<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hi</div><div><br></div><div>As the Finance Team has been inactive and the timeline is very short, in the rushing I decided to skip a step and send a number of budget-related messages directly to the NCUC EC in the hope of quick responses. However, to keep everyone in the loop, and in the event that it might help encourage movement toward the sort of two-step process I'd hoped for, I will now pass along the relevant messages. Please see below and attached.</div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div><div><br></div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">William Drake <<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>[NCUC-EC] NCUC's draft GNSO Toolkit Services Checklist/Survey Fiscal Year (FY) 2014</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">March 22, 2013 2:21:49 PM GMT+01:00<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">EC NCUC <<a href="mailto:ncuc-ec@lists.ncuc.org">ncuc-ec@lists.ncuc.org</a>>, "Gross, Robin" <<a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org">robin@ipjustice.org</a>><br></span></div><br><div>Hi<br><br>Please see attached. I'm supposed to turn this in to Glen by tomorrow, so comments appreciated. Please note two items in particular: <br><br>*I request support to hold an open new EC retreat prior to each Spring meeting. Of course, the problem is that NCUC is given just three funded travel slots. I really doubt that can change if it's standard across constituencies, in which case some EC members would have to participate remotely or secure alternative funding. However, I understand Robin is asking for five travel slots for NCSG in her Fast Track Request. If ICANN responds favorably to that bit of barrier breaking, we can then ask for more in our regular request due 19 April, in time for the proposed retreat.<br><br>*I request support for quarterly Adobe meetings prior to the ICANN meetings, with an option to do irregular meetings for planning as needed. We'll see.<br><br>Needless to say, none of this makes any sense unless people are prepared to participate fully…<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Bill<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>***************************************************<br>William J. Drake<br>International Fellow & Lecturer<br> Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ<br> University of Zurich, Switzerland<br> <a href="http://www.williamdrake.org">www.williamdrake.org</a><br>Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency, <br> ICANN, <a href="http://www.ncuc.org">www.ncuc.org</a><br><a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch">william.drake@uzh.ch</a><br>****************************************************<br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>