Re: [gnso-travel-dt] Notes after meeting in Mexico

[Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Olga,

An excellent summary of what was said IMO. I don¹t see any point that we
raised that¹s missing from your notes.

Thanks for being so thorough. For me, this can be sent to the Council list
as-is.

Thanks,

Stéphane Van Gelder


Le 10/03/09 20:40, « Olga Cavalli » <olgac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

> Hi,
> hope you had good travels back home.
> Included in this email I have summarized the comments recieved in this list
> after our meeting in Mexico with Kevin, Doug and Stacy.
> I tried to include all the ideas in a readable document, your comments and
> changes are welcome.
> Once we have agreed in a certain text, we should review it with the Council.
> Best regards
> Olga
> 
> 
> Comments sent to the Travel Drafting Team list after Mexico meeting with Icann
> Staff
> 
> All GNSO council members should be founded to attend ICANN meetings.
> All council members volunteer their time and the GNSO amount of work is a lot.
> The amount of work in GNSO is highly increasing due to the GNSO restructuring
> and the different steering committees and working groups that council member
> participate in.
> The workload of the GNSO is, at least in these times, enormous and it would be
> unrealistic for the structures to work by volunteers being stretched beyond
> limits especially without travel support. This support may include WG and DT
> members as the Constituencies may nominate.
> It could be good if constituencies receive the travel funds and they
> distribute these funds among their members with flexibility.
> The budgeted amount for GNSO should be monetized and divided equally between
> Constituencies (possibly SGs if there is a proliferation of Constituencies).
> Constituency allocation should be transparent but at the discretion of the
> Constituency.
> If in one Financial Year a Constituency does not utilize and saves its
> allocation, that allocation should be reserved and rolled over into travel
> reserves for the next FY in addition to the budget allocation for the next.
> A growth in the active participation of ALL GNSO Councilors in ICANN meetings
> may enhance the face to face work of GNSO making it more efficient and also it
> may also benefit the work on teleconference meetings.
> It may also benefit the participation by a broader spectrum of the GNSO
> community. 
> 
> Travel funding should not impact registrar fees.
> According to the proposed budget documents, ICANN expects revenues that will
> be $13 million *in excess* of ICANN's budget for FY10.
> A rough estimate of the extra cost of funding all councilors' funding for next
> year is $200K.
> It could be useful to know a detailed breakdown of the GNSO travel support
> budget.
> 
> Also it could help knowing the travel support provided to the GNSO today and
> the monetary amount of travel support for ALL GNSO Councilors.
>  
> 
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