[Npoc-discuss] ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Implements New Travel Guidance

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*ICANN Implements New Travel Guidance
<https://newsalerts.icann.org/R00P0a1R3d0020u0CQEjPN0>*

02 March 2020

LOS ANGELES – 28 February 2020 – The Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers (ICANN) today outlined new temporary travel and event
participation guidance in light of the global COVID-19 outbreak
<https://newsalerts.icann.org/G1R0Ej20aQ0RC0dP0000uN3>, considered a public
health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization
<https://newsalerts.icann.org/uSN000aR0P0d0R02ju3CE10>. The new guidance
will impact ICANN-hosted events and ICANN's participation in events through
March, with a reassessment in mid-March on guidance for the coming weeks
and months.

On 19 February, the ICANN Board decided to transition ICANN67
<https://newsalerts.icann.org/y1jCa3uN0d0PERT00S00020>, which was to be
held in Cancún, Mexico, to a virtual platform. In the time following the
Board's decision, the COVID-19 outbreak has spread considerably, with cases
now in 50 countries and the situation continuing to evolve and remaining
fluid. Three countries are experiencing new significant and rapid localized
outbreaks that have been traced back to travelers who recently returned
from an affected area. Just as many other international companies and
organizations are taking important safety measures to limit the spread of
the virus, ICANN organization (org) will take the following steps:

ICANN-PHYSICAL HOSTED EVENTS

   - ICANN-hosted physical events will be cancelled through the end of
   March.
   - Any face-to-face meetings that have been scheduled in connection with
   ICANN67 will not be supported and if scheduled will be cancelled. No
   on-site ICANN org support will be provided to these meetings through the
   end of March.
   - Please note: April events, as well as the Paris GDD Summit in May, and
   ICANN68 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, will be reassessed after ICANN67
   concludes on 12 March.

ATTENDING EVENTS

   - ICANN org employees will not travel to industry events through the end
   of March unless deemed essential. This will affect ICANN's participation in
   several conferences.
   - Travel to areas reported by the WHO to be experiencing significant
   outbreaks will be cancelled. At the moment, the restricted countries
   include China, Republic of Korea, Italy, and Islamic Republic of Iran. The
   list of affected countries will be under constant review and the list of
   cancelled events will be adjusted as a result.

INTERNAL BUSINESS TRAVEL

   - All internal business travel will be postponed in March unless deemed
   essential.

ATTENDING LARGE EVENTS

   - Attendance at all large meetings and engagement events, even if they
   do not require cross-border travel, are postponed through the end of March
   unless deemed essential.

ICANN support to the community and facilitating its work is important.
However, in light of this rapidly evolving situation, ICANN does not feel
it prudent to travel or encourage large groups of people to gather in
person until more is clearly understood. We will reassess the situation in
mid-March with regards to April and future as the situation evolves. ICANN
org has an experienced cross-functional crisis team who will continue to
closely monitor and amend this guidance as more information becomes
available.
About ICANN

ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global
Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an
address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That
address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN
helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world.
ICANN was formed in 1998 as a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation
with a community of participants from all over the world.


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