<div dir="ltr">Hi Farzaneh,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for this</div><div class="gmail_extra">1/ I am in favor of opening up a broader since some concerns were raised before when meetings were moved. I guess that such effort will start by reviewing the current guidelines. Adding more requirements about visa access(and support) is needed. For holidays, I think that can be managed more flexibly since it is about dates and not necessarily venues (as done for Panama next year).<br>I think we can discuss more or less objective criteria starting with comparison against indexes (e.g. for human rights, democracy etc) but that still need to be discussed in more depth. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">another topic would be about the transparency regarding assessment or evaluations used by meeting team and board. in 2011 board decided to move the meeting from Jordan to Singapore. It was at the time of "Arab Spring" and it was not clear what kind of information got board leading to such decision. Things improved later for the case of Morocco, Panama and Puerto Rico but still.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">2/ a CCWG will be an overkill. a work done by staff with regular input from the community through public comments and/or public sessions would be enough.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">with regard to format, I think that is still early to state that was a bad or good idea. I heard concerns too about the length but my interpretation is: habits changes slowly (we get used to the previous format for years so there will be resistance to new formats) and also that we are still trying more and more sessions (a lot of internal meetings) even in a shorter period. the different SOs/ACs have their own scheduling in ICANN meetings and it is interesting to see how they can fill every day by so many sessions. cross-community sessions are starting to take shape while their organization and planning still need more clarity and participation from all parts.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Rafik</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">2017-07-09 1:17 GMT+09:00 farzaneh badii <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com" target="_blank">farzaneh.badii@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Hi everyone,</div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The CEO is asking:</div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div>1) Do you think it is timely to open up a broader discussion about adding rules on how to choose meeting venues: factors such as gender issues, democratic principles, and strict rules in observance of religious holidays, etc., have been among the questions that have been raised. </div><div><br></div><div>2) How do you anticipate such a discussion to take place?</div><div><br></div><div>Some of you have commented on this already on another thread at NCSG mailing list. I will relay those comments. But question 2 needs more answers. </div><div><br></div><div>If you have any particular views please discuss here.</div><div><br></div><div>Best </div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div><br></div></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><div class="m_3852755973339861777gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Farzaneh </font></div></div></div></div>
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