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

[Olga Cavalli <olgac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
thanks Stephane and Zahid!
Zahid I will include your remarks in a new version.
Any feedback about the comments made by Ken?
Regards to all
Olga



2009/3/11 Zahid Jamil <zahid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>  Dear Olga,
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> For those of us who managed to attend the meeting in Mexico would I am sure
> all appreciate that you have done a tremendous job!
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> May I also suggest that we add as a rationale the discussion we had
> regarding the fact that GNSO must undergo restructuring and this enormous
> task is unbudgeted and no additional resource is allocated for this
> purpose.  Hence, extended travel funding especially in this period is
> required.
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> Hence,  Additional work = additional resource.
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> I would like to echo the others who have appreciated your work in collating
> our comments.
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> Best regards,
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> Zahid Jamil
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gnso-travel-dt@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> owner-gnso-travel-dt@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken Stubbs
> Sent: 11 March 2009 17:04
> To: Stéphane Van Gelder
> Cc: Olga Cavalli; gnso-travel-dt@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [gnso-travel-dt] Notes after meeting in Mexico
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> Ken Stubbs wrote:
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> At the beginning of the second paragraph it states " Travel funding
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> should not impact registrar fees".
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> I thought the principal her was supposed to be " Travel funding should
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> not impact registrar *_or registry_ *fees.
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> I do not believe that the WG was intending to put the burden of travel
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> funding on the registries either.
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> Please clarify here..
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> Thanks..
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> Ken Stubbs
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> Stéphane Van Gelder wrote:
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> > Hello Olga,
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> > An excellent summary of what was said IMO. I don’t see any point that
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> > we raised that’s missing from your notes.
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> > Thanks for being so thorough. For me, this can be sent to the Council
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> > list as-is.
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> > Thanks,
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> > Stéphane Van Gelder
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> > Le 10/03/09 20:40, « Olga Cavalli » <olgac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
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> >     Hi,
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> >     hope you had good travels back home.
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> >     Included in this email I have summarized the comments recieved in
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> >     this list after our meeting in Mexico with Kevin, Doug and Stacy.
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> >     I tried to include all the ideas in a readable document, your
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> >     comments and changes are welcome.
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> >     Once we have agreed in a certain text, we should review it with
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> >     the Council.
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> >     Best regards
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> >     Olga
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> >     *_Comments sent to the Travel Drafting Team list after Mexico
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> >     meeting with Icann Staff
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> >     _*
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> >     All GNSO council members should be founded to attend ICANN meetings.
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> >     All council members volunteer their time and the GNSO amount of
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> >     work is a lot.
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> >     The amount of work in GNSO is highly increasing due to the GNSO
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> >     restructuring and the different steering committees and working
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> >     groups that council member participate in.
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> >     The workload of the GNSO is, at least in these times, enormous and
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> >     it would be unrealistic for the structures to work by volunteers
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> >     being stretched beyond limits especially without travel support.
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> >     This support may include WG and DT members as the Constituencies
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> >     may nominate.
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> >     It could be good if constituencies receive the travel funds and
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> >     they distribute these funds among their members with flexibility.
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> >     The budgeted amount for GNSO should be monetized and divided
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> >     equally between Constituencies (possibly SGs if there is a
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> >     proliferation of Constituencies).
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> >     Constituency allocation should be transparent but at the
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> >     discretion of the Constituency.
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> >     If in one Financial Year a Constituency does not utilize and saves
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> >     its allocation, that allocation should be reserved and rolled over
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> >     into travel reserves for the next FY in addition to the budget
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> >     allocation for the next.
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> >     A growth in the active participation of ALL GNSO Councilors in
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> >     ICANN meetings may enhance the face to face work of GNSO making it
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> >     more efficient and also it may also benefit the work on
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> >     teleconference meetings.
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> >     It may also benefit the participation by a broader spectrum of the
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> >     GNSO community.
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> >     Travel funding should not impact registrar fees.
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> >     According to the proposed budget documents, ICANN expects revenues
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> >     that will be $13 million *in excess* of ICANN's budget for FY10.
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> >     A rough estimate of the extra cost of funding all councilors'
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> >     funding for next year is $200K.
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> >     It could be useful to know a detailed breakdown of the GNSO travel
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> >     support budget.
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> >     Also it could help knowing the travel support provided to the GNSO
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> >     today and the monetary amount of travel support for ALL GNSO
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> >     Councilors.
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