[Public Comments] Proposed Dates for ICANN Public Meetings 2021 –2023

[Mamadou LO]

Thanks Ayden for these points..
As for religions and cultural holidays, an example here is the last Aid el Fitr (end of muslim fasting) coinciding with ICANN 59.
Regards..



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De : Ayden Férdeline <icann at FERDELINE.COM>
Date : 26/08/2017 15:58 (GMT+00:00)
À : NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Objet : Re: [Public Comments] Proposed Dates for ICANN Public Meetings 2021–2023

So in order to respond to this comment, I would suggest that we first need to determine what kinds of date clashes we would find problematic and unacceptable.

Firstly, and I think this is uncontroversial, I think we do not want ICANN meetings conflicting with IETF meetings, WSIS, or the IGF. It seems ICANN staff have already taken care to ensure this does not occur.

Secondly, there are national and regional events where our members are active. I would not want an ICANN meeting to conflict with a regional IGF, though I would be more indifferent to an ICANN meeting conflicting with, say, an RIR meeting (though it seems unlikely to me that this would occur).

However, there are recurring civil society events which we would not want a meeting to conflict with. I have thought of Rightscon, MozFest, and the Internet Freedom Festival, but what others have I forgotten about?

Thirdly, we come onto statutory holidays. US national holidays are apparently so important that ICANN staff have taken care to ensure there are no conflicts with these ones. But what other holidays are celebrated outside of the US that could impact our members and their ability to attend ICANN meetings?

Fourth, religious and cultural holidays. I think ICANN staff have already taken care here to make sure dates don't conflict with most holidays with a global footprint, but we do need to check this.

Then we have important political events like national elections. Is that something we should look out for? Similarly, should we be mindful of major world events like the Olympic Games or the FIFA World Cup?

And what about school holidays? I think this is rather unavoidable unfortunately, but am mindful that if we have any parents amongst us this could be a barrier to attendance.

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts,

Ayden Férdeline
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Subject: Re: [Public Comments] Proposed Dates for ICANN Public Meetings 2021–2023
Local Time: 25 August 2017 9:11 AM
UTC Time: 25 August 2017 08:11
From: icann at ferdeline.com
To: Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at GMAIL.COM>, NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU

Hi Rafik,

Thanks for raising awareness of this issue. I would be delighted to be the penholder for this comment.

Best wishes,

Ayden Férdeline

On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 2:30 am, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at GMAIL.COM<mailto:rafik.dammak at GMAIL.COM>> wrote:
hi all,

early this week, a public consultation started to get community input regarding the dates for ICANN meetings in 2021-2023 https://www.icann.org/public-comments/icann-meetings-dates-2017-08-21-en.

As explained here: "Purpose: The purpose of this public comment proceeding is to solicit and collect feedback from the community on the proposed dates for ICANN Public Meetings to be held in 2021, 2022, and 2023. The advance notice gives the community an opportunity to identify potential conflicts before ICANN posts the official dates. It also gives participants enough time to plan their travel and attendance."

if there is enough interest, we can work on a short comment if we have any concerns about the proposed dates. Please let me know if you want to volunteer to take the lead for drafting.

Best,

Rafik


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