ICANN São Paulo meeting site

This is the first time I've had to participate via remote tools to the ICANN meeting.
The webcast hasn't been great - audio hasn't been good, but at least I got to see what was going on.
ALAC meetings has excellent remote participation for the 2 members who were absent owing to family illnesses (me and Jean Polly) as well as some memebrs who had to leave early (Erick). We got a webcam view, and skype audio and a phone link were options for participation. A Skype chat posted on the screen in the room allowed us to request speaking time remotely.
It worked so well that I was even able to run for Chair of the Committee remotely. I didn't win (barely), but I think that the discussion was very helpful to the future functioning of the ALAC, and I congratulate Annette Muelhberg, the returning Chair of ALAC. Also our other positions - congrats to all the volunteers.
Each officer
will serve until the close of ICANN's annual meeting in 2007.

* Chair: Annette Muehlberg
* ALAC Liaison to the ICANN Board: Vittorio Bertola
* ALAC Liaison to the ccNSO Council: Siavash Shahshahani
* ALAC Liaison to the GNSO Council: Alan Greenberg
* ALAC Representative to Whois Task Force: Wendy Seltzer
* ALAC Representative to the GNSO's Working Group on IDNs: Hong Xue
* ALAC Representative to the President's Advisory Committee on IDNs: Hong Xue

We have two Vice-Chair positions, currently unfilled, which will be appointed or elected in the coming weeks.

But it's still better to be there in person.