Re: [council] Old DNSO funds and this year's travel.

[William Drake <william.drake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Avri,

Sure, if you're being asked, this seems a reasonable response.

Bill

On Mar 23, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Avri Doria wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I was wondering whether there would be general support in the council
> for using the monies in this account to supplement the travel budget  
> to
> Sydney and to Seoul in order to allow all current constituencies who
> wish to send 3 participants (Councilors, WG participants, SC ...) .
>
> While we are asking for better funding in future years, we can be  
> fairly
> certain that we will not get a raise in support for 2009.  It may make
> sense to use these funds for that purpose - i have been asked why we  
> are
> holding on to the money in a time when we need more support.
>
> If there is general support, I would like to ask  the Travel DT to
> figure out how to make this allocation and then to bring a motion to  
> the
> council.
>
> thanks
>
> a.
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