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<DIV>From a business perspective I fully agree with Michele.</DIV>
<DIV>There should be a transparent mechanism for ICANN’s procurement process and
practice which from time to time should come under a review.<BR><BR>Best
regards<BR><BR>Wolf-Ulrich<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=michele@blacknight.com
href="mailto:michele@blacknight.com">Michele Neylon - Blacknight</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 1, 2016 3:08 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=xavier.calvez@icann.org
href="mailto:xavier.calvez@icann.org">Xavier J. Calvez</A> ; <A
title=accountability-cross-community@icann.org
href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</A>
; <A title=community-finance@icann.org
href="mailto:community-finance@icann.org">community-finance@icann.org</A> ; <A
title=cwg-stewardship@icann.org
href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</A> ; <A
title=icann-board@icann.org
href="mailto:icann-board@icann.org">icann-board@icann.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=global_leadership@icann.org
href="mailto:global_leadership@icann.org">global_leadership@icann.org</A> ; <A
title=senior-management-team@icann.org
href="mailto:senior-management-team@icann.org">Senior Management Team</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [community-finance] Updated IANA Stewardship Transition
Expenses Information as of 31 December 2015</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Xavier</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks for sharing this information. It’s useful, though I suspect it’ll
raise as many questions as it answers.</DIV>
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<DIV>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. </DIV>
<DIV>How often does ICANN change law firms? </DIV>
<DIV>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 </DIV>
<DIV>Has ICANN ever put its external legal work out to any form of tender?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>Regards</DIV>
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<DIV>Michele</DIV>
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on behalf of "<A
href="mailto:xavier.calvez@icann.org">xavier.calvez@icann.org</A>" <<A
href="mailto:xavier.calvez@icann.org">xavier.calvez@icann.org</A>><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Date: </SPAN>Tuesday 1 March 2016 at 07:13<BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To: </SPAN>"<A
href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</A>"
<<A
href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</A>>,
"<A href="mailto:community-finance@icann.org">community-finance@icann.org</A>"
<<A
href="mailto:community-finance@icann.org">community-finance@icann.org</A>>,
"<A href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</A>"
<<A
href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</A>>, "<A
href="mailto:icann-board@icann.org">icann-board@icann.org</A>" <<A
href="mailto:icann-board@icann.org">icann-board@icann.org</A>><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc: </SPAN>Senior Management Team <<A
href="mailto:senior-management-team@icann.org">senior-management-team@icann.org</A>>,
Global Leadership <<A
href="mailto:global_leadership@icann.org">global_leadership@icann.org</A>><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject: </SPAN>[community-finance] Updated IANA
Stewardship Transition Expenses Information as of 31 December 2015<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Dear all,</DIV>
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<DIV>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).</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><A
href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/iana-stewardship-project-costs">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/iana-stewardship-project-costs</A></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><o:p>Please let me know if you have
any questions. </o:p></P></DIV>
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