July 28, 2009
3:31 p.m.
Toronto is very central, I think it's a good pick. > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] meeting in Honolulu > From: Evan Leibovitch <evan@telly.org> > Date: Mon, July 27, 2009 11:13 pm > To: "John R. Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> > Cc: "Thompson, Darlene" <DThompson@GOV.NU.CA>, NA Discuss > <na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> > John R. Levine wrote: > > If it were up to me, I'd say have it in Toronto, and if you don't like > > the weather, use all the nice heated tunnels among all the downtown > > buildings and you'll never have to go outside. If cold weather is > > just too scarey, have it in Los Angeles at ICANN HQ and save money, or > > have it somewhere in Texas which is central and warm. > The compromise I've been suggesting is to ask ICANN to have its North > American meeting in June so northeast/midwest locations could be > suitable. Toronto (or Montreal or Boston or Ottawa) can be quite nice > that time of year. > Nobody I know that attended the LA meeting would want to have another > one there. > I also thought that New Orleans would be a good idea but I don't know of > any local partners who could help with logistics/sponsors *and* it's not > a hub for any airline. Dallas and Houston could work in February, and > they're hubs, but again I don't know of any potential local partners who > could help on a bid. > Compare that to the greater Toronto area which hosts three ALSs, a > high-profile registrar (Tucows), a major development centre for > Affilias, numerous ISPs including Canada's two biggest telcos, eight > universities, potential sponsors such as IBM and RIM, and plenty of > business/IPC interests. AND it has a major airline hub that's served > nonstop from Hong Kong, Istanbul, Buenos Aires and LaGuardia(*). (We > just started getting A380 service from Dubai this summer, boy those > suckers are big.) > Also... in the back of my mind ... I also have a concern about the > difficulty of international At-Large reps getting US visas. Canada isn't > enormously better but it's not quite as bad. > - Evan > (*) US-bound passengers from cross American customs at the Toronto > airport, allowing service to US domestic airports without customs > facilities. Toronto is the only international destination available from > Laguardia and a number of small airports such as Dayton and Manchester. > ------ > NA-Discuss mailing list > NA-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-lists.icann.org > Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org > ------