Robert Guerra wrote:
1. raise the issue of limitations to freedom of expression and censorship that takes place en Egypt, and if the at-large community would be interested in raising this - key issue for internet users in Egypt.
You still haven't explained why or how this is within the mandate of ICANN or At-Large. With limited resources and expertise, this seems pointless in an ICANN context.
2. seek assurances from ICANN that the meeting will be open to all internet users that wish to attend the meeting and that the internet available at the meeting will be uncensored
The response to the first part of this, as far as I understand, is that registration and attendance is already open as a matter of policy. (Has anyone who has requested registration to an ICANN event ever been refused?) As for the second part, I'm not sure that this could be guaranteed. If the whole country is censored, how could they make a technical exception for ICANN? (BTW ... shouldn't this issue have been raised _before_ the city was chosen? If freedom of Internet wasn't a criteria in site selection, it's a bit late to ask for assurances now. But then I have long believed that the meeting-site selection process is a big botch anyway.) - Evan