<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hi Farzi</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I hadn’t seen your message until you mentioned it on the conference Skype. As I said there, this actually is not an NomCom issue but I will ask the question of the chair for you so you’ll hear the reply in a moment.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill</div>
<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 8, 2016, at 15:47, farzaneh badii <<a href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com" class="">farzaneh.badii@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi Bill,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks alot for sending us this email. I have seen the NomCom report card for January and have a question. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In NomCom, there was a Travel Logistics Sub-Committee . This logistic committee was "in charge to suggest solutions to problems related Visa and other issues." It had a chair and members. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The report says this Travel Sub-committee is closed and states : Closed with thanks from the Chair. <i class="">Visa issues are beyond our control</i>. Feedback on travel reimbursement issues requested from members for a meeting with the CFO. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Decisions on visas are ofcourse affected by many factors that can be controlled by us and some stuff is not beyond our control. Providing enough information for the participants, helping the less experienced participants with their visa issues etc. We have received good suggestions from some people that had visa issues in our informal working party on visas. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Moreover, I would like to know how the sub-committee functioned, did they reach out to the broader community? Did they provide suggestions ? Did they coordinate with ICANN staff and ask them about the problems? Is there any material we can have access to?<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am not in Morrocco but was wondering if it is ok to ask this tomorrow? I could ask remotely or someone could volunteer to ask this .</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Attached is the Report Card.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Farzaneh </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On 7 March 2016 at 15:09, William Drake <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" target="_blank" class="">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word" class=""><div class="">Hi</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">NomCom will hold a public meeting at ICANN55 in the Toubkal room, 10:45 – 12:00 WET <a href="https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/wed-nomcom" target="_blank" class="">https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/wed-nomcom</a>. It’d be great to have some NCUC participants, both F2F and remote, to raise any issues they may have in mind about how the NomCom process operates, the currently open positions (applications due 20 March) and qualifications/disqualifications for these, etc. Below is a message the NC chair sent to the registries, as background.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>
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<br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br class="">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Stephane Van Gelder - Starting Dot</b> <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:svg@startingdot.bio" target="_blank" class="">svg@startingdot.bio</a>></span><br class="">Date: 7 March 2016 at 13:18<br class="">Subject: NomCom public meeting, Wednesday<br class="">To: GTLD Registries <<a href="mailto:regycon@googlegroups.com" target="_blank" class="">regycon@googlegroups.com</a>><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">All, FYI.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For the last couple of years, the NomCom has pushed ICANN meeting staff to have a public meeting in a room that isn't hidden away and hard to find.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I'm happy to report that for this meeting, we've finally been successful.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I can therefore only encourage anyone that is interested in the NomCom process, or in applying, to attend. We will present a quick overview of the NomCom process then have a public discussion to determine the type of questions we should be asking Board applicants when we interview them face to face at our selection meeting.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This is a unique opportunity not only to witness the NomCom process, but also to participate in it.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Here are the details of where the meeting is happening:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Meeting: NomCom Public Meeting</div><div class="">When: Wednesday, 9 March 2016</div><div class="">Time: 10:45 – 12:00 WET (local time in Marrakech – same as UTC)</div><div class="">Where: Palmeraie Conference Center – Level 0 | Toubkal Meeting Room | Adobe Connect</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><b class="">Stéphane Van Gelder</b></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">
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