
    * We made a strong statement to the ALAC.
    * Even though we are rather a small group of people we have been able to
make strong points to ALAC.
    * We reacted well to the ALAC abuse of process in the joint constituency
statement.
    * The group has been more active in the past six months than ever and as
compared to other groups.
    * We were able to be proactive on a couple of issues.
    * NARALO has been most active on the Adobe Connect policy briefings.
    * The leadership has been good and our RALO has been very active.

What did we do badly?

    * We didn't make nuisances of ourselves enough and we've let ICANN get
away with too much.
    * We need those short updates on issues and hope that we see them soon.
    * There is still too much garbage on list but Evan has done well in
trying to control this.
    * RAA revisions. We failed to come together and issue an appropriate
statement to the JPA. We haven't done anything to prep our ALAC reps prior
to meetings.
    * Those that are empowered in a group usually take the time to come up
to speed with issues and look for solutions. Those that are not elected tend
not to participate at a level that would make for valuable input. Its very
time consuming to do so. Also, without going to the meetings and interacting
on a personal level, its difficult to see where people are coming from.

How can we improve?

    * More discussion on policy.
    * Its hard to get a handle on all of the various policies in order to
provide input.
    * More outreach.
    * Develop a strong communications mechanism.
    * The Staff has done good work with Adobe Connect and we should continue
to utilize these tools.
    * We need to keep a better eye on the calendar.
    * Better communications and to somehow get those that are not empowered
to travel once in a while.
    * More outreach, more education, more policy discussions.

5. Outreach -- selection of strategic events

We need to identify locations far ahead of time so that we can adequately
plan and implement them.

NTEN - Spring
CES - January
ICT Summit ­ Vancouver ­ February
Consumer Groups events in Washington (there are two coming up)
Annual Meeting of the Intellectual Property Lawyers in October

Please bring up other ideas on the mailing list and we will add it to the
list.
6. July meeting election of one ALAC rep, Chair and Secretariat

During the July meeting we will be electing the above. This is a proper
election so calls for nomination will be done. Evan, Darlene and Beau have
agreed to stand in their positions. When should we do the elections? There
were no preferences so we will put it to the list.
7. Priorities for June ICANN meeting

Be careful in what meetings we go to in order for us to get the most bang
for our buck.
There will be an RAA meeting on Monday and Danny will prep some materials
for us to be prepared for it.
8. Other Matters

If you received an e-mail from Frederic Teboul, please respond ASAP. The
more input we have, the better everyone can work together. We now have good
support staff for Nick and now that these exist, we need to make better use
of it.

The Summit proposal is due tomorrow. Maybe we can also kick a copy of it to
John (?) Nesbitt.
9. Next Meeting

July 14, 2008