Organization is considering its options due to possible travel restrictions.
ICANN today responded to rumors about postponing next February’s meeting in Morocco by saying it has not yet made a decision. However, it confirmed that it is considering a postponement related to the Ebola outbreak.
While Morocco itself is not at the center of the outbreak in Western Africa, host officials are concerned that future travel restrictions might limit the ability for people to attend the meeting from other African countries.
This is not the first time ICANN has had to make a tough decision about whether to go forward with a meeting. In 2010, there were calls to relocate a meeting in Nairobi, Kenya due to security concerns. ICANN went ahead with the meeting, but a number of would-be participants attended remotely or in a satellite location in the United States.
I’m not aware of anyone who attended that meeting who was affected by violence.
ICANN had previously relocated another meeting scheduled for Kenya due to unrest.
