<div dir="ltr">I would add to Ayden's concerns that I would not deem "preserving" records a sufficient measure when such records are preserved in a by and large unusable, proprietary format.<div><br></div><div>Best,</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 7:02 AM Ayden Férdeline <<a href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com">icann@ferdeline.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I have concerns around the migration to Zoom, not so much because of the interface (though I think it does not work as well as Adobe Connect when you have 100+ people in a room), but because this migration has occurred with no prior community consultation.<br>
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I happen to find it very disrespectful that ICANN expects 3,000+ volunteers to spend their time downloading, installing, and learning how to use a new tool in order to save ICANN a few thousand dollars. Our time is worth something, surely?<br>
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I also have deep concerns about this migration because many historical records are preserved only in the proprietary Adobe Connect format. Not every meeting gets transcribed. I sure do hope we do not lose access to these important records, as convenient as that might be for ICANN. I am assured by staff that no records will be lost but details on how they will be preserved are not forthcoming.<br>
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Ayden Férdeline<br>
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On Saturday, April 13, 2019 3:30 PM, Sam Lanfranco <<a href="mailto:Lanfran@YORKU.CA" target="_blank">Lanfran@YORKU.CA</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Just a quick note. Yesterday I used Zoom in a meeting with another<br>
> ICANN constituency. It loaded flawlessly and behaved well.<br>
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> Sam L.<br>
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