RE: [council] Re: ALSC

["Cade,Marilyn S - LGA" <mcade@att.com>]

As the rapporteur to the BC, let me respond regarding the process for the BC
in undertaking final consultation with our constituency. We will post the
resolution and the final report to our constituency list, and prepare a
draft statement for their comment. 

In the meantime, our final comments on the draft ALSC report are available
at www.bizconst.org.  We would expect to build on that statement for the
next BC comments. 

We appreciate your efforts to provide the report by the end of the month.  

And, finally, Denise, let me confirm separately with you that there is a
consultation slot with the ALSC 11/12, as previously discussed with
individual constituencies.  As I understand this email to Philip Sheppard,
you are seeking a time slot with the NC itself.

Best Regards, Marilyn Cade

-----Original Message-----
From: Denise Michel [mailto:dmichel@atlargestudy.org]
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 2:35 PM
To: Philip Sheppard
Cc: Tom Niles; Pindar Wong alternate email; Pindar Wong; Pierre
Dandjinou hotmail account; Pierre Dandjinou; Oscar A. Robles Garay;
Olivier Iteanu; Chuck Costello; Chuck Costello; Ching-Yi Liu; Carl
Bildt; Esther Dyson; NC (list)
Subject: [council] Re: ALSC


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
>