[NPOC-EC] Cancun

[Joan Kerr]

Hi Everyone,

There is an SOAC meeting on Friday, if you have any questions, please
forward them to me so I can ask them.   In the meantime, if there is any
other news, I will be posting as soon as i can.

I think it's a good idea to be cautious, and since this option available,
it will at first be challenging, so let's put on our creative caps and work
together to accomplish our goals for NPOC.
Thanks,

On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 8:18 PM Joan Kerr <joankerr at fbsc.org> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> The ICANN Board has made a decision to have the Cancun trip a remote
> meeting. Please find info below:
>
> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2020-02-19-en
>
>  LOS ANGELES – 19 February 2020 – The Internet Corporation for Assigned
> Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced that its ICANN67 Public
> Meeting, which was to be held in Cancún, Mexico, will now be held via
> remote participation-only. This decision was made as a result of the
> COVID-19 outbreak, considered a public health emergency of international
> concern by the World Health Organization <https://www.who.int/>.
>
> The meeting, scheduled for 7-12 March 2020, marks the first time in ICANN's
> history that it will hold a Public Meeting solely with remote participation.
>
> Each ICANN Public Meeting attracts thousands of attendees from more than
> 150 countries. With cases in at least 26 of those countries, there is the
> potential of bringing the virus to Cancún and into the ICANNmeeting site.
> If this were to happen, there could be accidental exposure of the virus to
> attendees, staff, and others who come in contact with an infected
> individual.
>
> COVID-19 continues to be a rapidly evolving global situation, with new
> cases emerging daily.
>
> "This is a decision that the ICANN Board has been considering since the
> outbreak was first announced and it is one that we haven't taken lightly,"
> said Maarten Botterman, ICANN Board Chair. "We know that changing this
> meeting to remote participation-only will have an impact on and cause
> disruption to our community; however, this decision is about people.
> Protecting the health and safety of the ICANNcommunity is our top
> priority."
>
> The community will have many questions about travel arrangements,
> scheduling, and other meeting-related issues. ICANN will consult with
> community leaders and groups to focus the virtual program on the most
> essential sessions, and will publish a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
> page to https://icann.org <https://www.icann.org/> in the coming days.
>
> ICANN thanks its regional partners in Latin America and the Caribbean
> (LAC) who had worked tirelessly to host this meeting in Cancún. We
> appreciate their understanding and we look forward to returning to the LAC
> region for ICANN70 in 2021.
>
> Remote participation is an integral part of any ICANN Public Meeting, but
> it will be vastly expanded for ICANN67, and will leverage the robust
> technology platform in use by the community today.
>
> Those interested in attending the remote meeting should still register
> here <https://meetings.icann.org/en/cancun67>, if they have not done so
> previously. To learn more about remote participation, visit ICANN Public
> Meetings <https://meetings.icann.org/en/remote-participation>.
>
> ICANN will continue to make further announcements as circumstances
> warrant. In the meantime, ICANNorg will hold a webinar to provide a short
> update and take questions. The webinar will be held on Thursday, 20
> February at 1800 UTC.
>
> ICANN also is reviewing upcoming meetings, such as the GDD Summit in
> Paris and the ICANN68 Meeting in Malaysia. So far, no decisions have been
> made and these are proceeding as planned. ICANNwill keep the community
> informed of any changes.
> 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
> Regards,
>
> --
>
> Joan Kerr, Entrepreneur, Artist, Humanitarian
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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