Safety and security will be concerns once again for upcoming ICANN meeting.

I’ve got to hand it to ICANN’s meeting planners. They have a penchant for choosing locales that give less-traveled attendees heartburn.

This hit a pinnacle for last year’s Nairobi meeting, where many of the biggest companies and sponsors decided to stay home over security fears.

(Nairobi was probably a safer venue than the March 2009 meeting in Mexico City.)

ICANN returns to San Francisco for its March meeting, but then it’s off to another trouble spot in June: Jordan.

Jordan is quickly moving to the top of pundits’ lists of the next country to see revolution after Tunisia and Egypt.

So pay close attention to what happens in Jordan in coming months. And don’t book your travel ticket to the June meeting just yet.