Re: [council] FW: ICANN travel funding

[Robin Gross <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ICANN funded travel costs for 60 staff for New Delhi - yes that is  
SIXTY people.
It is amazing that it now won't fund participation of the GNSO policy  
efforts.
I'm not complaining about the 60 staff that were in Delhi, no doubt  
they were needed.
But participation of the GNSO is also needed for ICANN to be able to  
continue to market itself as "bottom up", "community-driven", etc.   
Otherwise, it is just empty rhetoric.
 - Robin


On Feb 27, 2008, at 2:49 PM, Mike Rodenbaugh wrote:

> Fyi.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: michel.denise@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:michel.denise@xxxxxxxxx] On  
> Behalf Of
> Denise Michel
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 2:00 PM
> To: Mike Rodenbaugh
> Subject: Re: ICANN travel funding
>
> No funds were set aside for GNSO Council travel support to Paris  
> and there
> currently are no plans to provide support.
>
> Regards,
> Denise
>
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Mike Rodenbaugh  
> <mxrodenbaugh@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Denise,
> >
> >
> >
> > When should we expect to learn about ICANN travel funding for  
> > Paris?  I
> > know
> > many folks are already planning their trips and it is a very busy  
> > time in
> > Paris.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Mike
>
> --
> Denise Michel
> ICANN VP, Policy
> denise.michel@xxxxxxxxx
> +1.408.429.3072



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