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Re: [council] Travel funding
US$7,000 is the estimate ICANN uses for international travel and is
based on business class purchased 45+ days in advance through ICANN's
travel agents.
Regards,
Denise
Denise Michel
ICANN VP, Policy Development
denise.michel@xxxxxxxxx
Gomes, Chuck wrote:
Thanks Denise. Is the airfare cost estimate for travel to India for
economy or business class?
Chuck Gomes
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From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Denise Michel
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 5:57 PM
To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [council] Travel funding
Here is some information regarding travel funding and budgets
to inform your conversation about travel to the ICANN India
meeting. (My additional comments are at the end).
History - Initial requests for funding for some of the GNSO's
New gTLD Committee intersessional meetings came from the
Council Chair and were treated on an ad-hoc basis. I provided
funding on the basis of economy travel for one rep per
constituency, plus the Chair and NomCom appointees. Due to
the utility of these meetings, and the expectation that more
would be needed to complete this work, I incorporated some
travel funding in a revised Policy budget I created for the
latter part of FY 2006-2007 (ICANN's fiscal year runs from 1
July to 30 June).
Rationale - The rationale was that it was reasonable for
constituencies/employers to pay for attendance at the main
ICANN meeting (where there are usually business opportunities
to discuss amongst ICANN participants), but not for some of
the policy-specific meetings held between the main ICANN meetings.
Current Budget - I included US$140,000 for two intersessional
meetings in the Policy budget for FY 2007 - 2008. The
Council has not held an intersessional meeting since 1 July 2007.
India Travel - It is estimated that airfare for 21 Council
members for this meeting would be US$147,000. Cost for
hotel/per diem for 21 Council members for this meeting would
be US$205,800.
I would be happy to discuss using the intersessional travel
funding to support Council members' travel to the India ICANN
meeting (as a one-off
decision) (letters to the CEO not required). If the Council
would like to request funding for Council members to receive
support to attend all ICANN formal meetings, then this will
need to be included in the budget for the FY 2008 - 2009. I
will be requesting GNSO input for this budget cycle shortly.
As noted, travel funding also has been discussed in the
context of "GNSO Improvements" under consideration by the
Board Governance Committee.
Regards,
Denise
Denise Michel
ICANN VP, Policy Development
denise.michel@xxxxxxxxx
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