[atlarge-discuss] (fwd) Urgent input needed for ERC on At-Large ***please respond by Monday morning***

[Vittorio Bertola <vb@vitaminic.net>]

FYI - I just received this as a member of the ALOC:

On Fri, 19 Jul 2002 15:31:06 -0700, "Denise Michel"
<denisemichel@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>ICANN's ERC (Evolution and Reform Cmt.) has asked for assistance from
>members of the At-Large Organizing Committee in filling in the details of
>the Blue Print for Reform and the Board's subsequent Bucharest Resolution
>(see http://www.icann.org/committees/evol-reform/status-report-15jul02.htm
>for more information).  Spcifically, the ERC has asked for our ideas on how
>to structure an At-Large Advisory Committee (the ERC also will continue to
>solicit public input on all aspects of reform).  The Board's Bucharest
>Resolution directs the ERC to "consider the creation of an At Large Advisory
>Committee as a potential vehicle for informed participation in ICANN by the
>broad user community" and the ERC has asked the ALOC to provide initial
>suggestions on this by ***July 26*** and detailed recommendations by August
>16.  The ERC will then "take account of the input in making its
>recommendations to the Board and the ICANN community."
>
>***Please let me know by Monday morning, July 22 (PDT) if you are available
>to work on this via email (phone if needed) next week.***
>
>Thanks.
>Denise
>
>Denise Michel
>denisemichel@sbcglobal.net
>408.867.1986
>775.521.0778 (fax)
>
>PS.  This aggressive schedule is necessitated by ICANN's timeline: "The ERC
>currently intends to provide a first Interim Implementation Report to the
>community on or about 1 August 2002, and another such Interim Implementation
>Report on or about 1 September 2002. A final set of ERC Implementation
>Recommendations will be posted on or about 1 October 2002. The Interim
>Implementation reports will set forth the ERC's then-current approach to
>implementation details, and will invite community comment on the matters
>discussed, probably generally following the format of the various ERC
>Working Papers that led up to the Blueprint for Reform."  Final decisions by
>the Board are expected at the  Shanghai meeting 27-31 October 2002.

Moreover, a couple of days ago, after the "Status Report" was
published by the ERC, I contacted privately a couple of Board members
(the ones with whom we could discuss a little in Bucharest) to ask
whether the Committee intended to build a specific task force to
assist it in detailing the feasibility and mechanisms of the ALAC.
Today I have received an answer that suggests me to discuss proposals
in the ALOC. I guess that the ALOC will be the main channel the
Committee will use to gather input from the public on the subject of
ALAC implementation (though I hope the usual public forums will be
usable as well).

Of course, given the fact that we're in the middle of an election and,
as usual, time given is very short, I don't think that we have the
time to produce an official statement as an organization by July 26.
However, it seems that there will be up to August 16 to produce "final
recommendations", and I think the newly elected panel will be more
legitimate in contributing to them. Anyway I will surely submit some
personal ideas to the ALOC - and to this list.
-- 
vb.               [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<------
----------------------> http://bertola.eu.org/ <--------------------------

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