I am going to propose a small informal working session on Outreach and Participation in preparation for Prague discussions: Let me launch this with an invitation to those who have indicated interest in the past/present: New BC Members: Gabi Sziak, Angie Graves, Troy HarwoodICC : Ayesha HassenChris as V.ChairWITSA: Africa: Jimson Olufuye, Waudo Siganga [Anders Halverson]WITSA: Latin America: Alex Mora - Costa RicaCC member: Ron Andruff Are there other members who would like to join this working discussion ? Anyone interested in the work should volunteer to participate. For Prague, we will have a priority to address brands who attend due to the new gTLD program, but the longer term goal is to build our own local leaders program. It is actually focused on helping those who are working already with the BC in their region to enable them to strengthen the visibility of ICANN/BC in their region, and to support participation in key events. Bene will send a doodle to the names I've nominated, but the working session is open, and if you want to volunteer to join this working session/discussion, please just tell her that at bc-secretariat@icann.org. Marilyn CadeBC Chair Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 21:25:31 -0300 Subject: [bc-gnso] Re: FY13 Operating Plan and Budget Comment - Fellowship From: gabrielaszlak@gmail.com To: chris@andalucia.com CC: marilynscade@hotmail.com; bc-gnso@icann.org; bc-secretariat@icann.org Dear Chris and all, Thank you for the opportunity to comment. I don´t see any problems regarding the fellowship program at the documents you referred me to. As far as I understood the situation remains the same which is good to know: fellowship program will still be with us and I am happy to know the BC supports this program. I would appreciate if someone else checks this as I am not so familiar with this kind of documents. Also, as you suggested, I read in detail the “FY13 Public Comment Solicitation for FY13 Community Travel Support Guidelines” Regarding the BC, there is a special additional request for 3 travelers for FY13 from the BC (as well as similar requests from other constituencies). This has been requested but not yet approved by ICANN. I am not sure how the BC decided on this request and if it needs any further discussion. Also, in page three it says that one of the Purposes of Community Travel Support is: 3. Outreach, especially to those unfamiliar with the ICANN processes but who can benefit from and may ultimately give benefit to ICANN, by attending and participating at ICANN meetings. I was wondering if maybe the BC members might want to consider to make use of this purpose in order to request for additional support for travelers in order to invite special targeted participants from the developing countries to meetings as part of outreach activities. So maybe the BC can bring this way specific business referents from developing countries, selected by a selection process to be determined, and have them mentored into the BC. This might give the BC the opportunity to find special people that might not have get involved with ICANN nor the BC if not for this kind of special invitation and that once in the community, might be a key for outreach in their regions and also these members might become new active voices for the group and broader participation. Regards,G. Gabriela Szlakwww.einstituto.org www.estudiorosz.comwww.gabrielaszlak.com.ar 2012/6/6 Chris Chaplow <chris@andalucia.com> Dear Gabriela, Thanks for your input and offer from a fellowship perspective. Marilyn added (below) “I did want to ask though, about the lack of detail in the budget, such as the inability to find the Fellowship Program as a detailed item; or the communications budget; totals for salary/benefits for staff, etc. Were those not detailed in the Operating Plan and Budget? “ As far as the Draft FY13 Budget and operating plan is concerned there are no financials attributed to the fellowship so not a lot to comment from a budget perspective. “Fellowship” is mentioned seven times in the text. If you can download the document and word search these seven and see if there is anything the BC should comment on here. This is the Draft Budget http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/op-budget-fy13-01may12-en.htm As far as the “FY13 Public Comment Solicitation for FY13 Community Travel Support Guidelines” This is a much lighter document and a good one for newer BC members to help with as it does not require any historical knowledge. This document is mainly a resumen of the current status but does have a section on fellowship and some other mentions so you will be able to validate the info http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/travel-support-2013-01jun12-en.h... seven and see if there is anything the BC should comment on here. best Chris Chaplow Managing Director Andalucia.com S.L. Avenida del Carmen 9 Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo 1ª Planta, Oficina 30 Estepona, 29680 Malaga, Spain Tel: + (34) 952 897 865 Fax: + (34) 952 897 874 E-mail: chris@andalucia.com Web: www.andalucia.com Information about Andalucia, Spain. De: Gabriela Szlak [mailto:gabrielaszlak@gmail.com] Enviado el: viernes, 25 de mayo de 2012 20:56 Para: Marilyn Cade CC: Chris at Andalucia; bc - GNSO list; bc-secretariat @icann Asunto: Re: [bc-gnso] FY13 Operating Plan and Budget Comment Thank you Chris, I agree with Marilyn: As one of the two fellows you are referring to, I am grateful the BC supports the fellowship program and agree to support small business participants from developing countries. From my experience, most SMEs from my region are unaware of the work ICANN does. In that sense, as we have been discussing, I believe that the BC interest to support the fellowship program, must come together with outreach targeted activities. I will be happy to discuss more on that. G. Gabriela Szlak www.einstituto.orgwww.estudiorosz.com www.gabrielaszlak.com.ar 2012/5/25 Marilyn Cade <marilynscade@hotmail.com>Thanks for doing this,Chris. I understand from the CSG Budget Group call, which you chair [ISPCP, IPC, BC} that it would be useful to have members have a high level understanding on the broader categories, so that we can have a sense of BC priorities. I did want to ask though, about the lack of detail in the budget, such as the inability to find the Fellowship Program as a detailed item; or the communications budget; totals for salary/benefits for staff, etc. Were those not detailed in the Operating Plan and Budget? I recognize that the Fellowship Program has had limited contribution to the BC specifically, except in two cases, but it is a program that the BC supports, and has interest in strengthening how it does contribute to supporting more small business participants from developing countries. From: chris@andalucia.com To: bc-gnso@icann.org CC: bc-secretariat@icann.org Subject: [bc-gnso] FY13 Operating Plan and Budget Comment Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 00:54:52 +0200 Dear BC Members, Please find attached comments that I have submitted on the FY13 Operating Plan and Budget. We anticipate that the BC and the CSG will submit more detailed comments in the ‘reply round’ which opens tomorrow until the 15th June. I have asked a lot of clarification questions and drawn on material from our Framework Budget submission as I don’t think it was adequately addressed at that time. I think we should focus on the 25 individual project comments in the reply round. Best regards, Chris Chaplow Managing Director Andalucia.com S.L. Avenida del Carmen 9 Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo 1ª Planta, Oficina 30 Estepona, 29680 Malaga, Spain Tel: + (34) 952 897 865 Fax: + (34) 952 897 874 E-mail: chris@andalucia.com Web: www.andalucia.com Information about Andalucia, Spain.