[ga] Re: [At-Large] [Summit-wg] Resolution of the Board of Directorsrelated to the proposed Summit

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Vittorio and all my friends,

  Well done here Vittorio!  I could not agree more!

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Vittorio Bertola wrote:

> Kleinwächter ha scritto:
> > To make the development sustainable one could already now start with
> > the development of a five year project for At Large with an annual
> > "October Summit" (linked to the regular ICANN meetings) rotating to
> > the five continents (ATLAS I, November 2008 Africa, ATLAS II, October
> > 2009 Europe, ATLAS III, October 2010 North America, ATLAS IV, October
> > 2011 Latin America, ATLAS V, October 2012 Asia-Pacific). During the
> > other two ICANN annual regular meetings we could have smaller
> > PrepComs.
>
> Ok, so now I am seriously confused again. It seems to me that there are
> two very different concepts of this At Large Summit on the table. The
> first is the one you are exposing, with a long term process and
> objectives, yearly meetings, PrepComs, all ALSes attending because they
> have a right to do so, high-level political discussions on the future
> role of the US Government etc. The other is the one Darlene is talking
> about, a one-time event focused on immediate policy objectives and
> deliverables, with pre-requisites on previous contributions before
> attendance is granted, and a very low profile outside of ICANN. The two
> approaches are not impossible to reconcile, but they are definitely
> different in spirit.
>
> I think that the Board would reject the approach you expose, but would
> accept Darlene's one. On the other hand, it would backfire very badly if
> the Summit was presented as if it was of the second kind, but then, once
> there, the attendees moved the tone of the conversation towards what you
> have in mind. At least, if that's what the ALAC really wants to achieve
> with this Summit, it should clearly say so and try to convince the Board
> that this kind of long term political process is useful to ICANN.
> --
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