[CCWG-ACCT] [community-finance] Updated IANA Stewardship Transition Expenses Information as of 31 December 2015

[Padmini]

Good evening,
Thank you so much for this information.
I also have the same queries as Vidushi about ICANN's finances , would
appreciate a more comprehensive breakdown along the lines that she has
raised as well.

Regards
On Mar 1, 2016 7:40 PM, "Michele Neylon - Blacknight" <
michele at blacknight.com> wrote:

> Xavier
>
> Thanks for sharing this information. It’s useful, though I suspect it’ll
> raise as many questions as it answers.
>
> 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.
> How often does ICANN change law firms?
> 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
> Has ICANN ever put its external legal work out to any form of tender?
>
> 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.
>
> Regards
>
> Michele
>
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> From: <community-finance-bounces at icann.org> on behalf of "
> xavier.calvez at icann.org" <xavier.calvez at icann.org>
> Date: Tuesday 1 March 2016 at 07:13
> To: "accountability-cross-community at icann.org" <
> accountability-cross-community at icann.org>, "community-finance at icann.org" <
> community-finance at icann.org>, "cwg-stewardship at icann.org" <
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> Cc: Senior Management Team <senior-management-team at icann.org>, Global
> Leadership <global_leadership at icann.org>
> Subject: [community-finance] Updated IANA Stewardship Transition Expenses
> Information as of 31 December 2015
>
> Dear all,
>
> 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).
>
>
>
> https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/iana-stewardship-project-costs
>
>
> Please let me know if you have any questions.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> Xavier
>
>
>
> Xavier Calvez
>
> CFO
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