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Dear BC members
Attached is an update regarding the upcoming ICANN meeting in Nairobi.
Several BC members are arriving on Friday night and earlier, and will be on
ground in Nairobi, at a few different hotels. You can keep in touch with me by
email and I'll ensure that everyone gets any communications from you.
Sunday night's dinner, if you are coming to Nairobi, is organized and sponsored
by one of our own members, so if you haven't rsvp'd, please do so immediately.
It is a separate event that involves the Kenyan business community.
Monday has the opening ceremony and speech by the President, which you should
plan to attend, to hear more about Rod Beckstrom's focus. The EIO session on
Monday will have Zahid Jamil as a panelist, along with others, and the BC's
position will be reflected from the floor, as well as by Zahid. A Session on
Affirmation of Commitment Reviews is scheduled next, followed by a session on
Trademark Protection in new gTLDS, where Zahid Jamil will be a panelist.
Monday at 6 p.m., we will have our first 'huddle' which now will include the
IPC and ISPCP, and be led by Ron Andruff, BC member. The location for our
'huddles' for Monday and Tuesday night will be announced after arrival in
Nairobi.
The bridge for the 'huddles' will be reforwarded Monday a.m. Nairobi time.
Tuesday's schedule is described in the attachment.
During Tuesday's meeting of the BC, we will be allocating members to attend
different sessions Wednesday and Thursday so taht we have a presence in all
relevant sessions. If you are participating remotely, we will ask you to also
identify which session you are participating in so that we have a broad
distribution of BC members in relevant sessions.
Thursday, at 8:00 a.m. the onsite Business Constituency members will 'huddle'
before the public forum, to discuss the agenda items before the Board in the
public forum. Individual BC members will be speaking on their individual views
on various topics that will be on the Public Forum agenda. I hope that many
of you who are remote participants can join the public forum and express your
perspectives. The time slot is not particularly friendly, but your input is
important.
The Kenyan ICANN meeting is unique in many ways. We will all miss you if you
are not able to come in person, but look forward to hearing from you, and
keeping in contact during the meeting regarding your views.
My next communication is likely to be from Kenya, but I'll be on line for a few
hours yet, so do send along any questions that you have, or additional
information or enhancements.
The materials attached describe our confirmed speakers/and invited speakers,
but is subject to change, depending on changes in confirmation.
Marilyn CadeChair, BC
Attachment:
CSG and BC Agenda - ICANN Nairobi.docx |