The 2nd survey was sent to ALSes using BigPulse
Introduction
As you know, a Summit of all At-Large structures (ALS) who are members of ICANN At-Large and who represent individual Internet users all around the World is being held in Mexico City from February 28th to March 5th 2009 as a part of the 34th ICANN International Meeting. You have been asked to participate in this survey because you are the Authorised Representative of an At-Large Structure, or a candidate for At-Large Structure status and because you have identified yourself as being the attendee for your organisation who will be participating in the Summit with travel support for ICANN.
If you are no longer the Authorised Representative, or you are no longer going to attend the Summit, please send an email as soon as possible to staff@atlarge.icann.org and let us know about the change of representative or attendance. For existing At-Large Structures, only those who returned the previous questionnaire are eligible to receive travel support from ICANN, though all ALSes and interested users are welcome to attend.
As part of the efforts to organise the Summit, in summer and autumn this year we circulated a Questionnaire asking for your major concerns, interests and ideas regarding its conduct and agenda setting. We are pleased to inform you that a large majority of ALSes in the various regions responded to this survey and expressed their concerns. For further information on the outcomes of the survey please see the updated summit questionnaire results – arranged by region – at: Summit Questionnaire Results
ALAC and its Summit Working Group recently analysed and discussed the outcomes during the ICANN meeting in Cairo. For the draft of a Summit programme scheme a mix of ICANN introductions, briefings, RALO General Assemblies and Workshops was decided -- according to the preferences expressed in the Survey.
In addition to these meetings, there will be five policy-related working groups convened during the summit. These working groups will debate five issues of concern to the global At-Large community and will be outcomes-oriented – meaning that each will produce a statement on a policy area ready to be voted on by the general session of the Summit near the end of the ICANN Meeting. Each attendee of the Summit will be asked to participate in one working group to be held prior to the meeting by mails and audio-conferences and by face-to-face meeting during the Summit.
We need your help to choose the subjects for these five working groups, and in general tell us what subjects within the mission and scope of ICANN are of most interest to you.
In order to most easily allow you to provide this information in a very accessible format and to make it as easy as possible for you to provide it, we have prepared an additional survey which will be completed online. All Authorised Representatives of ALSes who responded to the previous Summit survey, and candidate ALSes who have submitted an application to join the community since that survey was completed, as of 10th December 2008 are receiving a link to this survey. The deadline for completing the survey will be 12th January 2009.
The Summit is a unique opportunity to showcase the wide diversity of the worldwide At-Large community, its views and its activities. Your active participation at the summit is only a part of what is required to make it a success – we also need your help and participation in advance of the meeting, and this additional survey is an essential part of your participation.
We look forward to announcing the results in early January!
