Re: [gnso-travel-dt] Public comment period

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

Olga,

There¹s a typo in the first sentence. Should read ³funded² instead of
³founded².

Stéphane


Le 26/03/09 21:50, « Olga Cavalli » <olgac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

> Hi,
> should we include all/some/part of our latest comments for GNSO travel funds
> request in the public comments space?
> 
> This the agreed text among our drafting team:
> 
> Comments about GNSO Travel funding and travel policy
> 
> 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´s
> participate in.
> 
> 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. If there is additional work, then there is a need for additional
> funding resources.
> 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 or registry 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.
> 
> 
> Regards
> Olga
> 
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