Has it started yet? I hear nothing.

yes

yes, started. I hear very well

Yes. Goran is speaking

@Ole, could you try reconnecting?

My suggestion re coronavirus: have the meeting, but have ICANN bring/provide appropriate face masks for those that wish to wear them.

I hear now, thanks!

and hand sanitizers everywhere

everyone will have their temperature taken every day? just trying to qualify?

clarify

@Fred https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/do-face-masks-prevent-coronavirus/

I have joined the Zoom room.

Is there recognition that in the last day or two coronavirus has been determined to be significantly more lethal than the "normal" influeneza?

Q: What about the cases that can potentially be brought to the region? thinking about Asymptomatic transmission.

@ Fred…It seems that masks don’t work…

what happens when one has a high temperature?

QUESTION: What is the last day on which ICANN would make a decision to cancel the meeting?

QUESTION: what happens when one has a high temperature?

QUESTION - in a cruise-ship type scenario, how readily is the local Mexican health service able to cope?

Good question, Heather, I was going to ask the same thing. As a follow up, is the Board's meeting on Wednesday intended to be decisional on this question, or just a discussion?

gloves could be distributed as well.

QUESTION - what volume of remote participation can you accommodate for individual sessions, if people are reluctant to attend? and can ICANN still run the meeting if large numbers of staff are reluctant to travel?

Question: I read in several leading newspapers (the Guardian, NY Times, etc.) that the mortality rate of coronavirus is 2.3%, whereas the last flu virus in the U.S. it was 0.1%. This included the New York Times. Is Dr. Alvaro saying that those reports are incorrect?

QUESTION: And what happens next to the person, and the meeting, if it is the virus?

Question: Board will also assess the meeting I

ccTLDs are ready to come to the meeting

At-Large discussions indicate that our members believe the that as the LAC region is not a risk area, the meeting should proceed

*Question: Board will also assess the meeting in Kuala Lumpur ? or the decision for now will be specifically on Cancun

NomCom members have no concerns about attending

NCSG is not in favor of canceling or moving the meeting either.

NCUC also has support for the meeting, few general concerns about possible local health measures but no objections!

That doesn't answer the impact on the meeting, I expect if there is one instance of the virus detected it will make others very nervous. Will there be a lockdown scenario?

RrSG still supports having the meeting. Questions about the KL meeting in June though.

Thank you Dr. Alvaro.

Question: Will the situation affect community engagement events? eg. gala and other social...

I wonder if Dr Alvaro could circle back to the Question on capacity of the Mexican health authorities please?

Q: If the Board decides to cancel or reschedule the meeting tomorrow, how quickly will that be communicated to the community?

Q: at what time is the Board call scheduled?

2000 utc

thank you!

Is there a level of attendance required to make the meeting viable?

Question - are there any restrictions by Mexico, or ICANN on travellers from particular countries or regions. I think there are not...

Susan - I believe not at this stage

Manal. You are next.

Sorry I miss your hand

Simon - could you clarify that please - ICANN is not currently attempting to prevent participants from china attending - right`/

You meant staff are restricted

Following up on Susan's question about lack of travel restrictions, to confirm, is it the case that there is nothing to stop a participant attending the meeting from a highly affected region (ie, Wuhan)?

so you are saying community members from china and HK cannot attend the meeting. or is that just ICANN staff?

Or have I misunderstood

What's ICANN's policy for funded travellers? Does ICANN have a policy that would restrict travel from funded travellers from affected countries or regions?

thank you for the clarification Goran - I think this may impact the views of some in our constituency, who had assumed there were such resrictions

And it's not just the ICANN travelers, there will be others arriving into Cancun for spring break, etc.

Thanks for putting this call together. Much appreciated

hi everyone!

thank you very much for facilitating this call!

Thanks for your time!

Thanks for organizing this call. Appreciate the community engagement on this issue.

thank you very much for this call

Very heartening to hear from Maarten and Goran that the human element is an important if not primary consideration.

Thank you for organising the call.

Thank you all for joining. Have a great day.

Thanks for this outreach. Over-communication is welcome in these circumstances.

thank you, bye! See you in Cancun

Thanks everyone ..