Count me in too! Best Fouad On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 4:15 PM, William Drake <[log in to unmask]> 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 > *********************************************************** >