Re: Schedule conflict between ALAC and Board public forums

[ICANN At-Large - Denise Michel <michel@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is an error that is being corrected.  The ALAC attends and 
participates in all ICANN Public Forums.

Denise Michel
michel@xxxxxxxxx

Edward Hasbrouck wrote:
> Today a change to Friday's schedule was posted on the ICANN Web site:
>
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> http://www.icann.org/meetings/vancouver/#ScheduleandAgenda
>
> Friday, 2 December 2005 - please note that the times for this day's agenda 
> has been revised 
>
> ALAC Meeting (12:30 -15:00) Fraser
> A public meeting on At-Large (individual Internet users) organizing and 
> policy activities 
>
> Public Forum (13:30-17:30) Grand Ballroom A,B,C
>
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>
> I'm puzzled as to why the ALAC public forum and the Board public forum 
> have been re-scheduled simultaneously but separately: These two meetings 
> overlap from 13:30-15:00.
>
> This prevents anyone (including members of the Board who might be 
> interested in at-large opinion) from observing both public forums.
>
> This is clearly detrimental to the ability of at-large stakeholders to 
> participate fully or have their views heard, since these are *the* two 
> opportunities for direct at-large input to the bodies through which they 
> are represented (ALAC and the Board).
>
> *No* other constiuency has a meeting, much less its forum for stakeholder 
> input, simultaneously with any Board meeting or public forum.
>
> Perhaps this is an innocent error, but it is hard to avoid wondering if   
> this *might* be intended to reduce the attention paid to the at-large 
> forum, by sidelining it to a "ghetto" while the "real" business is 
> conducted before the Board.
>
> As an at-large stakeholder and as a journalist wishing to observe and 
> report fully on both the ALAC and Board public forums, I ask that ALAC 
> request that the schedule be changed to eliminate the overlap.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Edward Hasbrouck
>
>
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