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

["Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A relevant difference is that wal-mart execs get stock and maybe options 
and a salary; ICANN board members get none of those things.
I'm not fan of ICANN's big-budget and free-spending ways, but I think 
business class international travel for Board members and *senior* staff, 
plus their own hotel room for everyone are not unreasonable expenses.
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Prophet Partners Inc. wrote:

> 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?
> <snipped>
>
> > 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--
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