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

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Are you suggesting we do such historical digging?  I am not sure to what
purpose.  Are you suggesting we subdivide it according to contribution?
I would find that difficult and possibly quite contentious at this
point.

a.


On Mon, 2009-03-23 at 09:50 -0400, Gomes, Chuck wrote:
> Would it be possible to prepare a brief report that shows the source of
> the funds by constituency as well as the total funds available?
> 
> Chuck 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Avri Doria
> > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 7:33 AM
> > To: GNSO Council
> > Subject: [council] Old DNSO funds and this year's travel.
> > 
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > 
>