[NPOC-EC] Cancun

[Joan Kerr]

ICANN News:

The community will have many questions about travel arrangements,
scheduling, and other meeting-related issues. In addition to the modified
ICANN67 schedule, ICANN will also publish a Frequently Asked Questions
(FAQs) page to https://icann.org soon and make further announcements as
more information becomes available.
Thanks,

On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 8:45 PM Joan Kerr <fbscster at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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