[council] TR: ICANN Travel Support for 1 additional GNSO attendee to LA Meeting of CCWG - 25 & 26 September

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Forwarded From: "Edward Morris" <
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 5:56 PM
To:Jonathan Robinson, council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: re: [council] RE: ICANN Travel Support for 1 additional GNSO attendee 
to LA Meeting of CCWG - 25 & 26 September

Hi Jonathan,

I think this is a good approach.

There are probably a few other criteria to consider aa well - posts, leadership 
positions and the like - and based on all of them I reached out to Greg Shatan 
and was happy to learn he would be willing to go. His 83% attendance record is 
close to the top and only begins to measure how active and valuable Greg has 
been in and to the CCWG. On the legal sub team, for example, where we both 
served Greg put in many hours, as all of us did, early in the process, 
sometimes attending 3-4 calls per day. Given the issues expected to be on the 
table in L.A. I think Greg's legal expertise would also be valuable.

We have lots of excellent names on the table - I like and admire James, Carlos 
and Phil - but in terms of who most deserves to be there based upon past 
participation and who has the best skill set for this particular Meeting I 
think it would be hard to beat Greg. Of course, I'd welcome additional names to 
consider - it's been a long process and I might have forgotten someone.

Best,

Ed



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From: "Jonathan Robinson" 
<jrobinson@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:jrobinson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 5:31 PM
To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [council] RE: ICANN Travel Support for 1 additional GNSO attendee to 
LA Meeting of CCWG - 25 & 26 September

All,

An update. I understand that there is more than one expression of interest from 
GNSO participants in the CCWG.

It strikes me that we cannot evaluate these on subjective criteria e.g. a 
motivation statement from the candidate.

One (and perhaps the only) objective criterion that we could apply is 
participation in the CCWG to date. Logs of participation are recorded and so we 
have the data.
I propose to the Council that we do this and use the data to make an objective 
selection.

https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/Attendance+Log+CCWG-Accountability

Since the GNSO participant will necessarily be from only one SG or 
Constituency, it seems reasonable to me that we impress on the selected 
participant / attendee that they take a broad GNSO perspective during the 
course of their participation in LA.
Further, that they remain receptive to input from other GNSO participants, as 
far as possible.

Thanks,

Jonathan

From: Jonathan Robinson [mailto:jrobinson@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 16 September 2015 13:49
To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: ICANN Travel Support for 1 additional GNSO attendee to LA Meeting of 
CCWG - 25 & 26 September

All,

ICANN has offered to support one traveller per chartering organisation in 
addition to the currently sponsored travel slots (primarily for members of the 
CCWG).

We do not have a simple process or mechanism to deal with this, especially in 
such a tight time frame.

Currently, Carlos (a GNSO Council member and participant in the CCWG) has 
volunteered to attend and take up this option.
Accordingly, please be aware of this offer and communicate any objections or 
concerns you may have.

Also, if you are aware of an active CCWG participant from within your SG who 
could make effective (for the benefit of the GNSO) use of such funding, please 
check their availability and make the name known.

If more than one candidate emerges, we may need to undertake some form of vote.

Thanks


Jonathan