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

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

Ted and all

  Very much agreed!

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"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
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>
> ----- 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--