[At-Large] The visa to Canada and fall of participation

[Sonigitu Ekpe]

+ My cents.
Bravo!

Sonigitu Ekpe
Environmental Governance Consultant

+234 803 399 2350

On Sun, 27 Oct 2019, 22:09 Seun Ojedeji, <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I think issues of visa will continue to be in the front burner of
> challenges of holding face 2 face meetings and while I do not think it's
> necessary to remind ourselves that every country reserves the right to
> grant or reject a visa application neither will it be helpful to give a
> general term to a country's decision, but it is absolutely fine for us to
> develop an individual opinion which will be based on our individual
> experience and these are normally not the same in this context.
>
> That said, it's up to Atlarge/ICANN to consider whether the meetings are
> truly open to all if certain country border requirements and processes can
> be so exhausting. While I have read through various experience sharing of
> those who got denied and got granted visa after trying again, none of them
> suggest that it happened due to any action of the meeting organisers/local
> host. However in certain previous ICANN meetings the intervention of local
> host was quite evident.
>
> As one who went through the Visa application process, I will say that
> issue of getting granted or denied visa is just one aspect, the time it
> takes to even get a decision is another major issue. IMO those who may not
> physically attend the meeting will be affected more by the latter and this
> is not because they applied late, it is just how complicated the
> application review process of Canada can be. It is in such situation that
> interventions of local host makes a difference and it is not entirely clear
> to me how much impact the local host played on this particular one as it's
> not evident [1].
>
> I hope that this will be read in a positive sense of things as my
> intention is not to blame the local host as they may have indeed done their
> best (within their limit) but this is to serve as a feedback on the
> importance of considering the type of host and her commitment thereof when
> determining where next to take the most important of the 3 annual ICANN
> meetings.
>
> I wish everyone attending the event a safe journey and yes I hope some of
> us originally scheduled to attend will try to make good use of remote
> participation. Do have a wonderful meeting experience as usual.
>
> Regards
> 1. This is a personal opinion based on my experience.
> Sent from my mobile
> Kindly excuse brevity and typos
>
> On Sun, 27 Oct 2019, 15:25 Johan Helsingius, <julf at julf.com> wrote:
>
>> On 27-10-19 12:23, peters omoragbon wrote:
>>
>> > I attend international
>> > conferences especially as a United Nations Permanent Rep and A UNFCCC
>> > Designated Contact person. What the organizers do is to agree on a code
>> > with the host country foreign affairs ministry for ACCREDITED Delegates.
>>
>> Unlike the UN, ICANN is a multistakeholder organisation, and ICANN
>> meetings are open to anyone, not just accredited participants.
>>
>>         Julf
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> At-Large mailing list
>> At-Large at atlarge-lists.icann.org
>> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large
>>
>> At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org
>> _______________________________________________
>> By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your
>> personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance
>> with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and
>> the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos). You
>> can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or
>> configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or
>> disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on.
>>
> _______________________________________________
> At-Large mailing list
> At-Large at atlarge-lists.icann.org
> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large
>
> At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org
> _______________________________________________
> By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your
> personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance
> with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and
> the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos). You can
> visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or
> configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or
> disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/at-large/attachments/20191027/310e8176/attachment.html>