RE: [council] DNSO/GNSO funds

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

Thanks Philip.  As you can tell, I had forgotten those details.

Chuck 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Philip Sheppard
> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 9:30 AM
> To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [council] DNSO/GNSO funds
> 
> 
> 
> The DNSO funds were left over from contributions directly 
> from the constituencies and were originally used to fund the 
> DNSO secretariat and admin.
> Contributions by some constituencies were greater than others.
> A surplus was left at the time ICANN agreed to support a secretariat.
> 
> The money is outside of the ICANN budget but held in trust by 
> ICANN for the GNSO Council.
> We are able to decide on the use of funds in any way we choose.
> 
> Philip
> (as former DNSO Names Council chair) 
> 
>