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

Wed Oct 22 19:24:36 UTC 2014

Hi,

I guess we have been told who is boss around here.

avri

On 21-Oct-14 22:39, Tracy F. Hackshaw @ Google wrote:
> +1 Fouad
>
> This was discussed over and over in the Meeting Strategy Working Group
> sessions, documented, solutions promised and I am, frankly, shocked and
> disappointed to see this issue emerge yet in one of the first meetings
> where the Board-approved MSWG recommendations could have been taken on
> board by the planners as a demonstration of good faith.
>
> Obtaining a visa to attend this meeting would be near impossible (and also
> frighteningly expensive) for many from developing nations, especially since
> an exorbitantly costly short stay (normally only for the duration of the
> visit) Schengen Visa is required.
>
> To clarify, often Schengen visa applications are centralized to somewhat
> less accessible, but larger countries (in the case of the Caribbean, for
> example, it is a 3 week minimum process requiring couriering passports to
> and from Caracas, Venezuela for the Netherlands - and hence loss of ability
> to travel - for that entire period, and for those who are currently in
> Busan, well ... )
>
> Remote participation is of course, appreciated (thank you), however for
> future CWG meetings on this issue where F2Fs might in fact be more
> productive, the planners should really seek to host in more "visa neutral"
> countries (Panama immediately springs to mind in the Americas) or at least
> those where visas are easier to obtain whether online or on arrival (see
> Istanbul, Turkey, for example)
>
> ------
> Respectfully,
>
> Tracy
>
> Trinidad and Tobago
>
>
> On Oct 21, 2014 4:08 AM, <Lars-Erik.Forsberg at ec.europa.eu> wrote:
>
>>  Dear all,
>>
>> I understand your frustration about the visa procedures in the EU. It is
>> sometimes very cumbersome and unfortunately too often varies from  EU
>> member state to another. I do believe though that the Netherlands is
>> probably among the quicker EU MS to issue a visa to the Schengen area. I
>> copy the Dutch GAC representative Thomas who I hope will be able to help us
>> out to see that the applications are handled expeditiously.
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Erik
>>
>>
>>
>> *Lars Erik Forsberg*
>>
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>> *From:* cwg-stewardship-bounces at icann.org [mailto:
>> cwg-stewardship-bounces at icann.org] *On Behalf Of *Fouad Bajwa
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 21, 2014 5:12 AM
>> *To:* Grace Abuhamad
>> *Cc:* cwg-stewardship at icann.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [CWG-Stewardship] Scheduling: regular teleconference
>> meetings + F2F in November
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
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>> Please let me know if you have any questions,
>>
>> Grace
>>
>>
>>
>> *Grace Abuhamad*
>>
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>> --
>> Regards.
>> --------------------------
>> Fouad Bajwa
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