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

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

Dr. Froomkin and all,

  I believe that while Vint was on the ICANN bod, he also worked
for both Worldcom/con and later Google.  Ergo, he had other income
and as such and to that degree, fairly well dilutes you argument as
to what are and are not reasonable expenses.  Further still, Dr.
Froomkin, whether or not ICANN Bod members have stock
options has little to do with what are and are not reasonable expenses
when working for a Public service organization who's income is
largely based on "Fees/Tax" on registrants, however indirectly that
revenue stream may be collected...

  In conclusion, seems to me that your argument is weak at best...

  Frankly, allot of the travel ICANN has done and seemingly continues
to do is unnecessary as many of those meetings can be attended remotely,
and as such saving huge sums of $$ in doing so.

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"Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" wrote:

> 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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