Hi Jeff, that you attend or not is your choice and I am not looking for knowing it. but we are talking about moving a the meeting from country to another and that is a different issue. as you talk about making decision, I am interested how ICANN board will make its decision and based in which information? Regards Rafik 2011/2/18 Neuman, Jeff <Jeff.Neuman@neustar.us>

Agreed. I am not sure what is meant by "lessons learned". Individuals, Businesses and entities need to make informed decisions about whether to attend meetings in-person and should be free of criticism and judgment by others for those choices. The lesson I learned was that it is still possible to have a constructive, fruitful ICANN meeting with remote participation for those who choose for whatever reason to not attend in person.

Best regards,

Jeffrey J. Neuman Neustar, Inc. / Vice President, Law & Policy

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-----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Tim Ruiz Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 10:27 AM To: council@gnso.icann.org Subject: RE: [council] Swap out Jordon for Singapore

I'm sure it's a difficult call, but I do like that ICANN Staff and Board have started looking at this now. It is reasonable to make a call on it sooner than later so other arrangements can be appropriately made and allow attendees to make arrangements without the huge costs ususally associated with last minute changes.

Tim

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [council] Swap out Jordon for Singapore From: Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak@gmail.com> Date: Thu, February 17, 2011 9:06 am To: Adrian Kinderis <adrian@ausregistry.com.au> Cc: "council@gnso.icann.org" <council@gnso.icann.org>

Hello,

sounds that the last lesson not learned yet? is ICANN doing prediction now and has expertise in foreign policy and ME politics?

Regards

Rafik

2011/2/17 Adrian Kinderis <adrian@ausregistry.com.au> The latest rumours are that we’ll be heading to Singapore next folks given the “unrest” in the Middle East.

Adrian Kinderis