[NCUC-DISCUSS] Meeting with ICANN CEO

[Ayden Férdeline]

Just in regards to the second point — Mexico does not fall within North America, according to ICANN's arbitrary geographic regions framework. I believe that meetings should remain within their region (at least until such time as we no longer have a framework requiring regional rotation of meetings), so if the March 2018 meeting does not go ahead in Puerto Rico (and I think it should - relocating the meeting given the circumstances would be a disproportionate response), it should remain in North America, as defined by ICANN's geographic regions framework. I know this does not always happen in practice, but I was firmly opposed to relocating the meeting from Latin America to Europe last year. All this aside I do not think it is the best use of our limited time with the CEO to discuss venue locations, let alone for a meeting in excess of 12 months time.

Thanks,
Ayden


On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 2:18 pm, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <'raquino at gmail.com'> wrote:
Hi

I agree w/ Ed but also

* With the visa travel ban, organizations such as IETF and ISOC are
reviewing their actions for the time period the USA will be subject to
their new president mandate, ICANN also issued a communiqué on this
matter. What are the strategies in place to ensure international
participation remains a reality in ICANN? Specifically updates on:
1) Will there be a contract with a visa agency to help with travel
arrangements?
2) Will the meeting in Puerto Rico remain as planned? Couldn't it move
to Mexico?
3) Will ICANN reassure its commitment to diversity, which NCUC is
devoted to work towards too in WS2, and work on increasing
participation and leadership position from developing and least
developed countries and women?
4) ICANN jurisdiction being in the USA, can we be assured ICANN will
try to safeguard legally its international status?
5) Is ICANN monitoring the transition process of the Secretary of
Commerce, given that with the former appointee ICANN had extensive
dialogue which ensured the IANA transition came to completion?

[NCUC-DISCUSS] Meeting with ICANN CEO

Edward Morris egmorris1 at toast.net
Mon Feb 6 14:33:42 CET 2017

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Hi Farzi,

Here's one:

Ninety seven American hi tech companies signed an amicus brief supporting
the State of Washington's lawsuit against United States President Donald
Trump (
http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/business/amicus-brief-by-tech-com
panies/2322/ ) and his travel ban.

ICANN is an American high tech corporation impacted by the ban.

Did:

1. ICANN consider joining with its fellow American hi tech companies in
signing onto this brief?,
2. If so, why did it decide not to do so?
3. If not, why not?
4. Does the CEO agree that the travel ban has serious repercussions for
ICANN? If so, what does ICANN intend to do, if anything, to mitigate the
harm this ban is causing and potentially will, if extended, continue to
cause ICANN corporate and community?

Thanks for considering,

Ed Morris
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