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

[Olga Cavalli <olgac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Greg,
reading your comments, should you suggest to delete the sentence:

Travel funding should not impact registrar or registry fees.?

What do others think?
Regards
Olga

2009/3/15 Greg Ruth <greg_ruth@xxxxxxxxx>

> Tim/Ken,
>        I thought we had gone over this before.  There is no connection;
> that is, there is no need to fund increased travel by decreases in other
> expenditures.  Even a cursory glance at ICANN's  budget reveals that an
> extra $200K (say) for extra Council travel is about 0.35% of the operational
> budget.  Meanwhile the surplus (the difference between projected revenues
> and projected expenses) is in the millions, even after taking into account
> other (non-operational) expenses and provision for a "reserve".  There is no
> way extra travel funds would impact Registry or Registrar fees - the extra
> funds are a "rounding error" in the scheme of things.
>
> Greg
>
> PS:  And there is no way, either, that ICANN will abolish or decrease its
> existing travel budget for *other* parties, such as fellowships, NomCom
> members, ALAC and NomCom appointees - there are just too many stakeholders!
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Tim Ruiz <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* Olga Cavalli <olgac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Cc:* Ken Stubbs <kstubbs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Stéphane_Van_Gelder <
> stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>; gnso-travel-dt@xxxxxxxxx; Zahid Jamil <
> zahid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Saturday, March 14, 2009 9:06:20 AM
> *Subject:* RE: [gnso-travel-dt] Notes after meeting in Mexico
>
>
> I agree with Ken. Any increase in travel funds should not be funded by
> increases in Registrar or Registry fees. It should be funded by either
> deceases in other expenditures, or by increasing fees collected from
> constituents of other SOs. gTLD registrants are already contributing
> more than their fair share to ICANN's budget.
>
> Tim
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [gnso-travel-dt] Notes after meeting in Mexico
> From: Olga Cavalli <olgac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, March 11, 2009 10:05 am
> To: Zahid Jamil <zahid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ken Stubbs <kstubbs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Stéphane_Van_Gelder
> <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>, gnso-travel-dt@xxxxxxxxx
>
> 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,
>
> 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!
>
> 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.
>
> Hence,  Additional work = additional resource.
>
> I would like to echo the others who have appreciated your work in
> collating our comments.
>
> Best regards,
>
> 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
>
>
> Ken Stubbs wrote:
>
> At the beginning of the second paragraph it states " Travel funding
> should not impact registrar fees".
> I thought the principal her was supposed to be " Travel funding should
> not impact registrar *_or registry_ *fees.
>
> I do not believe that the WG was intending to put the burden of travel
> funding on the registries either.
>
> Please clarify here..
> Thanks..
>
> Ken Stubbs
>
>
>
> Stéphane Van Gelder wrote:
> > Hello Olga,
> >
> > An excellent summary of what was said IMO. I don’t see any point that
> > we raised that’s 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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