<p dir="ltr">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.</p>
<p dir="ltr">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.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Greg Shatan</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 22, 2014 8:45 PM, "Fouad Bajwa" <<a href="mailto:fouadbajwa@gmail.com">fouadbajwa@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Since it is appropriate at this very moment in time, what is the<br>
consensus on who are the 19 members to attend the Amsterdam F2F?<br>
<br>
If I were to make a visa application, I will have to do so within the<br>
next 5 days ASAP with ICANN travel support letters/invitations<br>
provided. There is a three week visa acquisition period, and trust me,<br>
all my schengen visa requests have taken anything between 2-3 weeks<br>
not to mention an accurate 3 week visa time period for the ICANN<br>
London Meeting.<br>
<br>
How are we supposedly setting the selection parameters so far? I may<br>
have missed this part during todays call but I am unable to recall if<br>
this discussion actually happened? Is it a black box selection?<br>
<br>
On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 12:56 AM, Bilal Titi <<a href="mailto:bilal-titi@hotmail.com">bilal-titi@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Waiting for the applications.<br>
><br>
> Sent from my iPhone<br>
><br>
> On 21 Oct 2014, at 11:08 am, <a href="mailto:Lars-Erik.Forsberg@ec.europa.eu">Lars-Erik.Forsberg@ec.europa.eu</a> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Dear all,<br>
><br>
> I understand your frustration about the visa procedures in the EU. It is<br>
> sometimes very cumbersome and unfortunately too often varies from EU member<br>
> state to another. I do believe though that the Netherlands is probably among<br>
> the quicker EU MS to issue a visa to the Schengen area. I copy the Dutch GAC<br>
> representative Thomas who I hope will be able to help us out to see that the<br>
> applications are handled expeditiously.<br>
> Best regards,<br>
><br>
> Erik<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Lars Erik Forsberg<br>
><br>
> Deputy Head of Unit<br>
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> Unit D1 - International<br>
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> <a href="tel:%2B32%202%20296%2070%2065" value="+3222967065">+32 2 296 70 65</a><br>
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> <a href="mailto:lars-erik.forsberg@ec.europa.eu">lars-erik.forsberg@ec.europa.eu</a><br>
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> From: <a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org">cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org</a><br>
> [mailto:<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org">cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org</a>] On Behalf Of Fouad Bajwa<br>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 5:12 AM<br>
> To: Grace Abuhamad<br>
> Cc: <a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a><br>
> Subject: Re: [CWG-Stewardship] Scheduling: regular teleconference meetings +<br>
> F2F in November<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> One thing that is insensitive is the venue of an Amsterdam f2f meeting.<br>
> There is no indication of diversity and distribution of the 19 members to be<br>
> allowed. We developing country people cannot just fly into EU countries like<br>
> our US and EU colleagues. The f2f meetings should have taken place in<br>
> countries like Dubai, Turkey etc, where visa acquisition is much easier.<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Monday, 20 October 2014, Grace Abuhamad <<a href="mailto:grace.abuhamad@icann.org">grace.abuhamad@icann.org</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi all,<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> A few scheduling updates:<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Regular Meetings:<br>
><br>
> We have a very large and geographically diverse CWG. Going forward, we'll<br>
> have regular weekly 2h calls on Thursdays. To cover all the timezones, I'd<br>
> like to suggest alternating 10:00 UTC and 13:00 UTC. This is early for our<br>
> participants in the Americas, but more reasonable for the majority of our<br>
> group based in Europe, Africa, and Asia. As always, calls will be recorded<br>
> and transcribed.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Face-to-face Meeting:<br>
><br>
> In addition, at the request of the Chairs, ICANN has offered to support a<br>
> 2-day face-to-face meeting in Amsterdam on 19-20 November 2014. ICANN will<br>
> offer travel support to the 19 CWG members only, but the meeting will be<br>
> open to anyone in the CWG who wishes to attend in person (at their own<br>
> expense).<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> The meeting will be webcast live through Adobe Connect and include remote<br>
> participation capabilities consistent with the CWG meetings to date. The<br>
> meeting will be recorded and transcribed.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> In order for ICANN to plan for adequate space, please let me know by next<br>
> Monday (27 October 2014) whether or not you plan to attend the CWG F2F<br>
> meeting in Amsterdam.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> For members seeking travel support, please note that, the meeting will be<br>
> consistent with ICANN’s Community Travel Support Guidelines: travel needs to<br>
> be arranged by ICANN; ICANN will only book and pay for a non-refundable,<br>
> lowest logical price airfare, and economy airfare; hotel room and tax must<br>
> be booked directly by ICANN in accordance with the authorized arrival and<br>
> departure dates for each supported traveler.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Please let me know if you have any questions,<br>
><br>
> Grace<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Grace Abuhamad<br>
><br>
> Public Policy Manager<br>
><br>
><br>
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> ICT4D and Internet Governance Advisor<br>
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