[Gnso-sc-budget] Final Proposed FY19 Operating Plan and Budget

[Rafik Dammak]

 Hi Donna,

ICANN supports NSRC which is housed at University of Oregon
https://nsrc.org/supporters

Best,

Rafik

On Wed, May 23, 2018, 7:20 AM Austin, Donna via Gnso-sc-budget <
gnso-sc-budget at icann.org> wrote:

> I’m curious: why is ICANN donating to the University of Oregon? ISOC, I
> kind of understand although they already have a source of funding from PIR
> so I’d be curious to know what the $287,500 is for.
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> *From:* Ayden Férdeline [mailto:icann at ferdeline.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 22, 2018 1:43 PM
> *To:* Austin, Donna <Donna.Austin at team.neustar>
> *Cc:* gnso-sc-budget at icann.org
> *Subject:* RE: [Gnso-sc-budget] Final Proposed FY19 Operating Plan and
> Budget
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> Thanks for your comments, Donna.
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> I am equally disappointed by the reduction in length of the Council's
> Strategic Planning Session. We had a very productive meeting this year and,
> as our outcome document demonstrates, it helped us better understand our
> role as a part of the Empowered Community and our responsibilities in
> managing the GNSO Policy Development Processes.
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> Unless I am underestimating the costs involved in hosting this event
> (which was held this year at ICANN's office in Marina del Rey, so ICANN had
> no need for external venue hire), the only additional cost here in
> stretching this to a three-day event is one additional night of hotel and
> per diem for each of the 22 travellers (21 Councillors + 1 volunteer
> facilitator), and a catered lunch. Surely this could not cost much more
> than $5,000?
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> I understand the need to be fiscally prudent, but as I have said a few
> times, not at the expense of good judgement. We saw in the Form 990 that
> ICANN was donating $140,000 to the University of Oregon, $287,500 to the
> Internet Society, etc. - is there no way that an extra $5,000 could be
> found somewhere in the $140,000,000 budget to support this very important
> session where the Council will develop its 2019 work plan?
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> Would it be appropriate for the SCBO to draft a letter, which we would in
> turn ask the Council to consider submitting to the Board ahead of their 30
> May meeting, asking that the GNSO Council's Strategic Planning Session be
> lengthened by one day and outlining the fruits of this year's inaugural
> meeting?
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> Best wishes,
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> Ayden
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> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
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> On 22 May 2018 7:27 PM, Austin, Donna <Donna.Austin at team.neustar> wrote:
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> Thanks for the update Ayden.
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> Weren’t the Fellowship numbers actually reduced overall from previous
> years? I think the original proposal was to cut the numbers from 60 to 30,
> and it seems ICANN has split the difference based on feedback and increased
> 30 to 45, so overall there was a reduction in the numbers.
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> I’m disappointed to see the Council Strategic Planning Session reduced
> from 2 days to 3. This seems somewhat shortsighted as I expect the primary
> costs are associated with getting people to the one venue, but I guess 2
> days is better than none.
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>
> Thanks again for being so diligent on the budget issues.
>
>
>
> Donna
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> *From:* Gnso-sc-budget [mailto:gnso-sc-budget-bounces at icann.org
> <gnso-sc-budget-bounces at icann.org>] *On Behalf Of *Ayden Férdeline
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 22, 2018 2:12 AM
> *To:* gnso-sc-budget at icann.org
> *Subject:* [Gnso-sc-budget] Final Proposed FY19 Operating Plan and Budget
>
>
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> The final proposed FY19 Operating Plan and Budget has now been published:
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> https://www.icann.org/news/blog/final-proposed-fy19-operating-plan-and-budget
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_blog_final-2Dproposed-2Dfy19-2Doperating-2Dplan-2Dand-2Dbudget&d=DwMGaQ&c=MOptNlVtIETeDALC_lULrw&r=CwipU91YB6EkpFXK9ynnT_QUef4yC5p7jpsDm8cU97g&m=M2U_hGABCyuFK6WXXt4kChwwAhBZKiRDTielcDEl4oc&s=COWHaRYMg4-NaQ0I6Q8KT6Mpqmynwf2UJhrz_m8IF4s&e=>
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> Rather disappointingly, I note that, "The Fellowship Program received an
> increase from 30 to 45 seats per meeting, based on your feedback."
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> This was feedback not from the community, but from fellows, who had a
> vested interest in the programme's enlargement.
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> More relevant to the Council, our Strategic Planning Session was
> recommended for approval in FY19, however only for two days (rather than
> the three days which had been requested).
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>
> Ayden Férdeline
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