<div dir="auto"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 25 Oct 2019, 12:03 Noah, <<a href="mailto:noah@neo.co.tz">noah@neo.co.tz</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Kris<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I dont understand why anyone would be denied a VISA to attend meeting in which they have been invited.</div><div dir="auto"></div></div></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Because visa granting is a privilege,  not a right unfortunately. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Even Justin Trudeau can invite you and the consular officer have the AUTHORITY to deny you a Visa, Period. I personally experience similar case and I know exactly what I am refering to.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Let's not make this Visa issue a drama.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Happy ICANN66 Meeting. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Noah</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 25 Oct 2019, 14:36 Kris Seeburn, <<a href="mailto:seeburn.k@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">seeburn.k@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">Noah <div><br></div><div>It is part of your job to ensure the things are sorted as well, I know it is a big one to play around with but  you deserve some help to get yourself rolling from the beginning. , you are key for Africa presence anywhere , so, I think you could think about it.</div><div><br></div><div>To all I am not stating that NOAH will do it, but, giving him food for though, those who are going to b present to perhaps have a little talk and decided how RIRs can also help with ICANN participation without making the RIR the travel agent. Food for thought :) have a good meeting<br><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Oct 25, 2019, at 3:18 PM, Noah <<a href="mailto:noah@neo.co.tz" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">noah@neo.co.tz</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="auto"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 25 Oct 2019, 12:47 Dr Eberhard W Lisse, <<a href="mailto:el@lisse.na" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">el@lisse.na</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">By remote participation, perhaps?<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Physical participation is equally effective.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div>
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