[Gnso-sc-budget] Bullet point on personnel costs

Mon Mar 5 22:36:53 UTC 2018

Thanks for this, Xavier.

I am about to listen to today's call (my apologies again for being unable to make it), so perhaps this question was answered on there, but I did not see in this remuneration practices document any references to what these 401(k) contributions actually entail. (I am referring to the sentences which state officers receive "medical, dental, vision, life insurance and a 401(k) retirement plan that ICANN makes available to all its U.S. based employees.")

From what I understand reading [this document](https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/financial-report-fye-30jun17-en.pdf), page 28, ICANN offers a 401(k) contribution of up to 15 percent of salary. This seems to me to be very generous and I am wondering how it compares to other companies. Is this figure still accurate?

I also note that ICANN org's organizational chart implies that Sally Costerton is an officer of the organisation, or at least a member of the ICANN org Executive Team and a Senior Advisor to the President, however details as to her remuneration remain absent from the remuneration practices document which contains these details for other offices. Am I reading this correctly? Thank you.

Best wishes,

Ayden Férdeline

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On 5 March 2018 6:31 PM, Xavier J. Calvez <xavier.calvez at icann.org> wrote:

> All,
>
> See below the link to the ICANN Org Remuneration practices, updated and published at least annually, which provides the compensation policy for ICANN staff and compensation of the officers. It may be helpful in the context of the discussion below.
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> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/remuneration-practices-fy18-01jul17-en.pdf
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> Thank you.
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> Best,
>
> Xavier
>
> Xavier Calvez
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> From: Gnso-sc-budget <gnso-sc-budget-bounces at icann.org> on behalf of Stephanie Perrin <stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca>
> Date: Sunday, March 4, 2018 at 5:56 PM
> To: "gnso-sc-budget at icann.org" <gnso-sc-budget at icann.org>
> Subject: Re: [Gnso-sc-budget] Bullet point on personnel costs
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> [I support it as well, see suggestions.]
>
> Stephanie
>
> On 2018-03-04 16:35, Martin Pablo Silva Valent wrote:
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>> I get both Heather and Dona points, but I think is a fair claim to say as we audit the budget. I support to keep it as is.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Martín
>>
>>> On 2 Mar 2018, at 19:35, Ayden Férdeline <icann at FERDELINE.COM> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> In relation to the following bullet point on personnel expenditure:
>>>
>>> ● The GNSO Council is concerned by the growth in the organisation's personnel costs by $8.1 million (11%) over FY18. The overall budgeted personnel costs of $76.8 million comprise 56% of the $138 million budget, and a further $23.4 million, or 17% of the budget, is allocated to outside consultants, attorneys, and other "professional services." The GNSO Council believes that there is a need to stop the growth in the size of the organisation's staff, to review staff salaries, bonuses, and fringe benefits (particularly in the middle to top tiers of management), and to explore how as a proportion of the budget, personnel costs and the extraordinary spend on professional services can be decreased over time. In addition, as professional services are a significant spend now, we ask that there be more detail and clarification on what this entails. We are aware that some such services may incorporate call transcription services and additional policy staff support, but we would like to know what other kinds of services are bundled into this spend.
>>>
>>> We have received two comments:
>>>
>>> Heather Forrest: "I would hesitate to go down this path, as I would expect some of this supports, perhaps in an indirect way, the work of the GNSO. Further, without an explicit link to our policy development I'm not sure it's solid ground for us to comment on."
>>>
>>> Donna Austin:  "I know we all complain about this, but I wonder if there is a more constructive way to deliver the message."
>>>
>>> In light of this feedback, please can you indicate which of these options you support:
>>>
>>> 1. Support including the bullet point as-is.
>>>
>>> 2. Support revising the bullet point - and please provide alternative text.
>>>
>>> 3. Prefer that this bullet point not be included in our comment.
>>>
>>> 4. Abstain.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> Ayden
>>>
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