<div dir="ltr">Rafik, Farzi, <div><br></div><div>I fully concur with the points raised by the two of you, I did not mean to namely mention the company; with my email I was meaning only to shine a light on some of the things that keep on happening to us, - but maybe just a paragraph on how diverse our community is and the need for proper support with visa processes works better in this specific context. And I would love to help draft a statement on the visas issue, as suggested by Steph. </div><div><br></div><div>Cheers, </div><div>B. </div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2018-07-01 22:21 GMT-03:00 Michael Karanicolas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mkaranicolas@gmail.com" target="_blank">mkaranicolas@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br>
<br>
Thank you for taking the effort to draft this. While the submission<br>
raises many excellent points, I would suggest that paragraphs 9, 10<br>
and 11 should be deleted, as it is fundamentally inconsistent with our<br>
prioritization in terms of maximizing participation. ICANN has a<br>
finite pot of money to spend on travel. If they can support 10<br>
travellers on economy premium, or 12 people on basic economy, we<br>
should be supporting the use of basic economy, so more people can<br>
attend. I also think that the focus on status and air miles<br>
appears frivolous and self-indulgent, and will serve to discredit the<br>
other more valid and operational concerns that we raise.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
<br>
Michael<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 11:07 PM, Ayden Férdeline <<a href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com">icann@ferdeline.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Dear all,<br>
><br>
> ICANN org is currently requesting feedback on its proposed updates to the<br>
> Community Travel Support Guidelines. These guidelines clarify the<br>
> responsibilities of supported travellers and the duty of care that ICANN org<br>
> has to us. The comment documents are here.<br>
><br>
> I have prepared a response on behalf of the NCSG. You can find it here:<br>
> <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FEWgze1lVbMlB5if0EnfZE2BxGreHoQ6SKaj6ya7sZY/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/<wbr>document/d/<wbr>1FEWgze1lVbMlB5if0EnfZE2BxGreH<wbr>oQ6SKaj6ya7sZY/edit?usp=<wbr>sharing</a><br>
><br>
> Please consider reviewing the proposed comment and sharing feedback either<br>
> in the Google Doc itself or on this mailing list. The comment window closes<br>
> on 16 July, so please provide your inputs before 12 July so that the NCSG<br>
> Policy Committee has time to review them and to finalise the text. We will<br>
> share the final text on this list prior to submission.<br>
><br>
> Best wishes,<br>
><br>
> Ayden Férdeline<br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><i>Bruna Martins dos Santos </i></b></div><div><br></div><div><div>Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos<br></div><div>@boomartins<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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