Hi.
I am commenting of this one because the same point was made on GA-DNSO, and
is worthed discussing. I am repeating my point over here.
Andy Gardner wrote:
>
> What _is_ the point in having a meeting in Santiago?* Has ICANN done a
> version of their website en Espa�ol? If not, do they expect many local
> people down there to attend? That was the reason behind
> having meetings in
> far flung places, wasn't it?
>
> *No offence to the people of Santiago intended here.
>
Far flung from where, may I ask?
About the location of the meeting, it has been asked since the beginning of
ICANN by the LatinoAmericans to hold a meeting in that region.
In fact, if you go back to the archives, there was a lot of discussion about
the marginalization of LatinoAmerica and Africa, that, for instance, had no
representative on the initial Board.
Just for the record, may I remind that the same resistance has been shown by
the IFWP to hold a meeting in Buenos Aires (the initial proposal was for
three meetings only, Reston, Geneva, Singapore).
The LatinoAmericans insisted, and organized what has been, from the
organizational and financial POV, the most successful of the series, with
videoconference with Prof. Frankel in Cambridge, simultaneous translation in
three languages, and complete cost-recovery.
May I also add, because you speak about translations, that according to the
information I have simultaneous translation will be provided in Santiago for
the benefit of the people who don't speak Spanish.
Best regards
Roberto
