Hi Bill

Sounds like a great idea, I can make it.

best
Willie

William Drake 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
>
>
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