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Re: [council] Preliminary planning for ICANN58


Apologies…, this was actually two years ago, not last year.

Thanks.

Amr

> On Nov 29, 2016, at 9:51 PM, Amr Elsadr <aelsadr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi James,
> 
> I don’t think this is exactly what you’re looking for, but last year, ICANN’s 
> Development and Public Responsibility Department conducted a survey among 
> Fellowship Program alumni, which I thought had some interesting findings, 
> particularly on why Fellows may find it difficult to keep up in 
> participation: 
> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/fellowship-alumni-survey-results-28may15-en.pdf.
> 
> I hope you find it helpful.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Amr
> 
>> On Nov 29, 2016, at 9:18 PM, James M. Bladel <jbladel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Absolutely.  
>> 
>> Altho I’d love to see some data that correlates attendance at an ICANN 
>> meeting with an uptick in new volunteer participation.  We’ve often heard 
>> the CEO or Chair announce (in London, and most recently Hyderabad) that the 
>> current ICANN meeting is the “largest in its history.”  But I haven’t yet 
>> seen where overall attendance translates in to a deeper pool of volunteers 
>> for policy work.
>>      
>> Thanks –
>> 
>> J.
>> 
>> On 11/29/16, 12:43 , "owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Amr Elsadr" 
>> <owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of aelsadr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>   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
>>> Current UTC offset: -6.00 (Costa Rica)
>>> 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:
>>>> 
>>>>  Carlos
>>>> 
>>>>  Ah ok, so the ICANN hubs.
>>>>  That makes a lot of sense from a cost and logistics perspective.
>>>> 
>>>>  Regards
>>>> 
>>>>  Michele
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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
>>>> 
>>>>      Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
>>>>      +506 8837 7176
>>>>      Skype: carlos.raulg
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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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