The SF logo is on the ICANN home page and the website is now open and it looks like you can now book on line, I was able to go right through to guest registration data. I suggest BC members book quickly. Yes, but when will the ICANN room block open? I would guess that if you try to make a reservation now via the hotel website the dates will be blocked. Philip S. Corwin Partner, Butera & Andrews 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20004 202-347-6875/Office 202-255-6172/Cell "Luck is the residue of design." -- Branch Rickey From: Chris Chaplow [mailto:chris@andalucia.com] Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 04:20 PM To: bc-gnso@icann.org <bc-gnso@icann.org> Subject: [bc-gnso] Westin Hotel - Union Square - San Francisco Hi there, Rod has announce the venue for the next meeting which is Westin Hotel - Union Square - San Francisco Chris Chaplow Managing Director Andalucía.com S.L. Avenida del Carmen 9 Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo 1ª Planta, Oficina 30 Estepona, 29680 Malaga, Spain Tel: + (34) 952 897 865 Fax: + (34) 952 897 874 E-mail: <mailto:chris@andalucia.com> chris@andaluciaws.com Web: <http://www.andalucia.com/> www.andaluciaws.com De: Michelle [mailto:michellechaplow@yahoo.com] Enviado el: jueves, 09 de diciembre de 2010 21:46 Para: Chris Chaplow Asunto: Re: 99% Im here ground floor Sent from my iPhone On 09/12/2010, at 14:50, "Chris Chaplow" <chris@andalucia.com> wrote: No, I dont think so and it is old news. Chris Chaplow Managing Director Andalucía.com S.L. Avenida del Carmen 9 Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo 1ª Planta, Oficina 30 Estepona, 29680 Malaga, Spain Tel: + (34) 952 897 865 Fax: + (34) 952 897 874 E-mail: <mailto:chris@andalucia.com> chris@andaluciaws.com Web: <http://www.andalucia.com/> www.andaluciaws.com De: michelle chaplow [mailto:michellechaplow@yahoo.com] Enviado el: jueves, 09 de diciembre de 2010 14:42 Para: Noemi Roman CC: Chris Chaplow Asunto: Re: 99% its very delicate if you want i can check with chris and tweet the .xxx is very tense Michelle Chaplow Travel Photographer www.michellechaplow.com Tel +34952897865 Mobile +34609504729 e mail michelle@chaplow.com _____ From: Noemi Roman <noemi@andaluciaws.com> To: Chris Chaplow <chris@andalucia.com>; staffers@andalucia.com Sent: Thu, December 9, 2010 2:39:02 PM Subject: RE: 99% ¿Puedo hacer un twitter con esta información? Noemí Román General manager Andalucia Web Solutions Avenida del Carmen 9 Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo 1ª Planta, Oficina 30 Estepona, 29680 Malaga, Spain Tel: + (34) 952 802 920 Fax: + (34) 952 897 874 E-mail: <mailto:noemi@andaluciaws.com> noemi@andaluciaws.com Web: <http://www.andaluciaws.com> www.andaluciaws.com Your business on the Web Please think of the Environment before you print this email <http://andalucia.com/> Andalucia.com winner of Communicator of the Year 2009 awarded by the international Costa Press Club. Andalucia.com awarded Company of the Year at Junta de Andalucia's 2008 Costa del Sol Business awards. From: Chris Chaplow [mailto:chris@andalucia.com] Sent: 08 December 2010 00:16 To: staffers@andalucia.com Cc: 'Charlotte - BCC' Subject: 99% At very tense meeting between Govt and ICANN board. Govt Advisory Committee agrees to ICANN board offer to meet for a day or two (retreat) before San Francisco Meeting. This is strongest indication yet that gTLD will not be approved on Friday but in San Francisco in March. And I predict board will approve .xxx to show they have teeth. Lets see… There the deal! <http://twitter.com/search?q=%23ICANN> #ICANN chairman suggests GAC-Board meet-up prior to next meeting in SF. Guidebook not getting approved in CartagenaThere the deal! <http://twitter.com/search?q=%23ICANN> #ICANN chairman suggests GAC-Board meet-up prior to next meeting in SF. Guidebook not getting approved in Cartagena <http://twitter.com/kierenmccarthy> kierenmccarthy: There the deal! <http://twitter.com/search?q=%23ICANN> #ICANN chairman suggests GAC-Board meet-up prior to next meeting in SF. Guidebook not getting approved in Cartagena <http://twitter.com/kierenmccarthy> kierenmccarthy: There the deal! <http://twitter.com/search?q=%23ICANN> #ICANN chairman suggests GAC-Board meet-up prior to next meeting in SF. Guidebook not getting approved in Cartagena Chris Chaplow Managing Director Andalucía.com S.L. Avenida del Carmen 9 Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo 1ª Planta, Oficina 30 Estepona, 29680 Malaga, Spain Tel: + (34) 952 897 865 Fax: + (34) 952 897 874 E-mail: <mailto:chris@andalucia.com> chris@andaluciaws.com Web: <http://www.andalucia.com/> www.andaluciaws.com

Thanks. Will do shortly. Philip S. Corwin Partner, Butera & Andrews 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20004 202-347-6875/Office 202-255-6172/Cell "Luck is the residue of design." -- Branch Rickey From: Ron Andruff [mailto:randruff@rnapartners.com] Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 04:59 PM To: Phil Corwin; chris@andalucia.com <chris@andalucia.com>; bc-gnso@icann.org <bc-gnso@icann.org> Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] Westin Hotel - Union Square - San Francisco It’s open now, Phil. Go to ICANN home page; look above the Cartagena logo to access. RA Ronald N. Andruff President RNA Partners, Inc. 220 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10001 + 1 212 481 2820 ext. 11 ________________________________ From: owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] On Behalf Of Phil Corwin Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 4:35 PM To: 'chris@andalucia.com'; 'bc-gnso@icann.org' Subject: Re: [bc-gnso] Westin Hotel - Union Square - San Francisco Yes, but when will the ICANN room block open? I would guess that if you try to make a reservation now via the hotel website the dates will be blocked. Philip S. Corwin Partner, Butera & Andrews 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20004 202-347-6875/Office 202-255-6172/Cell "Luck is the residue of design." -- Branch Rickey From: Chris Chaplow [mailto:chris@andalucia.com] Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 04:20 PM To: bc-gnso@icann.org <bc-gnso@icann.org> Subject: [bc-gnso] Westin Hotel - Union Square - San Francisco Hi there, Rod has announce the venue for the next meeting which is Westin Hotel - Union Square - San Francisco Chris Chaplow Managing Director Andalucía.com S.L. Avenida del Carmen 9 Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo 1ª Planta, Oficina 30 Estepona, 29680 Malaga, Spain Tel: + (34) 952 897 865 Fax: + (34) 952 897 874 E-mail: chris@andaluciaws.com<mailto:chris@andalucia.com> Web: www.andaluciaws.com<http://www.andalucia.com/> De: Michelle [mailto:michellechaplow@yahoo.com] Enviado el: jueves, 09 de diciembre de 2010 21:46 Para: Chris Chaplow Asunto: Re: 99% Im here ground floor Sent from my iPhone On 09/12/2010, at 14:50, "Chris Chaplow" <chris@andalucia.com<mailto:chris@andalucia.com>> wrote: No, I dont think so and it is old news. Chris Chaplow Managing Director Andalucía.com<http://Andalucía.com> S.L. Avenida del Carmen 9 Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo 1ª Planta, Oficina 30 Estepona, 29680 Malaga, Spain Tel: + (34) 952 897 865 Fax: + (34) 952 897 874 E-mail: chris@andaluciaws.com<mailto:chris@andalucia.com> Web: www.andaluciaws.com<http://www.andalucia.com/> De: michelle chaplow [mailto:michellechaplow@yahoo.com] Enviado el: jueves, 09 de diciembre de 2010 14:42 Para: Noemi Roman CC: Chris Chaplow Asunto: Re: 99% its very delicate if you want i can check with chris and tweet the .xxx is very tense Michelle Chaplow Travel Photographer www.michellechaplow.com<http://www.michellechaplow.com> Tel +34952897865 Mobile +34609504729 e mail michelle@chaplow.com<mailto:michelle@chaplow.com> ________________________________ From: Noemi Roman <noemi@andaluciaws.com<mailto:noemi@andaluciaws.com>> To: Chris Chaplow <chris@andalucia.com<mailto:chris@andalucia.com>>; staffers@andalucia.com<mailto:staffers@andalucia.com> Sent: Thu, December 9, 2010 2:39:02 PM Subject: RE: 99% ¿Puedo hacer un twitter con esta información? Noemí Román General manager Andalucia Web Solutions Avenida del Carmen 9 Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo 1ª Planta, Oficina 30 Estepona, 29680 Malaga, Spain Tel: + (34) 952 802 920 Fax: + (34) 952 897 874 E-mail: noemi@andaluciaws.com<mailto:noemi@andaluciaws.com> Web: www.andaluciaws.com<http://www.andaluciaws.com> Your business on the Web Please think of the Environment before you print this email Andalucia.com<http://andalucia.com/> winner of Communicator of the Year 2009 awarded by the international Costa Press Club. Andalucia.com<http://Andalucia.com> awarded Company of the Year at Junta de Andalucia's 2008 Costa del Sol Business awards. From: Chris Chaplow [mailto:chris@andalucia.com] Sent: 08 December 2010 00:16 To: staffers@andalucia.com<mailto:staffers@andalucia.com> Cc: 'Charlotte - BCC' Subject: 99% At very tense meeting between Govt and ICANN board. Govt Advisory Committee agrees to ICANN board offer to meet for a day or two (retreat) before San Francisco Meeting. This is strongest indication yet that gTLD will not be approved on Friday but in San Francisco in March. And I predict board will approve .xxx to show they have teeth. Lets see… There the deal! #ICANN<http://twitter.com/search?q=%23ICANN> chairman suggests GAC-Board meet-up prior to next meeting in SF. Guidebook not getting approved in CartagenaThere the deal! #ICANN<http://twitter.com/search?q=%23ICANN> chairman suggests GAC-Board meet-up prior to next meeting in SF. Guidebook not getting approved in Cartagenakierenmccarthy<http://twitter.com/kierenmccarthy>: There the deal! #ICANN<http://twitter.com/search?q=%23ICANN> chairman suggests GAC-Board meet-up prior to next meeting in SF. Guidebook not getting approved in Cartagena kierenmccarthy<http://twitter.com/kierenmccarthy>: There the deal! #ICANN<http://twitter.com/search?q=%23ICANN> chairman suggests GAC-Board meet-up prior to next meeting in SF. Guidebook not getting approved in Cartagena Chris Chaplow Managing Director Andalucía.com<http://a.com> S.L. Avenida del Carmen 9 Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo 1ª Planta, Oficina 30 Estepona, 29680 Malaga, Spain Tel: + (34) 952 897 865 Fax: + (34) 952 897 874 E-mail: chris@andaluciaws.com<mailto:chris@andalucia.com> Web: www.andaluciaws.com<http://www.andalucia.com/>

FYI, I just booked and while they list three categories of rooms the only one I could secure was at the base rate of $209. Apparently the other higher categories were gone (at least with my preferences and dates). So I'd advise booking ASAP; you can always modify or cancel with no penalty later on. Philip S. Corwin Partner Butera & Andrews 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20004 202-347-6875 (office) 202-347-6876 (fax) 202-255-6172 (cell) "Luck is the residue of design." -- Branch Rickey ________________________________ From: owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] on behalf of Marilyn Cade [marilynscade@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 5:38 PM To: bc - GNSO list Subject: [bc-gnso] ICANN in San Francisco: Westin Hotel - Union Square - San Francisco Dear BC members: I will make a comment and then redirect postings on this issue to meetings list. The ICANN hotel block does have a good rate for the Westin -- $269 plus tax. . I have booked at the venue, but I do recognize that there will be a need for a couple of other options for lower prices. If someone is familiar with S.F. and can suggest a nearby neighborhood to the list, it could be that members would want to identify a couple of hotels, and share that information to meetings@bizconst.org. that will just hit the parties most likely to be interested. If others decide they are interested, we will then repost any conclusionary information. Marilyn Cade for the Excomm

Cabs always seem to be in short supply in SF when a convention like this is in town.. I’d stay at the venue.. warts and all. From: owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] On Behalf Of Berry Cobb Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 5:00 PM To: bc-gnso@icann.org Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] Westin Hotel - Union Square - San Francisco As most know, San Francisco is not short on hotels. I find it odd that ICANN announced the Westin St. Francis. I could swear reading Board minutes on San Francisco approval that they chose the other Westin on 3rd. Oh well. Regardless, I made my hotel reservation for The Palace Hotel (Starwood) back then. I got a smoking rate compared to what they are offering now. I know it is preferred to stay in the same hotel as the ICANN meeting, but my last stay at the St. Francis was less than appealing. Unless they have remodeled over the past few years, the rooms are very worn out. Union Square is quite the tourist location. So do not fret if you cannot get a room at the St. Francis, as there are many close alternatives. The Hilton a few blocks away is very nice and the other Starwood hotels are awesome. My favorite is the W, of course. The St. Regis is really nice, but I have not stayed there. If your room is not at ground zero, no worries, it is so easy and fun to get around town. See you all then! Berry Cobb Infinity Portals LLC berrycobb@infinityportals.com http://infinityportals.com 720.839.5735 From: owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] On Behalf Of Phil Corwin Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 1:35 PM To: 'chris@andalucia.com'; 'bc-gnso@icann.org' Subject: Re: [bc-gnso] Westin Hotel - Union Square - San Francisco Yes, but when will the ICANN room block open? I would guess that if you try to make a reservation now via the hotel website the dates will be blocked. Philip S. Corwin Partner, Butera & Andrews 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20004 202-347-6875/Office 202-255-6172/Cell "Luck is the residue of design." -- Branch Rickey From: Chris Chaplow [mailto:chris@andalucia.com] Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 04:20 PM To: bc-gnso@icann.org <bc-gnso@icann.org> Subject: [bc-gnso] Westin Hotel - Union Square - San Francisco Hi there, Rod has announce the venue for the next meeting which is Westin Hotel - Union Square - San Francisco Chris Chaplow Managing Director Andalucía.com S.L. Avenida del Carmen 9 Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo 1ª Planta, Oficina 30 Estepona, 29680 Malaga, Spain Tel: + (34) 952 897 865 Fax: + (34) 952 897 874 E-mail: <mailto:chris@andalucia.com> chris@andaluciaws.com Web: <http://www.andalucia.com/> www.andaluciaws.com De: Michelle [mailto:michellechaplow@yahoo.com] Enviado el: jueves, 09 de diciembre de 2010 21:46 Para: Chris Chaplow Asunto: Re: 99% Im here ground floor Sent from my iPhone On 09/12/2010, at 14:50, "Chris Chaplow" <chris@andalucia.com> wrote: No, I dont think so and it is old news. Chris Chaplow Managing Director Andalucía.com S.L. Avenida del Carmen 9 Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo 1ª Planta, Oficina 30 Estepona, 29680 Malaga, Spain Tel: + (34) 952 897 865 Fax: + (34) 952 897 874 E-mail: <mailto:chris@andalucia.com> chris@andaluciaws.com Web: <http://www.andalucia.com/> www.andaluciaws.com De: michelle chaplow [mailto:michellechaplow@yahoo.com] Enviado el: jueves, 09 de diciembre de 2010 14:42 Para: Noemi Roman CC: Chris Chaplow Asunto: Re: 99% its very delicate if you want i can check with chris and tweet the .xxx is very tense Michelle Chaplow Travel Photographer www.michellechaplow.com Tel +34952897865 Mobile +34609504729 e mail michelle@chaplow.com _____ From: Noemi Roman <noemi@andaluciaws.com> To: Chris Chaplow <chris@andalucia.com>; staffers@andalucia.com Sent: Thu, December 9, 2010 2:39:02 PM Subject: RE: 99% ¿Puedo hacer un twitter con esta información? Noemí Román General manager Andalucia Web Solutions Avenida del Carmen 9 Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo 1ª Planta, Oficina 30 Estepona, 29680 Malaga, Spain Tel: + (34) 952 802 920 Fax: + (34) 952 897 874 E-mail: <mailto:noemi@andaluciaws.com> noemi@andaluciaws.com Web: <http://www.andaluciaws.com> www.andaluciaws.com Your business on the Web Please think of the Environment before you print this email <http://andalucia.com/> Andalucia.com winner of Communicator of the Year 2009 awarded by the international Costa Press Club. Andalucia.com awarded Company of the Year at Junta de Andalucia's 2008 Costa del Sol Business awards. From: Chris Chaplow [mailto:chris@andalucia.com] Sent: 08 December 2010 00:16 To: staffers@andalucia.com Cc: 'Charlotte - BCC' Subject: 99% At very tense meeting between Govt and ICANN board. Govt Advisory Committee agrees to ICANN board offer to meet for a day or two (retreat) before San Francisco Meeting. This is strongest indication yet that gTLD will not be approved on Friday but in San Francisco in March. And I predict board will approve .xxx to show they have teeth. Lets see… There the deal! <http://twitter.com/search?q=%23ICANN> #ICANN chairman suggests GAC-Board meet-up prior to next meeting in SF. Guidebook not getting approved in CartagenaThere the deal! <http://twitter.com/search?q=%23ICANN> #ICANN chairman suggests GAC-Board meet-up prior to next meeting in SF. Guidebook not getting approved in Cartagena <http://twitter.com/kierenmccarthy> kierenmccarthy: There the deal! <http://twitter.com/search?q=%23ICANN> #ICANN chairman suggests GAC-Board meet-up prior to next meeting in SF. Guidebook not getting approved in Cartagena <http://twitter.com/kierenmccarthy> kierenmccarthy: There the deal! <http://twitter.com/search?q=%23ICANN> #ICANN chairman suggests GAC-Board meet-up prior to next meeting in SF. Guidebook not getting approved in Cartagena Chris Chaplow Managing Director Andalucía.com S.L. Avenida del Carmen 9 Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo 1ª Planta, Oficina 30 Estepona, 29680 Malaga, Spain Tel: + (34) 952 897 865 Fax: + (34) 952 897 874 E-mail: <mailto:chris@andalucia.com> chris@andaluciaws.com Web: <http://www.andalucia.com/> www.andaluciaws.com