Re: [ga] Funding denied

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

George and all,

  ICANN would only be ask to fund 2 or 3 of oura members, not
all of them.

George Kirikos wrote:

> Hello,
>
> --- Roberto Gaetano <roberto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > this status. From ICANN's point of view, it is a mailing list of
> > individuals
> > that have an interest in internet matters. However, there might be
>
> For the most part, the GA list is a cross constituency list that is
> open to anybody. There are certainly registrars, registries, business
> constituency members, non-commercial constituency, ALAC and probably
> members of the ISP and IP participating and/or lurking on the list. And
> even a few Board members read it (not that it has ever led them to vote
> properly, but that's a different issue).
>
> As such, there should never be direct funding for GA participants, as
> it's more proper for them to pay their own way or to receive funding
> from their constituency.
>
> Imagine if ICANN had to pay the way for Jeff Williams' "134K members"
> of "INEGroup"? :) ICANN's Budget would soar! Olympic-size stadiums
> would be needed to hold meetings! Although, perhaps most of those
> "members" would fit on the head of a pin, perhaps making travel costs
> affordable... ;)
>
> Troll jokes aside, perhaps this can be revisited in the future if/when
> the 3 "super constituencies" of the LSE report come into being. At that
> time it may be more appropriate to discuss what resources each of those
> 3 constituencies would have to assist its representatives from
> attending. However, in my opinion it would be better to pick locations
> that are cheaper for visitors to attend, and spending some resources on
> remote participation (WebEx, or other group conferencing with video).
> That might be the best of all possible worlds.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> George Kirikos
> http://www.kirikos.com/

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