[bc-gnso] Re: FY13 Operating Plan and Budget Comment - Fellowship

[Gabriela Szlak <gabrielaszlak@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Chris and all,

Thank you for the opportunity to comment.

I don´t see any problems regarding the fellowship program at the documents
you referred me to. As far as I understood the situation remains the same
which is good to know: fellowship program will still be with us and I am
happy to know the BC supports this program. I would appreciate if someone
else checks this as I am not so familiar with this kind of documents.

Also, as you suggested, I read in detail the “FY13 Public Comment
Solicitation for FY13 Community Travel Support Guidelines”

Regarding the BC, there is a special additional request for 3 travelers for
FY13 from the BC (as well as similar requests from other constituencies).
This has been requested but not yet approved by ICANN. I am not sure how
the BC decided on this request and if it needs any further discussion.

Also, in page three it says that one of the Purposes of Community Travel
Support is:
*3. Outreach, especially to those unfamiliar with the ICANN processes but
who can benefit from and may ultimately give benefit to ICANN, by attending
and participating at ICANN meetings.*

I was wondering if maybe the BC members might want to consider to make use
of this purpose in order to request for additional support for travelers in
order to invite special targeted participants from the developing countries
to meetings as part of outreach activities. So maybe the BC can bring this
way specific business referents from developing countries, selected by a
selection process to be determined, and have them mentored into the BC.
This might give the BC the opportunity to find special people that might
not have get involved with ICANN nor the BC if not for this kind of special
invitation and that once in the community, might be a key for outreach in
their regions and also these members might become new active voices for the
group and broader participation.

Regards,
G.

Gabriela Szlak

www.einstituto.org****

www.estudiorosz.com****

www.gabrielaszlak.com.ar****

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2012/6/6 Chris Chaplow <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Dear Gabriela,****
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> Thanks for your input and offer from a fellowship perspective.****
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> Marilyn added (below) “I did want to ask though, about the lack of detail
> in the budget, such as the inability to find the Fellowship Program as a
> detailed item; or the communications budget; totals for salary/benefits for
> staff, etc. Were those not detailed in the Operating Plan and Budget? “***
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> As far as the Draft FY13 Budget and operating plan is concerned there are
> no financials attributed to the fellowship  so not a lot to comment from a
> budget perspective.    “Fellowship” is mentioned  seven times in the
> text.   If you can download the document and word search these seven and
> see if there is anything the BC should comment on here.****
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> This is the Draft Budget ****
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> http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/op-budget-fy13-01may12-en.htm*
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> As far as the “FY13 Public Comment Solicitation for FY13 Community Travel
> Support Guidelines”****
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> This is a much lighter document and a good one for  newer BC members to
> help with as it does not require any historical knowledge.****
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> This document is mainly a resumen of the current status but does have a
> section on fellowship and some other mentions so you will be able to
> validate the info    ****
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> http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/travel-support-2013-01jun12-en.htm
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> seven and see if there is anything the BC should comment on here.****
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> best****
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> *Chris Chaplow**
> **Managing Director*
> *Andalucia.com S.L.*
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> *De:* Gabriela Szlak [mailto:gabrielaszlak@xxxxxxxxx]
> *Enviado el:* viernes, 25 de mayo de 2012 20:56
> *Para:* Marilyn Cade
> *CC:* Chris at Andalucia; bc - GNSO list; bc-secretariat @icann
> *Asunto:* Re: [bc-gnso] FY13 Operating Plan and Budget Comment****
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> Thank you Chris, ****
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> I agree with Marilyn: As one of the two fellows you are referring to, I am
> grateful the BC supports the fellowship program and agree to support small
> business participants from developing countries. ****
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> From my experience, most SMEs from my region are unaware of the work ICANN
> does.  ****
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> In that sense, as we have been discussing, I believe that the BC interest
> to support the fellowship program, must come together with outreach
> targeted activities. I will be happy to discuss more on that. ****
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> G.****
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> Gabriela Szlak****
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> www.einstituto.org****
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> www.estudiorosz.com****
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> www.gabrielaszlak.com.ar****
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> 2012/5/25 Marilyn Cade <marilynscade@xxxxxxxxxxx>****
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> Thanks for doing this,Chris. ****
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> I understand from the CSG Budget Group call, which you chair [ISPCP, IPC,
> BC} that it would be useful to have members have a high level understanding
> on the broader categories, so that we can have a sense of BC priorities. *
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> I did want to ask though, about the lack of detail in the budget, such as
> the inability to find the Fellowship Program as a detailed item; or the
> communications budget; totals for salary/benefits for staff, etc. Were
> those not detailed in the Operating Plan and Budget? ****
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> I recognize that the Fellowship Program has had limited contribution to
> the BC specifically, except in two cases, but it is a program that the BC
> supports, and has interest in strengthening how it does contribute to
> supporting more small business participants from developing countries. ***
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> From: chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx
> CC: bc-secretariat@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bc-gnso] FY13 Operating Plan and Budget Comment
> Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 00:54:52 +0200****
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> Dear BC Members,****
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> Please find attached comments that I have submitted on the FY13 Operating
> Plan and Budget.****
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> We anticipate that the BC and the CSG will submit more detailed comments
> in the ‘reply round’  which opens tomorrow until the 15th June.****
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> I have asked a lot of clarification questions and drawn on material from
> our Framework Budget submission as I don’t think it was adequately
> addressed at that time.  ****
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> I think we should  focus on the 25 individual project comments in the
> reply round. ****
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> Best regards, ****
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> *Chris Chaplow
> Managing Director*
> *Andalucia.com S.L.*
> Avenida del Carmen 9
> Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo
> 1ª Planta, Oficina 30
> Estepona, 29680
> Malaga, Spain
> *Tel: + (34) 952 897 865
> Fax: + (34) 952 897 874
> *E-mail: *chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx* <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>*
> *Web: *www.andalucia.com* <http://www.andalucia.com/>
> *Information about Andalucia, Spain.*****
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