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 > > > *********************************************************** > William J. Drake > Senior Associate > Centre for International Governance > Graduate Institute of International and > Development Studies > Geneva, Switzerland > [log in to unmask] > www.graduateinstitute.ch/cig/drake.html > *********************************************************** >