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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I strongly agree with you Robin.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carlos Aguirre</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ALAC member by LACRALO</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=robin@IPJUSTICE.ORG href="mailto:robin@IPJUSTICE.ORG">Robin Gross</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=NCUC-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
href="mailto:NCUC-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">NCUC-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 06, 2008 2:17 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: ICANN travel support</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm concerned that ICANN is only proposing to pay for the travel of half
of the remaining councilors. The idea that only half of the councilors
should be supported is insulting to the many volunteers to contribute their
time and energy to ICANN policy development. </DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>It is important the the GNSO be fully funded, otherwise ICANN (the
organization) will have little difficulty in continuing to "manage" the GNSO
("the people").</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>We need ALL of our councilors at policy meetings, not half of them, to
effectively carry out the work of the constituency.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Robin</DIV>
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<DIV>
<DIV>On Jun 6, 2008, at 10:03 AM, Milton L Mueller wrote:</DIV><BR
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
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<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear
members<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In what
could prove to be an important change in ICANN policy, a new travel support
policy has been proposed.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
style="COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://www.icann.org/topics/travel-support/draft-procedure-22may08.htm">http://www.icann.org/topics/travel-support/draft-procedure-22may08.htm</A><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This
policy is only a proposal and there is still debate about
it.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The
essential features of the policy are:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV
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face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN>1.<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> <SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><B><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Eligibility</SPAN></B><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>: GNSO, ASO, ccNSO. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 28.35pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN>2.<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> <SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><B><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Administration.</SPAN></B><SPAN
lang=EN-GB><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>ICANN will
directly pay for air travel, provide reasonable reimbursement for other
forms of travel (e.g. rail), and pay a per diem to cover all other expenses
(meals, lodging, sundries, taxis, parking, etc.) Actual per diem amounts
will be published for each meeting, based on international
standards.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 28.35pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN>3.<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> <SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><B><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Budget.</SPAN></B><SPAN
lang=EN-GB><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>ICANN will
allocate sufficient funds so that the Chair and half of the remaining
Council members will receive travel support. So for the GNSO this covers 12
of 23 GNSO members (including liaisons).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 28.35pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN>4.<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> <SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><B><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Allocation</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB>.
SO Chair (or designated committee) to determine for whom this travel support
funding is to be used, based on best meeting the policy-making needs of the
entity so may include non-Council members (by excluding further Council
members).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 28.35pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN>5.<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> <SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><B><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Class of travel.</SPAN></B><SPAN
lang=EN-GB><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>To maximize
participation, class of travel will be economy, however the Chair will
travel according to the same policy as the Board.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">(For trips longer than five hours, Board member
travel is booked at Business class airfares.</SPAN></I></SPAN><FONT
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 28.35pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 28.35pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Some of us are
concerned about the idea of covering only half the GNSO Council members and
requiring a committee or the chair to decide which
half.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 28.35pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">We will probably
file some comments on this. Obviously the supplier constituencies
(registries and registrars) who view themselves as being taxed to pay for
flying around people who want to regulate them, oppose any travel support,
and the user constituencies tend to want all the Council members to be
supported. Your comments
welcome.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>
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<DIV>Robin Gross, Executive Director</DIV>
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