[Finance-sc] Consensus Call: Process to institutionalize General Assemblies and Summits
Alan Greenberg
alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca
Thu Oct 15 01:48:16 UTC 2015
Forgive this last minute message, but recent discussions have made it
painfully clear that we need to act quickly and decisively if we want
to see continued success in funding GAs and Summits. For the current
fiscal year, we requested three GAs and got one. It is not clear that
we will fare much better in the future, and the potential for future
budget vetoes (and more important the raising of the issue even if it
does not process to a veto) makes it even more tenuous.
Although we had senior ICANN support for additional Summits and
potentially more frequently than every five years, the inability to
fund GAs is problematic. The suggested way forward is to request
multi-year funding for a full plan of GAs and a future Summit. It we
are to success in this coming budget process, we will need to sow the
seeds for it in Dublin, and particularly to get senior management
support for the concept. I, Olivier, Heidi and others are prepared to
start talking to people but I would like to be able to say that this
is supported by the ALAC FBSC.
Please voice your approval or disapproval as soon as possible.
Alan
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