Dear Alan, I agree with your proposal to adjust the dates of the meetings not to clash with the month of Ramadhan.
I support! Kind regards, Abdalla Omari. Chief Executive Officer > On Mar 3, 2017, at 12:02 PM, Alan Barrett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear community, > > This year (2017), the AIS meeting falls partially inside the month of Ramadan > in the Islamic calendar. The AIS meeting is from 21 May to 2 June 2017 > (workshops in the first week and conference in the second week), while > Ramadan is expected to be from 27 May to 24 June. > > This overlap may present a problem for people who fast during Ramadan. We > will accommodate them as best we can, such as by ensuring that refreshments > are available before sunrise and after sunset. > > For the next few years, Ramadan will fall within the second quarter of the > Gregorian year, and I would like to choose dates for the AIS meeting that > avoid clashing with Ramadan (or at worst, that have only a few days of > overlap with Ramadan). > > This will probably involve moving the AIS meeting in 2018 and 2019 to > April/May instead of May/June, and then moving back to May/June for 2020. > The dates of Ramadan for the next few years are expected to be: > > 2017 (Islamic year 1438): Ramadan from 27 May to 24 June 2017 > 2018 (Islamic year 1439): Ramadan from 16 May to 14 June 2018 > 2019 (Islamic year 1440): Ramadan from 6 May to 3 June 2019 > 2020 (Islamic year 1441): Ramadan from 24 April to 23 May 2020 > 2021 (Islamic year 1442): Ramadan from 13 April to 12 May 2021 > > I’d like to hear the community’s opinion on the idea of choosing dates for > AIS that avoid clashes with Ramadan. > > We have always tried to avoid clashes with other RIR meetings, ICANN > meetings, and some other NOG meetings. I’d also like to hear opinions on > which other meetings we should try to avoid clashing with. > > Alan Barrett > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss
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