<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Well, our new Travel Policy was well greeted, but is now getting a little bit of challenge. We were thinking of it in relation to the three regular ICANN meetings, but now we’re getting requests from heavily involved volunteer colleagues seeking support for others related meetings. Stephanie Perrin’s looking for some support to attend the upcoming Berlin group meeting in Seoul where data protection commissioners will discuss inter alia the upcoming WHOIS changes she’s been working on for us in the expert group (revised proposal forthcoming, turns out they’ll cover her plane ticket so we're just waiting to hear on her other charges). And Now Ed Morris is looking for support to attend the upcoming accountability meeting in Istanbul (I can’t believe ICANN’s not covering the volunteers working on this). </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">On the general point: we can 1) stick with the longstanding NCUC practice and deal with such small requests on an ad hoc basis, keeping an eye on our general target for annual travel expenditures (we’d said $4,000 x 3 but of course can go a little higher if really merited, as long as PIR makes it annual contribution…would be helpful if <a href="http://CGI.br" class="">CGI.br</a> returned to being a supporter as well…); or 2) amend the policy statement on the website and inform everyone accordingly. Personally, I worry that formalizing this could mean we get a flood of budget requests for meetings that are good and important but not central to our participation in ICANN, and then we would have to deal with explaining turn downs etc. But I’m open minded if people feel the EC making decisions on a public list and reporting them in meeting minutes (as we will when we accumulate enough stuff to decide/announce) is insufficient.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">On the specific case: we allocated $4,000 for Singapore and only awarded $2,000, so at the moment we have flexibility. I think both Stephanie and Ed should be at the meetings they want to attend, they’re doing tons of stuff for us. Ed is only asking for $800 but that allows no per diem and assumes el cheapo hotels, so I would prefer to offer him $1,000.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thoughts?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill</div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">March 6, 2015 at 2:40:18 PM GMT+1<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Funding Request</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Edward Morris <<a href="mailto:egmorris1@toast.net" class="">egmorris1@toast.net</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">William Drake <<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" class="">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><p class="MsoNormal">To Bill,</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Per the procedure stated on the NCUC Travel Support Policy
web page, please accept the following funding request for the EC to consider.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Kind Regards,</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Ed</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">To the NCUC EC,</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">I’m writing to request funding so that I can attend the
Accountability face 2 face meetings, March 22-24 in Istanbul, Turkey. This is
not a request I actually want to make. There are many places I’d rather be than
a hotel room in Istanbul the week before Easter. I just have come to the belief
that if I don’t get to this meeting a lot of what I’ve been working on in the
Accountability effort on behalf of our membership will be lost. Unfortunately
as a less than wealthy individual member of the NCUC I don’t have any source of
organizational or personal funding to finance this trip.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">The NCUC travel policy does not seem to specifically cover, or
exclude, travel to F2F meetings such as this. I recognize that as an EC member
you need to prioritize expenditures. There may also be one additional meeting
on Accountability this year for which another funding request may need to be made. </p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Nevertheless, I shall herewith attempt to explain why you
may wish to fund this trip, doing so by responding to questions 1-6 contained in the text of the NCUC
Travel Policy.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b class="">1.</b> <b class="">Voted in the previous year’s NCUC election,
if eligible at the time.</b></p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">I was and did.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class="">2. Are actively and
verifiably engaged in NCUC’s work, for example constituency governance,
NCUC/NCSG policy discussions, or GNSO Working Groups.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal">I shall focus this answer on my work in Accountability. I am
also involved in NCUC work as a GNSO Councilor. In addition, recently I worked with Stefania
Milan in drafting the initial NCUC response to the Westlake draft report.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Although several NCUC members joined the CCWG Accountability
group at its inception there are four of us who have been fairly active, as
defined as regular attendance at the weekly two hour Accountability group call: Avri (100% attendance),
Robin (85.7%), myself (78.6%) and Matt (64.3%). Avri, as the ATRT2 expert, and
Robin, as our appointee, are funded by ICANN for this meeting.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Most substantive work in Accountability is being done at the subgroup level
where Robin, Matt and myself are active.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">There are four active working parties at the subgroup level.
I am in active in all four. </p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">I serve on WP1 with Matt and Robin. There have been three
WP1 calls. I have attended all three. I am currently working with Roelof Meijer
of SIIDN in WP1 in drafting the template guidance documents pertaining to
proposals to change ICANN into a membership or delegate based organization
under the California Corporation Code.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">I serve on WP2 with Robin. There have been 2 WP2 calls. I
have attended both. I am currently the “leader” in reviewing the role of the
Ombudsman and also am serving on the team reviewing the Reconsideration
process.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">I serve on the legal sub-team with Robin. There has been 1
legal call since I joined the team. I attended that call. We are currently
working on selecting independent counsel. It is hoped the hire will be in
Istanbul, one of the reasons I hope to be there.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">I serve on the Stress Test sub-team. I am the only active
NCUC member on this team. As there seem to be attempts to influence the front
end (WP1, WP2) through manipulation of the rear end (ST) I think it’s
imperative we have someone on this team monitoring events. </p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b class="">3. Need to be at a
given meeting because the above mentioned work will be advanced there.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal">I certainly will do my best to continue to advocate for
increased accountability and transparency within ICANN on behalf of our
membership.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">As important as the positive impact my presence in Istanbul
might have, it’s what I might be able to prevent that is just as important.
I’ve already experienced the downfall of not attending an Accountability F2F. I
was quite active in the initial Accountability WG4- Contingencies. A number of
my proposals were accepted. Yet when the first F2F Accountability meeting in
Frankfurt was held my ideas were dropped and substituted for those supported by
the CSG. Informal meetings before remote participation was enabled saw
agreements made that I contend were against our interest and in which we had no
participation in making. As I was the only active NCUC member in WG4, by the
time I realized what was going on from my remote location it was too late to
alert Robin and have her intervene.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">More recently I stepped away from intense involvement in
Accountability to work on our Westlake response. Although away for only a few
days, I returned to discover that the review of all transparency items had
disappeared. It simply had fallen through the cracks between WP1 and WP2. Robin
and I are working together now to get this restored. These issues are so
complicated and intricate that less than full attention or participation has extremely negative
consequences.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b class="">4. Agree to
participate in the NCUC, NCSG and GNSO meetings to be held during the meeting.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Although this question, per se, is not relevant to this F2F,
I certainly will attend any and all meetings I can. We’re already seeing a
proliferation of pre-meetings on Sunday, some simultaneously. Although I can’t
be in two places at once, neither can Robin. Hopefully between us we can attend
all of them.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b class="">5. Agree to write a
brief post-trip report for the NCUC website reflecting on the meeting’s main developments
of relevance to NCUC.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal">I would be happy to do so.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b class="">6. Did not receive
NCUC funding to attend the immediately previous ICANN meeting, unless
exceptional circumstances require their presence at two consecutive meetings.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal">I have never before requested nor received funding from the
NCUC for any reason.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class="">AMOUNT</b></p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">As airfares and hotel rates constantly change I would ask
that the EC act as soon as possible so, if approved, the following costs may be
locked in.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Air fare
(Manchester to Istanbul, return) £ 325</p><p class="MsoNormal">Hotel (4 nights)
£200</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Total
£525 (about $790)</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Please note the air travel would be on Turkish Airlines. The
hotel would be one of three two star hotels, similarly priced, located about a
15 minute walk from the meeting hotel. The conference hotel prices excessively
at £497 for this period.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Before booking anything I will look at alternate
arrangements (e.g. secondary airports) in an attempt to reduce cost.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for considering this request.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Ed</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>
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