Bill, This is an excellent question for Rod and/or the wonderful ICANN staff who are working with us. It was mentioned in our last call that a budget, one presumes an interim budget, has been proposed for this Review Team. Could we get the details of that proposal, and what underlying assumptions went into it – e.g., expectations re: travel support/meetings? I will also check with Brian to see how his RT handled travel – and how many F2F meetings they had (as part of, and separate from, ICANN meetings). Best, Kathy Kleiman Director of Policy .ORG The Public Interest Registry Direct: +1 703 889-5756 Mobile: +1 703 371-6846 Visit us online! Check out events & blogs at .ORG Buzz! <http://www.pir.org/orgbuzz> Find us on Facebook | dotorg <http://www.facebook.com/pages/dotorg/203294399456?v=wall> See the .ORG Buzz! Photo Gallery on Flickr <http://flickr.com/orgbuzz> See our video library on YouTube <http://youtube.com/orgbuzz> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: Proprietary and confidential to .ORG, The Public Interest Registry. If received in error, please inform sender and then delete. From: rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org [mailto:rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Smith, Bill Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 1:14 PM To: lynn@goodsecurityconsulting.com; AliceJansen Cc: rt4-whois@icann.org Subject: Re: [Rt4-whois] FW: Columbia Meeting While not an expert on ICANN travel policies, I don’t believe that the 3-trip limit would apply to a Review Team. The policy found at the link Olof forwarded, dated 5 April 2010, makes no mention of restrictions on Review Team travel, at least none that I found. It is my understanding that ICANN will fund reasonable Review Team travel. Given that there is no mention of Review Teams in current ICANN policy, I suggest that a reasonable interpretation is that travel limitations in current Policy apply only to those items specifically mentioned in that Policy. Review travel would be, and should be above at beyond those limitations (if any). Perhaps that should be made explicit at some point. I too would like to finalize our meeting dates, etc. From: rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org [mailto:rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of lynn@goodsecurityconsulting.com Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 8:22 AM To: Alice Jansen Cc: rt4-whois@icann.org Subject: Re: [Rt4-whois] FW: Columbia Meeting Dear All, I am relying on ICANN travel support in order to attend face to face meetings. As I understand the travel support policies, this funding is limited to 3 meetings per year. Many thanks Sharon for offering to host a meeting in January. I am flexible on the location and that timeframe and only have the constraint of ICANN travel support. I also have no objection to an alternate designated by Sharon since Sharon is the only Law Enforcement representative in our group. Based on the published scope and goals of our Review, it is essential that we address the law enforcement aspects. If we do go ahead and have a meeting in Cartagena, I believe we all need to finalize our travel itineraries and decide on our meeting dates and times. As others have commented, I agree that we need to move forward and elect a Chair and Vice-Chair on our next call. Believe that will help us make faster progress. Kind regards, Lynn -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Rt4-whois] FW: Columbia Meeting From: Alice Jansen <alice.jansen@icann.org <mailto:alice.jansen@icann.org> > Date: Wed, November 03, 2010 5:47 am To: "rt4-whois@icann.org <mailto:rt4-whois@icann.org> " <rt4-whois@icann.org <mailto:rt4-whois@icann.org> > Dear Review Team Members, Please find below a message from Sharon. Thank you, best regards Alice From: sharonchallis@aol.com <mailto:sharonchallis@aol.com> [mailto:sharonchallis@aol.com <mailto:sharonchallis@aol.com> ] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 1:06 AM To: rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org <mailto:rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org> Subject: Columbia Meeting Kathy, As you know, I will not be attending the Columbia meeting. I would very much support a meeting in January, for purely selfish reasons of wanting to meet everyone. If it would be useful, I am more than happy to host a meeting, if given enough warning. My offices are at Docklands - other than that, willing to travel to wherever - but like most of us have a very full diary, so plenty of warning is very helpful. Sharon ________________________________ _______________________________________________ Rt4-whois mailing list Rt4-whois@icann.org <mailto:Rt4-whois@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/rt4-whois <https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/rt4-whois>