Tim, it would be in yesterday's Council but in tomorrow's Council with working groups representing all constituencies it does not work. Personally I'd be happy with yesterday's Council. Alas the new woprld dictates new obligations. Philip ------------------ Tim wrote: Philip, I didn't take Chuck's comments to mean constituencies were not legitimate, or shouldn't have equitable treatment. And that certainly isn't the DT's intent. What we were trying to get to is that the amount of funding should be based on the number of councilors. So under the bicameral model, if a stakeholder group has six councillors they get enough travel funding for six participants. How those funds are divided up within the stakeholder group should be left to them (it all goes for the councilors, evenly distributed to the constituencies, etc.). Is that acceptable in your view? Tim