[council] Re: ALSC

["Denise Michel" <dmichel@atlargestudy.org>]

Thank you for attempting to make time for the ALSC on your Nov. 12 agenda.
We currently have commitments that day from 08:30 - 10:00 and 18:00 - 20:00.

As for the draft proposal, the ALSC hopes that three weeks is adequate time
for the NC's consideration.  ICANN has a real opportunity to make some
progress on At-Large in Nov. and put to rest key issues that are outside of
DNSO restructuring.  It would be unfortunate (and potentially a waste of a
considerable amount of man hours and money) if the ALSC's work was set-aside
for (what will surely be) a long, protracted debate on re-structuring. We
hope the NC will give due consideration to the draft statement and work with
the ALSC to identify a reasonable basis for action -- in Nov. and beyond.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Denise

Denise Michel
Executive Director
At Large Study Committee
dmichel@atlargestudy.org

----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Sheppard" <philip.sheppard@aim.be>
To: "Denise Michel" <dmichel@atlargestudy.org>
Cc: "NC (list)" <council@dnso.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 7:32 AM
Subject: Re: ALSC


> Denise,
> thanks for the proposal to meet again with the ALSC. As you know time is
> very tight at MdR for non-security issues. We are compressing our usual
two
> days on all other ICANN issues into one day. However, the AL issues is
> important and I will try to make time on the NC agenda on the afternoon of
> Monday 12 November.
>
> On the draft proposal, I am most surprised to see a draft proposal before
a
> final report has been published.  There needs to be time for
constituencies
> to form positions and for those positions to be advocated on the NC, to
> allow the NC to advise the Board.
>
> There are a number of broad objectives within the ALSC report that I
believe
> will achieve consensus, but some of your proposed strategies to meet those
> objectives still require testing.  For example, the proposal to have a
> structural basis for At-large is a broad objective that I have not heard
> contested. The strategy to call this an ICANN supporting organisation and
> the overlap with the DNSO and the formation of an individuals constituency
> have all been questioned.
>
> This is an important step for ICANN. Let us not trip over in our haste to
> get a result.
>
> Philip Sheppard
> NC Chair
>