[Gnso-epdp-team] EPDP Kobe

[Ayden Férdeline]

Thank you for sharing this, Stephanie, this is very interesting - it seems this group has a lot of resources at their disposal. Do we have any insights into what budget has been allocated to this work?

Ayden

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On Wednesday, January 23, 2019 1:34 AM, Stephanie Perrin <stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca> wrote:

> I am really mystified, having taken the time to examine the records and mailing list of the
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> TSG-Access-RD which Benedict mentioned, that we were not briefed on the meetings, the group, and the questions they are settling, many of which depend on policy decisions.  I am also mystified as to why this appointed group of technical experts has funding to their Washington meetings and to Kobe, and our group does not have funding for Kobe.
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> Further, it looks as if they need some legal advice.  I recommend they consider adding Ruth as an independent outside counsel, and add a policy person to think up the questions to ask her.
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> Kind regards,
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> Stephanie Perrin
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> PS if anyone is as in the dark on this as I was, the link to the page is here https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/tsg-access-non-public-registration-data-2018-12-14-en
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> On 2019-01-18 15:52, Kavouss Arasteh wrote:
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>> Dear Kurt
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>> In reply to my earlier message regarding Travel Support for Kobe meeting of EPDP ,I received the following from secretariat
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>> Quote
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>> From Marika Koenig
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>> Dear All,
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>> For your information, the following meetings have been requested for the EPDP Team for ICANN64:
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>> - Saturday, 09 March - 08:30-18:30
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>> - Sunday, 10 March - 17:00-18:30
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>> - Wed, 13 March - 10:30 -12:00
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>> - Thursday, 14 March - 08:30-10:15
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>> It will be decided closer to the date whether all these sessions are needed, but at a minimum, the EPDP Team is expected to meet all day on Saturday 9 March.
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>> Note that no travel support is available for this meeting, but remote participation will be available. Similarly, alternates can be requested to step in for members not attending ICANN64.
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>> Best regards,
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>> Caitlin, Berry and Marika
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>> Unquote
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>> This announcement is disappointing and frustrating as based on the past experience all these TEAM MEETINGS were provided with travel support.
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>> I do not understand nor convinced that why for almost the last f2f meeting there would be no travel support
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>> In view of the circumstances some of us encountering, may I request you to seriously consider the matter and provide travel support at least for those who are in special circumstances or those that they asked for that
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>> I am awaiting your kind attention and favourable reply as soon as possible allowing us to make the travel arrangement in a smooth manner
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>> Regards
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>> Kavouss
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