Re: [ga] Why is ICANN's travel agency invoicing for 3.7x what other agents charge?

["Prophet Partners Inc." <Domains@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Karl,

It's interesting that you also mention hotel charges. Wal-Mart.CEO and 
President Lee Scott, has publicly stated that to control costs, he flies 
coach and shares a budget hotel room (one figure mentioned was $49) when 
traveling with another Wal-Mart executive. If flying coach and sharing 
budget hotel rooms with other people is good enough for the head of the 
world's largest retailer, it should also be good enough for ICANN Board 
members and staff. Anyone from ICANN who wants the extra luxuries should pay 
for them out of their own funds.
Sincerely,
Ted
Prophet Partners Inc.
http://www.ProphetPartners.com
http://www.Premium-Domain-Names.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karl Auerbach" <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Roberto Gaetano" <roberto@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "'George Kirikos'" <gkirikos@xxxxxxxxx>; <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: [ga] Why is ICANN's travel agency invoicing for 3.7x what other 
agents charge?
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> And when I inspected the books I found that ICANN's law firm was charging 
> premium rates for an awful lot of travel from DC and Cleveland (where the 
> firm's head office is located) plus some pretty ritzy hotel charges.
<snipped>

> --karl--