This was announced originally on the 1st June; today's notice was a reminder. We were limited to certain dates that the IRT provided, and at the same time we understood that it was important to have the briefing earlier rather than later, due to the importance of replying to the report. I know that this is still short notice. The next briefing is taking place with 10 days' notice, which is obviously preferred. Of course the IRT briefing will be recorded so those who couldn't attend will be able to listen after the fact, and there will be considerable discussion of this subject in Sydney for those attending that meeting. In addition, we understand that remote participation will be offered in Sydney for the IRT sessions. Evan Leibovitch wrote:

So we're going back to just a few days' notice on these briefings?

Has nothing been learned? It really does seem like ICANN wants the pretence of holding these briefings, but doing them in such a way to minimize participation.

I just missed it.. again. Being out of Internet reach for a few days should not eliminate people from being able to participate.

- Evan

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