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

[Alagie Ceesay]

Ayden

I'd want to be mindful of national elections hence most of these now likely
involve protests etc.

Alagie

On Saturday, August 26, 2017, Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com> wrote:

> 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
> linkedin.com/in/ferdeline <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> 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
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> To: Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at GMAIL.COM
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> 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
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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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