<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">The <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fivetouchsolutions.emicann57">Google Play Store page</a> reports "between 100 and 500" downloads among all attendees.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Deployment of the app does not seem to justify the expense of its development.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Good implementation of Google Calendar to list events, locations and participation information had worked splendidly for past meetings; indeed, there is an explicit At-Large account to specifically create and maintain that calendar. Thanks to its active use, I was able to see the Hyderabad schedule without downloading any apps (and in fact flag the one meeting in which I wanted to participate remotely).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">The At-Large Calendar is accessible through any software that can import a calendar using <a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/mg77af7hggs3b8vmi7ove5nk7c%40group.calendar.google.com/private-b88f8510a6e7434137ef6a308d29fe1c/basic" target="_blank">XML</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/mg77af7hggs3b8vmi7ove5nk7c%40group.calendar.google.com/private-b88f8510a6e7434137ef6a308d29fe1c/basic.ics" target="_blank">ICAL</a> or <a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=mg77af7hggs3b8vmi7ove5nk7c%40group.calendar.google.com&pvttk=b88f8510a6e7434137ef6a308d29fe1c" target="_blank">HTML</a>. It informs about not just activity during ICANN meetings, but also ALAC and RALO meetings as well as working groups. It has been around a long time and just works.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Furthermore, use of open standards for calendar sharing makes that solution far more platform independent as it can be used by people using their desktops at the meeting as well as those on mobile devices of any make. It integrates into existing calendars which enables volunteers to see At-Large meeting schedules integrated into our non-ICANN lives. And, as a bonus, the meeting invitation feature enables staff to track who is attending each meeting should they utilize that option.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">A platform-specific app, moreover a disposable one that's also specific to one specific meeting, strikes me as wheel-reinvention, a misuse of resources whether volunteer or paid, when existing multi-platform access to the meeting information is already available and actively maintained.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Cheers,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">- Evan</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 21 December 2016 at 11:26, Glenn McKnight <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" target="_blank">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Folks<div><br></div><div>We have 16 responses on the short survey. I am sure we had more people downloading the APP in India </div><div><br></div><div>Please spend a few moments and complete the survey</div><div><br></div><div>Link</div><div><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/uGm0CC0eiYnOJt3n2" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/forms/<wbr>uGm0CC0eiYnOJt3n2</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_-6655209722792819553gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Glenn McKnight<br><a href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" target="_blank">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a><br>skype gmcknight<br>twitter gmcknight<br>.</div></div></div>
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