[npoc] Re: [EC-NCSG] new NCSG-EC travel support

[Alain Berranger <alain.berranger@xxxxxxxxx>]

Robin,

Thanks for clarification. I will get back to you soonest on the NPOC rep
for this NCSG-EC travel budget lin: Lori or I.

Best, Alain

On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Robin Gross <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Alain,
>
> Yes, this request was made before you joined the NCSG-EC.  Also, yes, this
> is in addition to the travel support NPOC will receive from ICANN.   And
> ICANN has *never* before provided travel support to NCUC or the NCSG-EC, so
> this is quite a big shift in ICANN funding noncommercial users to
> participate at ICANN meetings.
>
> Thanks,
> Robin
>
> On Jul 18, 2012, at 6:01 PM, Alain Berranger wrote:
>
> Robin, I don't recall you sharing that you had made that request but maybe
> I missed your email? That said you mean this is on top of travel support
> provided directly to constituencies...?
>
> Alain
>
> On Wednesday, July 18, 2012, Robin Gross wrote:
>
>> Dear Exec. Cmte Members:
>>
>> For the first time, ICANN will be providing limited travel support to the
>> NCSG-EC to attend the ICANN meetings in FY13 (beginning with Toronto in
>> October).  You may recall this is a special funding request I made to ICANN
>> to help support the work of the NCSG Executive Committee at these mtgs.  So
>> ICANN will be funding 3 members of the NCSG-EC to attend the 2 meetings in
>> FY13.  So this means that the NCSG Chair and 1 representative from NPOC and
>> 1 from NCUC will receive travel support to attend the Toronto meeting in
>> October.  I need to let Glen know the names of these travelers asap so
>> arrangements can begin to be made by ICANN.
>>
>> As a reminder, the 2 NPOC members on this committee are Alain Berranger
>> and Lori Schulman.  The 2 NCUC representatives on this NCSG-EC are Milton
>> Mueller and Rafik Damak.  I'd suggest that Alain and Lori get together and
>> figure which of them will use the travel support, and that Milton and Rafik
>> put their heads together to suggest how to use their support.  Thank you.
>>
>> This is good news and will be a tremendous help to noncommercial users,
>> who have not before received any travel support for constituency or NCSG
>> leadership from ICANN.   More noncommercial bodies at the mtgs will be a
>> big help and boost to the SG's effectiveness.
>>
>> Best,
>> Robin
>>
>>
>>
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>
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Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA
Member, Board of Directors, CECI,
http://www.ceci.ca<http://www.ceci.ca/en/about-ceci/team/board-of-directors/>
Executive-in-residence, Schulich School of Business, www.schulich.yorku.ca
Treasurer, Global Knowledge Partnership Foundation, www.gkpfoundation.org
NA representative, Chasquinet Foundation, www.chasquinet.org
Chair, NPOC, NCSG, ICANN, http://npoc.org/
O:+1 514 484 7824; M:+1 514 704 7824
Skype: alain.berranger