[CWG-Stewardship] Scheduling: regular teleconference meetings + F2F in November

[Seun Ojedeji]

+1 to this. I am checking the venue visa requirement plus the short time
period and wondering how easy it will be to get visa ASAP. Nevertheless
will give it a try.

Cheers!

On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 8:11 PM, Fouad Bajwa <fouadbajwa at gmail.com> wrote:

> One thing that is insensitive is the venue of an Amsterdam f2f meeting.
> There is no indication of diversity and distribution of the 19 members to
> be allowed. We developing country people cannot just fly into EU countries
> like our US and EU colleagues. The f2f meetings should have taken place in
> countries like Dubai, Turkey etc, where visa acquisition is much easier.
>
> On Monday, 20 October 2014, Grace Abuhamad <grace.abuhamad at icann.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> A few scheduling updates:
>>
>> *Regular Meetings: *
>> We have a very large and geographically diverse CWG. Going forward, we'll
>> have regular weekly 2h calls on Thursdays. To cover all the timezones, I'd
>> like to suggest alternating 10:00 UTC and 13:00 UTC. This is early for our
>> participants in the Americas, but more reasonable for the majority of our
>> group based in Europe, Africa, and Asia. As always, calls will be recorded
>> and transcribed.
>>
>> *Face-to-face Meeting*:
>> In addition, at the request of the Chairs, ICANN has offered to support a
>> 2-day *face-to-face meeting in Amsterdam on 19-20 November 2014*. ICANN
>> will offer travel support to the 19 CWG members only
>> <https://community.icann.org/x/1QrxAg>, but the meeting will be open to
>> anyone in the CWG who wishes to attend in person (at their own expense).
>>
>> The meeting will be webcast live through Adobe Connect and include remote
>> participation capabilities consistent with the CWG meetings to date. The
>> meeting will be recorded and transcribed.
>>
>> In order for ICANN to plan for adequate space, please let me know by next
>> Monday (27 October 2014) whether or not you plan to attend the CWG F2F
>> meeting in Amsterdam.
>>
>> For members seeking travel support, please note that, the meeting will be
>> consistent with ICANN’s Community Travel Support Guidelines
>> <http://www.icann.org/en/news/in-focus/travel-support>: travel needs to
>> be arranged by ICANN; ICANN will only book and pay for a non-refundable,
>> lowest logical price airfare, and economy airfare;  hotel room and tax must
>> be booked directly by ICANN in accordance with the authorized arrival and
>> departure dates for each supported traveler.
>>
>>
>> Please let me know if you have any questions,
>> Grace
>>
>> *Grace Abuhamad*
>> Public Policy Manager
>>
>> *ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers*
>>
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>> Direct: +1 202 249 7545 | Mobile: +1 310 200 7638
>>
>
>
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