All,
As
you know we have submitted to ICANN 13 people who will be funded to travel to Sydney.
We had an allocation of 18 to be used by the end of June 2009 and therefore
have not taken up 5.
I
have been approached by the GAC Chair, Janis Karklins, who says:
“As you may be aware, the
GAC is currently working through mechanisms to ensure least and less developed
country participation and securing financial support for their participation
through the ICANN operational and budget planning process. As this processes
and a proposed approach is for the next fiscal year, we are faced with some
attendees needing support for the ICANN Sydney meeting. Would the ccNSO have
space through its travel support from ICANN and if so, would it be willing to
share its unused travel support for 3 to 4 government representatives from
developing or least developed countries?
The GAC stands ready to discuss with ccNSO or ICANN staff the administrative
details in case of your favorable response.”
I
have checked with Doug Brent and Theresa Swinehart who say that we would not ‘share’
any unused support but rather we would simply confirm to ICANN that we have no
objection to them reallocating our unused support to some nominees put forward
by the GAC.
I
think we should do this in the spirit of cooperation. Does anyone object?
Cheers,
Chris
Disspain
CEO
- auDA
au
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