<p dir="ltr">Hi,</p>
<p dir="ltr">I believe the meeting locations were already predetermined so it was not realistic to change as suggested. As you may know, call to host ICANN meetings are done in block (I think it's 2 years period) and countries who expressed interest during the application window would have been reviewed and selected. In a situation where the meeting venue changes due to unforeseen circumstances, it becomes a plus for any other region that has a country willing to host at such short notice (while still meeting the hosting requirements). </p>
<p dir="ltr">It's usually a difficult one but that is what it is. Personally, I would have preferred that ICANN open a short call for EOI when such happens so other countries in that particular region affected could express their interest. (Although I don't know if it would have helped in this case since the Zika stuff is considered continental)</p>
<p dir="ltr">Regards</p>
<p dir="ltr">Sent from my LG G4<br>
Kindly excuse brevity and typos</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 13 Mar 2016 12:38 a.m., "Ayden Férdeline" <<a href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com">icann@ferdeline.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Hi, all-</div><div><br></div><div>The locations for ICANN Meetings in 2017 <em></em><em></em>have been posted: <a href="https://meetings.icann.org/en/calendar" target="_blank">https://meetings.icann.org/en/calendar</a></div><div><br></div><div>ICANN58 is in Copenhagen, ICANN59 is in Johannesburg, and ICANN60 is in Abu Dhabi.</div><div><br></div><div>It appears that ICANN57 will remain in San Juan. I'm a little surprised that ICANN58 is going to Europe rather than Latin America, given the change of location of the Panama City meeting… </div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div><br></div><div><div>Ayden Férdeline</div></div><img width="0" height="0" style="border:0;width:0px;min-height:0px" src="https://app.mixmax.com/api/track/v2/XaTrSrXGzHSQ5DOPT/i02bj5SZulGblRmclZGQu5WYjlmI/IyZy9mLjV3Yu5yc0NXasB0czV3YzlGZtMWdj5mI/IyczV3YzlGZtMUVD5kI?sc=false" alt="">
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