[Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] Legal Expert Candidates

[Paul@law.es ZIMBRA]

Well absent the base information the $ reference becomes meaningless and absent understanding the step-levels involved they are misleading.

Frankly I have no idea why you needed to reference budgets at all.  It would have been more useful if you had simply provided the person's requested hourly rate or requested fixed amount.  The WG is comprised of sophisticated people, many, if not all of whom have hired and fired attorneys and experts.

Once the WG has selected a candidate you can negotiate all you desire and if unsuccessful we will repeat the process with the next best candidate.

As a result I strongly advise everyone to ignore the references to your undisclosed budget and the $ indicators and select the most qualified person.

Paul Keating

> On 03 Sep 2015, at 1:46 am, Steve Chan <steve.chan at icann.org> wrote:
> 
> Paul,
> 
> As the process remains in the selection phase, contractual negotiation have not yet begun and it would be I think problematic to have ICANN’s budget for this exercise called out on a public email list. While I understand that the $, $$, $$$ indicators are not as helpful as the actual amounts, I had hoped that they would provide enough information to understand which of the candidates fit within budget and which surpass the budgeted amount. If you could help us understand how the actual amounts might aid the WG members’ decision-making process, hopefully we can find a way to still provide helpful information. For instance, perhaps you need to know how much in excess of the budget any candidates with the $$$ are, in the event that the WG determines one of those candidates to be by far the most qualified to do the work?
> 
> Best,
> Steve
> 
> From: Paul Keating <Paul at law.es>
> Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 11:41 AM
> To: Steve Chan <steve.chan at icann.org>, "gnso-igo-ingo-crp at icann.org" <gnso-igo-ingo-crp at icann.org>
> Subject: Re: [Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] Legal Expert Candidates
> 
> Thank you.  Can you give us some idea of what the budget cost is and what the various level indications are between $, $$ and $$$?
> 
> Absent this it is not very meaningful.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Paul Keating
> 
> From: <gnso-igo-ingo-crp-bounces at icann.org> on behalf of Steve Chan <steve.chan at icann.org>
> Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2015 7:57 PM
> To: "gnso-igo-ingo-crp at icann.org" <gnso-igo-ingo-crp at icann.org>
> Subject: [Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] Legal Expert Candidates
> 
> Dear WG Members,
> 
> I hope this email finds you well. This email is in regards to the candidates available to perform the research related to the questions developed by this working group. Apologies for the late delivery of this information.
> 
> In staff’s conversations with the candidates, we found that we were fortunate to have a number of qualified individuals to choose from, who appreciated the complexity of the WG’s questions that were shared with them. While the selection of the expert is a decision for the WG, at least from a staff perspective, we felt that David P. Stewart had the right combination of expertise, availability, and cost. I would like to point the WG members to the Wiki (https://community.icann.org/display/gnsoicrpmpdp/Legal+Expert+Selection) to review the collection of candidates that have expressed their interest in contributing to this project, along with background, qualifications, scholarship, and other information that the candidates thought would be helpful in evaluating their ability to provide expertise to this project. You will notice a column labeled “Cost”that is intended to provide WG members with a rough understanding of when a candidate is beyond the expected budget for this work, so that this factor can be taken into account in the selection process. 
> 
> If there are any questions, staff will be happy to try and provide answers.
> 
> Best,
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Steven Chan
> Sr. Policy Manager
> 
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