Re: [gnso-travel-dt] Long term proposals for travel funding

[Ken Stubbs <kstubbs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ken Stubbs wrote:

I am not sure what you mean by the term "overall message" as you use it 
in your opening sentence.
The registry constituency (to the best of my recollection), has never 
supported full council funding.
We have supported the concept of allocating funds (_*only if 
available)*_ to constituencies to allocate to parties they wish
to provide travel support to. I firmly believe that ICANN needs to 
concentrate on incorporating technologies which enhance remote 
participation and finding venues
which are more cost efficient.

The world today is under significant economic stress and ICANN needs to 
show the Internet community that it acknowledges
this fact and more importantly, TAKE THE LEAD in utilizing technologies 
which both enhance remote participation and reduce the overall costs of
holding these meetings.

Ken Stubbs






Stéphane Van Gelder wrote:
> It was my understanding that our team’s one overall message was that 
> the full Council should be funded.
> I therefore agree that, as Tim suggests, we should work along those lines.
>
> However, I find the current funding situation very unclear. Does the 
> drafting team not feel we would be better off waiting until the calls 
> Kevin Wilson has organised for next week are done to decide our next 
> steps?
> Thanks,
>
> Stéphane
>
>
> Le 08/05/09 15:10, « Olga Cavalli » <olgac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
>     Thanks Tim, very helpful.
>     Other comments?
>     Best regards
>     Olga
>
>     2009/5/8 Tim Ruiz <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>         Any long term proposal depends a lot on what the ICANN travel
>         funding
>         program looks like going forward. We should discuss with Doug
>         or Staff.
>         But we probably won't know for sure until sometime after Sydney.
>
>         In the meantime, we could just present to Council parallel
>         proposals
>         with the caveat that a long term plan cannot be decided until
>         an ongoing
>         ICANN travel funding program is confirmed. One proposal would
>         be based
>         on the existing ICANN travel funding program. The other based
>         on what
>         the Council has asked for, full funding for all Councilors. It
>         wouldn't
>         take long to pull together. We could then reconvene sometime after
>         Sydney.
>
>         Tim
>
>         -------- Original Message --------
>         Subject: [gnso-travel-dt] Long term proposals for travel funding
>         From: Olga Cavalli <olgac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>         Date: Thu, May 07, 2009 5:48 pm
>         To: "gnso-travel-dt@xxxxxxxxx" <gnso-travel-dt@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>         Hi,
>         I am listening to the conference call recording and Chuck made an
>         interesting question, if we were making any progress in long
>         term travel
>         funding proposals.
>
>         I think we made some good progress during the Mexico meeting and
>         afterwards in our list, but then we lost this issue following
>         the Sydney
>         one.
>
>         Any ideas of how to move forward with this discussion?
>
>         Some suggestions:
>
>         I can draft a summary of discussed ideas during Mexico and in
>         our list
>
>         We can schedule a conference call¿
>
>         Other comments are welcome.
>
>         Best regards
>         Olga