RE: [council] RE: Agenda item for Council call next week
Our offices are actually in Southwood so the hotels are not as high as in
London central.
-----Original Message-----
From: ext Ken Stubbs [mailto:kstubbs@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 1:31 PM
To: Nichols Lucy (Nokia/Dallas)
Cc: marilynscade@xxxxxxxxxxx; Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [council] RE: Agenda item for Council call next week
last time i was in london the hotel prices were 40-50% higher than
amsterdam..
its awful pricey
ken stubbs
Lucy.Nichols@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>Sorry to suggest this at such a late date, but Nokia UK which is a 20-30
>minute cab ride from Heathrow has a large theatre-style room available for
>Tuesday (free of charge). If it is not too late in the planning process we
>might also be able to help with a discount at nearby hotels.
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>Again, I apologize for the last minute offer.
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>Lucy
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>From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of ext Marilyn Cade
>Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 8:18 PM
>To: 'Bruce Tonkin'; 'GNSO Council'
>Subject: RE: [council] RE: Agenda item for Council call next week
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>I've asked Glen to call the two hotels at the airport in Amsterdam, as a
>possible "central" site and get a quote for a meeting room, and to see if
>there is a block of possibly 40 rooms that could be held temporarily.
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>The room would probably be large enough to handle up to 70 people in theatre
>style, but if we had only forty, we could use a square table set up... Thus,
>the same sized room could handle anywhere from 40 to 70, depending on how
>it is set up. The room would need table mikes for a couple of head tables, a
>microphone for public comments from the floor, and then we need
>teleconf./connectivity for the second 1/2 day so that we can accommodate
>councilors who can't travel, to participate in the drafting/synsosis.
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>40 rooms bookings without guarantee rarely gets you a "deal" from a hotel,
>unless there is a corporation with a standing discount with said hotel. I'm
>a member of Starwood, as are probably many other ICANN members, but I doubt
>that will work into a discount for a group. :-)
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>So, no, I don't at this time have a quote, but hopefully, Glen can help to
>work out possible parameters by the time of the Council call.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin
>Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 6:10 PM
>To: GNSO Council
>Subject: [council] RE: Agenda item for Council call next week
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>Hello Marilyn,
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>Are you able to recommend an amount needed to cover the meeting room and
>organizational expenses?
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>Regards,
>Bruce
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> From: Marilyn Cade [mailto:mscade@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, 5 January 2005 11:09 PM
> To: GNSO Council; Bruce Tonkin; Gnso. Secretariat
> Cc: Paul Verhoef; Kurt Pritz; Paul Twomey; Barbara Roseman
> Subject: Agenda item for Council call next week
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> Bruce, Glen
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> Under the item "Strategic Plan", I would like to add an agenda
>item to propose that interested Councilors agree to organize a
>consultative workshop on the ICANN Strategic Plan for the purpose of
>understanding the SP; and developing comments and recommendations for
>the public comment process. I propose that the Council authorize funding
>from its reserve budget of an amount needed to cover a meeting room and
>organizational expenses. The consultation could be inclusive of
>interested constituency members and liaisons, as well as possibly
>members of the other SOs, who might wish to participate. I think this
>could best be accomplished by having an informal working group of
>interested parties to organize. I would think that the ICANN staff
>should be invited to present the Strategic Plan as part of such a
>workshop.
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> I'd like to have a discussion within Council for feedback from
>fellow Councilors, and seek interest as well as approval of funding for
>the meeting costs. It would be necessary to hold the meeting by early
>February at the latest in order to meet the comment deadline of February
>28.
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