[EURO-Discuss] R: EURALO - ALAC demarche to ICANN

[Roberto Gaetano]

I like the text.
My only comment is about "representing Asia and the Pacific Islands":  we
should either use the "official" name, that is " Asia, Australasia and
Pacific Islands" or the short form "Asia-Pacific".
Cheers,
R.




-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: euro-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org
[mailto:euro-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org] Per conto di Wolf
Ludwig
Inviato: venerdì 7 dicembre 2012 04:29
A: Discussion for At-Large Europe
Cc: At-Large Staff
Oggetto: Re: [EURO-Discuss] EURALO - ALAC demarche to ICANN

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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