Re: [ICANN-EU] What now

[jeanette@medea.wz-berlin.de]

> Let's cry to create a ring of lists and sites devoted to the At Large
> membership in Europe (and possibly through all the world), trying to
> cover the highest possible number of countries and languages.

I've asked Alexander (icannchannel.de) last week if he would be 
willing to create sort of a map. Icannchannel could function as a 
deposit where people can drop URLs. He seemed to be open to 
this idea, but is on vacation for a couple of days. A european site 
would be even better.

 
> I'm also wondering about having a central European At Large website,
> acting as a portal towards all sites and lists.  It will certainly be
> easier to get exposure and traffic on a single URL than on many
> national sites. I was thinking whether it would have been better to
> have a real multilingual site, and to coordinate all efforts between
> us so that instead of having everyone develop his own site, we can
> optimize work and get a multilingual site sharing the technical part.

Sounds good!

> I'm now an expert in Apache/PHP3/MySQL multilingual/multidomain sites,
> so I'm happy to contribute expertise and code. On the other hand,
> maybe it would just end up in infinite discussions among us about how
> to structure the site, so it could be better if everyone goes on on
> his own. Thoughts? 

It's worth a try.

 
> I'd also recommend starting using our strength now. I.e.: do we think
> that ICANN should reopen activations for a few days? Let's put
> together an appeal and have it signed by as many candidates as we can,
> especially by the ballot candidates. Now we have the contacts between
> us - we can do it easily.

This would only make sense if we knew for sure that enough 
people receive their pin after the deadline. I've definitely given up on 
my one. 
I vaguely remember to have seen an asian site that collects 
members without pins. I think this is a necessary first step before 
one can ask for a reopening.

jeanette