Re: [council] Travel support draft text

["Anthony Harris" <harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

With reference to Philip's last issue:

" is a travel budget an incentive to form a
new constituency?"

In view of the fact that existing Constituency
members (e.g. Council reps) had to make
their own arrangements to attend ICANN
meetings for some 9 years, before travel
funding became available from ICANN, then
it might seem appropriate that new constituencies
be called on to do the same for an initial period
(1 or 2 years?) before they hold title to share in
such funding. This would help in discouraging
that type of incentive...

Tony Harris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Philip Sheppard" <philip.sheppard@xxxxxx>
To: "'Council GNSO'" <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 5:26 AM
Subject: RE: [council] Travel support draft text


> It may be useful to have first from staff a comment on the practicality / 
> operation of what
> we are proposing.
>
> ie
> - will it be a lump sum given 1st Jan to each constituency or a budget 
> against which
> constituencies draw down?
> - how will the fixed sum/budget be determined if there is a variable cost 
> of the nom com and
> GNSO chair travel (eg variable cost of 3 air tickets and variable days 
> stayed).
> - if a new constituency appears in 2009 does the sum/budget to the old 
> constituencies go
> down?
> - is a travel budget an incentive to form a new constituency? (Question 
> for the OPS group to
> consider ?)
>
> Philip