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.

 

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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>
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)

 

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