[APAC-Discuss] APRALO discussion points from the APAC-APRALO meeting

[h.raiche at internode.on.net]

 Hi Maureen 
 
 First - a really GREAT summary - thanks 
 
 And a thought I had this morning.  
 
 What about a project to identify - and share - talents/skills within 
our region. Just a list that says this group/person has technical 
skills etc or APNIC provides free training, etc, or people like me can 
bore groups rigid with lessons on communications regulatory policy, 
etc. 
 
 I know ICANN has material etc, but I bet that many of us also have 
resources as well and should share 
 
 Holly 
 
 On Thu 26/06/14 6:42 PM , Maureen Hilyard moarimh at gmail.com sent: 
 Hi everyone 
 
 I have summarised the key points that APRALO members raised during 
 yesterdays meeting with Kuek, outlining APRALO priorities/focus 
areas. They 
 are as follows: 
 
 1. COMMUNICATION 
 APRALO is a large regino - how can we improve communication between 
APAC 
 and the regions (including the diversity of end-users within these 
 sub-regions) so that local issues are appropriately addressed and 
 coordinated? 
 
 2. LANGUAGES 
 How do we coordinate the involvement of ALSes to provide local 
translations 
 of key ICANN/APAC/APRALO documents? 
 
 3. CAPACITY BUILDING 
 How do we address and prioritise capacity building needs of end-users 
 within APRALO subregions? 
 
 4. OUTREACH 
 How can we ensure that there is equitable use of available resources 
to 
 encourage ICANN outreach to the ALSes within the subregions and who 
need 
 support for extending outreach into their respective communities 
about 
 ICANN, its role within the internet ecosystem, and ICANN issues which 
 ultimately impact on APRALO end-users ? 
 
 Just to recap on APAC's priorities - based on a survey they did a 
while ago: 
 •Capacity Development 
 •Stakeholder Participation 
 •Awareness Building 
 •Language Localisation 
 •Regional Meeting Format 
 
 Our focus areas are not too different from what APAC has identified 
as 
 their focus areas - but I would like to present our priorities from a 
more 
 sub-regional perspective because we cannot impose a one-size fits all 
model 
 across our region. Kuek stated that there would be budget constraints 
but 
 if ICANN wants to improve engagement by its members (and that's what 
the 
 thematic papers are all about from this ATLAS meeting), then they 
have to 
 consider our regional (bottom-up) needs and perspectives. 
 
 Please send me your feedback asap. I would like to send our focus 
areas to 
 Kuek perhaps by the end of next week. The sooner we get our ideas to 
him, 
 the sooner we can work together on the final priorities list - and 
then 
 Kuek and the other VPs can negotiate with ICANN about an appropriate 
budget. 
 
 Looking forward to hearing from you.I would like to again say that it 
has 
 been great meeting you all at this meeting and I look forward to 
keeping in 
 touch, and meeting up with you again at future meetings. [?] 
 
 Regards 
 Maureen 
 
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