Patrick- Many thanks for touching base and introducing yourself. It would be a pleasure to meet you during the Cape Town meetings. As my schedule is still being solidified, I'm not sure what the best day/time will be so please forward your cell number or advise how best I may reach you at the conference to arrange a meeting. I will be staying at the Arabella Sheraton. Best, Brad -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Vande Walle [mailto:patrick@isoc.lu] Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 7:47 AM To: Brad Copeland Subject: ICANN meeting in Luxembourg - July 2005 Dear Mr Copeland, I am writing you in my capacity of chair of the organizing committee of the ICANN meeting, next July 2005 in Luxembourg. As you know Luxembourg will chair the European Union the first semester of 2005. This meeting is one of the events under the Presidency. This means that it will be a major focus on all agendas and generate a lot of activities. Since Luxembourg is quite centrally placed in Europe, we expect a large number of attendees to this meeting. Our expectations are a round 700 to 800 attendees, much more than other ICANN meetings. Obviously, organising such a large conference requires a lot of resources for which we need to rely on sponsorship. For New.net, sponsorship at the meeting provides various opportunities to have visible exposure and reach out to the highest level of the international community. As organisers, we wish to form sponsorships with companies and organisations that will take an intelligent approach communicating with and among the Internet international community. We also want to learn from our sponsors by actively involving them and together, identifying the most relevant areas to their needs. I would be most happy to discuss with you what New.net expectations are and hope we will find an agreement. We could meet either during the next IETF meeting in Washington DC - I will attend the ISOC Board of Trustees meeting on 12th and 13th November. Or at ICANN Cape Town from 3 to 5 december. My phone number is below. Ring me any time. Yours sincerely, Patrick Vande Walle ISOC Phone: +352 021 26.88.91 E-mail: icann(a)isoc.lu Provisional event web site: http://www.isoc.lu/icann-2005 ICANN meetings calendar: http://www.icann.org/meetings ICANN: http://www.icann.org