<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>I'm in favor of some smart saving in 5 stars hotels for example and use Airbnb instead. For sure we will have more money for more people and more days. </div><div><br></div><div>Carlos Vera</div><div>Isoc Ecuador </div><div><br>On Dec 27, 2016, at 4:35 AM, Ayden Férdeline <<a href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com">icann@ferdeline.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>There is a place for outreach, and I think the NCUC does a pretty good job at that already, but there is also a place for constituency inreach.<br><br>How about a more targeted use of travel funding — a two-day, NCUC-only pre-event that trains our members in how to write public comments, where we discuss the implications of our positions on ICANN’s overall vision, mission, and objectives, and on how to most strategically participate in working groups? We could bring in an external consultant on the first day to offer this capacity building training, and the second day could be the policy conference that Matt proposed last year.<br><br>In terms of support, I am thinking we would ask only for 2 nights hotel for a number of participants (say, 20?) who would already be coming to ICANN 60 or 61, venue hire, and full travel + fee for the external consultant, so it should be a reasonably frugal endeavour. <br></div><div><br></div><div class="protonmail_signature_block "><div class="protonmail_signature_block-user "><div>Ayden Férdeline<br></div><div><a title="http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline" href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline">linkedin.com/in/ferdeline</a><br></div></div><div class="protonmail_signature_block-proton protonmail_signature_block-empty"><br></div></div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite" class="protonmail_quote"><div>-------- Original Message --------<br></div><div>Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] [Important] Additional Budget Request/What do we need for next year?<br></div><div>Local Time: 27 December 2016 1:55 AM<br></div><div>UTC Time: 27 December 2016 01:55<br></div><div>From: <a href="mailto:douglaskarel@gmail.com">douglaskarel@gmail.com</a><br></div><div>To: Carlos Vera <<a href="mailto:cveraq@gmail.com">cveraq@gmail.com</a>><br></div><div>NCUC-discuss <<a href="mailto:ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org">ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org</a>><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div>I agree we need to request travel support for outreach activities and meetings. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I might have missed it but I did not see any requests for travel support except that for the IGF.<br></div><div><br></div><div>regards<br></div><div><br></div><div>karel DOUGLAS<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On 26 December 2016 at 19:16, Carlos Vera <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cveraq@gmail.com">cveraq@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><br></div><div>As seen from document, high percentage of the budget is for travel support. <br></div><div><br></div><div>So:<br></div><div><br></div><div>1. We have to get more from people traveling using fellowships<br></div><div><br></div><div>2. We need more projects from inside constituencies to get more funds for projects <br></div><div><br></div><div>What kind of projects do we need now? As an old member of icann returning to activity I see there is a need for an easy way to get involved (induction, information, interaction) in what some time seems to me like a very close circle. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Carlos Vera<br></div><div>isoc Ecuador <br></div><div><div class="h5"><div><div><br></div><div>On Dec 26, 2016, at 12:26 PM, farzaneh badii <<a href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com">farzaneh.badii@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Dear NCUC Members,<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Each year we file additional budget requests at ICANN to get financial support for various activities. Last year we managed to get travel support for IGF (some of our other requests were rejected). This year we should aim for getting more of our budget requests approved. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Here is the link to the requests submitted last year and the decisions: <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/projfinadhocws/GNSO+-+FY17+Additional+Budget+Requests">https://community.<wbr>icann.org/display/<wbr>projfinadhocws/GNSO+-+FY17+<wbr>Additional+Budget+Requests</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I recommend that before making a suggestion, you go through the submitted requests by NCUC for last year and see the format of suggestions. You could also look at the suggestion format of other stakeholder groups.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> You can also look at the decision of approval and rejection.But please do not get discouraged if you have similar ideas that were rejected last year.The link to decisions is available here:<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/projfinadhocws/FY17+Decisions">https://community.icann.<wbr>org/display/projfinadhocws/<wbr>FY17+Decisions</a> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Please insert your recommendations here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aEZoUNsHBuzj3tyTmlDiGSeinNrKJUYcPrNTfJ-dLJ8/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/<wbr>document/d/<wbr>1aEZoUNsHBuzj3tyTmlDiGSeinNrKJ<wbr>UYcPrNTfJ-dLJ8/edit?usp=<wbr>sharing</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">We have until 14 January to come up with the ideas. The EC will review your recommendations, add its own recommendations, and reformulate and submit to ICANN by 30th Jan.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The final version will be sent to NCUC members as well. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div class="m_-9116100091084518841gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span class="font" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif">Farzaneh</span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><Adopted FY17 SO-AC Additional Budget Requests.pdf><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><span>______________________________<wbr>_________________</span><br></div><div><span>Ncuc-discuss mailing list</span><br></div><div><span><a href="mailto:Ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org">Ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org</a></span><br></div><div><span><a href="http://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-discuss">http://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/<wbr>mailman/listinfo/ncuc-discuss</a></span><br></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br></div><div> Ncuc-discuss mailing list<br></div><div> <a href="mailto:Ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org">Ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org</a><br></div><div> <a href="http://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-discuss" rel="noreferrer">http://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/<wbr>mailman/listinfo/ncuc-discuss</a><br></div><div> <br></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div></blockquote></body></html>