RE: [wg-c] Cairo meeting?

["Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@tucows.com>]

> 
> Correct, I do not agree.
> 
> When there is no agenda at this late date, how can anyone be
> expected to make last-minute travel plans? Should one spend
> the effort and money on the presumption that there will be
> a reasonable agenda at attendance? I don't think so.
> 
> When a meeting is held in a location such as Cairo, where the
> logistics for attendance are non-trivial, one would expect
> a greater amount of pre-planning and pre-publication of
> information. As is typical with ICANN, however, we not only
> do not have that, but they're late (again).
> 

I think that this may be a first for WG-C, but I have to agree with Chris
on this one. While I fundamentally agree with the geographical diversity
requirements, to presume that the meatspace meetings should somehow
function as a qualifier for participation in these proceedings is just
wrong. 

-RWR



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