[council] Motion on Travel Funding

[Tim Ruiz]

Actually, I may have only sent them to the Travel DT, just options to
help us develop a proposal. But I believe the scenario in your motion
was the one supported by the DT members.

Tim  
  -------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [council] Motion on Travel Funding
From: Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder at indom.com>
Date: Thu, April 09, 2009 7:52 am
To: "Rosette, Kristina" <krosette at cov.com>, GNSO Council
<council at gnso.icann.org>

Hi Kristina,

No. The aim of the motion is to allocate the left-over DNSO funds for
Sydney in an equitable manner amongst all Constituencies. The motion
doesn’t go any further than that.

Two general scenarios have been put forward by Tim Ruiz, who is also on
the DT. I did not include them in the motion because the first matter of
urgency is for the Council to actually decide that the funds will be
used, or not, for the provision of extra travel funding.

Each of Tim’s scenarios is an attempt to allocate the funds according
to the number of Constituencies, while taking some measure of account of
the funding already used this fiscal year by each Constituency. I
believe Tim has previously sent these scenarios to the Council list, so
we can discuss them during our discussion on this motion if Council
members wish to.

Thanks,

Stéphane


Le 09/04/09 04:32, « Rosette, Kristina »
<https://email.secureserver.net/krosette@cov.com> a écrit :

 Thanks, Stéphane.  Is the practical effect of this motion to fund
slots for 7 persons per constituency for the current fiscal year?

 
 
  From: https://email.secureserver.net/owner-council@gnso.icann.org 
[mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Stéphane Van  Gelder
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 4:50 PM
To: 'GNSO  Council'
Subject: [council] Motion on Travel  Funding

 
Hello all,

As you know, the travel drafting  team has been working on proposals to
best manage TF allocation.

As you  also know, there has been a proposal to use left-over DNSO funds
to help “top  up” the amount of funding available for the final
meeting of the current  fiscal year, which is Sydney (any work the DT is
now working on would not have  any effect until the next fiscal year).

In light of this, the DT has  opted to put forward a motion for our next
council meeting. This is the motion  proposal which I have drafted on
behalf of the DT and wanted to get in before  the deadline (which is
today, right?).

Comments and thoughts welcome.  Thanks.

Stéphane


Whereas:
 
At its meeting of September 25, 2008 the  GNSO Council created the
Travel Drafting Team (TDT) to work on proposals to  optimize the
allocation and the management of Travel Funding for the GNSO 
Constituencies.
 
At a meeting held during the Mexico ICANN meeting  in March 2009 between
the TDT and members of ICANN staff, the TDT requested  that all GNSO
Constituencies receive Funding Slots for each of their elected 
Councillors at each one of the three yearly international ICANN
meetings, with  the understanding that it would then be up to each
Constituency to allocate  these slots according to their own internal
processes.
 
That  request stemmed in part from the recognition of the significant,
and ever  increasing work loads, that GNSO Councillors face. Work which
they carry out  as unpaid volunteers.
 
Since that meeting it has been identified  that an amount of funds left
over from the DNSO are available for use should  the Council wish to
provide additional Travel Funding to those GNSO  Constituencies that no
longer have enough credits left for their three slots  for the final
meeting of the fiscal year 2008, in Sydney.
 
The  funds identified are in the amount of 19,963.79  USD.
 
Resolved:
 
That the DNSO funds be distributed  evenly across all six GNSO
Constituencies in time for the Sydney meeting in  June, with the express
purpose of providing additional Travel Funding for  those persons
nominated by each Constituency as recipients to be of said  Travel
Support.