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Most members (not only) of the At-Large community are not aware about the early days and starting points of the At-Large history, its first representatives, selection and working procedures etc. (there was some discussion on “lacking legitimacy” etc. at the time). Therefore Wolfgang suggested some retrospects on the turbulent At-Large history – for the start of the info part. And Wolfgang (as the walking history book on ICANN history) would be the very best person for such an introduction. Followed by comments from Andrew McLaughlin from an early observer/reviewer perspective (to be contacted and invited). The early European ALAC representatives were Thomas Roessler and Vittorio Bertola, Sébastien Bachollet afterwards (from Asia Hong and Izumi and others to be verified for the slides). As suggested for the slides, there was a public At-Large voting process conducted in October 2000 with Andy Mueller-Maguhn (for Europe) and Karl Auerbach (for North-America) as elected ICANN Board of Directors members.

Previous Chairs:

• Vittorio Bertola (February 2003 => March 2006)
• Annette Muehlberg (March 2006 => March 2007)
• Jacqueline Morris (March 2007 => October 2007)
• Cheryl Langdon-Orr (elected in June, took over at the AGM in LA in October 2007, her term ended in December 2010)
• Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond- December 2010 until present.

 It was decided to contact and invite them for the event to give a 5 minutes summary each on the key challenges of their chair term (Wolf).

Annette Mühlberg, as former ALAC chair in 2006 was a crucial driving-force for the introduction and start of the RALO system (one of the intermediate achievements of the At-Large development) and more than 160 ALSes worldwide now. The At-Large Summit in March 2009 in Mexico-City was another crucial step in its development, leading to a broader recognition among other constituencies incl. the ICANN Board (decision on voting Board member, Seat 15 etc.).

“How we became what we are” would be the subtitle for the ALAC retrospective, followed by an assessment of the present state and outlook and vision of At-Large. This will be the part of Olivier as the current ALAC Chair. IMO, the speakers’ “presentations” (no speeches or usual read-out statements!) should not exceed 45 to 50 minutes to allow enough space for comments and further contributions from the audience.

Links on early ALAC history:

http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/minutes-18feb05-en.htm

http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/minutes-18feb05-en.htm

As co-Potential moderators for the info part are confirmed: Wolf Ludwig or Yrjö Ländsipuro, or co-moderation.  

The info part will be complemented by the slide presentation on “At-Large then and now”, slides with ALAC milestones (visual completion of the retro debate, see below for discussion).

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- reflect and find one or two sponsors (like Dot.eu etc.),) -- (Olivier and others).

- if we get around € 3'000 sponsoring, we can offer good drinks and snacks or cocktail party for the celebration afterwards,

- develop a good concept for promotion, announcement etc. of the event with support of Staff

These are some basic ideas to be discussed, modified, improved were discussed and approved by the EURALO org. team the next weeks (approval next monthly/May call – implementation afterwardsat its 1st call end of April and to be re-affirmed at the May monthly call – to be implemented successively).

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EURALO event Prague 44, June 2012

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