<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>happy that I raised the concern to Kurtis in our last 1 to 1 meeting and that he really followed-up. I am more concerned about adding clear criteria on the matter for the selection process and that constituency travel start the process to deliver invitation letters etc earlier.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Rafik</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le ven. 24 oct. 2025 à 17:53, Bruna Martins dos Santos <<a href="mailto:bruna.mrtns@gmail.com">bruna.mrtns@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Did we ever receive these summaries in previous meetings ? <br><br>I really like the initiative by Russ. Its super meaningful to know the visa denials in numbers, just wish they had listed the nationalities too. <div><br></div><div>Best, </div><div>B</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM Tomslin Samme-Nlar <<a href="mailto:mesumbeslin@gmail.com" target="_blank">mesumbeslin@gmail.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"><div dir="ltr"><div>FYI</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Remain blessed,<br></div>Tomslin</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Russ Weinstein via soac-chairs</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:soac-chairs@icann.org" target="_blank">soac-chairs@icann.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 at 16:22<br>Subject: [soac-chairs] For Info: ICANN84 Travel Visa Summary<br>To: <a href="mailto:Soac-chairs@icann.org" target="_blank">Soac-chairs@icann.org</a> <<a href="mailto:Soac-chairs@icann.org" target="_blank">Soac-chairs@icann.org</a>><br>Cc: Policy Team Leaders <<a href="mailto:policy-team-leaders@icann.org" target="_blank">policy-team-leaders@icann.org</a>>, Sally Costerton <<a href="mailto:sally.costerton@icann.org" target="_blank">sally.costerton@icann.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Dear SO-AC Leaders, <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Recognizing we have heard quite a bit of concern from the community regarding travel visas in recent meetings, and there seems to be an uptick about this particular meeting, we did analysis
and produced this summary report for the community that provides summary level data re: funded travelers visa status, and also articulates the process and dependencies to enable visa applications. As always, ICANN cannot guarantee any group or individuals
visa, and it is countries who set their own rules about who are allowed to enter their countries. In the report you will find that very few funded travelers were unable to secure visa’s for Dublin.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We hope this report can help you be better informed as this issue may come up in your community discussions. We also intend to publish this report and similar information on ongoing basis
for future meetings, which will enable you to point your community members to those process summaries and the relevant data.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This is another report we would be happy to discuss as a follow up item to ICANN84. Apologies for adding to your plate at this time right before the meeting, but we thought better to share
the info than hold it. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thanks,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Russ<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Russ Weinstein<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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