[CPWG] CPWG - ICANN72 participation

[Chokri Ben Romdhane]

Hi, all
I didn't understood the Board decision about ICANN73 ! Anyone has further
informations?

Freindly Regards
Chokri


Le jeu. 15 juil. 2021 à 7:05 AM, Roberto Gaetano via CPWG <cpwg at icann.org>
a écrit :

> I agree with CW - with the caveat that the ESTA problem will only be
> postponed to ICANN73 in Puerto Rico, although the sanitary situation could
> be more favourable.
>
> I think that the fact that *“**Seattle is home to a large (and growing)
> number of domain name companies”* is rather speaking against an in-person
> meeting, simply because we cannot say that the other stakeholder groups
> will enjoy an equally favourable situation.
>
> Trying to see the situation from the outside, I would argue that if ICANN
> is a domain name industry gathering it would make sense to hold an
> in-person meeting in Seattle, while if ICANN is the place where the
> multi-stakeholder community meets it would not make sense. My point is that
> we have sufficient bias during normal times in terms of multi-stakeholder
> participation that we do not need an additional one where large part of the
> world outside the highly vaccinated areas (probably just NA and EU) would
> not be able to attend. And this not to speak about the fact that under
> these circumstances the presence is likely to be limited to the
> professionals of the domain name market.
>
> I am curious to see how the situation evolves and what will be the
> justification for ICANN to decide in one direction or the other, and also
> keep an eye on the record of in-person participation for different
> geographical areas and/or stakeholder groups.
>
> Cheers,
> Roberto
>
>
> On 14.07.2021, at 20:08, mail at christopherwilkinson.eu CW via CPWG <
> cpwg at icann.org> wrote:
>
> Good evening:
>
>
> Domain Name Wire editor, Andrew Alleman is lobbying for an in-person
> ICANN72 in Seattle, next October:
>
>
> https://domainnamewire.com/2021/07/14/icanns-board-should-go-forward-with-in-person-seattle-meeting/
> May I say that I think this is a rather bad idea. It would be premature
> visà vis Covid 19 and extremely difficult to obtain balanced participation
> with present travel funding policies.
>
>
>
>    1.
>
>    *Covid 19 :* irrespective of more generalized vaccinations and
>    testing, it is likely that many participants will have to quarantine for
>    several days on arrival and/or on returning home. At present this is
>    typically 10 days for some countries.
>
>    Who knows what the situation will be world-wide in October?
>
>    2.
>
>    *Balanced participation:* Apparently in support of their case, their
>    blurb notes that *“**Seattle is home to a large (and growing) number
>    of domain name companies”.* So be it, but there are also an even
>    larger number of domain name companies which are NOT in Seattle.
>
>    3.
>
>    *US Visas :* most non-US participants will have to get a new ESTA
>    travel permit ;
>    e.g. mine has certainly expired.
>
>    ALAC and CPWG may reach their own conclusions about achieving balanced
>    AC/SO participation in these circumstances. In my view, an in-person
>    ICANN72 dominated by local domain name companies hardly inspires confidence
>    in the light of At Large's declared objectives for the future.
>
>
>
>    CW, Xàbia, July 2021
>
>
>
>
>
>
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