[council] RE: Agenda item for Council call next week

[Ken Stubbs]

last time i was in london the hotel prices were 40-50% higher than 
amsterdam..
its awful pricey

ken stubbs



Lucy.Nichols at nokia.com 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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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org
>[mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org]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 at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] 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?
>
>Regards,
>Bruce
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>	From: Marilyn Cade [mailto:mscade at cox.net] 
>	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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