ICANN staff dictating to GNSO unreasonably restrictive travel policy

[Robin Gross]

I agree with Norbert that NCUC should support Philip's email
regarding the un-necessary rigidity of the travel policy proposed by
ICANN staff and the need to press staff to respond to the GNSO.

ICANN staff dictating policy to the GNSO exemplifies the "bottom-up"
approach to policy-making ICANN's PR office issues so many press
releases about....

Robin



---------- Forwarded Message ----------

Subject: [council] Community Travel support Procedure for Mexico City

Date: Friday, 9 January 2009

From: "Philip Sheppard" <philip.sheppard at aim.be>

To: denise.michel at icann.org



Denise,

further to our Council discussion yesterday could you please elicit a
response to resolution

2 of the Council motion on travel support passed at our December 18
meeting?

This is Council's response re Mexico City and the deadlines you
referenced.

Many thanks.

Philip

-------------------



Whereas:



Council welcomes the fact that ICANN have allocated some funds for
GNSO travel.



1. Council regrets that the current proposal imposes administrative
difficulty and may thus reduce the total budget available.



2. Council calls upon ICANN staff to nominate by 15 January 2009 a
fixed sum for fiscal year 2009 that will be granted to each of the
constituencies currently recognized under the ICANN by-laws of 29 May
2008. Such sum should exclude any budget to cover the costs of nom
com delegates or GNSO chair travel.



3. Council requests Constituencies to publish the names of all those
who receive travel support together with a list of the relevant
meeting(s) for which the support was given and which were attended by
the support recipient.



The motion unanimously passed by voice vote










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