[NA-Discuss] Open Letter on ICANN Non-Openness

[Ross Rader]

On Sep 10, 2008, at 10:15 AM, Danny Younger wrote:

> What is quite clear, however, is that while ICANN expends  
> significant resources in support of these supplier sessions

I'd be interested in seeing a calendar list of all of these sorts of  
things that ICANN supports with funding. There are a number of  
sessions that ICANN funds under the umbrella of "regional outreach". I  
think it might be helpful to get an understanding of the entire picture.

My impression is that these sessions are always motivated by some sort  
of outreach goals, but it is never clear what the participatory pay- 
off is for ICANN or its constituent bodies (i.e. Atlarge and  
otherwise) and therefore, why ICANN should be so fully funding these  
initiatives vs. a stronger backing for the bottoms-up programs or  
other community priorities.

/r