Thank you, Aftab and Akinori. 

There is an ICANN org webinar for the community/public at 18:00 UTC today to explain the decision and a teleconference at 11:00 UTC tomorrow for the SO/AC planning committee to discuss how to move forward. I will be in touch with the ASO and ASO AC leaderships as we learn more about next steps for implementing a remote participation-only meeting. 

Best,
Carlos 



Carlos Reyes 

Strategic Policy Planning Director 

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)


On Feb 19, 2020, at 20:33, MAEMURA Akinori <akinori.maemura@board.icann.org> wrote:


Thank you Aftab for spreading the words.

We at the ICANN board had an intensive meeting this morning (in Melbourne) and reached a difficult decision.nce

Fully Remote Participation Only meeting had been carefully considered and the decision was made based on the estimation of fair viability, although we may encounter problems unknown.  I know many further coordination at SOs and ACs should be done to make the unprecedented meeting effectively run, bu I am sure Policy Support Team will handle the needed coordination, which I appreciate much.

Thanks!
Akinori


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MAEMURA Akinori / 前村 昌紀
Board Director,
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
akinori.maemura@board.icann.org



On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 9:48 AM Aftab Siddiqui <aftab.siddiqui@gmail.com> wrote:
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2020-02-19-en [icann.org]

LOS ANGELES – 19 February 2020 – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced that its ICANN67 Public Meeting, which was to be held in Cancún, Mexico, will now be held via remote participation-only.

Regards,

Aftab A. Siddiqui
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