[EURO-Discuss] EURALO - ALAC demarche to ICANN

[Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond]

Dear Wolf,

thank you. As I had mentioned on the call, perhaps should you take this
to share it with all RALOs once the language of the statement is agreed
on here. If there's consensus on support at cross-RALO level, we could
act quickly to have this go to the ALAC for ratification. That would
give it a real weight.
Kind regards,

Olivier

On 07/12/2012 07:28, Wolf Ludwig wrote:
> Dear all, 
>
> as discussed at out last monthly call and noted under action items, Yrjö drafted a letter to ICANN regarding visa problems some of our community members faced for the last Toronto meeting in October -- see below.
>
> Your comments are welcome. Thanks and 
>
> kind regards,
> Wolf
>
>
> Yrjö Länsipuro wrote Tue, 4 Dec 2012 00:49:
>> Dear Wolf,
>> You're right, I promised to draft the letter, and here it is:
>>
>>
>> Dear ---
>> As you might know, a number of people who intended to participate at the
> ICANN meeting in Toronto experienced visa problems, and some of them missed the
> meeting altogether. Of course, the granting of visas is the sovereign right of
> the host country, and there is very little ICANN can do when such problems come
> to light, typically very close to the meeting.
>> However, ICANN should be a concerned  when  its essential structures and
> the bylaws-mandated balance of their composition  are affected by visa
> problems.  This is what happened in Toronto, when three of five ALAC-appointed
> members of the 2013 Nominating Committee were not able to participate at the
> committee's kick-off meeting.  They were from Sudan, representing Africa,
> Moldova, representing Europe, and from Armenia, representing Asia and the
> Pacific Islands.  A fourth NomCom member, a Kenyan representative of the gNSO
> business community, barely made it, having received  his visa at the last
> moment.
>> ICANN's globalization and its endeavour to be inclusive and representative
> of all regions of the world should not  be held hostage by the whims of visa
> policies of the host countries and bureaucratic delays in their implementation.
>
>> The ALAC respectfully suggests that in the future, as part of the selection
> process of future meeting venues, ICANN sets as a condition that the potential
> host organization presents a firm commitment of relevant immigration
> authorities to facilitate the granting of visas to all  members of the NomCom
> and other participants designated as essential by the ICANN.
>> ------------
>> Best,
>> Yrjö
>>
>>
>>
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Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
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