<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div style=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">David Olive <<a href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org" class="">david.olive@icann.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">ICANN53 - Update on the Current Visa Situation</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">June 9, 2015 at 1:57:12 PM GMT+2<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"<a href="mailto:byron.holland@cira.ca" class="">byron.holland@cira.ca</a>" <<a href="mailto:byron.holland@cira.ca" class="">byron.holland@cira.ca</a>>, "<a href="mailto:thomas.schneider@bakom.admin.ch" class="">thomas.schneider@bakom.admin.ch</a>" <<a href="mailto:thomas.schneider@bakom.admin.ch" class="">thomas.schneider@bakom.admin.ch</a>>, "<a href="mailto:jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com" class="">jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com" class="">jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:axel.pawlik@ripe.net" class="">axel.pawlik@ripe.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:axel.pawlik@ripe.net" class="">axel.pawlik@ripe.net</a>>, "<a href="mailto:louie@louie.net" class="">louie@louie.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:louie@louie.net" class="">louie@louie.net</a>>, "<a href="mailto:patrik@frobbit.se" class="">patrik@frobbit.se</a>" <<a href="mailto:patrik@frobbit.se" class="">patrik@frobbit.se</a>>, "<a href="mailto:tsinha@umd.edu" class="">tsinha@umd.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:tsinha@umd.edu" class="">tsinha@umd.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:liman@netnod.se" class="">liman@netnod.se</a>" <<a href="mailto:liman@netnod.se" class="">liman@netnod.se</a>>, "<a href="mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca" class="">alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca</a>" <<a href="mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca" class="">alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca</a>>, "<a href="mailto:tonyarholmes@btinternet.com" class="">tonyarholmes@btinternet.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:tonyarholmes@btinternet.com" class="">tonyarholmes@btinternet.com</a>>, Elisa Cooper <<a href="mailto:Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com" class="">Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com" class="">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com" class="">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a>>, Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" class="">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" class="">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>" <<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" class="">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>>, "<a href="mailto:rudi.vansnick@isoc.be" class="">rudi.vansnick@isoc.be</a>" <<a href="mailto:rudi.vansnick@isoc.be" class="">rudi.vansnick@isoc.be</a>>, "<a href="mailto:Michele@blacknight.com" class="">Michele@blacknight.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:Michele@blacknight.com" class="">Michele@blacknight.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:kdrazek@Verisign.com" class="">kdrazek@Verisign.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:kdrazek@Verisign.com" class="">kdrazek@Verisign.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:gbruen@knujon.com" class="">gbruen@knujon.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:gbruen@knujon.com" class="">gbruen@knujon.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:hilaliaziz@yahoo.fr" class="">hilaliaziz@yahoo.fr</a>" <<a href="mailto:hilaliaziz@yahoo.fr" class="">hilaliaziz@yahoo.fr</a>>, "<a href="mailto:siranush_vardanyan@hotmail.com" class="">siranush_vardanyan@hotmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:siranush_vardanyan@hotmail.com" class="">siranush_vardanyan@hotmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:alberto@soto.net.ar" class="">alberto@soto.net.ar</a>" <<a href="mailto:alberto@soto.net.ar" class="">alberto@soto.net.ar</a>>, "<a href="mailto:wolf.ludwig@comunica-ch.net" class="">wolf.ludwig@comunica-ch.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:wolf.ludwig@comunica-ch.net" class="">wolf.ludwig@comunica-ch.net</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Global Leadership <<a href="mailto:global_leadership@icann.org" class="">global_leadership@icann.org</a>>, Robert Hoggarth <<a href="mailto:robert.hoggarth@icann.org" class="">robert.hoggarth@icann.org</a>>, Duncan Burns <<a href="mailto:duncan.burns@icann.org" class="">duncan.burns@icann.org</a>>, "Nick Tomasso" <<a href="mailto:nick.tomasso@icann.org" class="">nick.tomasso@icann.org</a>>, Diane Schroeder <<a href="mailto:diane.schroeder@icann.org" class="">diane.schroeder@icann.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">Dear Community Leaders:</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">As we all prepare for ICANN53, we wanted to provide you with an update on the current visa situation.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">Obtaining visas for ICANN meeting participants </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">remains a </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">challenge. The</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">r</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">e are government requirements imposed on us all and these are ever changing.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">Many are involved in efforts to resolve the issues - </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">t</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">he meetings team in suggesting locations, the local host in accepting to host an ICANN meeting, the GAC representative from the country where the meeting is taking place, and Constituency Travel in preparing information. And each time we learn more and prepare as best we can in advance of the ICANN meeting. </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">For Buenos Aires, we have been experiencing a greater than usual number of delays. ICANN staff in the region as well as</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">community </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">travel staff continue to work daily with those Community members who have not yet received their visas. We have reconfirmed recently that communications have been sent to the embassies</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">/consulates </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">regarding their questions. Many individuals have interviews scheduled this week so we hope that we will see most visas issued that have been requested to attend ICANN53. Of the 244 </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">ICANN-</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">funded </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class=""></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">Community </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">travelers, nine will not be able to obtain a visa, mainly due to embassies</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">in certain countries </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">imposing </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">very stringent visa application</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">processes. Many other Community members -- about 26 -- have confirmed that they are having their interviews with the embassies</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">/consulates </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">this week, so we are waiting for them to confirm soon whether they </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">will be able </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">to attend ICANN53. </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">While we would like to make sure that all Community members wishing to attend the ICANN meeting in person are able to do so, the visa challenges will remain. We are committed to continue our best efforts in cooperation with our local hosts and government representatives to ensure timely visa application processes with as few delays as possible. </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">Finally, we also note that ICANN continues to make sure that remote participation is available for those who are unable for whatever reason to make an ICANN meeting (See ICANN 53 <a href="http://meetings.icann.org/remote-participation" class="">http://meetings.icann.org/remote-participation</a>). </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">Best regards,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; " class="">David </span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 10px;" class="">David A. Olive</font></div><div class=""><div class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 10px;" class="">Vice President, Policy Development Support<br class=""><font class="">General Manager, ICANN Regional Headquarters –Istanbul</font></font></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 10px; " class="">Hakki Yeten Cad. Selenium Plaza No:10/C K:10 34349 Fulya, Besiktas, Istanbul</span></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 10px;" class="">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)</font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 10px; " class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 10px; " class=""><font class="">Direct Line:</font><font class=""> +90.212.999.6212 </font></font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 10px; " class="">Mobile: + 1. 202.341.3611</font></div></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 10px; " class="">Mobile: +90.533.341.6550 </font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 10px; " class="">Email: <a href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org" class="">david.olive@icann.org</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 10px; " class=""><a href="http://www.icann.org" class="">www.icann.org</a></font></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div>
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