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<p>With respect, the thought of spending 4-6 days, 8-12 hours per day, in virtual meeting rooms is quite disagreeable to this Council member. Three hour CCWG calls are already close to the limit.</p>
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<p>There's no real substitute for face-to-face interaction, IMHO.</p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 05, 2016 6:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> James M. Bladel; GNSO Council List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [council] RE: [Soac-infoalert] ICANN56 to be Relocated<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif; COLOR: #1f497d">Maybe it’s time for ICANN to experiment with a full virtual meeting, connecting hubs around the world.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif; COLOR: #1f497d">The costs associated with having to change locations on a reasonably frequent basis are, I’m sure, not trivial. Not to mention an enormous strain on the Nick
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif"> owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>James M. Bladel<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 5 February 2016 3:04 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [council] Fwd: [Soac-infoalert] ICANN56 to be Relocated</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for the heads up Phil. Here's the statement from ICANN. </p>
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Sent via iPhone. Blame Siri. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><b>From:</b> David Olive <<a href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org" target="_blank">david.olive@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> February 5, 2016 at 16:53:47 CST<br>
<b>To:</b> "<a href="mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org" target="_blank">soac-infoalert@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org" target="_blank">soac-infoalert@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>[Soac-infoalert] ICANN56 to be Relocated</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Please see the recent announcement regarding ICANN 56: </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__meetings.icann.org_en&d=CwMFAg&c=MOptNlVtIETeDALC_lULrw&r=4A3LwUUER9_CePZ11QJsr56eryGQiPHEqv4TL7JH87w&m=t_Le9tU2oBr-3_16ZuoOPT1uPb7CK8w2w1q1Z6PtWiE&s=Du8oa0idNrz00z2hI4cvuhlZkS9VjQy3wezy4zxL6yg&e=" target="_blank"><span style="COLOR: #954f72">https://meetings.icann.org/en</span></a>/</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></span></p>
<h2><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif">ICANN56 to be Relocated</span></h2>
<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif">ICANN56, scheduled to be held in Panama in June 2016, will be moved to another location due to the severity of the Zika Virus outbreak in the Latin America region. A search is currently underway
to identify an alternate location where the Zika Virus is not a concern. We look forward to returning to Panama for a future ICANN Meeting.</span></p>
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General Manager, ICANN Regional Headquarters –Istanbul</span><span style="COLOR: black"></span></p>
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