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color=#0000ff size=2>Why?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Chuck</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> owner-council@gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Philip
Sheppard<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 27, 2009 12:22 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'GNSO
Council'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [council] Comments in relation with GNSO
travel funding and policy<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=281431916-27032009>Chuck,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=281431916-27032009>it was these
proposed edits by you that sent a shudder down my spine.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=281431916-27032009>I must go and
recuperate immediately ...TGIF.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=281431916-27032009>Philip</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=281431916-27032009>--------------------------</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P><SPAN lang=EN-US>It could be good if constituencies receive the travel
funds and they distribute these funds among their members with
flexibility.<SPAN class=257054621-26032009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>[Gomes, Chuck] Looking forward, I think we should change
'constituencies' to 'stakeholder groups'. </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN lang=EN-US>The budgeted amount for GNSO should be monetized and
divided equally between Constituencies (possibly SGs if there is a
proliferation of Constituencies).<SPAN class=257054621-26032009><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>[Gomes, Chuck] The way this is worded,
it result in a stakeholder group with lots of constituencies getting most of
the funds while those with few constituencies receiving few funds.
In other words, it would be possible for a bunch of small constituencies to
receive more travel funding than a large constituency that may represent many
more stakeholders than the group of small constituencies. I suspect that
that was not the intent, so I suggest changing 'Constituencies' to
'stakeholder groups'. </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN lang=EN-US>Constituency allocation should be transparent but at the
discretion of the Constituency.<SPAN class=257054621-26032009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>[Gomes, Chuck] I would change 'Constituency'
in both cases to 'stakeholder
group'. </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>