[Gnso-epdp-team] Next face-to-face meeting

farzaneh badii farzaneh.badii at gmail.com
Sun Oct 28 18:20:03 UTC 2018


I (personally) support Istanbul. One of the rare countries that I do not
need a visa to go to.

Farzaneh


On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 1:32 PM Amr Elsadr <aelsadr at icannpolicy.ninja>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I also believe a F2F meeting in which we can take public comments in to
> account would be more favorable. It’s clear that we will not work out all
> the divergent views in time for the publication of the initial report, and
> that we will need to solicit input on those views in preparation for our
> final stretch of work on the final report.
>
> Having as much input as possible before meeting F2F seems to make sense to
> me, which seems to mean that a January meeting is the one in which we might
> be able to make more progress.
>
> Regarding location, a meeting in a Schengen state would probably be easier
> than one in North America for those who need to apply for visas. Visa
> processing times for a Schengen are shorter than those for the US or
> Canada, for some reason. Speaking for myself, I need 37 days just for the
> visa processing time for a Canadian visa, and a few months for a visa to
> the US.
>
> Another potential option I believe we should consider is Istanbul, and
> ICANN has a regional hub there too.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Amr
>
> On Oct 28, 2018, at 7:05 PM, Rosette, Kristina via Gnso-epdp-team <
> gnso-epdp-team at icann.org> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I hope everyone had a safe and uneventful trip home.
>
> I prefer a January meeting because it allows us to take into account
> public comment and avoids holiday/end-of-year conflicts.
>
> If the meeting is scheduled for December, may I suggest Toronto, which
> avoids the travel conflict that some members have? (Airfare is also
> significantly less expensive for those coming from North America and Asia.)
>
> K
>
> On Oct 26, 2018, at 2:50 AM, Kurt Pritz <kurt at kjpritz.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone:
>
> Thank you again for your time, effort and thought during the ICANN
> meeting. While others were visiting the various great sites that Barcelona
> has to offer, we were all not visiting the various great sites that
> Barcelona has to offer.
>
> Yesterday, I met with Nick Tomasso who heads the ICANN meetings team to
> develop some options for the next face-to-face meeting. At various times
> during the past week, many of you approached me with the following points:
>
>    - Our results are significantly better in a face-to-face format
>    - The proverbial clock is ticking
>    - We should strive to maintain the momentum we have, therefore
>    - We should hold our next meeting as soon as possible.
>
>
> With that in mind, Nick said he could support the following two options, a
> meeting
>
>    - In the first or second week in December
>    - In the second or third week of January
>
>
> [Meetings less than 90 days away require Göran’s approval, but Nick
> believes he can obtain this. Nick is checking on venues with which he is
> familiar in Brussels now, although the meeting location is not certain.]
>
> I am of two minds on this but do have an opinion and would appreciate your
> feedback over the next few days so that I can get back to Nick the first of
> next week.
>
> 1) The January meeting is more or less timed for us to take into account
> the first round of public comment.
>
> 2) Te December meeting allows us to keep working after the initial report
> is issued (or to wrap up the initial report in the worse case).
>
> I think the December meeting is the better option for us. We are not going
> to stand down after the initial report is issued. There is a lot of work to
> be done. It is better, I think, to meet and consider unsettled issues,
> rather than meet to discuss the effect of public comment. If we are serious
> about finishing on time, I don’t think we can stop. So despite the
> inconvenience (and it will be very inconvenient for me), I think we should
> meet sooner rather than later.
>
> Of course, this all depends on the ICANN meetings team pulling this off,
> which is no small feat,
>
> Let me know your thoughts, I will write to Nick on Tuesday.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kurt
>
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