March 2016 - CWG-Stewardship

Re: [CWG-Stewardship] [community-finance] Updated IANA Stewardship Transition Expenses Information as of 31 December 2015
by Phil Corwin March 1, 2016

March 1, 2016

I have heard many long-time members of the ICANN community opine that Jones Day, in coordination with the General Counsel (who is a former Jones Day attorney), wields decisive behind-the-scenes power within ICANN. The issue is not cost, or quality of the legal work, but a persistent mindset regarding the interplay between the Corporation and the Community. Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal Virtualaw LLC 1155 F Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004 202-559-8597/Direct 202-559-8750/Fax 202-255-6172/Cell Twitter: @VlawDC "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey From: community-finance-bounces(a)icann.org [mailto:community-finance-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Michele Neylon - Blacknight Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2016 9:09 AM To: Xavier J. Calvez; accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org; community-finance(a)icann.org; cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org; icann-board(a)icann.org Cc: global_leadership(a)icann.org; Senior Management Team Subject: Re: [community-finance] Updated IANA Stewardship Transition Expenses Information as of 31 December 2015 Xavier Thanks for sharing this information. It’s useful, though I suspect it’ll raise as many questions as it answers. One thing I did notice was in relation to the legal fees. Doing some back of the envelope calculations and noting how much ICANN generally spends on legal fees one question did come to mind, and this in relation to ICANN’s overall budgeting. How often does ICANN change law firms? Has ICANN ever changed law firms? As far as I can tell Jones Day has been doing ICANN’s legal work since ICANN’s formation Has ICANN ever put its external legal work out to any form of tender? While I know that people can argue that legal advice is not purely a numbers game, I’m also pretty sure that there are other law firms out that that would provide a similar service and potentially at a lower price. And my comments are no reflection on the quality of Jones Day’s work, but considering how much ICANN pays is legal fees per year I think it’s a question someone should ask. Regards Michele -- Mr Michele Neylon Blacknight Solutions Hosting, Colocation & Domains http://www.blacknight.host/ http://blog.blacknight.com/ http://ceo.hosting/ Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090 ------------------------------- Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,Ireland Company No.: 370845 From: <community-finance-bounces(a)icann.org<mailto:community-finance-bounces@icann.org>> on behalf of "xavier.calvez(a)icann.org<mailto:xavier.calvez@icann.org>" <xavier.calvez(a)icann.org<mailto:xavier.calvez@icann.org>> Date: Tuesday 1 March 2016 at 07:13 To: "accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org<mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org>" <accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org<mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org>>, "community-finance(a)icann.org<mailto:community-finance@icann.org>" <community-finance(a)icann.org<mailto:community-finance@icann.org>>, "cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org<mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org>" <cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org<mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org>>, "icann-board(a)icann.org<mailto:icann-board@icann.org>" <icann-board(a)icann.org<mailto:icann-board@icann.org>> Cc: Senior Management Team <senior-management-team(a)icann.org<mailto:senior-management-team@icann.org>>, Global Leadership <global_leadership(a)icann.org<mailto:global_leadership@icann.org>> Subject: [community-finance] Updated IANA Stewardship Transition Expenses Information as of 31 December 2015 Dear all, Please find below a link to the quarterly update as of 31 December 2015 of the IANA Stewardship transition projects expenses. This update provides for the project’s costs from 1 July 2014 until 31 December 2015 (18 months). https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/iana-stewardship-project-costs Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Best, Xavier Xavier Calvez CFO ICANN 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094 Office: +1 (310) 301-5838 Fax: +1 (310) 957-2348 Cell: +1 (805) 312-0052 ________________________________ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com> Version: 2016.0.7303 / Virus Database: 4537/11693 - Release Date: 02/25/16

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Re: [CWG-Stewardship] [CCWG-ACCT] Updated IANA Stewardship Transition Expenses Information as of 31 December 2015
by Xavier J. Calvez March 1, 2016

March 1, 2016

Dear Kavouss, Thank you for your feedback. I believe all the elements of the answers to your questions are available on the website page but I will aggregate them for you in an email. As I am traveling today and tomorrow, my response may be delayed. Thank you. Best, Xavier On Mar 1, 2016, at 00:29, Kavouss Arasteh <kavouss.arasteh(a)gmail.com<mailto:kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com>> wrote: Dear Xavier, Thank you very much for the file. Believe me, the presentation is made in a good professional manner but for me it is difficult to get out of it what I wanted to get. Pleas kindly provide a simple summary sheet and provide the following Total ICG Cost, including Legal, in any Legal cost for ICG, if any Total CWG Cost, Including Legal (external legal cost) Legal cost for CWG, separately Total CCWG Including Legal (external legal cost) Legal cost for CCWG, separately Total legal costs extracted from the three above cost for external legal Total other common costs to the three parts above Grand Total of the above 3 costs Regards Kavouss 2016-03-01 8:13 GMT+01:00 Xavier J. Calvez <xavier.calvez(a)icann.org<mailto:xavier.calvez@icann.org>>: Dear all, Please find below a link to the quarterly update as of 31 December 2015 of the IANA Stewardship transition projects expenses. This update provides for the project's costs from 1 July 2014 until 31 December 2015 (18 months). https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/iana-stewardship-project-costs Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Best, Xavier Xavier Calvez CFO ICANN 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094 Office: +1 (310) 301-5838<tel:%2B1%20%28310%29%20301-5838> Fax: +1 (310) 957-2348<tel:%2B1%20%28310%29%20957-2348> Cell: +1 (805) 312-0052<tel:%2B1%20%28805%29%20312-0052> _______________________________________________ Accountability-Cross-Community mailing list Accountability-Cross-Community(a)icann.org<mailto:Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community

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Updated IANA Stewardship Transition Expenses Information as of 31 December 2015
by Xavier J. Calvez March 1, 2016

March 1, 2016

Dear all, Please find below a link to the quarterly update as of 31 December 2015 of the IANA Stewardship transition projects expenses. This update provides for the project's costs from 1 July 2014 until 31 December 2015 (18 months). https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/iana-stewardship-project-costs Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Best, Xavier Xavier Calvez CFO ICANN 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094 Office: +1 (310) 301-5838 Fax: +1 (310) 957-2348 Cell: +1 (805) 312-0052

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ICANN55-Marrakech Meetings of interest for CWG Stewardship
by Brenda Brewer March 1, 2016

March 1, 2016

Hello all, ICANN55 Marrakech is right around the corner! The ICANN55 complete schedule of events is located here <https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule-full> . Please see below a list of meetings that may be of interest to the CWG Stewardship. Each meeting is linked to the ICANN55 meeting page where remote participation information will be updated as needed. Kind regards, Brenda MEETING DATE/TIME Remote Participation Link *subject to updates <https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/fri-ccwg-accountability> CCWG-Accountability Face-to-Face Meeting Fri, 4 March 2016 - 08:00 to 17:00 WET Time Zone Support here <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=CCWG-Accountabilit… 04T08&p1=1440&ah=9> https://icann.adobeconnect.com/rak55-cristal/ <https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/mon-welcome> Welcome & President's Opening Session Mon, 7 March 2016 - 08:30 to 09:45 WET Time Zone Support here <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=ICANN%2FIANA+Opera… =20160307T0830&p1=1440&ah=1&am=15> https://icann.adobeconnect.com/rak55-atlas/ <https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/mon-iana-stewardship-imp…> IANA Stewardship Transition Implementation Mon, 7 March 2016 - 10:30 to 11:45 WET Time Zone Support here <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=IANA+Stewardship+T… &iso=20160307T1030&p1=1440&ah=1&am=15> https://icann.adobeconnect.com/rak55-atlas/ <https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/mon-ccwg-accountability> CCWG-Accountability Engagement Session Mon, 7 March 2016 - 13:30 to 15:00 WET Time Zone Support here <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=CCWG-Accountabilit… =20160307T1330&p1=1440&ah=1&am=30> https://icann.adobeconnect.com/rak55-atlas/ <https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/thu-icann-iana-operating…> ICANN/IANA Operating Plan & Budget Thu, 10 March 2016 - 08:30 to 10:15 WET Time Zone Support here <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=ICANN%2FIANA+Opera… =20160310T0830&p1=1440&ah=1&am=45> TBA <https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/thu-ccwg-accountability-…> CCWG-Accountability Work Stream 2 Working Session Thu, 10 March 2016 - 09:00 to 12:00 WET Time Zone Support here <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=CCWG-Accountabilit… Session&iso=20160310T09&p1=1440&ah=3> https://icann.adobeconnect.com/rak55-oliveraie/

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