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

Thu Oct 23 01:17:08 UTC 2014

Thanks for the clarification Greg. There was a confusion due to the
amount of participants in the CWG so its clarified.

Thanks

On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 6:03 AM, Greg Shatan <gregshatanipc at gmail.com> wrote:
> There are only 19 Members of the CWG.  All are entitled to go to the F2F
> with travel support.  The rest of those participating are Participants
> (formerly "Observers"), who can go on their own.
>
> If a Member can't go, it is possible that the Member's organization (e.g.,
> SSAC) may be able to designate a Participant as an Alternate to go in that
> Member's place (with travel support). We are awaiting confirmation that
> ICANN will allow this.
>
> Greg Shatan
>
> On Oct 22, 2014 8:45 PM, "Fouad Bajwa" <fouadbajwa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Since it is appropriate at this very moment in time, what is the
>> consensus on who are the 19 members to attend the Amsterdam F2F?
>>
>> If I were to make a visa application, I will have to do so within the
>> next 5 days ASAP with ICANN travel support letters/invitations
>> provided. There is a three week visa acquisition period, and trust me,
>> all my schengen visa requests have taken anything between 2-3 weeks
>> not to mention an accurate 3 week visa time period for the ICANN
>> London Meeting.
>>
>> How are we supposedly setting the selection parameters so far? I may
>> have missed this part during todays call but I am unable to recall if
>> this discussion actually happened? Is it a black box selection?
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 12:56 AM, Bilal Titi <bilal-titi at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Waiting for the applications.
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPhone
>> >
>> > On 21 Oct 2014, at 11:08 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
>> >
>> > Deputy Head of Unit
>> >
>> >
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>> > European Commission
>> >
>> > DG CONNECT
>> >
>> > Unit D1 - International
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > BU 25 4/70
>> >
>> > B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
>> >
>> > +32 2 296 70 65
>> >
>> > lars-erik.forsberg at ec.europa.eu
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 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, 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: 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
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Regards.
>> > --------------------------
>> > Fouad Bajwa
>> > ICT4D and Internet Governance Advisor
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