RE: [ga] ICANN Travel Budgeting

["Debbie Garside" <debbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jeff

Whilst webcasting and internet video are great for those who cannot attend
the ICANN conferences, it is extremely hard to participate effectively using
this media.  It will never replace the need for face-to-face meetings IMHO.

In my experience a lot of work is conducted at coffee breaks, informal
lunches, dinners and networking events prior to the meetings.

Best

Debbie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeffrey A. Williams
> Sent: 12 December 2007 06:52
> To: Ross Rader
> Cc: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; icann legal
> Subject: Re: [ga] ICANN Travel Budgeting
>
>
> 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