RE: [ga] ICANN's Fellowship Program

[Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Karl,

The fellowship program is only an issue because ICANN has been insisting that 
it didn't have enough monies to fund GNSO Council member travel expenses.  GNSO 
members and other SO members have to put up with a Travel Policy that only 
provides funding for half of the folk that are doing the lion's share of the 
policy work.

So while half of the GNSO Council gets no bucks whatsoever, ICANN freely gives 
away funding for at least 23 others to travel on the fellowship program, and 
the fellowship recipients overall contribution to dialogue and the ongoing 
exchange of ideas has been minimal at best.  Keep in mind that ICANN similarly 
wastes a large chunk of cash on the non-performing ALAC.

George is right to question ICANN fiscal policies.  At the end of the day what 
we all are looking for is an organization that does right by its worker bees 
(the volunteers that actually craft workable solutions to our ongoing 
problems).  We aren't there yet.





--- On Tue, 1/6/09, Karl E. Peters <tlda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Karl E. Peters <tlda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [ga] ICANN's Fellowship Program
> To: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 3:17 PM
> Perhaps these fellowships are provided to those who most
> aggressively support ICANN (send them money) to hand out to
> their favorite people as perks. That they do nothing is part
> of the reward to ICANN because it seems their ideal
> constituents is the silent one. This would be consistent
> with other ICANN models...
> -Karl E. Peters 
>  
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [ga] ICANN's Fellowship Program
> From: Hugh Dierker <hdierker2204@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, January 06, 2009 2:19 pm
> To: Erick Iriarte Ahon <faia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx
> Cc: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Well let us get on it and submit some applications from
> right here. Let us do it open and transparently. I say we
> just pick the last twenty posters, and fill out the
> applications right here on line. No, let us pick the last
> 100. I cannot see the harm.
>  
> If we do this and they still pick from who knows where,
> then the issue is resolved as one of a fraudulent
> representation to the stakeholders. 
> 
> --- On Tue, 1/6/09, Danny Younger
> <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> From: Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [ga] ICANN's Fellowship Program
> To: "Erick Iriarte Ahon"
> <faia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 7:54 AM
> 
> Hello Erick,
> 
> It doesn't matter for whom ICANN creates a fellowship
> program if fellowship
> recipients thereafter fail to interact with the rest of the
> ICANN community and
> wind up contributing nothing to the general dialogue.  
> 
> I see no value in spending money on those that don't
> contribute while other
> recognized strong contributors on policy matters within the
> constituencies are
> currently being denied travel funds.
> 
> Danny