ICANN to hold hybrid meeting in October (not that one)
ICANN said yesterday that is plans to hold a “hybrid” meeting in October with an in-person component.
It’s not the Seattle public meeting ICANN 72 — no decision has been made there yet — but rather the Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy.
APIGA is basically a set of internet governance training sessions for adult students aged 18 to 35 in the Asia-Pac region, particularly South Korea.
It’s normally held for a week, in-person. But this time it will be spread over a full two months from October 1 with one or two evening sessions held online per week.
At the end, there’ll be a hybrid day, with South Korean participants gathered in person and others Zooming in remotely.
Is this a harbinger of things to come with the Seattle meeting, where there’s already some distress from Asian participants that they probably won’t be able to attend?
I don’t think so. APIGA appears to have been a decision of the ICANN staff, whereas 72 is going to a board vote later this month.
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