With respect, the thought of spending 4-6 days, 8-12 hours per day, in virtual meeting rooms is quite disagreeable to this Council member. Three hour CCWG calls are already close to the limit. There's no real substitute for face-to-face interaction, IMHO. Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal Virtualaw LLC 1155 F Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004 202-559-8597/Direct 202-559-8750/Fax 202-255-6172/cell "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey ________________________________ From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [owner-council@gnso.icann.org] on behalf of Austin, Donna [Donna.Austin@neustar.biz] Sent: Friday, February 05, 2016 6:29 PM To: James M. Bladel; GNSO Council List Subject: [council] RE: [Soac-infoalert] ICANN56 to be Relocated 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<mailto:david.olive@icann.org>> Date: February 5, 2016 at 16:53:47 CST To: "soac-infoalert@icann.org<mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org>" <soac-infoalert@icann.org<mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org>> Subject: [Soac-infoalert] ICANN56 to be Relocated Please see the recent announcement regarding ICANN 56: ** https://meetings.icann.org/en<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__meetings.icann.org_en&d=CwMFAg&c=MOptNlVtIETeDALC_lULrw&r=4A3LwUUER9_CePZ11QJsr56eryGQiPHEqv4TL7JH87w&m=t_Le9tU2oBr-3_16ZuoOPT1uPb7CK8w2w1q1Z6PtWiE&s=Du8oa0idNrz00z2hI4cvuhlZkS9VjQy3wezy4zxL6yg&e=>/ 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 Mobile: + 1. 202.341.3611 Mobile: +90.533.341.6550 Email: david.olive@icann.org<mailto:david.olive@icann.org> www.icann.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.icann.org&d=CwMFAg&c...> _______________________________________________ soac-infoalert mailing list soac-infoalert@icann.org<mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/soac-infoalert<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mm.icann.org_mailman_listinfo_soac-2Dinfoalert&d=CwMFAg&c=MOptNlVtIETeDALC_lULrw&r=4A3LwUUER9_CePZ11QJsr56eryGQiPHEqv4TL7JH87w&m=t_Le9tU2oBr-3_16ZuoOPT1uPb7CK8w2w1q1Z6PtWiE&s=ZOSJoRPVBWhkdt8WqVjrOekRtIj2c37z0XdA0QRvq10&e=> ________________________________ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com> Version: 2016.0.7227 / Virus Database: 4489/11316 - Release Date: 01/03/16 Internal Virus Database is out of date.