To follow up on Jordan’s observation… A lack of ICANN meeting travel expenses => unexpected surplus => serious headcount growth… I hate to beat my old, worn out drum, but could they not use this opportunity to fully fund out the reserve fund? Best, /Stephen From: Ccnso-council <ccnso-council-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Jordan Carter via Ccnso-council <ccnso-council@icann.org> Reply-To: Jordan Carter <jordan@internetnz.net.nz> Date: Monday, February 7, 2022 at 22:31 To: Nick Wenban-Smith <Nick.Wenban-Smith@nominet.uk> Cc: ccnso-council <ccnso-council@icann.org> Subject: Re: [ccnso-council] Questions suggestions - for the session with ccNSO related Board members @ ICANN 73 Thank you Nick for sharing these. Dear colleagues - are there other questions? bests Jordan On Sat, 29 Jan 2022 at 01:21, Nick Wenban-Smith via Ccnso-council <ccnso-council@icann.org<mailto:ccnso-council@icann.org>> wrote: Can we get early confirmation that the ICANN meeting in the Hague will be hybrid? Obviously there’s still the issues around lateral flow test lottery every time you travel but basically travel seems to be well on track to get back to some semblance of normality now. I know the SOPC will be more on the case but I’ve noticed that lack of travel and meetings has conveniently created massive financial surpluses for ICANN. I’ve been a bit concerned about the spending potentially on this new WHOIS SSAD project (USD xx millions potentially) and these redacted IT outsourcing contracts from the last board report. It would be good to understand how much transparency into the cost/ benefit the community will have ahead of major financial investments by ICANN, since now the reserves are very healthy we should ensure they stay that way. From: Ccnso-council <ccnso-council-bounces@icann.org<mailto:ccnso-council-bounces@icann.org>> On Behalf Of Jordan Carter via Ccnso-council Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2022 1:31 PM To: ccnso-council <ccnso-council@icann.org<mailto:ccnso-council@icann.org>> Subject: [ccnso-council] Questions suggestions - for the session with ccNSO related Board members @ ICANN 73 Hi everyone At our meeting just now we discussed questions to put on the table at the session with Board members at ICANN73 in March. This email is just to nudge you for ideas. Some ideas from the call were: - PDP on ccTLD Retirement - regulatory and legislative developments in the EU and impact on ccTLDs/ICANN Do you have other suggestions? Share them back with the group by reply email :) cheers Jordan -- Jordan Carter (he/him) Group Chief Executive InternetNZ | Ipurangi Aotearoa Helping New Zealanders harness the power of the Internet www.internetnz.nz<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1DhVuYkR5jAiE4fZNlrK6A9KVmoh3lPDth_3ZGc5FMCxBp2...> M +64 21 442 649 O +64 4 555 0123 [Image removed by sender. InternetNZ] _______________________________________________ Ccnso-council mailing list Ccnso-council@icann.org<mailto:Ccnso-council@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ccnso-council _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos). You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on.