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

Wed Sep 23 22:36:52 UTC 2015

Paul,

I realized after sending the email that the WG would want to know why the
candidates removed their names from consideration, so thanks for asking
the question. David Stewart removed his name because of availability
issues and Mark Feldman removed his name because of concerns about the
scope of work, as well as the timeline. There were also budget concerns
for Mr. Feldman as you’ll recall.

Mr. Bellinger was informed that his rate was substantially higher than the
budget and as far as I am aware, did not indicate there was much room for
negotiation with the current scope of questions. Jim might have more
information as he was primarily responsible for these conversations.

Finally, I understand your frustrations and staff shares your concern
about pace, as well as the sudden lack of qualified candidates. We will
continue to try and move things forward as best we can.

Best,
Steve

On 9/23/15, 3:00 PM, "Paul Keating" <paul at law.es> wrote:

>Steve
>
>Thanks for the response. I have several
>Questions/comments.
>
>Why did they remove their names
>
>Did Bellinger receive follow up contact to reconsider rates (that was
>decided as a thing to do if I recall correctly). Did he not agree to
>change his rates?
>
>I am very concerned about timing and delays. I have raised this before as
>it provides an excuse to ignore our work and only consider the response
>from the 'secret' (my term) group working for the GAC.
>
>We need to get this moving. I personally am growing tired of what I
>perceive as a lack of support from ICANN given that the need for outside
>legal assistance was raised months ago and we still have no such
>assistance. The initial "opinion" letter was not serious IMHO and the
>fact that this was even considered as a potential solution to the need is
>a negative IMHO. 
>
>
>I am sorry to be so frank but feel it needs saying.  I doubt very much we
>would - as a WG- be seeing the same sort of delays of this were an issue
>for the ICANN board.
>
>Sincerely,
>Paul Keating, Esq.
>
>> On Sep 23, 2015, at 11:50 PM, Steve Chan <steve.chan at icann.org> wrote:
>> 
>> 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
>>>> 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300
>>>> 
>>>> Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536
>>>> steve.chan at icann.org
>>>> 
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>>>> 
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>>>> 
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>>>> 
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