RE: [bc-gnso] JPA/ICANN Oversight Hearing in DC next week

[Marilyn Cade <marilynscade@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Phil, that is a fabulous offer. I will be out of town, so much appreciate the 
offer to the BC members. 





> From: pcorwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: icann@xxxxxxxx; bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 14:59:08 -0400
> Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] JPA/ICANN Oversight Hearing in DC next week
> 
> 
> I do plan to be at the hearing and consequently will be unable to join the 
> Sydney planning call.
> 
> I'll be happy to share my written report on the hearing with BC members. 
> 
> Philip S. Corwin 
> Partner 
> Butera & Andrews 
> 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW 
> Suite 500 
> Washington, DC 20004
> 
> 202-347-6875 (office) 
> 
> 202-347-6876 (fax)
> 
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> "Luck is the residue of design." -- Branch Rickey
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> George Kirikos
> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 2:36 PM
> To: BC gnso
> Subject: [bc-gnso] JPA/ICANN Oversight Hearing in DC next week
> 
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> I forgot to mention, there's also a meeting on June 4, 2009 (next
> Thursday) at 10:00 am in Washington, DC, of the US House Subcommittee
> on Communications, Technology and the Internet:
> 
> http://energycommerce.house.gov/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=54&extmode=view&extid=47
> 
> on the "Oversight of ICANN", and Paul Twomey will be there. If any BC
> members attend, they might want to provide summaries to the
> constituency. According to the minutes of the latest ICANN Board
> meeting:
> 
> http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-21may09.htm
> 
> "Staff reported that the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on
> Communications, Technology, and the Internet scheduled a hearing on
> the Joint Project Agreement and other ICANN related issues including
> new gTLDs on 4 June 2009 and invited Dr. Twomey to appear as a
> witness."
> 
> Given that our own BC conference call is currently scheduled just 1
> hour after the start of the above meeting, if many BC members in the
> DC area (or flying in from outside DC) are planning to attend the
> hearing in person, perhaps it might be wise to adjust the timing of
> our own conference call....
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> George Kirikos
> 416-588-0269
> http://www.leap.com/
>