[NA-Discuss] NARALO General Assembly

[Gordon Chillcott]

Hello, Glenn:

GTALUG agrees with the idea of such an assembly, subject to the
assembly's goals and objectives.

Gordon Chillcott

Greater Toronto Area Linux User's Group ("GTALUG")



On Mon, 2015-01-26 at 11:11 -0500, Glenn McKnight wrote:
> Hi Folks
> 
> 
> Without  out  much debate on the merits of the location or timing  .  My
> question to the community.
> 
> Do you agree that  NARALO  should have  a  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY apart from
> ICANN meetings in the next  fiscal period?   Date and location to be
> determined
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 
> Glenn McKnight
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> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 8:35 AM, Thomas Lowenhaupt <toml at communisphere.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > I like the idea of focusing on NARALO issues. ICANN meetings seem just too
> > busy for that.
> >
> > Tom Lowenhaupt
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/26/2015 2:24 AM, Allan Skuce wrote:
> >
> >> or We could wait til the next year and hold the GA along with the NA
> >> ICANN meeting.
> >> ________________________________________
> >> From: na-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org <
> >> na-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org> on behalf of Alan Greenberg <
> >> alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
> >> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2015 9:10 PM
> >> To: Glenn McKnight; NA Discuss
> >> Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] NARALO General Assembly
> >>
> >> Although I think that this is a great idea and has the potential for
> >> getting a lot of out NARALO members more informed and possibly
> >> involved with ARIN, there are considerations that may make it difficult.
> >>
> >> - The ARIN meeting is on Thursday, October 8 and Friday, October 9.
> >> That is just a few days before the start of the pre-ICANN events for
> >> ICANN 54 in Dublin (and since this is an Annual General Meeting of
> >> ICANN, there tend to be more activities in the week preceding the
> >> formal meeting (October 17-23). It would be difficult to have support
> >> from At-Large Staff and Constituency Travel.
> >>
> >> - Two other regions have already indicated that they plan to request
> >> a General Assembly (EURALO and AFRALO), so a third one may be a bit
> >> of a hard sell in one budget year. Although potentially the NA GA
> >> could be funded in lieu of another region, the timing above makes
> >> that less likely.
> >>
> >> - Glenn's note proposes to hold the GA "during" the ARIN meeting. Is
> >> that really what was meant? If the meetings overlap, doesn't that
> >> negate the benefit of holding the two meetings in the same location?
> >> I presumed that the intent was to hold the GA immediately before or
> >> after the ARIN meetings.
> >>
> >> That being said, if NARALO does make this request, there will need to
> >> be clarity on:
> >>
> >> - Will you bring the ALS reps in for just the GA, or the ARIN meeting as
> >> well?
> >> - If the latter, this will need the agreement of ARIN that they can
> >> accommodate the additional people.
> >> - If you are expecting funding from ARIN, that will need to be
> >> clarified as well.
> >> - You will need to clearly state what the intent of the GA is, and
> >> what are the expected outcomes.
> >> - In light of the close proximity to the Dublin meeting, it will make
> >> a difference whether you are proposing to have the GA before or after
> >> the ARIN meeting.
> >>
> >> Alan
> >>
> >> At 23/01/2015 12:54 PM, Glenn McKnight wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Folks
> >>>
> >>> It's  this time for the ALAC  Finance and Budget submission  and  the
> >>> deadline is  February 4th, 2015
> >>>
> >>> One of the ideas  that has  merit is a proposal  to do a  NARALO  General
> >>> Assembly.     This  assembly could be scheduled  during the ARIN meetings
> >>> in Montreal during  early October.    This  will be the first NARALO
> >>> General Assembly and also it's  been 16 months  since  ATLAS 2.  This
> >>> meeting is an Inreach meeting to build capacity.  The session would also
> >>> be  streamed to permit members who could not make the sessions
> >>>
> >>> This  request would be off season so it would be reasonable and North
> >>> American travel to Montreal isn't that expense including the two ALS''s
> >>>
> >> >from PR.
> >>
> >>> Please comment on this idea  to warrant  a submission
> >>>
> >>> Thanks all
> >>>
> >>>
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