FINAL VERSION TO BE SUBMITTED IF RATIFIED

The final version to be submitted, if the draft is ratified, will be placed here by upon completion of the vote. 

FINAL DRAFT VERSION TO BE VOTED UPON BY THE ALAC

The final draft version to be voted upon by the ALAC will be placed here before the vote is to begin.

FIRST DRAFT SUBMITTED

The At-Large Advisory Committee supports the recommendations of the Meeting Strategy Working Group report.

The differentiation of the 3 annual meetings looks interesting and would permit to:

• Improve the geographic rotation allowing ICANN to go to countries where no large  meeting rooms are available
• Minimize the number of conflicting sessions through the separation of the constituencies’ internal work and the cross community sessions.
• Give more opportunities for the cross community interaction
• Increase concentrated time of policy work
• Undertake outreach to engage with the local Internet communities
• Increase opportunities for thematic, regional and or language-based interactions.

 Also, the ALAC appreciates very much that the visa deliverance becomes one of the main criteria for the selection of the meetings venue. 

On the other hand, we welcome the recommendation not restricting rotation of any meeting to ICANN hub cities.