Motion on Travel Funding
Hello all, As you know, the travel drafting team has been working on proposals to best manage TF allocation. As you also know, there has been a proposal to use left-over DNSO funds to help ³top up² the amount of funding available for the final meeting of the current fiscal year, which is Sydney (any work the DT is now working on would not have any effect until the next fiscal year). In light of this, the DT has opted to put forward a motion for our next council meeting. This is the motion proposal which I have drafted on behalf of the DT and wanted to get in before the deadline (which is today, right?). Comments and thoughts welcome. Thanks. Stéphane Whereas: At its meeting of September 25, 2008 the GNSO Council created the Travel Drafting Team (TDT) to work on proposals to optimize the allocation and the management of Travel Funding for the GNSO Constituencies. At a meeting held during the Mexico ICANN meeting in March 2009 between the TDT and members of ICANN staff, the TDT requested that all GNSO Constituencies receive Funding Slots for each of their elected Councillors at each one of the three yearly international ICANN meetings, with the understanding that it would then be up to each Constituency to allocate these slots according to their own internal processes. That request stemmed in part from the recognition of the significant, and ever increasing work loads, that GNSO Councillors face. Work which they carry out as unpaid volunteers. Since that meeting it has been identified that an amount of funds left over from the DNSO are available for use should the Council wish to provide additional Travel Funding to those GNSO Constituencies that no longer have enough credits left for their three slots for the final meeting of the fiscal year 2008, in Sydney. The funds identified are in the amount of 19,963.79 USD. Resolved: That the DNSO funds be distributed evenly across all six GNSO Constituencies in time for the Sydney meeting in June, with the express purpose of providing additional Travel Funding for those persons nominated by each Constituency as recipients to be of said Travel Support.
Thanks, Stéphane. Is the practical effect of this motion to fund slots for 7 persons per constituency for the current fiscal year? ________________________________ From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Stéphane Van Gelder Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 4:50 PM To: 'GNSO Council' Subject: [council] Motion on Travel Funding Hello all, As you know, the travel drafting team has been working on proposals to best manage TF allocation. As you also know, there has been a proposal to use left-over DNSO funds to help "top up" the amount of funding available for the final meeting of the current fiscal year, which is Sydney (any work the DT is now working on would not have any effect until the next fiscal year). In light of this, the DT has opted to put forward a motion for our next council meeting. This is the motion proposal which I have drafted on behalf of the DT and wanted to get in before the deadline (which is today, right?). Comments and thoughts welcome. Thanks. Stéphane Whereas: At its meeting of September 25, 2008 the GNSO Council created the Travel Drafting Team (TDT) to work on proposals to optimize the allocation and the management of Travel Funding for the GNSO Constituencies. At a meeting held during the Mexico ICANN meeting in March 2009 between the TDT and members of ICANN staff, the TDT requested that all GNSO Constituencies receive Funding Slots for each of their elected Councillors at each one of the three yearly international ICANN meetings, with the understanding that it would then be up to each Constituency to allocate these slots according to their own internal processes. That request stemmed in part from the recognition of the significant, and ever increasing work loads, that GNSO Councillors face. Work which they carry out as unpaid volunteers. Since that meeting it has been identified that an amount of funds left over from the DNSO are available for use should the Council wish to provide additional Travel Funding to those GNSO Constituencies that no longer have enough credits left for their three slots for the final meeting of the fiscal year 2008, in Sydney. The funds identified are in the amount of 19,963.79 USD. Resolved: That the DNSO funds be distributed evenly across all six GNSO Constituencies in time for the Sydney meeting in June, with the express purpose of providing additional Travel Funding for those persons nominated by each Constituency as recipients to be of said Travel Support.
Hi Kristina, No. The aim of the motion is to allocate the left-over DNSO funds for Sydney in an equitable manner amongst all Constituencies. The motion doesn¹t go any further than that. Two general scenarios have been put forward by Tim Ruiz, who is also on the DT. I did not include them in the motion because the first matter of urgency is for the Council to actually decide that the funds will be used, or not, for the provision of extra travel funding. Each of Tim¹s scenarios is an attempt to allocate the funds according to the number of Constituencies, while taking some measure of account of the funding already used this fiscal year by each Constituency. I believe Tim has previously sent these scenarios to the Council list, so we can discuss them during our discussion on this motion if Council members wish to. Thanks, Stéphane Le 09/04/09 04:32, « Rosette, Kristina » <krosette@cov.com> a écrit :
Thanks, Stéphane. Is the practical effect of this motion to fund slots for 7 persons per constituency for the current fiscal year?
From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Stéphane Van Gelder Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 4:50 PM To: 'GNSO Council' Subject: [council] Motion on Travel Funding
Hello all,
As you know, the travel drafting team has been working on proposals to best manage TF allocation.
As you also know, there has been a proposal to use left-over DNSO funds to help ³top up² the amount of funding available for the final meeting of the current fiscal year, which is Sydney (any work the DT is now working on would not have any effect until the next fiscal year).
In light of this, the DT has opted to put forward a motion for our next council meeting. This is the motion proposal which I have drafted on behalf of the DT and wanted to get in before the deadline (which is today, right?).
Comments and thoughts welcome. Thanks.
Stéphane
Whereas:
At its meeting of September 25, 2008 the GNSO Council created the Travel Drafting Team (TDT) to work on proposals to optimize the allocation and the management of Travel Funding for the GNSO Constituencies.
At a meeting held during the Mexico ICANN meeting in March 2009 between the TDT and members of ICANN staff, the TDT requested that all GNSO Constituencies receive Funding Slots for each of their elected Councillors at each one of the three yearly international ICANN meetings, with the understanding that it would then be up to each Constituency to allocate these slots according to their own internal processes.
That request stemmed in part from the recognition of the significant, and ever increasing work loads, that GNSO Councillors face. Work which they carry out as unpaid volunteers.
Since that meeting it has been identified that an amount of funds left over from the DNSO are available for use should the Council wish to provide additional Travel Funding to those GNSO Constituencies that no longer have enough credits left for their three slots for the final meeting of the fiscal year 2008, in Sydney.
The funds identified are in the amount of 19,963.79 USD.
Resolved:
That the DNSO funds be distributed evenly across all six GNSO Constituencies in time for the Sydney meeting in June, with the express purpose of providing additional Travel Funding for those persons nominated by each Constituency as recipients to be of said Travel Support.
Stephan, the motion seems clear and practical. It is time we used these old funds that have languished untouched for years. I second Philip
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Stéphane Van Gelder