I certainly agree with this. Indeed I think we could get most of the
active North American ALS organisations to sign on to this
specifically in support of the NARALO position.

Gareth

On 10-Jun-09, at 5:46 PM, Cheryl Langdon-Orr wrote:

> Why don't we just put something like this in as a Statement with
> specific
> RALO and ALS support listed I hope...
> ...The ALAC wishes to make clear the following in connection with the
> proposed Travel Procedures for FY2010:
>
> In this draft, it is suggested that either RALO leaders may attend
> each of
> the three ICANN meetings, or the funding for those 10 persons may be
> used to
> support General Assemblies for the Regional At-Large Organisations
> ("RALOs")
> throughout the year.
>
> The ALAC *(and this is where we could literally list RALO and ALS
> support)*must reiterate our previous points that this is not an
> "either/or"
> situation. There has been a very clear benefit to the RALO leadership
> attending ICANN meetings on many levels. At the same time, a chance
> for each
> RALO to meet face-to-face each year is also of enormous benefit.
>
> We understand that there are many communities in ICANN that require
> travel
> assistance. While in an ideal world, it would be possible for each
> of the
> RALOs to attend an ICANN meeting each year, we understand that ideal
> is not
> always possible. We do therefore believe that the RALO GAs could be
> held in
> conjunction with existing regional meetings related to the Internet
> held
> each year, over a day or two, to keep costs down while ensuring that
> each
> region has the essential face-to-face meeting it needs, for all the
> reasons
> previously enumerated in our various statements on this subject over
> the
> course of time...*(could insert links to the previous statements
> here as
> well)*
>
>
> CLO
>
> 2009/6/10 At-Large Staff
>
>> Dear Members:
>>
>> As you are no doubt aware, there is a public consultation open on a
>> draft
>> Travel Procedure for FY2010; of course, this affects At-Large
>> travel. This
>> consultation may be found at:
>> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03jun09-en.htm
>>
>> At the ALAC Excom meeting yesterday this was clearly noted as a high
>> priority. The consultation closes on 6th July, however, to allow
>> time for
>> community members to comment on a draft once written, and allow
>> time for
>> those coments to be reflected before voting, there is actually not
>> a great
>> deal of time to spare to get a draft written.
>>
>> The Excom proposed a timeline as follows (you may review the
>> timeline for
>> this process, as well as for all other policy advice development
>> processes,
>> at www.atlarge.icann.org/policycalendar):
>>
>> Draft Statement Due: 15th June
>> At-Large comment period open from: 15th June - 21st June
>> Draft incorporating Comments due by: 24th June
>> ALAC Voting period: 28 June - 5 July
>>
>> Is there a volunteer to create a draft statement in the timeframe
>> above?

Cheryl Langdon-Orr wrote:
> Why don't we just put something like this in as a Statement with specific
> RALO and ALS support listed I hope...
> ...The ALAC wishes to make clear the following in connection with the
> proposed Travel Procedures for FY2010:
>
> In this draft, it is suggested that either RALO leaders may attend each of
> the three ICANN meetings, or the funding for those 10 persons may be used to
> support General Assemblies for the Regional At-Large Organisations ("RALOs")
> throughout the year.
>
> The ALAC *(and this is where we could literally list RALO and ALS
> support)*must reiterate our previous points that this is not an
> "either/or"
> situation. There has been a very clear benefit to the RALO leadership
> attending ICANN meetings on many levels. At the same time, a chance for each
> RALO to meet face-to-face each year is also of enormous benefit.
>
You have explicit support from NARALO, which discussed this at its last
conference call and was considering an independent statement. But what
you have is fine.

As was said by someone else in our meeting, At-Large and the RALOs are
ICANN creations. So long as ICANN maintains these artifacts as a vehicle
for bottom-up community policy-making, it needs to enable us to fulfil
the mandate *IT* created.

- Evan

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