[gnso-travel-dt] Re: How will unused travel funding be allocated?

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

Thanks Kevin.

Stéphane

Le 18 févr. 2010 à 15:44, Kevin Wilson a écrit :

> Hello Stéphane,
> 
> It's another interesting twist for this meeting.   In general, rollovers from 
> meeting to meeting are NOT part of the travel guidelines but assigning travel 
> slots to another SG member.  
> 
> The exception requesting process is part of the guidelines.  In the past 
> rollovers have been provided for on occasion based upon specific exception 
> requests.   I recommend that we continue treating these as exception 
> requests, and not develop a blanket policy of rolling over any travel slots 
> at any time (you can imagine the impact of that).
> 
> There are a lot of issues with our current travel process, and I believe 
> these are community travel guidelines (not ICANN staff ones).   We'll be 
> updating the guidelines for FY11, and I look forward to discussing with you 
> how we can incorporate these issues most effectively including the one you 
> raised below.
> 
> Kevin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stéphane Van Gelder [mailto:stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 5:36 AM
> To: Kevin Wilson
> Cc: gnso-travel-dt@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: How will unused travel funding be allocated?
> 
> Hi Kevin and travel DT.
> 
> I was wondering if ICANN travel staff had any guidelines as to how certain 
> specific cases that arise from Nairobi will be handled. As there are many 
> people not going, there will undoubtedly be several unused funding slots. 
> What is planned for these? Should SGs assign them to someone else who is 
> going to Nairobi, or can these slots be rolled over to Brussels, thereby 
> giving SGs more slots than those normally assigned?
> 
> Stéphane