<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>I would classify these 50 locations as being hubs (although not ICANN hubs):<div class=""><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_busiest_airports_by_passenger_traffic" class="">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_busiest_airports_by_passenger_traffic</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Let's see what that analysis would give for past and future meeting locations:</div><div class="">Nairobi - no</div><div class="">Brussels - no</div><div class="">Cartagena - no</div><div class="">San Francisco - yes</div><div class="">Singapore - yes</div><div class="">Dakar - no</div><div class="">San Jose(CR) - no</div><div class="">Prague - no</div><div class="">Toronto - yes</div><div class="">Beijing - yes</div><div class="">Durban - no</div><div class="">Buenos Aires - no</div><div class="">Singapore - yes</div><div class="">London - yes</div><div class="">Los Angeles - yes</div><div class="">Singapore - yes</div><div class="">Buenos Aires - no</div><div class="">Dublin - yes</div><div class="">Marrakech - no</div><div class="">Helsinki - no</div><div class="">Hyderabad - no</div><div class="">Copenhagen - no</div><div class="">Johannesburg - no (even though being the busiest airport in Africa)</div><div class="">Abu Dhabi - no (but Dubai is)</div><div class="">San Juan (PR) - no</div><div class="">Panama - no</div><div class="">Barcelona - yes</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Note that Carlos is also suggesting an inversion: using AGM instead of Policy Forum to go where no ICANN'er has gone before. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Rubens</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 26, 2016, at 2:14 PM, Michele Neylon - Blacknight <<a href="mailto:michele@blacknight.com" class="">michele@blacknight.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><br class="">Carlos<br class=""><br class="">Which locations would you see as being “hubs”?<br class=""><br class="">Regards<br class=""><br class="">Michele<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">--<br class="">Mr Michele Neylon<br class="">Blacknight Solutions<br class="">Hosting, Colocation & Domains<br class=""><a href="http://www.blacknight.host/" class="">http://www.blacknight.host/</a><br class="">http://blacknight.blog/<br class="">http://ceo.hosting/<br class="">Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072<br class="">Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090<br class="">-------------------------------<br class="">Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty<br class="">Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,R93 X265,<br class="">Ireland Company No.: 370845<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>