Re: [ga] ICANN Travel Budgeting

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ross and all,

  Here here!  Well said Ross!  And again, there is no reason for the
gross
amount of the expendature or the need for such an in person meeting
with Webcasting and internet video conferencing so readily avaliable
and far more cost effective.  

  From where I sit, this whole thing is just another big ICANN
boon-doggle 
of huge proportions!  Sometimes known or reffered to as a scam.

Jeffrey A. Williams
Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 277k members/stakeholders strong!)
"Obedience of the law is the greatest freedom" -
   Abraham Lincoln

"Credit should go with the performance of duty and not with what is very
often the accident of glory" - Theodore Roosevelt

"If the probability be called P; the injury, L; and the burden, B;
liability
depends upon whether B is less than L multiplied by
P: i.e., whether B is less than PL."
United States v. Carroll Towing  (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir. 1947]
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Ross Rader wrote:

> On 10-Dec-07, at 5:13 PM, Debbie Garside wrote:
>
> > I think paying travel and accommodation for Council Members to attend
> > international meetings is quite reasonable.
>
> The GNSO Council has a stellar track record of attendance over the
> years. Funding the travel of lobbyists, consultants and other self-
> interested parties to attend ICANN meetings on behalf of special
> interests groups like the Registry, Registrar, ISP/Telco, Intellectual
> Property, Business and Non-Commercial Constituencies is simply
> unnecessary. These people will attend regardless of who is footing the
> bill and there is no reason why registrants should be forced to bear
> this unnecessary cost.
>
> It would make more sense for the constituencies wish levy dues on
> their membership to assist in managing the affairs of their
> constituencies, including funding travel for their representatives.
> ICANN doesn't need to implement socialist programs to cover first
> class travel costs for well funded business lobbyists.
>
> Ross Rader
> Director, Retail Services
> t. 416.538.5492
> c. 416.828.8783
> http://www.domaindirect.com
>
> "To solve the problems of today, we must focus on tomorrow."
> - Erik Nupponen

Jeffrey A. Williams
Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 277k members/stakeholders strong!)
"Obedience of the law is the greatest freedom" -
   Abraham Lincoln

"Credit should go with the performance of duty and not with what is very
often the accident of glory" - Theodore Roosevelt

"If the probability be called P; the injury, L; and the burden, B;
liability
depends upon whether B is less than L multiplied by
P: i.e., whether B is less than PL."
United States v. Carroll Towing  (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir. 1947]
===============================================================
Updated 1/26/04
CSO/DIR. Internet Network Eng. SR. Eng. Network data security IDNS. div.
of
Information Network Eng.  INEG. INC.
ABA member in good standing member ID 01257402 E-Mail
jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Phone: 214-244-4827