[NA-Discuss] NARALO ALS's

[RJ Glass]

D, I agree....




On Monday, September 15, 2014 7:17 PM, Darlene Thompson <thompson.darlene at gmail.com> wrote:
 

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>First of all this is an amazing achievement in outreach and all should be
>congratulated for their efforts.  The intensified efforts into targeted
>areas is obviously paying off.
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>I am not sure if what I have is a suggestion or just an over-all impression
>- or if it will be at all helpful or not.  As someone who reads all the
>lists and Skype chats and tries to follow everything, I find that there is
>very little "meat" at the NARALO table.  We used to discuss actual policy.
>Now all I read on this list is outreach events, photo ops, what kind of
>party should we have at the next ICANN meetings...  This has almost NOTHING
>to do with me or what brought me to ICANN in the first place.  Give me
>something to grab onto and I just might!
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>Yes, I realize that *I* of all people should know what groups, sub-groups,
>etc are out there and I'm in a few but as a new-comer, I wouldn't know
>where to start.  Even as an ordinary subscriber to the list its not clear.
>Also, the NARALO itself exists mainly to discuss policy.  I see almost
>none of that on the list.  I find the most interesting things on the Skype
>chats.
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>People will come to the table and eat if there is food on it.
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>D
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>On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Glenn McKnight <secretariat at naralo.org>
>wrote:
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>> Hi NARALO  Members
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>> A quick  update on the  the year  plus NARALO  Outreach .  As the list
>>  indicates  we have  nine new  ALS 's
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>> -3 Canadian
>> -1 PR
>> -5 US
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>> Analysis
>> -0 French  first language
>> -Spanish first  language
>> -2  Disabled  Groups
>> -2  First  Nations
>> -3  Media Groups
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>> *Engagement and Participation*
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>> Since  we had our  NARALO  call  on Monday September 8th  I think  only
>> Judith  and Kerry  were on the call from the new ALS's  I am checking with
>>  Silvia on the NARALO attendance list
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>> My comment  is that  we  need to make sure these  new  ALS's  are engaged
>> and active and  starting off on the right foot is critical   and  I am
>> looking for suggestions  from the group
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>>   (206) Online News Association [PDF, 192 KB]
>> <http://atlarge.icann.org/applications/ona-20jun14-en.pdf>
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>> Fri 20 Jun 2014
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>> (201) Manitoba E-Association [PDF, 253 KB]
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>> http://atlarge.icann.org/applications/manitoba-e-association-11apr14-en.pdf
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>> Fri 11 Apr 2014
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>> (197) Open Media [PDF, 371 KB]
>> <http://atlarge.icann.org/applications/open-media-13mar14-en.pdf>
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>> Thu 13 Mar 2014
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>> (196) Visually Impaired and Blind User Group (VIBUG) [PDF, 166 KB]
>> <http://atlarge.icann.org/applications/vibug-11mar14-en.pdf>
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>> Tue 11 Mar 2014
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>> (195) Native Public Media [PDF, 199 KB]
>> <http://atlarge.icann.org/applications/native-public-media-04mar14-en.pdf>
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>> Tue 04 Mar 2014
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>> (194) Internet Society Disability and Special Needs Chapter [PDF, 135 KB]
>> <http://atlarge.icann.org/applications/isoc-disab-03mar14-en.pdf>
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>> Mon 03 Mar 2014
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>> (188) Capital Area Globetrotters [PDF, 227 KB]
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>> http://atlarge.icann.org/applications/capital-area-globetrotters-26nov13-en.pdf
>> >
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>> Tue 26 Nov 2013
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>> (186) Hispanic Educational Technology Services [PDF, 833 KB]
>> <http://atlarge.icann.org/applications/hets-16sep13-en.pdf>
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>> Mon 16 Sep 2013
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>> (178) Internet Society Canada Chapter [PDF, 354 KB]
>> <http://atlarge.icann.org/applications/isoc-canada-08apr13-en.pdf>
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>> Mon 08 Apr 2013
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>> Glenn McKnight
>> NARALO Secretariat
>> *secretariat at naralo.org <secretariat at naralo.org>*
>> *www.naralo.org <http://www.naralo.org>*
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