----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Courtney" <rob@cdt.org> To: <secretariat@dnso.org>; <pso-secretary@etsi.fr>; <secretariat@aso.icann.org> Cc: <hph@online.no> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 4:31 AM Subject: NAIS Interim Report | Dear S.O. Secretariats: | | The NGO and Academic ICANN Study has recently released the Executive | Summary of its Interim Report. Could you please help distribute this | notice to your Supporting Organizations? | | Thank you, | | Rob Courtney | NGO and Academic ICANN Study | | * * * | | Greetings, | | 1. In preparation for the upcoming ICANN meeting in Stockholm, the | NGO and Academic ICANN Study is releasing its Interim Report on last | year's At Large election and on the future of the public role in | ICANN. | | The Executive Summary of that report is available online at | http://www.naisproject.org/ or, for those without Web access, by | e-mail to info@naisproject.org. The full Interim Report will be | available online shortly. Translations of the Executive Summary in | Spanish, French and Chinese will be available later this week. | | The Interim Report is preliminary in nature. NAIS will publish its | Final Report, with recommendations, in September. We welcome | comments, and look forward to continued discussion on this topic. | | 2. NAIS also invites members of the ICANN community to a lunchtime | briefing on the report this Saturday, June 2, at the Stockholm | meeting. NAIS members will provide an overview of the Interim Report | and host an open discussion of its contents. Please feel free to | bring a bag lunch and join the conversation. | | DATE: Saturday, June 2nd, 12:00-13:15 | TIME: 12:00 - 13:15 | PLACE: First Hotel Royal Star, Skytten room (near the Stockholm | International Fairs building, site of the meetings) | | We look forward to your comments and suggestions! | | The NAIS Project | | * * * | | The NGO and Academic ICANN Study (NAIS) is a collaboration of experts | from around the world, formed to explore public participation in | ICANN and the selection of At-Large Directors on ICANN's governing | board. NAIS mirrors ICANN's own study effort, and was created to | provide an independent examination, global in scope and grounded in a | belief in the importance of public representation. | | For more information, please visit http://www.naisproject.org/ or | contact info@naisproject.org. | | -- | | Rob Courtney | Policy Analyst | Center for Democracy & Technology | 1634 Eye Street NW, Suite 1100 | Washington, DC 20006 | 202 637 9800 | fax 202 637 0968 | rob@cdt.org | pgp id: 0xAD7123FB | http://www.cdt.org/ | |