Dear Suhaidi and the ICANN68 host committee, It is very disappointing for you after immense work to not be able to host ICANN68 in Kuala Lumpur. Now that all the preliminary work has been done, let's hope that KL will have an opportunity to host in future. To respect our region, I am keen for the virtual meeting to be in the local timezone just as ICANN67 was in Cancun time. Kind regards, Gunela Suhaidi Hassan wrote on 10/04/2020 11:02 :
Dear Maureen and all,
On behalf of the ICANN68 host committee, I respect and understand this decision, although (and, honestly) it's a difficult one for us to accept.
We understand the decision was ultimately made that prioritises the health and safety of our ICANN community, the international guests travelling to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and, most importantly, mitigates the risk of spreading the Covid-19.
Our sympathies at this time are with those affected by Covid-19 all around the world.
We hope ICANN would consider Kuala Lumpur again as host of ICANN meeting in the future.
Thank you,
Kind regards,
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