Program Agenda

The original  proposal for   ICANN funding 

At-Large FY17 Budget Development Workspace

The NARALO meetings at the requested General Assembly will focus on three specific components:
Budget  Proposal to FBSC 

1. How to better engage our ALSs – also known within ICANN as “inreach” – in a frank examination of expectations, program execution and community adhesion, we intend to deliver a one-day workshop intended to discover what needs to be done, both by ICANN and the NARALO community, to maximize volunteer participation, increase the ability to represent the best interests of end-users, as well as increase ICANN's “on the street” relevance.
2. Policy briefings on critical ICANN issues intended to ensure that NARALO ALS representatives are adequately informed to educate their ALS memberships, and that they are better able to channel bottom-up end-user perspectives and ideas into the At-Large community’s policy debates. NARALO members have traditionally been the source of a large proportion of At-Large's policy initiatives, and such interactive briefings are intended to go beyond the traditional webinar, to maintain and enhance the capability for the NARALO community to sustain this momentum. .
3. Leadership training, intended to educate NARALO ALSes about the complex workings inside ICANN, and develop a clear understanding of its role in the broader Internet Governance Ecosystem. As just one example, the current deluge of activity surrounding the transition of the IANA stewardship is mainly the realm of those who can follow it practically full-time, with multiple working groups and dozens (if not hundreds) of proposals in the air. It is our experience that many in the At-Large community do not understand much of what's going on or even the relevance. Awareness of both the processes and the path from idea to policy is a critical part of advancing the public interest within ICANN.

 

Instructions

This agenda needs to be populated with key sessions for Attendees  and then we can slot in a series of  

 

Determine the topics

-SUGGESTIONS

March 15

 Sunish  Gupta of  VBUG

•  suggestion a  session on Accessibility 

-March 15 

Alfredo Calderon of ISOC PR

• People with special needs, specifically Blind people and web pages design.
• Reaching university students to enhance exposure to "Startups" among next generation constituents.
• Successful Initiatives that have worked - preparing Tool Kits to share success.
• Database of experts - available to share experiences

September 12

Louis Houle ISOC Quebec

In line with Eduardo's proposal on the right to forget, I suggest to address the security/privacy issues more globally and what we do and can do as an end-user body (including new ALs that are addressing these questions).

I also second Sunish's suggestion of a session on Accessibility AND on Affordability also.