Re: [council] Revised Community Travel Support Procedure for FY09

[Greg Ruth <greg_ruth@xxxxxxxxx>]

Avri et al,
       The solution to a problem depends heavily on the framing of that 
problem.  Is it really 10 travel slots we have to allocate or a budget?  If the 
latter, then perhaps the money can be divided up among the constituencies and 
then each constituency can use the travel funds as it sees fit.
Greg


----- Original Message ----
From: Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>
To: Council GNSO <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:36:08 AM
Subject: Re: [council] Revised Community Travel Support Procedure for FY09


Hi,

Now that this has been released, we need to determine rather soon, how  
the available travel slots (10) for Cairo will be allocated.  Once the  
bi-cameral  approach is approved, if it is, this might be easy, for  
now we have 6 constituencies and 10 slots and that means they do not  
divide equally.

  Some questions that need to be answered (there may be more):

- do all constituencies wish to take part in the allocation?

- should allocation be based on need?
- - if so how is need determined?
-- is self declaration of need sufficient?
-- and what if more then 10 indicate need?

- do individual council members request support or should the request  
come from the constituency?

We may also want to provide feedback on the policy, but that is less  
critical at this point then of making sure we have the names in time  
for 60 days prior to the meeting.  My assumption is that we need to  
provide our list of names by the end of August.

a.


On 14 Aug 2008, at 05:54, Glen de Saint Géry wrote:

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> [To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org]
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> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-13aug08-en.htm
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> Please note that ICANN Posts Revised Community Travel Support  
> Procedure for FY09
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> 13 August 2008
>
> The work to create a community travel support procedure began with a  
> specific call for travel support in late 2007 by some in the  
> community (though this issue has been discussed for some time).  
> There has been extensive consultation on community travel support.  
> It began as a workshop in Delhi, with comments received and an  
> analysis posted. Further, a draft was posted in June, discussed in  
> budget meetings in Paris, and again with fairly extensive comment in  
> person, via email and on the web. These second round of comments  
> were summarized and analyzed. This last summary is available at:
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> http://forum.icann.org/lists/travel-support-draft/msg00013.html
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> The revised Community Travel Support Procedure for FY09 document
> http://www.icann.org/en/topics/travel-support/revised-procedure-11aug08-en.htm
> strives to accommodate the community feedback. Of course, this is a  
> subject about which complete agreement is not possible. However,  
> there is strong agreement within the community that a procedure  
> exist that is documented, transparent, consistent, adhered-to, and  
> reviewed/revised for efficacy.
>
> Comparing the final procedure with the draft discussed in Paris,  
> some key changes include:
>
> - Guarantees travel support for NomCom-nominated counselors
> - Stresses transparency in application and post-meeting reporting
> - Allows for some flexibility in the allocation mechanism within a  
> SO without overburdening the Chair
>
> The document strives to be complete without being overly-detailed.  
> This will leave many specific questions unanswered. ICANN staff will  
> develop and post a FAQ (frequently asked questions document) to  
> capture questions, and provide consistent answers to the entire  
> community. If you have questions, please send them to the ICANN  
> staff member with whom you work most closely, or send them to 
> travel-support@xxxxxxxxx 
>  .
>
> Staff will collect feedback on issues that arise in the first  
> implementation of this procedure, now through the Cairo meeting, and  
> Staff will make clarifications, as needed. Additionally, Staff will  
> conduct a complete review of the Community Travel Support Procedure  
> at year end with a public consultation at the June ICANN meeting,  
> and this will be an opportunity for RSSAC to provide additional  
> input if desired.
>
> Glen de Saint Géry
> GNSO Secretariat
> gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://gnso.icann.org
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