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Hi, And if holding meeting B in Africa and LAC encourages stakeholders from those regions to engage with the GNSO’s PDP, then all the better. Thanks. Amr
On Nov 29, 2016, at 8:32 PM, Austin, Donna <Donna.Austin@neustar.biz> wrote:
Hi Carlos
While your suggestion makes perfect sense the reality is that the smaller meeting B, ie Policy Meetings, were designed to enable ICANN to host meetings in locations predominately in the African and LAC regions that can no longer host the larger ICANN meetings.
Prior to the establishment of the Meeting Strategy Working Group (MSWG), Nick Tomasso published a proposal suggesting that hub locations be used, although Nick called them Consolidated Meeting Locations, and adjusted the rotation through regions. Nick's proposal was rejected and the MSWG was established.
Nick's proposal is available at: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/meetings-proposal-02oct12-en.pdf
The MSWG also discussed the idea of hubs as well but agreed to continue regional rotation.
Donna
-----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez G. Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 8:16 PM To: James M. Bladel <jbladel@godaddy.com> Cc: Michele Neylon - Blacknight <michele@blacknight.com>; Edward Morris <egmorris1@toast.net>; GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org> Subject: Re: [council] Preliminary planning for ICANN58
Thank you James. But here we are working on the 2nd derivative: ICANN hubs for Policy (short) Meetings. Don´t know if this was also discarded.
Cheers
Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez +506 8837 7176 Skype: carlos.raulg Current UTC offset: -6.00 (Costa Rica) On 28 Nov 2016, at 20:34, James M. Bladel wrote:
Just a note that the Meeting Strategy Working Group examined the idea of “rotating hubs”, and rejected them. Mostly by folks from smaller and/or more distant locations who were concerned that ICANN would be permanently absent from their region.
I don’t agree, but that was their finding.
Thanks –
J.
On 11/28/16, 11:59 , "Michele Neylon - Blacknight" <michele@blacknight.com> wrote:
Carlos
Ah ok, so the ICANN hubs. That makes a lot of sense from a cost and logistics perspective.
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On 28/11/2016, 11:33, "Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez G." <crg@isoc-cr.org> wrote:
ICANN hubs: LA, Istambul and Singapore.
I assume that those places are central located in terms of airlines logistics, already have a minimum of ICANN staff available, facilites, etc. and would greatly reduce the cost to set up meetings (A recent meeting of the CCT-RT in Washington DC had to fly in as many ICANN staff members as RT members, which calls for more reasonable places to meet, particularly for mainle “working” meetings like the Policy Format calls for).
Cheers
Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez +506 8837 7176 Skype: carlos.raulg Current UTC offset: -6.00 (Costa Rica) On 26 Nov 2016, at 10:14, Michele Neylon - Blacknight wrote:
Carlos
Which locations would you see as being “hubs”?
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Michele
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