[Rt4-whois] Meeting with Whois Review Team and Rod Beckstrom and Larry Strickling

[Smith, Bill]

Not to worry Kathy, the opportunity to meet has passed us by.

On Dec 8, 2010, at 1:35 PM, Kathy Kleiman wrote:

> Mikhail left the meeting today at noon. 
> Best,
> Kathy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rt4-whois-bounces at icann.org [mailto:rt4-whois-bounces at icann.org]
> On Behalf Of Smith, Bill
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 3:35 PM
> To: denise.michel at icann.org
> Cc: rt4-whois at icann.org WHOIS; Mikhail; Yakushev at mm.icann.org; Teresa
> Elias
> Subject: Re: [Rt4-whois] Meeting with Whois Review Team and Rod
> Beckstrom and Larry Strickling
> 
> Denise,
> 
> On the original note, I copied Kathy Kleinman, James Bladel, and
> Willfried Woeber. They are the RT members that were present in Cartagena
> when we informally discussed attempting to meet with Rod and Larry. I
> understand that Mikhail Yakushev (copied) has also managed to escape
> Europe and is now in Cartagena.
> 
> It is my understanding that Wilfried intends to participate.
> 
> Bill
> 
> (Mikhail, if you are available at 6pm you are more than welcome - and
> apologies for not including you earlier.)
> 
> On Dec 8, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Denise Michel wrote:
> 
> Thanks for clarifying, Bill.  So (just to be clear) although Larry has
> left, you still want to meet with just Rod in Cartagena?  And this would
> not be a "Whois Review Team" meeting but rather a meeting with
> individual Team members who are in Cartagena?
> 
> If yes, could you confirm which members would participate and your
> available time frames.
> 
> Thanks.
> Denise
> 
> Denise Michel
> ICANN
> Advisor to the President
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> 
> 
> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Smith, Bill
> <bill.smith at paypal-inc.com<mailto:bill.smith at paypal-inc.com>> wrote:
> Denise,
> 
> Please note that this was not a formal request from the WHOIS RT, but
> rather a personal request that those of us who traveled to Cartagena be
> able to meet locally with Rod and Larry.
> 
> I apologize for any confusion my original note (attached) may have
> caused.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Smith, Bill"
> <bill.smith at paypal-inc.com<mailto:bill.smith at paypal-inc.com>>
> To: Rod Beckstrom
> <rod.beckstrom at icann.org<mailto:rod.beckstrom at icann.org>>
> Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 09:40:26 -0700
> Subject: Local Meeting w/WHOIS RT Members
> Rod,
> 
> I understand and appreciate that you and Larry Strickling were otherwise
> engaged during the informal WHOIS Review Team meeting on Sunday. I'm
> sure your time was very well spent and I am not questioning your
> decision to forego the WHOIS meeting.
> 
> However, I am disappointed that the we apparently missed an opportunity
> to hear from you and Larry and to get your individual and joint
> perspectives with respect to WHOIS and the objectives you each
> envisioned for the Review Team. Several of us on the team were looking
> forward to that conversation and would appreciate efforts to make it
> happen at another time this week thereby making best use of our time
> here in Cartagena.
> 
> I realize you and Larry are both extremely busy and your schedules are
> no doubt full. With that in mind, I'll offer to be extremely flexible
> and agree in advance to meet at a  time and place of your choosing. (I
> can't make a similar offer for others, but suspect they will be
> flexible.)
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> 
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