<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">forwarding message sent bilaterally. It’d be good to hear either way from Roy and Peter as well whether there’s any change so I can tell Benjamin yes or no…<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Milan, Stefania" <<a href="mailto:Stefania.Milan@EUI.eu" class="">Stefania.Milan@EUI.eu</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">William Drake <<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" class="">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Re: [NCUC-EC] Joy declines Singapore Travel award</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">December 22, 2014 at 7:08:46 PM CST<br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class="">I thought Bill's argument re Benjamin was convincing. And given Joy cant make it after all, well, one reason more to be a tad flexible<br class=""><br class="">Sent from my iPhone<br class=""><br class="">On 23/dic/2014, at 01:42, "William Drake" <<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" class="">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Hi<br class=""><br class="">Ok, well alas Joy cannot come to Singapore after all. She just told me she’s just taken a new job in the Office of Privacy Commissioner in New Zealand, can only be involved in ICANN on personal time, and has not been able to negotiate starting later or taking off the week of Feb 8-12.<br class=""><br class="">Which means that if we do not offer Benjamin support, then the first installment of our new program is—zero travelers. Which is ok if people feel it’s the right call on the merits, just somewhat unfortunate optics. Hopefully the BA iteration will be more successful.<br class=""><br class="">Best<br class=""><br class="">Bill<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">NCUC-EC mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:NCUC-EC@lists.ncuc.org" class="">NCUC-EC@lists.ncuc.org</a><br class="">http://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-ec<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, forwarding, or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited without the express permission of the sender. If you received this communication in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>