<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:#0b5394">Thanks, Heidi,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:#0b5394">Asked and answered.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:#0b5394">- Evan</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:#0b5394"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 12:17 PM Heidi Ullrich <<a href="mailto:Heidi.Ullrich@icann.org">Heidi.Ullrich@icann.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg7781334882184029545">





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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Evan, <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline">At ICANN79 <span style="color:black">
there was robust discussion during and after ICANN79 regarding travel support. Currently, for each ICANN Public Meeting there are 2 travel slots allocated to each RALO, in addition to the 3 slots allocated to ALAC members. The ALAC’s recent proposed changes
 to this travel allocation were met with hesitation across all regions due to what was perceived as top-down decision making.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:black">The Listening Sessions are intended to allow the ALAC to understand regional and individual perspectives better and fully on this topic to have meaningful discussions moving forward.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:black">Kind regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 8:40 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>ICANN Staff <<a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org" target="_blank">staff@atlarge.icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>na-discuss <<a href="mailto:na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org" target="_blank">na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>>, "Claire C. Craig" <<a href="mailto:claireccraig@gmail.com" target="_blank">claireccraig@gmail.com</a>>, Melissa Peters Allgood <<a href="mailto:melissa.allgood@icann.org" target="_blank">melissa.allgood@icann.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:justine.chew.icann@gmail.com" target="_blank">justine.chew.icann@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:justine.chew.icann@gmail.com" target="_blank">justine.chew.icann@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Ext] Re: [NA-Discuss] Meeting invitation: NARALO Travel Policy Listening Session on Thursday, 30 May 2024 at 21:00 UTC<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"tahoma",sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Please forgive my ignorance, but what is a "listening session"?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"tahoma",sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Is it more than a stating of the current policy and then a collection of complaints about it?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 11:31 AM ICANN At-Large Staff via NA-Discuss <<a href="mailto:na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org" target="_blank">na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);letter-spacing:-0.1pt">The <b>NARALO Travel Policy Listening Session</b> is scheduled for <u><span style="background:yellow">Thursday, </span></u></span><u><span lang="TR" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;background:yellow">30
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