[NCUC-DISCUSS] ICANN, TRAVEL, TRUMP

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On Jan 31, 2017 1:11 AM, "Ayden Férdeline" <icann at ferdeline.com> wrote:

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We should re-assess the viability of Puerto Rico hosting an ICANN meeting
in March 2018 in the months ahead, but for now, I think it is too soon for
anyone to make the call that the meeting must be relocated to another
location. I think it is legitimate for ICANN to perform a risk assessment
and to move meetings where there is a credible threat to the delegates. But
it *might* be a disproportionate response to move a meeting because not all
delegates will qualify for a visa to enter the host country. I realise how
upsetting this situation must be for those who are impacted and unable to
travel to a location. But moving meetings to a different country isn't
necessarily a solution. This is one reason why I support the geographic
rotation of meetings, to *try* to share the burden of visa obstacles.


SO: Well said, anyone who remember the history behind Puerto Rico will
understand why the current happenings cannot/should not warrant a change in
the venue.

Regards


Best wishes,

Ayden Férdeline
linkedin.com/in/ferdeline <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline>


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [NCUC-DISCUSS] ICANN, TRAVEL, TRUMP
Local Time: 30 January 2017 10:40 PM
UTC Time: 30 January 2017 22:40
From: egmorris1 at toast.net
To: NCUC-discuss <ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org>

With our Chair unable to safely attend the NCPH Intercessional meeting in
Reykjavik in two weeks time due to the American governments travel
restrictions ( http://lists.ncuc.org/pipermail/ncuc-ec/2017-
January/003567.html ),  Milton Mueller's take on "Internet Governance And
Trump's Assault on International Travel ( http://www.
internetgovernance.org/2017/01/30/internet-governance-and-trumps-assault-on-
international-travel/ ) is of particular relevance to NCUC members. Thank
you, Milton, for writing it.

We are in the early stages of this new administration. We still do not know
what the policy of this new American government will be towards ICANN and
our work. As an American corporation,  there are concerns immediate and
distant, operational and more theoretical, as to the impact of
this Republican government on ICANN. "America First" and "One World, One
Internet" just may be two slogans that can not be easily reconciled.

As we wait and watch,  as a Constituency we need to be vigilante and
supportive of all our members. With the unstable nature of the United
States government,  I'd suggest the Board may have acted a bit too quickly
in approving Puerto Rico as a meeting site for ICANN 61. Some community
groups, including some in the noncommercial world,  are already considering
a boycott of ICANN 60 for other reasons.

Regardless of what happens with both of these Meetings, I'd encourage our
NCUC leadership to demand that ICANN devote more resources to remote
participation. ICANN sponsored regional hubs may be part of a solution,
modern technology certainly is. Adobe Connect simply is no longer state of
the art. Although we need to be careful with the bandwidth limitations of
our members, we can and need to develop state of the art, ICANN specific
remote participation tools. It's one way to proactively adapt to the new
world environment.

Thanks, again, Milton. More challenges for us to meet as we fight to
preserve noncommercial values such as free speech, privacy, due process and
fair use on the global internet.

Kind Regards,


Ed Morris







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