[registrars] ICANN funding travel for GNSO council reps

["Adrian Kinderis" <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

 

There is currently some discussion on the GNSO council list with respect
to ICANN potentially funding GNSO Council Representatives  to travel to
ICANN meetings.

 

I was hoping to get some feedback from the Registrar Constituency to
pass onto the Council on this matter.

 

Here are some initial thoughts and questions to get you started;

 

-          Should all Constituencies be funded?

-          Should all Representatives be funded?

-          Is this appropriate use of ICANN's budget and could ICANN's
money be spent better ways?

-          Is the GNSO Council so important to the ICANN process and is
it important to have as many Constituencies and Representatives present
at the meetings (the main forum for decision making) as possible?

-          The ICANN Board's travel is funded

-          The Nominating Committee's travel is funded

-          Is funding travel to ICANN meetings a higher priority than
other funding needs?

 

I welcome discussion and feedback on the above.

 

For what it is worth I do believe that ICANN should be funding travel
for all Councillors on the GNSO. The GNSO is an important link in the
chain and having Councillors unable to attend the meetings inhibits
efficient decision making. There are many other areas we could look to
economise in ICANN's budget and I believe that this is one that would
benefit the ICANN community as a whole.

 

That said, the RC Rep's to the Council will, of course, convey the view
of the group.

 

Thanks. 

 

 

 

Adrian Kinderis
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