[NA-Discuss] ATTENTION REQUIRED: Re: ARIN Participation at the Nonprofit Technology Conference

[Louis Houle]

Bonjour darlene,

I also have the ICT summit in Vancouver on my radar, but funding to 
attend the event is an issue...again.

Louis Houle
Président
ISOC Québec


Thompson, Darlene a écrit :
> Hi all,
>
> I would echo Evan's sentiments as I have had similar conversations with
> Nick and the other Secretariats.
>
> One problem is that a lot of the conferences for next fiscal may not
> have dates set but if we can even say, for example, that "I know that
> there will be an ICT Summit in Vancouver in February 2009, dates yet to
> be set" it would at least get it on ICANN's radar and into the budgeting
> process, I would think/hope.
>
> 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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> [mailto:na-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Evan
> Leibovitch
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:42 PM
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> Subject: [NA-Discuss] ATTENTION REQUIRED: Re: ARIN Participation at the
> Nonprofit Technology Conference
>
> Hello all,
>
> I has a conversation last night with Nick on some things.
>
> I mentioned the 2009 NARALO regional meeting we'd been toying with.
> Nick's answer was that the whole travel funding policy is under
> review... so this may be premature.
>
> In the conversation Nick mentioned that there was an At-Large budget
> process underway for some time that was desperately wanting input from
> ALAC, RALOs, ALSs... anyone.
>
> So... considering this thread... THIS IS THE TIME for us to propose
> specific events that NARALO wants to attend in order to do outreach.
> Whether it's funding a NARALO person to attend, or a larger presence
> with a booth/table and literature, we need to come up with some plans
> within the next week in order to present to staff for budgetary
> purposes. Even if it's not a specific amount, we can at least get it put
> on the budget in anticipation of details to come later.
>
> Nick suggested that there is a real vacuum related to budget items (or
> At-Large initiatives) that aren't all about ICANN people F2F meetings.
> Participation in N-TEN (and other such events) for outreach are exactly
> such projects, as well as another proposal for a Comsumer Warning System
> that I'll outline in a different email.
>
> Please... those within NARALO who have been calling for outreach
> resources ... here is the opportunity to ask for them with a reasonable
> chance of success. We DO NOT need to get ALAC's blessing for such
> initiatives.
>
> This cannot wait for the next call. Please offer feedback now so we can
> have SOMETHING to add to the budget process...
>
> - Evan
>
>
> - Evan
>
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