Re: [council] Preliminary planning for ICANN58

[Amr Elsadr <aelsadr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

And if holding meeting B in Africa and LAC encourages stakeholders from those 
regions to engage with the GNSO’s PDP, then all the better.

Thanks.

Amr

> On Nov 29, 2016, at 8:32 PM, Austin, Donna <Donna.Austin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Carlos
> 
> While your suggestion makes perfect sense the reality is that the smaller 
> meeting B, ie Policy Meetings, were designed to enable ICANN to host meetings 
> in locations predominately in the African and LAC regions that can no longer 
> host the larger ICANN meetings.
> 
> Prior to the establishment of the Meeting Strategy Working Group (MSWG), Nick 
> Tomasso published a proposal suggesting that hub locations be used, although 
> Nick called them Consolidated Meeting Locations, and adjusted the rotation 
> through regions. Nick's proposal was rejected and the MSWG was established. 
> 
> Nick's proposal is available at: 
> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/meetings-proposal-02oct12-en.pdf
> 
> The MSWG also discussed the idea of hubs as well but agreed to continue 
> regional rotation.
> 
> Donna
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez G.
> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 8:16 PM
> To: James M. Bladel <jbladel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michele Neylon - Blacknight <michele@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Edward Morris 
> <egmorris1@xxxxxxxxx>; GNSO Council List <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [council] Preliminary planning for ICANN58
> 
> 
> Thank you James.
> But here we are working on the 2nd derivative: ICANN hubs for Policy
> (short) Meetings.
> Don´t know if this was also discarded.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
> +506 8837 7176
> Skype: carlos.raulg
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> On 28 Nov 2016, at 20:34, James M. Bladel wrote:
> 
>> Just a note that the Meeting Strategy Working Group examined the idea 
>> of “rotating hubs”, and rejected them.  Mostly by folks from smaller 
>> and/or more distant locations who were concerned that ICANN would be 
>> permanently absent from their region.
>> 
>> I don’t agree, but that was their finding.
>> 
>> Thanks –
>> 
>> J.
>> 
>> On 11/28/16, 11:59 , "Michele Neylon - Blacknight" 
>> <michele@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>    Carlos
>> 
>>    Ah ok, so the ICANN hubs.
>>    That makes a lot of sense from a cost and logistics perspective.
>> 
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>>    On 28/11/2016, 11:33, "Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez G." 
>> <crg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>        ICANN hubs: LA, Istambul and Singapore.
>> 
>>        I assume that those places are central located in terms of 
>> airlines
>>        logistics, already have a minimum of ICANN staff available, 
>> facilites,
>>        etc. and would greatly reduce the cost to set up meetings (A 
>> recent
>>        meeting of the CCT-RT in Washington DC had to fly in as many 
>> ICANN staff
>>        members as RT members, which calls for more reasonable places 
>> to meet,
>>        particularly for mainle “working” meetings like the Policy 
>> Format
>>        calls for).
>> 
>>        Cheers
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>>        On 26 Nov 2016, at 10:14, Michele Neylon - Blacknight wrote:
>> 
>>> Carlos
>>> 
>>> Which locations would you see as being “hubs”?
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> 
>>> Michele
>>> 
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