<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>What if we keep the current guidelines and have the community vote every year to chose the venue for the upcoming 3 meetings?</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Things change and we may agree on something today but this will no longer be valid after some time.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">What if potential hosts provide the community with info to help the community vote and then have the results ratified by the Board?<br><br><div>-----------------</div><div>Arsène Tungali,</div><div><a href="http://about.me/ArseneTungali">about.me/ArseneTungali</a></div><div>+243 993810967</div><div>GPG: 523644A0</div><div>Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo</div><div><br></div>Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos)</div><div><br>On Jul 13, 2017, at 4:47 PM, Christopher Momanyi <<a href="mailto:cmomanyi@strathmore.edu">cmomanyi@strathmore.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Farzaneh,</div><div>Thank you for sharing this. I will suggest that holidays pertaining to countries that will host any ICANN meeting be respected, this means hat the local host has to advise alongside any specific information any person attending an ICANN meeting in that country may need to know.</div><div><br></div>For gender issues, the individual working groups should be left to decide on this matter so that we don't delve into controversial discussions.<div><br></div><div>Regards <br><br>On Saturday, 8 July 2017, farzaneh badii <<a href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com" target="_blank">farzaneh.badii@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Hi everyone,<br>> The CEO is asking:<br>> 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. <br>> 2) How do you anticipate such a discussion to take place?<br>> 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. <br>> If you have any particular views please discuss here.<br>> Best <br>><br>> Farzaneh
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