[NA-Discuss] NARALO 2009 Regional Meeting

[Jacqueline A.Morris]

Hi Darlene
Yonkers is NYC. . Coming up Riverside Drive in Manhattan, I remember the 
Yonkers exit being not too far driving from the 96th st exit
This was a while ago, so I may be wrong.
Jacqueline
Thompson, Darlene wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> My only concern about the Yonkers possibility is its unavailability to 
> any major airport. Beau, how does one get to where you are from the 
> nearest airport? I don’t actually know the geography there all that 
> well (OK, not at ALL!)!
>
> D
>
> Darlene A. Thompson
>
> Community Access Program Administrator
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> Nunavut Department of Education/N-CAP
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> c/o P.O. Box 1000, Station 910
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> Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0
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> Phone: (867) 975-5631
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> Fax: (867) 975-5610
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> dthompson at gov.nu.ca
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> *From:* na-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org 
> [mailto:na-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org] *On Behalf Of 
> *Brendler, Beau
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:28 AM
> *To:* Evan Leibovitch; NA Discuss
> *Subject:* Re: [NA-Discuss] NARALO 2009 Regional Meeting
>
> The offer to meet at Consumers Union in lovely Yonkers is most 
> certainly still open. We've even installed Wi-Fi in the building since 
> this was last discussed.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: na-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org on behalf of Evan 
> Leibovitch
> Sent: Mon 3/10/2008 6:39 PM
> To: NA Discuss
> Subject: [NA-Discuss] NARALO 2009 Regional Meeting
>
> Hello all,
>
> I noticed, while going through the calendar, that there is no ICANN
> meeting scheduled for the North American Region until Oct 17-23, 2010.
>
> Usually ALSs are invited to have their regional in-person meets at the
> local ICANN meeting. It is my recollection that, if there is no meeting
> taking place in a region during a calendar year, policy allows that ALSs
> of that region are entitled to have an in-person regional meeting. I
> believe there is a precedent already, a meeting held February 2007 by
> APRALO in Bali. (I also seem to recall that a proposal last year for a
> EURALO meeting for Geneva was refused...)
>
> In 2007 we met in San Juan, and I anticipate we will all be at the
> Summit in November this year. However, there will be no North American
> ICANN meeting in calendar 2009, and I would like everyone to start
> thinking about a good time and place to hold a regional ALS meeting in
> Sep/Oct of next year (which would be halfway between the Summit and the
> Oct 2010 meeting). Because the number of people involved is so small, it
> could be held anywhere. Perhaps adjacent to another conference?
>
> Once upon a time there was a plan to meet, before signing the MOU, at
> Consumers Union in Yonkers NY.
> Beau, is that offer still open?
>
> There' s no rush, but I just want to toss the idea out to make sure it's
> not forgotten, in the ICANN budget or otherwise.
>
> Nick, what have other regions done in planning this kind of meeting? How
> much advance notice is needed?
>
> - Evan
>
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