[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org]
Dear Council Members,
As requested by Bruce Tonkin, the GNSO Council chair, I am
providing an
update on the proposed meeting in the Washington DC area.
The proposed dates are:
Thursday 23 February from 1:30 pm to 5:00pm
Friday 24 February from 9:00 am to 5:00pm (Open Forum planned for
half a
day)
Saturday 25 February from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm
In view of these meetings, there will be no GNSO Council meeting as
planned on 21 February 2006. http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/#feb
The room space can accommodate 30 people at an open U shape table and
there will be 10 extra chairs on the sides.
Some of the constituencies have informed me that their representatives
will participate remotely and that they would like to have one or two
additional designated representatives for on site attendance. If you
will be participating remotely, the constituency should agree who will
attend the meeting in person and let me know as soon as possible
please.
DIAL IN will be provided for remote participation of councillors.
The meeting room has a podium, pc projector, wireless Internet
connectivity and microphones.
The cost would be for drinks and food, and will depend on the
number of people attending, but I am told a sandwich/salad style
lunch can be catered for at usually about 350- 400 US$ for about
35 people. There is a contribution for unlimited coffee, sodas, and
juice that we are asked to make -- which is much nicer than having
to worry about ordering catering for drinks. That might be about
150- 175 US$ An alternative is to break for lunch. There are
numerous lunch places to buy salads, soup, sandwiches "on one's own".
I have contacted about 10 hotels in down town Washington and the room
rates vary from 190 to 250 US$. In order to negotiate a reasonable
price, and hold sleeping rooms, I do have to know how many rooms
will be
needed and would be most grateful if you could give me an indication
whether you will be attending or who will be attending from your
constituency.
There are 3 airports serving the Washington DC area:
- Regan national airport is the closest being 15 to 20 minutes cab
drive
to Down Town Washington DC.
- Baltimore (BW1) is about 1hour 15 minutes but does have subway
transport between the airport and Down Town Washington DC.
- Dulles (IAD) is about 50 to 60 minutes away by cab or shuttle and
there is an excellent shuttle service between Dulles airport and Down
Town. There is no subway nor are there trains between Dulles and
Down Town Washington DC.
I hope this helps. Please contact me if you have any questions and
please let me know whether you will be attending in person or by
remote particiaption.
Thank you.
Kind regards,
Glen
Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat - ICANN
gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org
http://gnso.icann.org