<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top"><div>The internet is supposed to make it easier for businesses and business people to connect and get things done faster, like, for example, recruiting business people, but ironically internet governance connected groups spend most of their time physically traveling to places to get mostly nothing done, and say "more work needs to be done". <br /><br />Anybody remember NamesCon 2008? Me niether. There hasn't ever been a Conference that the whole world benefitted from, because conferences in the internet age are not meant for progress, conferences are just excuses for people to travel, to see and be seen, to party, in my opinion, and in my opinion proven by the fact that the internet's supposed and oft-mentioned purpose is to facilitate the entire business process, making the decision making/meeting process at conferences obsolete, unnecessary in a business sense, and also laughable,
when some business people who could easily talk and compare business notes any time of day via the internet say, "Let's wait for the conference to decide on that." Why? <br /><br />So Travelers can say they are leaders who physically traveled to meet and talk with relevant business people, when I am as much of a leader writing this single critique via email as they are traveling to vegas to walk around and say, "ooh, that's interesting" 1000 times. While it might be fun to do, the internet community is waiting for real tangible progress and real solutions to real world problems and all the tech community has provided them in the past 12 months is an IWatch. I would argue that the "constant conference culture" limits real progress by getting people stuck in a never ending travel loop, where all they begin to care about is the quality of the next travel destination. <br /><br />Ron</div></td></tr></table> <div id="_origMsg_">
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Re: [EURO-Discuss] Meeting invites for CCWG Accountability 3rd Draft Proposal taking place 16 December and 17 December 2015. <br>
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I would like to emphasize how important these Webinars are when it
comes down to receiving input from our ALSes about a process which
might significantly affect your participation in ICANN's bottom-up
processes. Indeed, the CCWG proposal is proposing changing some
major ICANN bylaws, processes and the standing of the Board with the
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The 20:00 UTC Webinar on Wednesday is a general informational
Webinar from the CCWG Accountability which will explain the contents
of the CCWG Accountability Proposal.<br clear="none">
The 22:00 UTC Webinar on Wednesday and the one on Thursday at 11:00
UTC are Webinars organised by At-Large that will serve to listen to
your comments about your concerns. There will also be online polls
taking place during the Webinar to collect your view on specific
concerns raised by ALAC members and members of the At-Large
community's IANA Issues working group.<br clear="none">
Looking forward to see you there!<br clear="none">
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