<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Absolutely agree. When I plan for ICANN trips now, I normally presume that at least one day after the meeting will be spent more or less in complete exhaustion, and assume it will be at least a week until I feel recovered (even for trips without jet lag). <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Extending your travel at your own expense so you can spend some of that recovery time somewhere interesting is a perq. The actual meeting should have parts that are fun, for sure (which doesn’t mean they aren’t useful too). But they should mostly be hard work. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">David<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 13 Jul 2020, at 5:28 am, Jacqueline Morris <<a href="mailto:jam@JACQUELINEMORRIS.COM" class="">jam@JACQUELINEMORRIS.COM</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">But travel IS support - travel to meetings is not a perk, it is simply another tool to get the work done. It should absolutely not be used to "reward" or "recognise" anyone. Honestly, over the years during which I've traveled to many ICANN meetings, I have to take vacation when I return home to recover from the extremely long days and constant work that the ICANN meetings require.</span></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>