At-Large ICANN Future Meetings Strategy Workspace
- Ariel Liang
- Aleksey Khapchenko
- Tijani BEN JEMAA
- Olivier Crépin-Leblond
| Comment Close Date | Statement Name | Status | Assignee(s) and | Call for Comments | Call for Comments Close | Vote Announcement | Vote Open | Vote Reminder | Vote Close | Date of Submission | Staff Contact and Email | Statement Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21.04.2014 | ICANN Future Meetings Strategy | ADOPTED14Y, 0N, 0A | Tijani BEN JEMAA | 07.04.2014 | 12.04.2014 23:59 UTC | 14.04.2014 00:00 UTC | 14.04.2014 00:00 UTC | 18.04.2014 | 19.04.2014 00:00 UTC | 21.04.2014 | Tanzanica King tanzanica.king@icann.org | AL-ALAC-ST-0414-01-00-EN |
FINAL VERSION TO BE SUBMITTED IF RATIFIED
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FINAL DRAFT VERSION TO BE VOTED UPON BY THE ALAC
The At-Large Advisory Committee supports the recommendations of the Meeting Strategy Working Group report.
The differentiation of the 3 annual meetings looks interesting and would permit to:
- Improve the geographic rotation allowing ICANN to go to countries where no large meeting venues are available
- Minimize the number of conflicting sessions through the separation of the constituencies’ internal work and the cross community sessions.
- Give more opportunities the cross community interaction
- Increase concentrated time of policy work
- Undertake outreach to engage with local Internet communities
- Increase opportunities for thematic, regional and or language-based interactions.
The ALAC also appreciates very much that visa deliverance becomes one of the main criteria for the selection of the meetings venue.
In addition, the ALAC suggests the following:
- that local availability of an open Internet without hindrance should also be added to the selection criteria.
- that venues without facilities for the easy participation of disabled communities should not be considered
- that video coverage of meetings using cameras and camera-work (pan and zoom) rather than a stationary Webcam would make the meetings more engaging for remote participants thus putting less pressure on face to face meetings
Finally, we welcome the recommendation not restricting rotation of any meeting to ICANN hub cities.
FIRST DRAFT SUBMITTED
The At-Large Advisory Committee supports the recommendations of the Meeting Strategy Working Group report.
The differentiation of the 3 annual meetings looks interesting and would permit to:
- Improve the geographic rotation allowing ICANN to go to countries where no large meeting rooms are available
- Minimize the number of conflicting sessions through the separation of the constituencies’ internal work and the cross community sessions.
- Give more opportunities for the cross community interaction
- Increase concentrated time of policy work
- Undertake outreach to engage with the local Internet communities
- Increase opportunities for thematic, regional and or language-based interactions.
Also, the ALAC appreciates very much that the visa deliverance becomes one of the main criteria for the selection of the meetings venue.
On the other hand, we welcome the recommendation not restricting rotation of any meeting to ICANN hub cities.