It was resolved by the ALAC iN Sinagpore in 2011 that this Work Group will be wound up and its important contributory materials will be archived in this space.

Description

This Work Group began in 2009 as Work Group 1 in preparation for the At-Large Summit held in Mexico City, Mexico.

The goal of this Working Group is to find ways to improve participation of individual Internet users in ICANN's policy development process and follow up on their implementation. This Working Group is a continuation of the At-Large Summit Working Group on At-Large's engagement in ICANN, which was established prior to the At-Large Summit in Mexico City in March 2009.

The discussion about At-Large and its relationship to the other parts of ICANN, and other ICANN communities, has always been current but is perhaps more current now than in some years. This is due in part to the external review process, as the At-Large Advisory Committee is under review at present and the many questions about how the ALAC and the wider At-Large community relate to each other, and other parts of ICANN, are a part of the follow-up to the independent review. At the same time, At-Large has often said that the resourcing needs for participation of civil society in ICANN is fundamentally different (and greater) than required for participation of other groups. As many ICANN community members have made statements about participation and the need for ICANN to concentrate on various aspects of participation, the Board of Directors of ICANN is convening a special subcommittee on participation at the initiative of the Chair of the Board.

Specific offers of engagement on aspects of At-Large participation were made by ICANN staff, which can be found here: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/at-large_atlarge-lists.icann.org/2008q3/004599.html.

Members

The members of At-Large Engagement in ICANN WG, organized by regional affiliation, are:

Region	Member	Office
LACRALO	Andres Piazza
LACRALO	Sergio Salinas
LACRALO	Carlton Samuels
AFRALO	Yaovi Atohoun
AFRALO	Abdelaziz Hilali
AFRALO	Baudoin Schombe
APRALO	Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
EURALO	Sandra Hoferichter