[council] Forwarded from kevin Wilson

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Forwarded From: Kevin Wilson


Dear GNSO Council:

We have received some questions about travel support for Seoul for GNSO 
members.  I thought it might help to have the GNSO Council see a general 
response so that you won't have to take up valuable Council time on this 
subject.

GNSO currently has 23 travel support slots for each ICANN meeting.   (Note:  1 
slot includes airfare and Lodging/PerDiem and can be split between two 
members).  My understanding is that the GNSO delegates to each constituency the 
decision for assigning these slots.

Since the GNSO is transitioning to a new Council in Seoul, some constituencies 
may feel a need to request an exception to the posted Travel Guidelines and 
request additional support.   I recommend that the leader/s of the constituency 
group send me a specific request indicating the reason for the request, 
travelor's name, amount of support (ie half or full), etc.

If the requests are modest, we'll figure out a way to fund it out of FY10's 
adopted budget.  If the requests are not modest, we'll circle back with the 
GNSO Council on possible solutions.

Kevin Wilson

CFO
ICANN