There's been a lot of discussion about the timing of ICANN meetings. There's nothing that can be done about Delhi or Paris or the Africa meeting this year, but I think it is worth pointing out that the meeting dates are given out two years in advance. As such, if people could apply the same degree of focus to the future dates as they have on the meeting in four weeks' time it could potentially save a lot of trouble. All the dates can be found on the ICANN meeting page: http://www.icann.org/meetings/ But here they are. If people see major problems or conflicts do flag them as soon as possible. 2009 ICANN Meeting Schedule 1-6 March 2009 Latin America 21-26 June 2009 Asia Pacific 25-30 October 2009 Europe 2010 ICANN Meeting Schedule 7-13 February 2010 Africa 20-25 June 2010 Latin America 17-23 October 2010 North America Kieren ---------------------- Kieren McCarthy ---------------------- General manager of public participation, ICANN http://www.icann.org Cell: +1 310 806 1451 Mobile: +44 (0)7932 783686 -----Original Message----- From: alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Roessler Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 6:15 AM To: John L Cc: 'At-Large Worldwide' Subject: Re: [At-Large] Venue Accessibility On 2007-12-30 22:24:53 -0500, John L wrote:
The IETF has set their meeting dates through 2013, listed at http://www.ietf.org/meetings/0mtg-sites.txt. I expect that most of the other must-not-collide organizations have their schedules set that far out
as well.
Not all have, but not having big meeting dates and rough locations (country / general area) about a year in advance is generally a really bad idea, and to be avoided. Yes, people fill up their travel calendars many months in advance, and no, ICANN isn't the only contender.
Also see the IETF's clash list, at http://www.ietf.org/meetings/clash_list.html which they use to avoid schedule overlaps.
Again, there's a lot of expertise available about arranging meetings, much
of which is directly applicable to ICANN's situation.
Indeed. -- Thomas Roessler <roessler@does-not-exist.org> _______________________________________________ ALAC mailing list ALAC@atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org At-Large Official Site: http://www.alac.icann.org ALAC Independent: http://www.icannalac.org