<div dir="auto">This indeed is a good reference and avoids reinventing things to some extent, certainly it should serve as reference to the CCWG (this can only be a community wide discussion). <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">One of the things not to borrow though from the IETF is "what determines where they hold their meeting" otherwise a number of regions/continent may never host ICANN meeting again. ;-)<br><br>Cheers!<br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Sent from my mobile<br>Kindly excuse brevity and typos</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 8, 2017 7:05 PM, "Niels ten Oever" <<a href="mailto:lists@digitaldissidents.org">lists@digitaldissidents.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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On 07/08/2017 06:17 PM, farzaneh badii wrote:<br>
> Hi everyone,<br>
><br>
> The CEO is asking:<br>
><br>
> 1) Do you think it is timely to open up a broader discussion about<br>
> adding rules on how to choose meeting venues: factors such as gender<br>
> issues, democratic principles, and strict rules in observance of<br>
> religious holidays, etc., have been among the questions that have been<br>
> raised.<br>
<br>
Yes, I suggest similar approach to:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-mtgvenue-iaoc-venue-selection-process-07" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tools.ietf.org/html/<wbr>draft-ietf-mtgvenue-iaoc-<wbr>venue-selection-process-07</a><br>
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><br>
> 2) How do you anticipate such a discussion to take place?<br>
><br>
> Some of you have commented on this already on another thread at NCSG<br>
> mailing list. I will relay those comments. But question 2 needs more<br>
> answers.<br>
><br>
> If you have any particular views please discuss here.<br>
><br>
<br>
Maybe community could be asked for input, which could be re-worked by<br>
staff into a document which would be opened for public comment.<br>
<br>
Am not sure we would need a fully fledged ccwg for this.<br>
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Best,<br>
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Niels<br>
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> Best<br>
><br>
><br>
> Farzaneh<br>
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