RE: [council] DNSO/GNSO funds

["Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Glen,

Can you tell us what the source of these funds was?  I cannot remember.

Chuck 

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> http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes2-gnso-20jul04.htm
>   Item 8: Any other business
> 
> Bruce Tonkin stated that ICANN was requesting what should be 
> done with the money collected by the constituencies for use 
> by the Names Council that was currently in a separate account 
> but managed by ICANN.
> The general discussion was consistent with a previous Council 
> motion http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-gnso-29oct03.shtml
> on the topic that the funds should remain with ICANN as a 
> contingency fund for the GNSO Council.
> 
> http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-gnso-29oct03.shtml
> Item 8. Budget update.
> GNSO Secretariat to provide:
> - report on current balance of GNSO account
> - procedures in place by ICANN to manage the account on 
> behalf of the GNSO.
> 
> The Secretary reported that after all payments had been made, 
> the unencumbered funds amounted to $24.923.63.
> Bruce Tonkin stated that Council needed to make a decision 
> who had the authority to operate on the GNSO account that 
> would continue to be managed by ICANN.
> 
> Bruce Tonkin proposed that:
> The GNSO Secretariat could authorize expenditure from the 
> GNSO account as authorized by the GNSO Council chair to a 
> limit of $1,000 U.S.
> 
> The motion was passed unanimously by the GNSO Council.
> 
> Decision 8: The GNSO Secretariat could authorize expenditure 
> from the GNSO account as authorized by the GNSO Council chair 
> to a limit of $1,000 U.S.
> 
> 
> Glen de Saint Géry
> GNSO Secretariat
> gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://gnso.icann.org
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