Greetings Katrina and Colleagues, As most if not all of you know, both APTLD77 and APRICOT49 are being held next week in Melbourne AU. Respective conference details may be found at http://www.aptld77.com.au/reg/ and https://2020.apricot.net/. APTLD has about 130 registrants (approximately; Leonid can correct me), making it the largest conference gathering since it’s founding in 1998. We are somewhat hobbled, in that our Secretariat staff is prohibited from entering Australia, as they are based in Beijing. My understanding is that AuDA is going to step into the breech there. I do not know the size of APRICOT, but my understanding is that it’s at least 500 or so, but certainly not as large as recent ICANN meetings. APRICOT has a “Health and Safety” page at https://conference.apnic.net/49/travel/safety/. These two parallel conferences are still on, both of them attracting attendees from various countries in Asia much closer to the apex of the pandemic than either Mexico, Europe, or North America. So in a way, I would suggest that attendees to these conferences are going to be “lab rats” to provide real-world conference related transmission data prior to the upcoming Cancun meeting. FYI, I am leaving for APTLD Sunday morning, albeit over some objections/concern from family. I apologise for the length of this. At the end of the day, I am trying to answer your original question regarding concerns about the Cancun meeting. My answer is three-fold: 1. We don’t have any real data on the potential risk to Cancun conference attendees at this point; 2. We will likely gain some information regarding potential risks for the Cancun meeting from the APTLD and APRICOT conferences; 3. Three weeks from now may present us all with a very different landscape with respects to this pandemic. My primary concern, as expressed by Katrina in a related post, is with regards to our able ICANN org staff that we depend on. I cannot in good conscience require, compel, or expect them to pitch up if they feel they are in potential danger; we as a Community have done this a couple of times in the past, and it troubled me greatly then as well. So yes, at this point in time I intend to pitch up in Cancun, subject to what I might come home with from APTLD77. I leave you with a couple of useful URLS: You can track the pandemic particulars at http://gg.gg/coronatrack. The latest travel entry restrictions may be found at https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/international-travel-document-news/15802262.... Looking forward to our tele-conference (07:00h for me), Best Regards, /Stephen From: Ccnso-council <ccnso-council-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Katrina Sataki <katrina@nic.lv> Date: Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 12:37 To: "ccnso-council@icann.org" <ccnso-council@icann.org> Subject: [ccnso-council] Fwd: [ICANN Community Leaders] ICANN67 Cancun - Coronavirus (2019-nCOV) Dear Colleagues, The only concerns I heard from EU ccTLDs were that ICANN cancels the meeting. Any suggestions what to respond? Thanks! ]{atrina ________________________________ From: Goran Marby <goran.marby@icann.org> Sent: 13 February 2020 17:53:49 CET To: "so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org" <so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org> Cc: Cassia Oliveira <cassia.oliveira@icann.org> Subject: [ICANN Community Leaders] ICANN67 Cancun - Coronavirus (2019-nCOV) Cassia Oliveira on behalf of Goran Marby Dear Community Leaders: As you know, ICANN org is actively monitoring developments worldwide concerning the novel coronavirus (2019-nCov). We take the health and safety of our staff, Board and community members very seriously and wish to do the right thing to continue to ensure that everyone remains safe and informed. In this regard, you may have heard that some international conference organizers are, like ICANN, monitoring and evaluating the locations and timings of their events. Earlier today, the GSM Association (GSMA) announced that it was canceling the Mobile World Congress (MWC) that had been scheduled to take place in Barcelona from 24-27 February 2020. In light of these developments, I write now to ask whether you have heard any concerns from amongst your members or other community members about traveling to Cancun for ICANN67. While we have no immediate plans to cancel or reschedule the Cancun meeting, it will be very helpful to hear the community's feedback so that we can take it into account in our planning. As such, please let me or David Olive know if you or your group have information or concerns you would like to share. In the meantime, please refer to this blog post by ICANN org's Vice-President for Security Operations for information on how ICANN org is handling this important matter: https://www.icann.org/news/blog/an-update-on-the-coronavirus-and-its-impact-.... Thank you. Best regards, Göran Marby President & CEO ICANN +1(310) 578 8690 Cássia Oliveira Sr. Manager, Office of the President & CEO cassia.oliveira@icann.org +1(310) 578 8656 --> -- Nosūtīts ar K-9 Pastu no manas Android ierīces. Atvainojiet, ka esmu tik kodolīgs.