Acknowledgements for real NCDNHC activities: Re: [ncdnhc-discuss] NCDNHC "sponsorship" of competing track

[Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales]

Barbara:

I don't remember that anyone in this list has thanked to all contributors for
the remote participation I organized for NCDNHC meetings in Stockholm,
Melbourne and Montevideo, including the searching for sponsors and help form
the Hosts Committees?
I remember my self giving thanks publicly to all who made possible this
in Melbourne, Stockholm and Montevideo (Thanks to
the Local Host Committee: Raul Echeberria, Ida Holz, Roque Gagliano and
others)...I remember myself  giving thanks to
Hassan Rizvi for donate the audio equipment for Stockholm meeting, and so far
the only person that in Stockholm made
a contribution to the NCDNHC membership fees.   Or in Melbourne to Tim
Yrastorza for providing audio and projecto equipment
also for contribute with remote participation...well, the list is really
really long, all posted in NCDNHC website.
I myself payed my own airticket to attend Stockholm meeting...and Raquel
Isaula for SDNP/Honduras contributed with my
staying in an hotel, without this, it wouldn't be possible to provide remote
participation in Stockholm.  SDNP/Panama and SDNP/New York also contributed
with equipment, myself I used own equipment for do remote participation.

And remote participation activity was done in benefit of the NCDNHC.

At least it would be more appropiate that this constituency begins to give
thanks to the people and organizations that have directly benefited  the
activities of the NCDNHC
if the issue is acknowledge efforts from people and organizations that has
made significant contribution to ensure wider
participation of members of the constituency in meetings, call it travel
grants (as Salzburg Seminar, Markle and Ford Foundation), call it remote
participation by videoconference, call it monetary contrbutions (as the one
made by ACM some months ago for
cover 1999 NCDNHC debts to DNSO), and many other ways of contribution that
people has made for the NCDNHC.

Best Regards
Vany


Barbara Simons wrote:

> I was present at the NCDNHC meeting at which this issue was
> raised.  Milton responded by saying that he had not seen the flyer
> until Vany raised this issue.  He also said that his name should
> have been used, rather than the NCDNHC, and he apologized
> for the confusion.  Finally, he mentioned in passing that he had
> contributed $100 of his own money towards the event.
>
> I agree with Dave that the NCDNHC might want to pursue this
> issue, in particular to thank Milton for the personal sacrifice he
> is making, financially, as well as in the giving of his time pro bono.
>
> Regards,
> Barbara
>
> Dave Crocker wrote:
>
> > Folks might recall that today is the Security track at the ICANN
> > meeting.  They might also recall that a competing track was independently
> > organized, at a nearby facility, by Milton Mueller and Kilnom Chon.
> >
> > A copy of the agenda for that separate meeting has been distributed to
> > ICANN attendees.  At the bottom it lists the sponsors of the event.  The
> > list includes the NCDNHC.
> >
> > This came as a considerable surprise.  Milton did not inform the NCDNHC,
> > supposedly his own constituency, about this event. THat was merely
> > unfortunate.
> >
> > However now it appears that he is listing the NCDNHC as a sponsor of an
> > event for which the NCDNHC has no involvement.
> >
> > Perhaps the constituency would care to pursue this?
> >
> > d/
> >
> > ----------
> > Dave Crocker  <mailto:dcrocker at brandenburg.com>
> > Brandenburg InternetWorking  <http://www.brandenburg.com>
> > tel +1.408.246.8253;  fax +1.408.273.6464
>
> _______________________________________________
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss at icann-ncc.org
> http://www.icann-ncc.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

--
Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales
Information Technology Specialist
Sustainable Development Networking Programme/Panama
e-mail: vany at sdnp.org.pa
http://www.sdnp.org.pa