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<p>Kathy, Dave et al, <br>
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<p>while it doesn't solve all issues, can I roll out a 'green
carpet' from Ireland to welcome any meeting for the community that
may be displaced. In 2015 we (INEX the organisation I work with
day to day) were pleased to host the ICANN meeting in Dublin. We
were even more delighted with the huge support we received from
the Depts of Foreign Affairs and Justice in welcoming and
extending visas to an extremely broad range of nationalities to
attend the meeting. From conversations with ICANN leadership
during the meeting, I understand it was one of the most broadly
represented meetings held for ICANN, with an especially large
delegation from Iran. <br>
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<p>At a practical level, if I, or indeed the various organisations
that support overseas meetings in Ireland, can assist with hosting
meetings here in Ireland, don't hesitate to get in contact. We
have an organisation here in Dublin (Dublin Convention Bureau)
that is tasked with facilitating overseas meeting, so happy to
make those introductions and they provide a free service to
investigate options.<br>
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<p>There's always a welcome here in Ireland so let us know if we can
help. <br>
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<p>Best wishes</p>
<p>Eileen<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 31/01/2017 11:11, Kathy Brown wrote:<br>
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<div>Dave, </div>
<div>These are very helpful comments. I am talking with and
listening closely to all parts of our community. Any other
thoughts from this list would be timely. </div>
<div>Our Board is engaged; I am in contact with Jari and others.
Watching closely U.S. judicial review and domestic and
international response. Working through next steps as the
situation evolves. </div>
<div>Will keep in touch here with all of you. </div>
<div>Kathy</div>
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On Jan 30, 2017, at 5:19 PM, Dave Burstein <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:daveb@dslprime.com">daveb@dslprime.com</a>>
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<div class="gmail_default">Kathy and folk<br>
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It was very good to see the comment. The folks on this list
know what the issues are, so the question is what to do
about them. We need more than high order principles here.
<br>
<br>
I suggest the board at the meeting this week pass a simple
resolution like the following.<br>
<br>
"ISOC meetings should be held where few, if any, of our
members will be blocked from attending. The temporary U.S.
visa requirements definitely prevent our board member Walid
AL-SAQAF from attending and require other board members to
go through "Extreme vetting." (Trump quote) If these become
permanent, we will follow the lead of the IETF, who "are
already reviewing what to do as far as location for the next
open North American meeting slot."
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.ietf.org/blog/2017/01/barriers-to-entry/">https://www.ietf.org/blog/2017/01/barriers-to-entry/</a>
Jeri Arkko, Andrew Sullivan, Leslie Daigle<br>
<br>
That's very simple, commits us to nothing, and should
immediately find support on the board. Clearly, moral and
rational arguments are having little effect. Time to try
financial ones, particularly those that affect the hotel
business. <br>
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I also believe CEO Brown or Chairman Camarillo should
immediately tell IETF Chair Arkko that he can freely call on
the resources of ISOC. We have a large communications staff
including pr pros who can support IETF.<br>
<br>
In the IETF discussion, several pointed to their lack of
resources and suggested IETF look to ISOC for help. I
believe our $30M subsidy from .org registrations was
originally intended to support IETF but I doubt even 10%
goes there today. <br>
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Datapoints:<br>
ICANN board member Kevah Ranjbar already was blocked from
his flight to Los Angeles for a board event. He will be
unable to attend IETF Chicago as IAB's liaison the the IAOC,
despite having a Dutch passport and U.S. visa. (Born in
Iran.) This is affecting us already.<br>
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Natives of Pakistan, Afganistan, Saudia Arabia, and probably
Egypt & Kenya also will find it somewhere between
difficult and impossible to come. Trump said they will face
"Extreme vetting. It’s going to be very hard to come in.
You’re going to see. You’re going to see. We’re going to
have extreme vetting in all cases. And I mean extreme." It's
not just the first seven countries.<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.6667px">44
Nobel Laureates have signed the petition at </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://notoimmigrationban.com/"
style="box-sizing:border-box;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(19,40,69);text-decoration:none;font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.6667px">https://notoimmigrationban.com/</a><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.6667px">.
So have all the Fields </span><span
style="box-sizing:border-box;color:inherit;font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:inherit">Medelists </span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.6667px">since
1990, including Elon Lindenstrauss of the Hebrew
University and Iranian-American Maryam Mirzakhani of
Stanford. 9,000 U.S. faculty have also signed. The number
is rising almost hourly. </span><br>
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<div class="gmail_default">Dave Burstein</div>
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