[NCUC-EC] NCUC travel funding policy

[William Drake]

Hi

On Sep 16, 2014, at 1:01 PM, Milan, Stefania <Stefania.Milan at EUI.eu> wrote:

> Rafik, you raise an excellent point that I had not personally thought about.
> Bill, sure re: payment after the trip. We should be aware, however, that for some people upfronting the money might be a problem. But we can solve this issue on an ad-hoc basis.

I don’t know that we can get into the business of paying people in advance, what if they don’t actually go, how do we recover the funds?  If they don't have $2,000 in the bank they can be without for a couple weeks it’d probably be hard for them to pay the remainder of their costs above that.  But as you say, we can address ad hoc.

> Concerning the amount we intend to allocate, I would suggest to go for a max of USD, but we might also decide, say, to finance four people for 1000 each, according to needs and applications. In other words, we should not promise always 2000, but indicate that 2000 is the maximum per person.

I understand the ‘spread the opportunity’ philosophy but I wonder about practical feasibility.  As it is, $2,000 won’t cover someone’s costs to come to an ICANN meeting, they will have to get other funds.  To offer $1,000 makes it even harder.  One wonders if we’d get more than two people interested at that rate.  And I was thinking of poor Milton, who has to go to the bank and do wire transfers.  

But let’s hear what others have to say.

Bill

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> Da: ncuc-ec-bounces at lists.ncuc.org <ncuc-ec-bounces at lists.ncuc.org> per conto di William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch>
> Inviato: martedì 16 settembre 2014 10.57
> A: William Drake
> Cc: Exec. Comm
> Oggetto: Re: [NCUC-EC] NCUC travel funding policy
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> On Sep 16, 2014, at 9:48 AM, William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch> wrote:
> 
>>> Each grantee will receive a lump sum up to USD 2,000.
> 
> Actually, probably this should say something like
> 
> Each grantee will eligible for support in the amount of USD $2,000, payable by wire transfer after the conference upon submission of receipts for their travel and lodging.  Grantees who do not actually attend the meeting in question cannot receive payment.
> 
> Right?
> 
> Bll
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