I note that there is no provision in the proposed budget for an at-large membership
staff director and associated resources. In the ICANN org chart the at-large component
is shown (with a different shape) at the level of the SOs. Is it the intention that
this component be self-funded, as are other SOs? If so, this would seem to prejudge
the issue of membership dues by implication, since the alternative would be for the
at-large membership structure to be supported by other parties with the hand-to-mouth
resource starvation such a process often produces.In the alternative, since at-large
is uniquely representative of the broad base of users of the Internet, it may be
appropriate (and I suggest the Board consider) that at-large membership activities
be funded as part of ICANN's core budget. In that case, the draft budget would need
to be modified to include an at-large membership director and support staff not only
to support that membership, but also to support the board and its at-large directors
in policy development and execution of at-large membership activities.
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