<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;" class="">I suppose if we wanted to get crazy and split up to $4,000 over three there’s nothing to prevent us from doing so, but in reality that’d probably not even cover their plane tickets. Don’t know if that would prevent anyone from being able to do it.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Some other considerations to have in the pot, if we have to tell two people no:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">*There will be like a dozen IANA and accountability meetings with significant decisions to be made in the end, and one human rights meeting that will be part of a longer-term effort to inch an agenda forward.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">*How time sensitive are the respective activities in terms of this particular meeting, and will NCUC be adequately represented in them if persons x and y do not go and participate remotely.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">*What are the chances that persons x and y would be able to get other funding and come anyway.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">*FWIW Monika is traveling to EuroDIG on NCUC’s CROPP allocation.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Would like to hear from others…I’m as conflicted as anyone here :-(</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill</div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 26, 2015, at 6:45 PM, Milan, Stefania <<a href="mailto:Stefania.Milan@EUI.eu" class="">Stefania.Milan@EUI.eu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">the rules say two per round<br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="Signature" class=""><div name="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="BodyFragment"><font size="2" class=""><font face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class=""></font><div class="PlainText" style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br class=""></div><div class="PlainText"><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="PlainText" style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br class=""></div></font></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><hr tabindex="-1" style="display: inline-block; width: 1432.75px;" class=""><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">Da:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:ncuc-ec-bounces@lists.ncuc.org" class="">ncuc-ec-bounces@lists.ncuc.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:ncuc-ec-bounces@lists.ncuc.org" class="">ncuc-ec-bounces@lists.ncuc.org</a>> per conto di João Carlos Rebello Caribé <<a href="mailto:caribe@entropia.blog.br" class="">caribe@entropia.blog.br</a>><br class=""><b class="">Inviato:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>domenica 26 aprile 2015 16.56<br class=""><b class="">A:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>William Drake<br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Exec. Comm<br class=""><b class="">Oggetto:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [NCUC-EC] Assessing Travel Support Requests for BA</font><div class=""> </div></div><div class="">How many members can be supported?<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My two elected are Monika and Arun.</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div class="">Em 26/04/2015, às 06:03, William Drake escreveu:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="">Hi</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So the application period has closed and now the fun begins, we have to decide among four applications.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Monika Zalnieriute (Lithuania): Was in Singapore on other money, deeply involved with the human rights effort launched after NCUC’s London CD meeting with the COE + Switzerland. See her app sent to the list 14 April. We got her CROPP support to attend the EuroDIG meeting in Sofia in June.</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Arun Sukumar (India): Attended Istanbul (we have his interview by ICANN on our website), has quickly gotten deeply engaged in the accountability process (sent a report to the list on a meeting held in Delhi) and is tracking the IANA transition too. Was in Singapore at our CD meeting on his organization’s dime. See his app sent to the list 18 April.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">James Gannon (Ireland): Attended Istanbul, has quickly gotten deeply engaged in the IANA and accountability processes, also participating in the Privacy and Proxy Accreditation WG and the IAG on WHOIS Conflicts. See his app sent to the list 19 April.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" style="text-align: justify;">James Njoroge Gitau (Kenya): Not previously involved much but would like to have a look and consider ways to engage, per Ben in Singapore. </span>See his app sent to the list 20 April. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have my own views but would rather hear what others think first. I will however repeat Milton’s comment, which people seemed to resonate with:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 19, 2015, at 9:38 PM, Milton L Mueller <<a href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu" class="">mueller@syr.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; float: none; display: inline !important;"> the choices should be based on criteria, and those criteria should very clearly and directly serve the immediate agenda and goals of the Constituency at a particular meeting. It should NOT be based on personalities, feelings, likability, first come first served, and other extraneous things. Also, keep in mind that there is a fellowship program from the much richer ICANN that can bring in new and untested people.</span></div></blockquote></div><div class=""><div class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; float: none; display: inline !important;"><br class=""></span></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So what is our most pressing need at this particular meeting?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please recall that the guidelines that we agreed state, "The Executive Committee will assess such requests for assistance on a case-by-case basis and strive to make a decision within one week of receipt.”</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Conversation, please. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">*********************************************************<br class="">William J. 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