Oh, and lets add that some of us have to take "leave without pay" from our normal jobs so have NOBODY paying us to do this. Also, while away, we have to keep up with our normal jobs, whether paid to do so or not, so in addition to spending until 8:00+ pm, we then have to go to our hotel rooms and spend several hours making sure everything is happening alright at work/home. Danny, I remember chatting with you in LA and you told me that you only had (at that time) two weeks off a year for holidays so are very careful of not going to too many ICANN junkets as it would take time away from your family and your holiday time with them. WOW! That's something that some of us do all the time and don't get paid for it and it takes us away from our families - but we do it. And we aren't independantly wealthy (at least I'm not). Danny was also invited to go to Mexico to do one of his excellent presentations there and he declined. Well, I guess its easy to moan and complain but if you aren't willing to at least TRY and put in the time to doing something productive rather than just whining... Well, then it becomes something other than a debate about travel support. D Darlene A. Thompson CAP Administrator Nunavut Department of Education/N-CAP P.O. Box 1000, Sation 910 Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 Phone: (867) 975-5631 Fax: (867) 975-5610 E-mail: dthompson@gov.nu.ca ________________________________ From: at-large-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org on behalf of Omar Kaminski Sent: Fri 9/25/2009 10:08 AM To: At-Large Worldwide Subject: Re: [At-Large] Travel Funding I second that (and I'm not intending to be a registry operator right now). Best from .br, Omar
Oh yes. We are tourists. We have heard that a zillion times before. Be aware though that ALSes do not travel regularly on ICANN budget. And when they do, they work from 7am to 8pm pro bono. Like ALAC members and RALO chairs BTW. We even have ALSes travelling on their own budget.
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