[Gnso-sc-budget] Personal observations on ICANN org response to SCBO letter on the FY19 Budget

[Ayden Férdeline]

Thanks, Michele.

I look forward to reading other observations on our list. Your comments will help us determine whether further action on the part of the SCBO is required re: the ICANN org response to our letter on the FY19 Budget.

Ayden

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On 2 May 2018 12:33 PM, Michele Neylon - Blacknight <michele at blacknight.com> wrote:

> Ayden
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> I appreciate your frustration.
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> I submitted comments in my personal capacity and some of the responses to them were “odd”.
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> Regards
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> Michele
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> From: Gnso-sc-budget <gnso-sc-budget-bounces at icann.org> on behalf of Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com>
> Reply-To: Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com>
> Date: Tuesday 1 May 2018 at 22:59
> To: "gnso-sc-budget at icann.org" <gnso-sc-budget at icann.org>
> Subject: [Gnso-sc-budget] Personal observations on ICANN org response to SCBO letter on the FY19 Budget
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> These are my personal observations on the comments received from ICANN org in response to our letter on the FY19 Budget.
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> On personnel costs, I take objection with how our comments about headcount were mischacterised, and do not believe the response has addressed the concerns that we, and far as I am aware, everyone, in the community raised.
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> I am not satisfied that ICANN org has committed to evaluating the success (or lack thereof) of its capacity building programmes like the fellowship or NextGen. The response received I would describe as 'tone deaf' to our concerns.
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> On our request that ICANN document the effectiveness and efficiency of its activities, ICANN is claiming to be special ("ICANN is a unique organization, so market trends and industry benchmarks do not always apply"). I disagree. ICANN sees its peers, in terms of how it targets its compensation levels, as industry, so it should set similar accountability levels. I think this is an obvious positioning for low scores in future Accountability Indicator indexes, because ICANN org is neither effective nor efficient.
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> —Ayden
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