Re: [council] RE: [Soac-infoalert] ICANN56 to be Relocated

["James M. Bladel" <jbladel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Basically with Volker.  There's value in a face-to-face meeting, but ICANN can 
still do more to facilitate remote participation, especially for meetings (like 
the one upcoming) where attendance is projected to be lower.  And expanded use 
of remote hubs / satellite locations would be preferable to dialing in on your 
own....

Thanks-

J.



From: Volker Greimann 
<vgreimann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:vgreimann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Date: Monday, February 8, 2016 at 4:37
To: "Austin, Donna" 
<Donna.Austin@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:Donna.Austin@xxxxxxxxxxx>>, James Bladel 
<jbladel@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:jbladel@xxxxxxxxxxx>>, GNSO Council List 
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Subject: Re: [council] RE: [Soac-infoalert] ICANN56 to be Relocated

Hi Donna,

I agree that ICANN should improve their capacity for virtual participation, 
however I feel that ultimately the ability to meet face to face and discuss on 
the side of the events is very important to a smooth operation of the meeting 
and cannot completely be replaced by remote participation. But having better 
virtual participation options as a choice would be helpful and a great 
improvement over the sometimes spotty phone bridge.

Holographic representation would be nice ;-)


Best,

Volker


Am 06.02.2016 um 00:29 schrieb Austin, Donna:
Maybe it's time for ICANN to experiment with a full virtual meeting, connecting 
hubs around the world.

The costs associated with having to change locations on a reasonably frequent 
basis are, I'm sure, not trivial. Not to mention an enormous strain on the Nick 
and his team.

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Subject: [council] Fwd: [Soac-infoalert] ICANN56 to be Relocated

Thanks for the heads up Phil. Here's the statement from ICANN.

J.

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From: David Olive <david.olive@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:david.olive@xxxxxxxxx>>
Date: February 5, 2016 at 16:53:47 CST
To: "soac-infoalert@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:soac-infoalert@xxxxxxxxx>" 
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Subject: [Soac-infoalert] ICANN56 to be Relocated
Please see the recent announcement regarding ICANN 56:

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<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__meetings.icann.org_en&d=CwMFAg&c=MOptNlVtIETeDALC_lULrw&r=4A3LwUUER9_CePZ11QJsr56eryGQiPHEqv4TL7JH87w&m=t_Le9tU2oBr-3_16ZuoOPT1uPb7CK8w2w1q1Z6PtWiE&s=Du8oa0idNrz00z2hI4cvuhlZkS9VjQy3wezy4zxL6yg&e=>https://meetings.icann.org/en/
ICANN56 to be Relocated

ICANN56, scheduled to be held in Panama in June 2016, will be moved to another 
location due to the severity of the Zika Virus outbreak in the Latin America 
region. A search is currently underway to identify an alternate location where 
the Zika Virus is not a concern. We look forward to returning to Panama for a 
future ICANN Meeting.

David A. Olive
Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support
General Manager, ICANN Regional Headquarters -Istanbul
Hakki Yeten Cad. Selenium Plaza No:10/C K:10 34349 Fulya, Besiktas, Istanbul
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

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