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class=942183002-09042009>Thanks, <SPAN
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Is the practical effect of this motion to fund slots for 7 persons per
constituency for the current fiscal year?</SPAN></FONT></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>Stéphane Van
Gelder<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 08, 2009 4:50 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'GNSO
Council'<BR><B>Subject:</B> [council] Motion on Travel
Funding<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Hello all,<BR><BR>As you know, the travel drafting
team has been working on proposals to best manage TF allocation.<BR><BR>As you
also know, there has been a proposal to use left-over DNSO funds to help “top
up” the amount of funding available for the final meeting of the current
fiscal year, which is Sydney (any work the DT is now working on would not have
any effect until the next fiscal year).<BR><BR>In light of this, the DT has
opted to put forward a motion for our next council meeting. This is the motion
proposal which I have drafted on behalf of the DT and wanted to get in before
the deadline (which is today, right?).<BR><BR>Comments and thoughts welcome.
Thanks.<BR><BR>Stéphane<BR><BR><BR><FONT
color=#0000ff>Whereas:<BR> <BR>At its meeting of September 25, 2008 the
GNSO Council created the Travel Drafting Team (TDT) to work on proposals to
optimize the allocation and the management of Travel Funding for the GNSO
Constituencies.<BR> <BR>At a meeting held during the Mexico ICANN meeting
in March 2009 between the TDT and members of ICANN staff, the TDT requested
that all GNSO Constituencies receive Funding Slots for each of their elected
Councillors at each one of the three yearly international ICANN meetings, with
the understanding that it would then be up to each Constituency to allocate
these slots according to their own internal processes.<BR> <BR>That
request stemmed in part from the recognition of the significant, and ever
increasing work loads, that GNSO Councillors face. Work which they carry out
as unpaid volunteers.<BR> <BR>Since that meeting it has been identified
that an amount of funds left over from the DNSO are available for use should
the Council wish to provide additional Travel Funding to those GNSO
Constituencies that no longer have enough credits left for their three slots
for the final meeting of the fiscal year 2008, in Sydney.<BR> <BR>The
funds identified are in the amount of 19,963.79
USD.<BR> <BR>Resolved:<BR> <BR>That the DNSO funds be distributed
evenly across all six GNSO Constituencies in time for the Sydney meeting in
June, with the express purpose of providing additional Travel Funding for
those persons nominated by each Constituency as recipients to be of said
Travel Support.<BR> </FONT></SPAN></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>