[At-Large] ICANN68 to be a virtual meeting

Sat Apr 11 16:45:42 UTC 2020

On Sat, Apr 11, 2020, 13:47 Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com> wrote:

> Dear Wolfgang,
>
> whilst I'd like to think we can get by with only having two face to face
> meetings per year, I am not convinced as I am already seeing the
> limitations of such meetings.
> First, I believe that this is likely to negatively impact on our
> community. The ALAC and Regional Leaders are a Team that is supposed to
> work together towards a common goal. A vital component of a Team is for
> them to work well together and a synergy to come out of this collaboration.
> This is impossible by doing meetings online only. You need the essential
> human face to face element. You need people to be able to talk to each
> other during a break. You need bilaterals.
> Second, one thing which I have noticed over years of involvement at ICANN,
> when the going gets tough, these moments in particularly tough working
> groups where there is no consensus and we are a hair away from a trench
> war, having a face to face meeting with the corridor discussions, with
> other people around, with the possibility of speaking separately with the
> person or group of people that do not agree on a consensus, is a vital
> component part of finding the elusive consensus.
>

+1 Olivier.

For reasons of confidentiality I cannot explain specific examples, but I
> can think of dozens of times when, during a break, a deadlock has been
> resolved by opposing parties meeting quickly in a corner of the room and
> understanding what is the problem, off the record, to find a solution and
> not end up with a failure in the process. I have personally experienced
> this at many meetings, whether at ITU, United Nations, WIPO, WEF... and of
> course at ICANN.
> With less face to face meeting opportunities, I can foresee that some
> ICANN processes are going to be delayed. I can foresee that some ICANN
> processes might result in deadlock, because there is no opportunity to meet
> face to face and reach a deal. Now that everyone speaks on the record and
> nobody sees the facial expression, yet the white of the eye and body
> language of the other persons they are speaking with, participants end up
> speaking to a blank screen and rhetoric wins over reason. In a top-down
> system where one person makes the decision, this doesn't matter so much.
> But in a bottom-up system where everyone has to work towards a common goal,
> the human touch is a vital component, as we are not machines and never will
> be.
> Kindest regards,
>
> Olivier
>
> On 10/04/2020 11:21, Wolfgang Kleinwächter wrote:
>
> I did this proposed already after virtuel at Cancun67: Lets reform the ICANN
> Meeting Strategy: One Spring and one Fall ICANN Meeting F2F, and one
> virtual meeting in the summer. This would also save travel money and be
> good for the environment.  :-)))
>
> wolfgang
>
>
> Kaili Kan <kankaili at gmail.com> <kankaili at gmail.com> hat am 10. April 2020
> um 02:32 geschrieben:
>
> If this works well, it may become the norm from now on.
>
> However, still feeling that nothing can replace F2F.  Already missing
> everybody.   : (
>
> Kaili
>
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 2:50 AM Ali Almeshal < dralialmeshal at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Right decision.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 9, 2020, at 9:30 PM, Maureen Hilyard < maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2020-04-09-en
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