I just got an email from ICANN's VP in charge that the lunch meeting tomorrow is NOT a private meeting and thus anyone interested in (in theory) can join. In practice, however, given so short notice, I could reach out a few, perhaps. They also suggested another meeting in the late afternoon tomorrow, but I have prior commitment and thus cannot help organize that (which I was asked). At least a little better, but still not too comfortable - such a casual way of handing important matters, I am afraid to mention, not surprising, though as I am so used to this way by ICANN execs. izumi 2013/2/18 Izumi AIZU <iza@anr.org>
Dear AtLarge community,
As an not-so-active member of AtLarge, I like to share the following info/question.
About a week ago, I heard that ICANN CEO Fadi is coming to Tokyo shortly from a former member of NomCom and current member of gNSO Council. They did not have any information about the specifics and not contacted for any possible meeting in Tokyo with him.
On Thursday last week, I got a call from one of the registrars and applicants for new gTLDs, asking to join the lunch with him, as a private lunch. I accepted the invitation, but told them I like to have a different open meeting and will write to such request to ICANN.
On Friday, I sent an email to Fadi and some other officers of ICANN that it would be much better to add an open meeting with all stakeholders in the ICANN community in Japan, but so far no reply came in [yet hopefully].
I got email from Internet Association of Japan that they had not been contacted. The government in charge said they will have a meeting. No AtLarge, as far as I know, are contacted. ISP association is not contacted.
When the former CEO Rod came to Tokyo, similar thing happened. He only contacted selected few organizations and made no public meeting at all.
Are these convention same elsewhere? Is there not much attempt to "outreach" in recent ICANN world (as before)?
Am I too naiive and optimistic ?
izumi
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