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<p>Hi Bill, thanks for sharing your thoughts. I am happy to subscribe to your analysis -- reasoning in terms of priorities is what we really should do. But I, too, would like to hear from others. It is a delicate choice! Some people were very protective of
geography in the recent past. Gender balance is importance too. <br>
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<p>Unfortunately, I am flying to Mongolia today, for the Freedom Online Coalition meeting. I will be offline from tomorrow morning all the way till May 2 in the evening, as I take two days off in the countryside. I hope we can reach a decision before that. But
if we don't and resort to voting, I give my proxy vote to Bill, for his qualified analysis of the situation.
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<p>Will read emails for a few hours more, though!<br>
stefania<br>
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<b>Inviato:</b> mercoledì 29 aprile 2015 09.45<br>
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<b>Cc:</b> Milan, Stefania; Roy Balleste; Peter Green; Grace Githaiga; João Carlos Rebello Caribé<br>
<b>Oggetto:</b> Please Respond: Assessing Travel Support Requests for BA</font>
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<div class="">The Travel Support Policy states that " The Executive Committee will review the proposals and strive to make decisions within one week of the close of the application period.” This cannot happen unless people participate in a dialogue and come
to a reasoned decision that can be explained.</div>
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<div class="">So far we have heard that</div>
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<div class="">*Joao suggests Monika and Arun</div>
<div class="">*Roy suggests Monika and James</div>
<div class="">*Stefi suggests Monika and James</div>
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<div class="">Of these, only Stefi cited any reasons: </div>
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<div class="">On Apr 26, 2015, at 3:04 PM, Milan, Stefania <<a href="mailto:Stefania.Milan@EUI.eu" class="">Stefania.Milan@EUI.eu</a>> wrote:</div>
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to ensure continuity (he was in Istanbul, too), and Monika to bring forward the work towards the CCWG. Although, also Arun seems to be up-to-speed with the accountability debate... and, should we adopt a geographical balance principle that some of the EC held
quite close to their heart, then we might want to avoid supporting two Europeans (hence Arun would be awarded the money). If we want to adopt some geo principle, then I would strongly be in favour of a gender balance approach, too --hence Monika. </span></div>
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So I don’t really know what the group’s thinking is and how I'd characterize it to the applicants or other members.
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<div class="">I would have preferred to hear more, from everyone, before weighing in, but time is now running short. So I would suggest James and Arun. I think our priority at this meeting is to have as big a footprint as possible in the transition and accountability
processes, which will be coming to a head in BA. People who participated F2F or remotely on Constituency Day in Singapore will recall that we had George Sadowsky from the Board visit us and say he didn’t ‘see’ NCUC engagement and contributions to a lot of
current discussions. Of course, one could reply he ought to look more closely because we do in fact have multiple people involved in multiple settings (perhaps that they do so as NCSG confuses, who knows), but the fact that anyone from the board could think
we’re just twiddling our thumbs internally rather than actively participating and contributing is not helpful, particularly with the GNSO Review underway (with Westlake having slimed us in the draft report) and wider structural changes potentially in the offing
as a result of the accountability process. NCUC would be well served by unquestionably being all over this stuff, especially with newer and diverse faces alongside the familiar veterans. Look at the preliminary schedule <a href="http://buenosaires53.icann.org/sites/default/files/icann53_blockschedule_april2015.pdf" class="">http://buenosaires53.icann.org/sites/default/files/icann53_blockschedule_april2015.pdf</a>,
there are two full days of transition and accountability meetings the 18th and 19th, followed by a number of additional ones throughout the week plus the GNSO which will undoubtedly discuss these items as well. The BA meeting is fundamentally about the transition
and accountability processes, which are very time sensitive and constitute a turning point in the history of ICANN and Internet governance. </div>
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<div class="">All things being equal I would happily have supported funding Monika, but at this meeting things aren’t equal. As much as I’m delighted to have her on board and helping to drive the human rights work, that is an ongoing process that is inchoate,
not on most of the community’s radar yet, and moving forward incrementally. There will be one, maybe two sessions on it (I’ll be surprised if meeting staff agree to two, but you never know), and we will be talking about it continuously going forward so there
will be many opportunities to engage. If she can’t get funding from another source and has to participate remotely, that’d be a drag but politically less impactful than being thin in the transition and accountability sessions. Since the meeting to follow
will be in Europe, probably she will be able to get there one way or another. I would also note that we got her CROPP funding to attend the EuroDIG meeting, so it’s not like we’d be failing to show our appreciation of her contributions.</div>
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<div class="">In easier circumstances I’d have been happy to James Njoroge Gitau. As with Ben in Singapore, getting newer or so far less engaged members (particularly from the developing world) to meetings is a good thing to do when we can. But again, this
meeting strikes me as one where we want fully up to speed and engaged people representing us. James and Arun have quickly made their presence felt in the Istanbul and online transition and accountability meetings, and I’d think we’d want to deepen their participation
with us and these processes. Were we to agree to make offers to them, we could make these conditional on them agreeing to come early and attend the meetings the 18th and 19th. If they get cheap hotels off site that shouldn’t be too big an ask.</div>
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<div class="">So that’s where I am at the moment, but I’m open to persuasion. At present we have three expressions of support for James and Monika and two for Arun. Please share your thoughts and let’s move toward a decision on the timeline we have announced
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