[Ec-ncuc] Travel funding for Beijing [urgent]

[Norbert Klein]

On 7 1.2013 17:36, william.drake at uzh.ch wrote:
> I have just received a note from Glen saying ICANN urgently needs to 
> know who from NCUC is going to Beijing.  The note suggests that we're 
> behind schedule on informing them, although this is the first I've 
> heard from them about it.  Whatever.  So we have to decide how to 
> proceed.
>
> I think we can agree that one of the three slots should go to the 
> chair, who has to run constituency day etc.  So that leaves two more. 
>  We discussed making actual internal/external work contributions 
> and/or the need to be at a meeting for a key working group session as 
> criteria, which everyone seemed to support.  We also discussed the 
> possibility of making at least one slot open to the general membership 
> subject to the prior criteria; again, this is how we got to know 
> Wilson, so that model works.
>
> Anyway, this is awkward.  I imagine there are five people here who'd 
> like to go and just two slots even before we think about general 
> members.  So how to proceed without disappointing or annoying someone....
>
> If we were to go on the basis of actual work done, at this point I'd 
> probably suggest it be Wilson, who's taken a lead getting the web 
> spaces in order (and will hopefully head up the e-platform team) and 
> Ed (who's recruited several newly approved members and put forward a 
> bunch of ideas on inreach and outreach, and will hopefully head up on 
> of those teams).
>
> So how do we proceed?  Virtual coin toss?  Agree that the slots for 
> Durban and Buenos Aires rotate?
>
> Whatever we do under the current rushed circumstances should be 
> revisited for Durban when we have had more time to lay out a policy 
> and assess actual engagement...
>
> Bill

This is OK for me, Bill, based on the reasoning you gave.


Norbert


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