Re: [council] Release of DNSO restricted funds

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

Hi Chuck,

I don¹t think we need to determine that amount. As Kevin says in his email,
it would be logical for him to have 6 requests for US$ 3,3327.30. So I would
think that would be the maximum any constituency could request, but as
discussed during our last Council meeting, constituencies can also request
less if they don¹t feel they require their full allocation of the DNSO
funds.

Stéphane 


Le 27/04/09 05:39, « Gomes, Chuck » <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

> How do we know the exact amount if ICANN arranges the travel?
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> Chuck
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>>  From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx  [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Olga  Cavalli
>> Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 10:08 PM
>> To: GNSO  Council
>> Subject: [council] Release of DNSO restricted  funds
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>> Hi,
>> attached is an email from Kevin Wilson informing us that in  order to release
>> the DNSO funds to support the  travel costs for members of the six GNSO
>> constituencies, he needs a clear  request from each constituency of the exact
>> amount and payment instructions  (e.g., name of payee, account #¹s, currency,
>> date of transfer).
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>> For further details please see the email copied below.
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>> Best  regards
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>> Olga
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>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Kevin Wilson <kevin.wilson@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Date:  2009/4/26
>> Subject: [gnso-travel-dt] Release of DNSO restricted funds
>> To:  "gnso-travel-dt@xxxxxxxxx"  <gnso-travel-dt@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc:  Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>
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>> Dear GNSO Travel Team:
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>> I understand that the GNSO approved the  release of the $19,963.79 DNSO
>> restricted funds to support the travel costs  for members of the six GNSO
>> constituencies.  In order to execute the  release of these funds, I will need
>> a clear request from each constituency of  the exact amount and payment
>> instructions (e.g., name of payee, account #¹s,  currency, date of transfer).
>> In the 
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>> request please include a reference to the  GNSO resolution (copied below for
>> your reference) and copy the other  contituencies.   I assume I will be
>> getting 6 requests for US$  3,3327.30. (19,964.79/6).
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>> Thank you
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>> Kevin Wilson
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>> ICANN
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>> Whereas:
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> The funds  identified are in the amount of 19,963.79 USD.
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>> Resolved:
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>> 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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