[council] Revised Community Travel Support Procedure for FY09

[Alan Greenberg]

My understanding is that the budget is calculated 
based on a person-count, but that it could be 
spent other ways - for instance, 20 people could be funded at a 50% level.

Alan

At 14/08/2008 07:36 AM, Avri Doria wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Now that this has been released, we need to determine rather soon, how
>the available travel slots (10) for Cairo will be allocated.  Once the
>bi-cameral  approach is approved, if it is, this might be easy, for
>now we have 6 constituencies and 10 slots and that means they do not
>divide equally.
>
>  Some questions that need to be answered (there may be more):
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>- do all constituencies wish to take part in the allocation?
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>- should allocation be based on need?
>- - if so how is need determined?
>-- is self declaration of need sufficient?
>-- and what if more then 10 indicate need?
>
>- do individual council members request support or should the request
>come from the constituency?
>
>We may also want to provide feedback on the policy, but that is less
>critical at this point then of making sure we have the names in time
>for 60 days prior to the meeting.  My assumption is that we need to
>provide our list of names by the end of August.
>
>a.
>
>
>On 14 Aug 2008, at 05:54, Glen de Saint Géry wrote:
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>>[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org; liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org]
>>[To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org]
>>[To: regional-liaisons[at]icann.org]
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>>http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-13aug08-en.htm
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>>Please note that ICANN Posts Revised Community Travel Support
>>Procedure for FY09
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>>13 August 2008
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>>The work to create a community travel support procedure began with a
>>specific call for travel support in late 2007 by some in the
>>community (though this issue has been discussed for some time).
>>There has been extensive consultation on community travel support.
>>It began as a workshop in Delhi, with comments received and an
>>analysis posted. Further, a draft was posted in June, discussed in
>>budget meetings in Paris, and again with fairly extensive comment in
>>person, via email and on the web. These second round of comments
>>were summarized and analyzed. This last summary is available at:
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>>http://forum.icann.org/lists/travel-support-draft/msg00013.html
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>>The revised Community Travel Support Procedure for FY09 document
>>http://www.icann.org/en/topics/travel-support/revised-procedure-11aug08-en.htm
>>strives to accommodate the community feedback. Of course, this is a
>>subject about which complete agreement is not possible. However,
>>there is strong agreement within the community that a procedure
>>exist that is documented, transparent, consistent, adhered-to, and
>>reviewed/revised for efficacy.
>>
>>Comparing the final procedure with the draft discussed in Paris,
>>some key changes include:
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>>- Guarantees travel support for NomCom-nominated counselors
>>- Stresses transparency in application and post-meeting reporting
>>- Allows for some flexibility in the allocation mechanism within a
>>SO without overburdening the Chair
>>
>>The document strives to be complete without being overly-detailed.
>>This will leave many specific questions unanswered. ICANN staff will
>>develop and post a FAQ (frequently asked questions document) to
>>capture questions, and provide consistent answers to the entire
>>community. If you have questions, please send them to the ICANN
>>staff member with whom you work most closely, 
>>or send them to travel-support at icann.org  .
>>
>>Staff will collect feedback on issues that arise in the first
>>implementation of this procedure, now through the Cairo meeting, and
>>Staff will make clarifications, as needed. Additionally, Staff will
>>conduct a complete review of the Community Travel Support Procedure
>>at year end with a public consultation at the June ICANN meeting,
>>and this will be an opportunity for RSSAC to provide additional
>>input if desired.
>>
>>Glen de Saint Géry
>>GNSO Secretariat
>>gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org
>>http://gnso.icann.org
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