Re: [council] Motion on Travel Funding

[Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Kristina,

No. The aim of the motion is to allocate the left-over DNSO funds for Sydney
in an equitable manner amongst all Constituencies. The motion doesn¹t go any
further than that.

Two general scenarios have been put forward by Tim Ruiz, who is also on the
DT. I did not include them in the motion because the first matter of urgency
is for the Council to actually decide that the funds will be used, or not,
for the provision of extra travel funding.

Each of Tim¹s scenarios is an attempt to allocate the funds according to the
number of Constituencies, while taking some measure of account of the
funding already used this fiscal year by each Constituency. I believe Tim
has previously sent these scenarios to the Council list, so we can discuss
them during our discussion on this motion if Council members wish to.

Thanks,

Stéphane


Le 09/04/09 04:32, « Rosette, Kristina » <krosette@xxxxxxx> a écrit :

> Thanks, Stéphane.  Is the practical effect of this motion to fund slots for 7
> persons per constituency for the current fiscal year?
> 
>>  
>>  
>> 
>>  From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx  [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Stéphane Van  Gelder
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 4:50 PM
>> To: 'GNSO  Council'
>> Subject: [council] Motion on Travel  Funding
>> 
>>  
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> As you know, the travel drafting  team has been working on proposals to best
>> manage TF allocation.
>> 
>> As you  also know, there has been a proposal to use left-over DNSO funds to
>> help ³top  up² the amount of funding available for the final meeting of the
>> current  fiscal year, which is Sydney (any work the DT is now working on
>> would not have  any effect until the next fiscal year).
>> 
>> In light of this, the DT has  opted to put forward a motion for our next
>> council meeting. This is the motion  proposal which I have drafted on behalf
>> of the DT and wanted to get in before  the deadline (which is today, right?).
>> 
>> Comments and thoughts welcome.  Thanks.
>> 
>> Stéphane
>> 
>> 
>> Whereas:
>>  
>> At its meeting of September 25, 2008 the  GNSO Council created the Travel
>> Drafting Team (TDT) to work on proposals to  optimize the allocation and the
>> management of Travel Funding for the GNSO  Constituencies.
>>  
>> At a meeting held during the Mexico ICANN meeting  in March 2009 between the
>> TDT and members of ICANN staff, the TDT requested  that all GNSO
>> Constituencies receive Funding Slots for each of their elected  Councillors
>> at each one of the three yearly international ICANN meetings, with  the
>> understanding that it would then be up to each Constituency to allocate
>> these slots according to their own internal processes.
>>  
>> That  request stemmed in part from the recognition of the significant, and
>> ever  increasing work loads, that GNSO Councillors face. Work which they
>> carry out  as unpaid volunteers.
>>  
>> Since that meeting it has been identified  that an amount of funds left over
>> from the DNSO are available for use should  the Council wish to provide
>> additional Travel Funding to those GNSO  Constituencies that no longer have
>> enough credits left for their three slots  for the final meeting of the
>> fiscal year 2008, in Sydney.
>>  
>> The  funds identified are in the amount of 19,963.79  USD.
>>  
>> Resolved:
>>  
>> That the DNSO funds be distributed  evenly across all six GNSO Constituencies
>> in time for the Sydney meeting in  June, with the express purpose of
>> providing additional Travel Funding for  those persons nominated by each
>> Constituency as recipients to be of said  Travel Support.
>>   
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