Dear Maureen,

the ALAC had a session with CROP staff. Several questions were asked. Several answers were given, but I do not recall that we were given responses to the very argument that you make below. During the meeting I also asked what all of this "ICANN support" meant for a meeting, as we the end users are rarely ever told in advance that ICANN is supporting an initiative or other. Plus I made the point that the GSE budget is also being slashed, so it is likely that GSE will support less events than it currently is.
How do we get responses to this? What is the process to ask GSE what it supports?

To your question why there is no SO/AC representative in these decisions, the answer is simple: these programs are staff led.
Kindest regards,

Olivier

On 04/07/2018 02:41, Maureen Hilyard wrote:
No typo... CROP has now done a complete about turn on its original policy which was NOT to include ICANN meetings.  Now it is "mainly for" ICANN Public meetings.

However, "if a RALO or eligible GNSO group has used at least one allocation for an ICANN meeting (or ICANN-organized meeting), it may use its remaining allocation(s) for meetings that are assessed by the relevant regional GSE VP as being directly and demonstrably related to ongoing ICANN policy, technical or advisory activities (e.g. RIR meetings). "

Does that mean only after a RALO has used one of its three allocated slots for an ICANN meeting? What if an appropriate meeting for CROP occurs BEFORE an ICANN meeting opportunity?

Why isn't a representative from At-Large and gNSO included onto the decision making team when they re developing such policies so that we could at least negotiate something that it is more fair and reasonable for both parties. This is ridiculous.


On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 12:26 PM, Bartlett Morgan <bartlett.morgan@gmail.com> wrote:
" The new CROP allocates up to three regional trips to each of the five Regional At-Large Organizations (RALOs) and each eligible constituency in the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) – Business Constituency (BC), Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC), Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers Constituency (ISPCP), Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC), and Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC). With a few specific exceptions as detailed in the new guidelines, these allocations are to be used mainly for outreach activities at ICANN Public Meetings in the relevant region or official regional meetings organized by the ICANN org. "

Typo?
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Kind regards,
Bartlett D. Morgan



On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 at 16:39, Dev Anand Teelucksingh <devtee@gmail.com> wrote:
Read the blog post :
https://www.icann.org/news/blog/fy19-community-regional-outreach-program-crop-ready-for-use-by-eligible-icann-communities
and the CROP FY19 wiki at https://community.icann.org/x/pIRHBQ
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