[Ecommerce] Information about ICANN expenditures on Travel

[James Love]

This is a letter I sent today to Mike Roberts, the President of ICANN.


Mike Roberts <roberts@icann.org>

Dear Michael,

Some time ago I wrote and asked for information about travel
reimbursements for ICANN board members.  You told me the information
would be put on the web later.  I have checked several times, and the
financial reports on the web do not give such details.

I am thus asking again for information about the money given to
individual board members for travel and expenses.   Specifically, I am
asking for the amount of money each board member has received for every
trip that they have sought reimbursement for, in 1999.  I am also asking
for a break down of those expenses according to expense category, such
as airfare, meals, lodging, and other, for example.

Please advise me if ICANN has a policy against releasing this type of
information, if such a policy exists, or let me know when and if I will
receive the information. 

I am asking both because I am wondering how ICANN spends its money (the
money it gets indirectly from domain name owners), and what ICANN's
policies are regarding such disclosures.   I'm sure that you can see
that both topics are legitimate issues regarding public accountability.

  Jamie Love <love@cptech.org> fax 202.234.5176


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James Love, Consumer Project on Technology
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