[ga] Need for F2F meetings?

[Hugh Dierker <hdierker2204@xxxxxxxxx>]

I saw the call for "bidding" on hosting a Latin American meeting for ICANN. 
Looked just long enough to start calculating costs. Read a brief piece on the 
enviro foot print of just a few moments of total google searches versus more 
traditional "driving or calling around". Looked a Georges' piece on eservice 
concepts in the UDRP.  No question we act more responsibly as earth citizens by 
limiting shipping our bodies about for discussion.
 
But then;
 
I am working on the Jury selection for a trial on a rather heinous allegation 
of mayhem and debauchery imposed on a minor. I am convinced the defendant has 
her best chance of "winning" by obtaining multiple mistrials by way of hung 
Juries as the facts are not in her favor. Clearly the psycho design of the 12 
will be aimed at discordance and conflicting types so agreement is minimized. 
Engineers versus theologists, housewives versus upwardly mobile female 
professionals and the like. Then build in natural pro and antagonism of sexes, 
ages, height and weight. 
But it is the physical interactions that leave me blind. It is nearly 
impossible to predict attractions and dislikes of a purely physical nature. 
Hence work in matters like sweat;
http://www.livescience.com/health/090109-sexual-sweat.html ; Think what other 
subconscious cues we send each other.
 
No I do not think that ICANNs physical meetings are the best venue for 
predictable logical analysis and policy setting. By using the buffers of our 
electronic age we can eliminate the human fallacies, frailties and powers that 
misdirect our judgments.
 
OTOH I think friendships and building common experiences are invaluable to 
getting along.  Trouble is that, that does not always look the best "on paper".