NCUC-ALAC get together in Seoul

[Robin Gross]

Yes, I'll be there.

I am very much looking forward to an opportunity to share a good time
with our friends in the At-Large Community.

Thanks to Bill for spearheading the organization of this gathering!!!

Best,
Robin


On Oct 18, 2009, at 2:46 AM, Fouad Bajwa wrote:

>  Count me in too!
>
> Best
>
> Fouad
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 4:15 PM, William Drake
> <william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Well, being the NCUC liaison to ALAC, I decided to liaise.  While
>> no formal
>> meeting has been set for Seoul (which to me is a pity but
>> whatever), that
>> doesn't mean that interested folks can't get together for more
>> informal
>> chatting about mutual concerns and such.  Getting to know and
>> understand
>> each other better seems a worthy use of our scarce time,
>> especially since,
>> as others who are also in both camps can attest, we often are having
>> parallel conversations with parallel views being expressed, and
>> ought to be
>> working together where possible to advance public interest
>> representation in
>> ICANN.  So I wrote to ALAC and proposed an informal, agenda-free
>> round of
>> libation and/or dinner on Monday night after the IDN ccTLD fast track
>> reception (meaning people may already be well lubricated), and
>> more than a
>> dozen people responded favorably, which is encouraging.  I hope we
>> can
>> muster a good NCUC contingent to make this work!
>>
>> The path of least resistance would probably be to simply gather in
>> the lobby
>> at 8pm and then head off somewhere, we can ask the concierge for
>> suggestions
>> based on the body count.  Given the responses on the ALAC side I'm
>> guessing/hoping maybe 20-30 people unless the reception etc proves
>> centrifugal.
>>
>> My mobile is +41 78 635 4888 if someone fails to make the
>> connection and
>> wants to join later wherever we end up.
>>
>> Please do come if you're free, some bridge building would be
>> constructive.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>> ***********************************************************
>> William J. Drake
>> Senior Associate
>> Centre for International Governance
>> Graduate Institute of International and
>>  Development Studies
>> Geneva, Switzerland
>> william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch
>> www.graduateinstitute.ch/cig/drake.html
>> ***********************************************************
>>




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