From what I understand it is "not able". Insurance and travel restrictions to the region don't allow it.
Of course, there are many that would "not prefer to" given the above. Adrian Kinderis Chief Executive Officer AusRegistry International Pty Ltd Level 8, 10 Queens Road Melbourne. Victoria Australia. 3004 Ph: +61 3 9866 3710 Fax: +61 3 9866 1970 Email: adrian@ausregistry.com<mailto:adrian@ausregistry.com> Web: www.ausregistry.com<http://www.ausregistryinternational.com/> - Follow AusRegistry International on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ausregistryint<http://www.twitter.com/ausregistryint> The information contained in this communication is intended for the named recipients only. It is subject to copyright and may contain legally privileged and confidential information and if you are not an intended recipient you must not use, copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this communication in error, please delete all copies from your system and notify us immediately. From: William Drake [mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch] Sent: Thursday, 21 July 2011 9:21 PM To: Adrian Kinderis Cc: Tim Ruiz; council@gnso.icann.org Subject: Re: [council] Remote Participation for Senegal Hi Adrian Do you mean "to not be able" or "to not prefer"? Just wondering how high the special barrier some folks face is... Thanks Bill On Jul 21, 2011, at 1:06 PM, Adrian Kinderis wrote: This makes me mad. I am not mad at Tim, far from it. But why ICANN continually chooses places that forces key stakeholders and contributors to not be able to participate to the fullest. Crazy. Here's an idea. Let's build a remote site and EVERYONE go there... LA Marriott anyone? Adrian Kinderis From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org<mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org> [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Tim Ruiz Sent: Thursday, 21 July 2011 3:24 AM To: council@gnso.icann.org<mailto:council@gnso.icann.org> Subject: [council] Remote Participation for Senegal Glen, Can you provide an update of on the expected availability of remote participation for Senegal? Also to all, if there is any movement toward a US or EU remote participation base, I would be up for that and doing what I could to help cover costs. I think John was asking about this earlier. Any interests? Either way, after further consideration I think I may be attending only remotely. Tim