Re: [council] Release of DNSO restricted funds

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

They request the amount they need. The rest goes back into DNSO funds to be
used for something else when the need arises.

Stéphane


Le 27/04/09 14:45, « Gomes, Chuck » <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

> A Constituency may not need the full amount of the equal share. What happens
> then?
>  
> Chuck
> 
>>  
>>  
>> 
>>  From: Stéphane Van Gelder  [mailto:stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009  5:35 AM
>> To: Gomes, Chuck; Olga Cavalli; GNSO  Council
>> Subject: Re: [council] Release of DNSO restricted  funds
>> 
>>  
>> 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?
>>> 
>>> Chuck
>>> 
>>>  
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>>  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
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> 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).
>>>> 
>>>> For  further details please see the email copied below.
>>>> 
>>>> Best   regards
>>>> 
>>>> Olga
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> ---------- 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>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>>  
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> Dear  GNSO Travel Team:
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> I understand  that the GNSO approved the  release of the $19,963.79 DNSO
>>>> restricted  funds to support the travel costs  for members of the six GNSO
>>>> constituencies.  In order to execute the  release of these  funds, I will
>>>> need a clear request from each constituency of  the  exact amount and
>>>> payment instructions (e.g., name of payee, account #¹s,   currency, date of
>>>> transfer).   In the
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> request please include a reference to the  GNSO  resolution (copied below
>>>> for your reference) and copy the other   contituencies.   I assume I will
>>>> be getting 6 requests for  US$  3,3327.30.  (19,964.79/6).
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> Thank  you
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> Kevin  Wilson
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> CFO
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> ICANN
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> 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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