[NA-Discuss] NARALO 2009 Regional Meeting

[Thompson, Darlene]

Ah!  Well then its no problem that way at all.  I somehow thought that
it was much further.  Those distances/taxi fares seem pretty normal to
me.

 

D

 

Darlene A. Thompson

Community Access Program Administrator

Nunavut Department of Education/N-CAP

c/o P.O. Box 1000, Station 910

Iqaluit, NU  X0A 0H0

Phone:  (867) 975-5631

Fax:  (867) 975-5610

dthompson at gov.nu.ca

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From: Brendler, Beau [mailto:Brenbe at consumer.org] 
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:24 AM
To: Thompson, Darlene; Evan Leibovitch; NA Discuss
Subject: RE: [NA-Discuss] NARALO 2009 Regional Meeting

 

Yonkers is about 25 minutes in good traffic conditions from White
Plains/Westchester Airport, which is a small regional airport but with
several daily connections to Toronto, and fewer to Montreal and Ottawa.

 

Yonkers itself is about a 20-minute drive (in good traffic) from
mid-town Manhattan, and about 45 minutes drive from JFK and Newark
international airports, and about the same for LaGuardia domestic
airport.

 

It is possible to take taxis, airport limos, etc. to here from all
airports. It's also possible to connect via public transport from JFK
and Newark, though not from LaGuardia or White Plains.

 

Public transportation would probably take an hour or more, and you would
still need to take a taxi from Yonkers station to Consumers Union. I
would recommend taxis, though the fares would probably run upwards of
$50 from JFK, $100 from Newark, probably $35 from White Plains.

	-----Original Message-----
	From: Thompson, Darlene [mailto:DThompson at GOV.NU.CA] 
	Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:12 AM
	To: Brendler, Beau; Evan Leibovitch; NA Discuss
	Subject: RE: [NA-Discuss] NARALO 2009 Regional Meeting

	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

	Nunavut Department of Education/N-CAP

	c/o P.O. Box 1000, Station 910

	Iqaluit, NU  X0A 0H0

	Phone:  (867) 975-5631

	Fax:  (867) 975-5610

	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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