Heather,

Perhaps the new travel agent replacing BCD will scrap the Forrest rule, which mandates that any flight plan involving you must touch down on at least 4 continents before reaching the ICANN meeting site! At least we can hope...

Ed

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On 8 Feb 2016, at 18:38, Heather Forrest <Heather.Forrest@acu.edu.au> wrote:

Colleagues, 


On a personal level I agree with Ed's suggestion re regional hubs. Re Panama, I was facing the prospect of more time in the air between Tasmania and Panama than on the ground at the meeting.


At the same time, I'm always willing to travel the huge distance for f2f meetings because I find it invaluable to have everyone in the same room at one time and not be reliant upon AC room queues. Plus, we all know how those video links into ICANN public forums from regional locations work (or not).....


Isn't meeting B our WG-focused meeting where we're all head down, locked in a room, trying to make real progress? If so, it likely doesn't suit the regional hub approach, much as the length the meeting and the faraway venue does.


Best wishes,


Heather



From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org <owner-council@gnso.icann.org> on behalf of Edward Morris <egmorris1@toast.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2016 3:17
To: James M. Bladel
Cc: Volker Greimann; Austin, Donna; GNSO Council List
Subject: Re: [council] RE: [Soac-infoalert] ICANN56 to be Relocated
 
A meeting with regional hubs for most with dispersed central meeting spots for Council and other like groups might be worth trying, particularly for B. Flying four days to attend a meeting for four days just does not make a lot of sense for many of us. 

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On 8 Feb 2016, at 03:58, James M. Bladel <jbladel@godaddy.com> wrote:

Basically with Volker.  There’s value in a face-to-face meeting, but ICANN can still do more to facilitate remote participation, especially for meetings (like the one upcoming) where attendance is projected to be lower.  And expanded use of remote hubs / satellite locations would be preferable to dialing in on your own….

Thanks-

J.



From: Volker Greimann <vgreimann@key-systems.net>
Date: Monday, February 8, 2016 at 4:37
To: "Austin, Donna" <Donna.Austin@neustar.biz>, James Bladel <jbladel@godaddy.com>, GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org>
Subject: Re: [council] RE: [Soac-infoalert] ICANN56 to be Relocated

Hi Donna,

I agree that ICANN should improve their capacity for virtual participation, however I feel that ultimately the ability to meet face to face and discuss on the side of the events is very important to a smooth operation of the meeting and cannot completely be replaced by remote participation. But having better virtual participation options as a choice would be helpful and a great improvement over the sometimes spotty phone bridge.

Holographic representation would be nice ;-)


Best,

Volker


Am 06.02.2016 um 00:29 schrieb Austin, Donna:

Maybe it’s time for ICANN to experiment with a full virtual meeting, connecting hubs around the world.

 

The costs associated with having to change locations on a reasonably frequent basis are, I’m sure, not trivial. Not to mention an enormous strain on the Nick and his team.

 

From:owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of James M. Bladel
Sent: Friday, 5 February 2016 3:04 PM
To: GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org>
Subject: [council] Fwd: [Soac-infoalert] ICANN56 to be Relocated

 

Thanks for the heads up Phil. Here's the statement from ICANN. 

 

J. 

Sent via iPhone. Blame Siri. 

 


Begin forwarded message:

From: David Olive <david.olive@icann.org>
Date: February 5, 2016 at 16:53:47 CST
To: "soac-infoalert@icann.org" <soac-infoalert@icann.org>
Subject: [Soac-infoalert] ICANN56 to be Relocated

Please see the recent announcement regarding ICANN 56: 

 

**

 

https://meetings.icann.org/en/

ICANN56 to be Relocated

ICANN56, scheduled to be held in Panama in June 2016, will be moved to another location due to the severity of the Zika Virus outbreak in the Latin America region. A search is currently underway to identify an alternate location where the Zika Virus is not a concern. We look forward to returning to Panama for a future ICANN Meeting.

 

David A. Olive

Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support
General Manager, ICANN Regional Headquarters –Istanbul

Hakki Yeten Cad. Selenium Plaza No:10/C K:10 34349 Fulya, Besiktas, Istanbul

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

 

Direct Line: +90.212.999.6212 

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