Dear Auden My message was addressed to Kurt I mentioned special circumstances for few people This who can afford travelling on their own money are most welcome But we need to understand the practical problem of few people that need to be assisted We have been attending earlier meeting and it would not be fair that last meeting be unfounded No doubt many of you do not need any travel support fir obvious reasons but why you objecting to my request and request of one other NCSG Member Let us have such travel support and continue to work with each other Tks Kavouss Sent from my iPhone

On 18 Jan 2019, at 15:56, Ayden Férdeline <icann@ferdeline.com> wrote:

Respectfully, the budget we were given was always limited to three face-to-face meetings (one of which must be alongside an ICANN public meeting), and we have likely exhausted our contingency on external legal advice, facilitation services, and GDPR training. So I do think it is understandable that there would not be travel funding available for Kobe.

Ayden

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On Friday, January 18, 2019 3:52 PM, Kavouss Arasteh <kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Kurt

In reply to my earlier message regarding Travel Support for Kobe meeting of EPDP ,I received the following from secretariat

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From Marika Koenig

Dear All,

For your information, the following meetings have been requested for the EPDP Team for ICANN64:

Saturday, 09 March - 08:30-18:30 Sunday, 10 March - 17:00-18:30 Wed, 13 March - 10:30 -12:00 Thursday, 14 March - 08:30-10:15

It will be decided closer to the date whether all these sessions are needed, but at a minimum, the EPDP Team is expected to meet all day on Saturday 9 March.

Note that no travel support is available for this meeting, but remote participation will be available. Similarly, alternates can be requested to step in for members not attending ICANN64.

Best regards,

Caitlin, Berry and Marika

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This announcement is disappointing and frustrating as based on the past experience all these TEAM MEETINGS were provided with travel support.

I do not understand nor convinced that why for almost the last f2f meeting there would be no travel support

In view of the circumstances some of us encountering, may I request you to seriously consider the matter and provide travel support at least for those who are in special circumstances or those that they asked for that

I am awaiting your kind attention and favourable reply as soon as possible allowing us to make the travel arrangement in a smooth manner

Regards

Kavouss