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

[JFC Morfin <jefsey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My proposition for years, I submitted to the bootstrapping UN/IGF 
WECANN (World Enhanced Cooperation for Names and Numbers) is to chose 
a well located airport in terms of flight rates for everyone, buy a 
place there or negotiate it with the local government for an 
"International Internet Campus", and discuss with airlines a 
perequation rate so every attendee from everywhere pays the same.
At the begining I see no reason why attendees would not sleep under 
army lended tents. We are putting brains at work, not wallets.
jfc


At 18:32 14/01/2008, 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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