Bhavin, I have some data that might be "useful", the budget mentions 3 meetings instead of the regular 2 so they increased the Travel expense by 50%, im sure they spent some time calculating this. That means $800k per meeting. What do you think about my math now? Patricio Valdes Parava Networks, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: owner-registrars@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-registrars@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Bhavin Turakhia Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 11:58 AM To: registrars@dnso.org Subject: [registrars] For the budget committee - Line by Line expenses Hi all, We have been spending last several days in arguing the budget to and fro. I realise one of the important components is the size and we have all been independantly breaking down random items here and there. However what would really help is a LINE by LINE breakdown of the budget. That is the only way we can - * figure out how much money is goibng where at the micro level * figure out which expenses need to be curtailed * and most importantly figure out creative ways of substituting certain costs (maybe by external outsourced models or in any other way) Budget committee: How can we get our hands on this data? Best Regards Bhavin Turakhia Founder, CEO and Chairman DirectI -------------------------------------- http://www.directi.com Direct Line: +91 (22) 5679 7600 Direct Fax: +91 (22) 5679 7510 Board Line (USA): +1 (415) 240 4172 Board Line (India): +91 (22) 5679 7500 --------------------------------------