[registrars] Motion on Travel Funding
Eric Brunner-Williams
brunner at nic-naa.net
Tue Dec 11 17:23:05 UTC 2007
Ross,
Intellectual Property Constituency
Ross Rader wrote:
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> On 10-Dec-07, at 1:07 PM, Eric Brunner-Williams wrote:
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>> I'd like to see an exception mechanism, either from the universal
>> funding position (nominally Adrian's) or the universal rejection
>> position (nominally yours), that has some means test for need.
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> In principle, I agree that something like this might necessarily be
> included, but in practice it would be difficult to apply. All of the
> Councillors come from established organizations and I fail to see why
> domain name prices should be increased simply to ensure their
> participation at ICANN meetings. If Councillors cannot afford to
> travel, then I would question their capability to represent their
> constituency - and also that of the Constituency to support their
> Councillors.
To be sure we can exclude the IPC and its conquests, the BC and ISPC,
right off the bat. I'm not so sure about both the Registrar or Registry
Constituencies, as I don't want to make their votes for their GC reps to
preclude the potential for
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> I don't mind a portion of my constituency dues being earmarked for
> this sort of thing, but there's something terribly wrong with ICANN
> collecting a tax to ensure telecommunications lobbyists, professional
> consultants and other paid advocates a free ride. The people that are
> lobbying hardest for this type of funding have the strongest track
> record of attendance at the ICANN meetings.
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> Ross Rader
> Director, Retail Services
> t. 416.538.5492
> c. 416.828.8783
> http://www.domaindirect.com
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> "To solve the problems of today, we must focus on tomorrow."
> - Erik Nupponen
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