<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>I checked with the secretariat and it looks like we could do a buffet dinner (with a glass of wine included) for $80/person, where people would be able to mingle around rather than doing a seated dinner. They had previously looked at a bunch of options in the local area but for a group of 30+ people the $83 for seated or $80 for buffet was the best price they could find since most places require catering for a group of our size.</div><div><br></div><div>Do others have preferences as regards to seated dinner vs. buffet with mingling? </div><div><br></div><div>Alissa</div><br><div><div>On Oct 2, 2014, at 2:42 AM, Manal Ismail <<a href="mailto:manal@tra.gov.eg">manal@tra.gov.eg</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Thanks Michael ..<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I fully agree ..<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Kind Regards<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">--Manal<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:Michael.Niebel@ec.europa.eu">Michael.Niebel@ec.europa.eu</a> [<a href="mailto:Michael.Niebel@ec.europa.eu">mailto:Michael.Niebel@ec.europa.eu</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, October 02, 2014 10:12 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Manal Ismail; <a href="mailto:internal-cg@icann.org">internal-cg@icann.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>RE: Call#5 chat transcript - ICG Dinner ..<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Manal, thank you for sharing your thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">In my experience seated dinners only allow for a very limited interaction. An option would be preferable where free "mingling" is possible to maximise interaction.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Michael<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:internal-cg-bounces@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">internal-cg-bounces@icann.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:internal-cg-bounces@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">mailto:internal-cg-bounces@icann.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Manal Ismail<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, October 02, 2014 9:46 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:internal-cg@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">internal-cg@icann.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Internal-cg] Call#5 chat transcript - ICG Dinner ..<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Thought it may be useful to post this in a separate thread ..<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Just want to echo a few thoughts that were shared in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/transcript-chat-icg-01oct14-en.pdf" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">call#5 chat room</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>regarding ICG dinner ..<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Agree to benefits of having an ICG social event /informal gathering ..<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Agree with those who felt the dinner is a bit expensive ..<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Will still join if no other options are feasible ..<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Agree to keep it an ICG dinner to encourage communication and engagement among ICG members ..<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Kind Regards<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">--Manal<o:p></o:p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Internal-cg mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Internal-cg@icann.org">Internal-cg@icann.org</a><br>https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/internal-cg</div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>