[Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] - Legal Expert Follow-Up

[Phil Corwin]

George and other WG members:

Rest assured that the Co-Chairs have been on top of this situation, are quite concerned about its status, and will do whatever we can to assure that this WG received the legal expertise input required on a timely basis.

Thanks to all for your patience.

Best regards, Philip

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-----Original Message-----
From: gnso-igo-ingo-crp-bounces at icann.org [mailto:gnso-igo-ingo-crp-bounces at icann.org] On Behalf Of Steve Chan
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 5:50 PM
To: George Kirikos
Cc: gnso-igo-ingo-crp at icann.org
Subject: Re: [Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] - Legal Expert Follow-Up

George,

Thanks for the follow-up email. We did in fact receive response from the candidates, but unfortunately, not of the nature that we were seeking. Two of the candidates (David Stewart and Mark Feldman) removed their names from consideration and John Bellinger¹s preliminary rate is considerably higher than the allocated budget for this work. However, Mr. Bellinger was kind enough to provide another name for consideration that, with Jim Bikoff¹s assistance, staff is currently reaching out to determine his level of interest and ability to assist (taking into account timing and budget concerns as well). His name is Edward Swaine and he is a law professor at George Washington University (http://www.law.gwu.edu/Faculty/profile.aspx?id=10968). While we await response from him, it would be useful if WG members could review his CV and other background information to ensure that there is support for pursuing this candidate.

Apologies for not providing an update earlier and I regret that the news is not more positive at this juncture.

Best,
Steve





On 9/23/15, 11:10 AM, "George Kirikos" <icann at leap.com> wrote:

>Just following up on the earlier email from Steve to see whether the 
>candidates responded by September 18th, as it's now the 23rd and I 
>don't think their responses were sent to this working group's mailing 
>list.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>George Kirikos
>416-588-0269
>http://www.leap.com/
>
>
>
>On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 6:21 PM, Steve Chan <steve.chan at icann.org> wrote:
>> Dear WG Members,
>>
>> The purpose of this message is to inform you all that pursuant to the 
>>agreed  upon actions on Wednesday¹s WG call, staff has worked with the 
>>co-chairs to  prepare a brief follow-up message to the three final 
>>candidates (I.e., John  Bellinger, David Stewart, and Mark Feldman), 
>>which was just sent a short  while ago. The message seeks response by 
>>COB Friday, 18 September 2015 or  earlier, after which responses will 
>>be shared with WG members to help reach  agreement on a candidate. If 
>>you have any questions, please let me know.
>>
>> Have a great weekend.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>
>>
>> Steven Chan
>> Sr. Policy Manager
>>
>> ICANN
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