Re: [registrars] ICANN funding travel for GNSO council reps

[Paul Goldstone <paulg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm in agreeance with Ross.

I think it's perfectly reasonable for ICANN to provide conference call 
access and improve on those facilities if necessary, but not pay for 
travel expenses.

~Paul

At 12:14 PM 12/5/2007, Ross Rader wrote:

>Under no circumstances should any travel be funded for the GNSO  
>constituency Councillors. Each and every constituency is represented  
>by professional advocates who are paid to do this work. There is no  
>reason why this expense should be off-loaded to ICANN.
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>-r
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>On 5-Dec-07, at 11:42 AM, Adrian Kinderis wrote:
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>>All,
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>>There is currently some discussion on the GNSO council list with  
>>respect
>>to ICANN potentially funding GNSO Council Representatives  to travel  
>>to
>>ICANN meetings.
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>>I was hoping to get some feedback from the Registrar Constituency to
>>pass onto the Council on this matter.
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>>Here are some initial thoughts and questions to get you started;
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>>-          Should all Constituencies be funded?
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>>-          Should all Representatives be funded?
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>>-          Is this appropriate use of ICANN's budget and could ICANN's
>>money be spent better ways?
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>>-          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?
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>>-          The ICANN Board's travel is funded
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>>-          The Nominating Committee's travel is funded
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>>-          Is funding travel to ICANN meetings a higher priority than
>>other funding needs?
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>>I welcome discussion and feedback on the above.
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>>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.
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>>That said, the RC Rep's to the Council will, of course, convey the  
>>view
>>of the group.
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>>Thanks.
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>>Adrian Kinderis
>>Managing Director
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>>AusRegistry Group Pty Ltd
>>Level 8, 10 Queens Road
>>Melbourne. Victoria Australia. 3004
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