I know I sound like a broken record on this topic, but this is an aspect of what I mean when I say that ICANN needs to embrace a culture of human rights. We are NOT the United Nations which must overlook such things in a misguided over-respect for national sovereignty. There is, of course, a spectrum, but we should definitely prefer to hold meetings in places like Canada and Germany than in North Korea. At heart, ICANN is just a California private sector company. And it must ensure the safety and well-being of all its participants equally, and in particular to ensure respect of what we in the UK called 'protected characteristics' But the Board will have some excuse. They always do. And the community will, in all probability, ultimately tolerate it, like we did with the visas. On 08/10/16 02:58, Debbie Monahan wrote:
Hi all
Following on from Peter’s topic on location for ICANN meetings, I would like us to also raise the choice of Abu Dhabi as a venue where women do not enjoy the freedoms of other places and where the females attending may have issues walking the streets by themselves etc. Are things like this not considered when selecting a meeting place.
Thanks Debbie
On 8/10/2016, at 04:59, Peter Vergote <peter.vergote@dnsbelgium.be <mailto:peter.vergote@dnsbelgium.be>> wrote:
Hi all,
A couple of points that may be relevant:
- What’s next on protection on country en territory names now that CCWG is preparing their final report and will come to conclusion that it is not feasible to come up with an overall approach? Is the Board inclined to keep the status quo from the applicant guidebook or will it yield tot he wishes of the GNSO? - Location for ICANN meetings: given all the trouble with visa for ICANN57, how will the Board address this to avoid this in future?
Best regs,
Peter
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*Van: *<owner-ccnso-council@icann.org <mailto:owner-ccnso-council@icann.org>> namens Katrina Sataki <katrina@nic.lv <mailto:katrina@nic.lv>> *Datum: *vrijdag 7 oktober 2016 10:51 *Aan: *ccNSO Council <ccnso-council@icann.org <mailto:ccnso-council@icann.org>> *Onderwerp: *[ccnso-council] FW: ccNSO Meeting with the Board : Topics (Constituency Day)
Dear Colleagues,
The ICANN Board asks us what questions we’d like to discuss during our meeting in Hyderabad. Please feel free to suggest hot topics by 24 October!
Thank you!
Kind regards,
]{atrina
*From: *Vinciane Koenigsfeld <vinciane.koenigsfeld@icann.org <mailto:vinciane.koenigsfeld@icann.org>> *Date: *Friday 7 October 2016 11:45 *To: *Katrina Sataki <katrina@nic.lv <mailto:katrina@nic.lv>> *Cc: *Chris Disspain <chris@disspain.uk <mailto:chris@disspain.uk>>, "Board-Ops-Team@icann.org <mailto:Board-Ops-Team@icann.org>" <board-ops-team@icann.org <mailto:board-ops-team@icann.org>> *Subject: *ccNSO Meeting with the Board : Topics (Constituency Day)
Dear Katrina,
We are looking forward to seeing you in Hyderabad!
As you know, over the years, the Board has heard from many Groups on the need to make the Constituency Day interaction between the Board and Constituency/Stakeholder Groups at ICANN Public Meetings more effective for both the Groups and the Board.
To do this, Board Operations collects, ahead of the Meeting, the questions that each Group would like to bring to the Board.
We would appreciate receiving the questions/topics that ccNSO might want to discuss with the Board during the meeting currently scheduled on Monday 7 November. The deadline for submission of these topics is *_Wednesday 26 October_*.
We are as well taking this opportunity to share with you the Board's questions to your Group, for discussion during this meeting .
QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD TO THE ccNSO :
1. What do we (Board and ICANN organization) have to do to make the transition work for you? 2. What do we (Board, ICANN organization and community) need to do to advance trust and confidence in what we do?
Best,
The Board Ops team