[EURO-Discuss] EURALO - ALAC demarche to ICANN

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Fri Dec 7 05:05:12 UTC 2012


Dear Yrjö,

Thank you very-very much!

Best regards,
Oksana

2012/12/7 Wolf Ludwig <wolf.ludwig at comunica-ch.net>:
> 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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