Re: [ga] Can someone explain how ICANN spends $1 million/yr+ on telephone costs?

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

Roberto and all,

  Despite your counter argument(s), such a cost cannot reasonably
be justified.  Nice try though!  >:)  So conger up some other set
of arguments, or show us the bills.  Remember Transparency and
openness!  >:)

Roberto Gaetano wrote:

> George,
>
> > ICANN spends over $1 million/yr on telephone costs. Say ICANN
> > has 100 staff --- that would be $10,000/yr per person on
> > telephone calls!
>
> As far as I know the telephone costs include the costs of all
> teleconferences for all ICANN bodies (Board, Board committees, working
> groups, SOs, ALAC, RALOs, etc.)
> Before we start arguing about skype and other means available in the
> developed countries, let's remind that these calls have to be joined by
> folks who are all over the world.
>
> Cheers,
> Roberto

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