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No.	Recommendation	Recipient	Thematic Group Source	Assignees	Status
16	ICANN needs to improve their direct communications regardless of time zones.	ICANN Board; ICANN GSE Staff	TG2	ATLAS II IT ALT	- No Response Required

Implementation Details

The At-Large Community has made a firm commitment for the rotation of its teleconferences, webinars, and briefings to cater to participants in various time zones.

At-Large has also made ICANN treats time zone accommodation a priority in enhancing inclusion and diversity.

As a result, there has been an absolute increase of the rotation of teleconferences across ICANN, particularly in cross community working groups and webinars and briefings held by staff departments.

Next Step

At-Large will maintain a watching brief on the rotation of teleconferences within ICANN and other improvements of communications across various time zones.

Actions:

02 Sep 2015:
- ATLAS II IT to ask ALT to confirm that there has been a firm commitment re continuing the system of rotation for At-Large calls, webinars, and briefings
- ALAC to ask ICANN Board and GSE Staff to confirm that there has been a firm commitment re continuing the system of rotation for ICANN calls, webinars, and briefings

Notes:

An absolute increase of the rotation of calls among different time zones; especially the rotation of calls in the IANA CWG, Accountability CCWG, and ICG are supported by our community;
The At-Large calls are about to rotate to cater to attendees in different time zones
Making decision within 24hr period is still a challenge
18 Oct 2015 (update from the GSE, slides)
- Note on slide: This is being addressed through rotation of time zones for QSC and in some working groups with rotation of call times. This recommendation is not limited to GSE, but also applies to other departments across ICANN.