[NCUC-EC] 2nd Request for Travel Support to the Dublin ICANN meeting

[William Drake]

> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Arun Mohan Sukumar <arunmohan.s at gmail.com>
> Subject: NCUC travel support to the ICANN 54 meet
> Date: August 24, 2015 at 8:57:18 AM GMT+2
> To: William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch>, "Mueller, Milton L" <milton.mueller at pubpolicy.gatech.edu>
> 
> Dear Bill and Milton,
> 
> I would like to apply for NCUC travel support to the ICANN 54 meet in Dublin. I was previously a recipient of NCUC support to attend the Buenos Aires meeting but I would like to appeal to the NCUC EC to consider the exceptional circumstances requiring my attendance in two consecutive meetings. I am an active participant and volunteer in the CCWG-Accountability, which will discuss its revised proposal in Dublin after a second round of public comments. As a volunteer, I've no access to travel support from ICANN but I've made efforts to attend all CCWG sessions till now, including at ICANN 52, 53 and the 1st F2F in Istanbul (could not attend the Paris meeting owing to lack of funding). Since the revised proposal was published, my efforts have been directed at generating a discussion in India and the South Asian region on the document. Pursuant to this, I will be leading a briefing session on ICANN Accountability on September 3 in New Delhi. Given the significance of the Dublin meet to the IANA transition and accountability in general, I would like to submit my application for travel support. 
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> In addition, I have also volunteered to coordinate the revision of NCUC bylaws to bring it in line with the NCSG charter -- as well as to scope out the possibility of a larger exercise to update bylaws to reflect the constituency's dynamic character. This ongoing exercise may not culminate in Dublin, but ICANN 54 will provide a valuable platform to gauge the pulse of the community on bylaws changes. I will be briefing the Bylaws team and NCUC on potential changes. This is a volunteer assignment, and I am hopeful that my skills as a lawyer will be useful to the NCUC to help coordinate the long overdue revision. 
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> 1. Voted in the previous year’s NCUC election, if eligible at the time;
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> Was not eligible.
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> 2. Are actively and verifiably engaged in NCUC’s work, for example constituency governance, NCUC/NCSG policy discussions, or GNSO or cross-community working groups;
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> Active participant and contributor to the Cross-Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability. Contributions to CCWG mailing lists, ICANN 53 meet in Buenos Aires and at March F2F meeting in Istanbul can be verified. I'm also part of an ongoing effort to help revise NCUC bylaws in line with with the NCSG charter and to reflect the holistic, contemporary nature of this constituency.
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> References: Mathieu Weill (co-chair of CCWG-Accountability), Edward Morris 
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> 3. Need to be at a given meeting because the above mentioned work will be advanced there;
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> The CCWG-Accountability will be meeting at ICANN 54.
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> 4. Agree to participate in any NCUC, NCSG and GNSO meetings held during the meeting;
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> Agree 
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> 5. Agree to write a brief post-trip blog post for the NCUC website reflecting on the meeting’s main developments of relevance to NCUC;
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> Agree - my blog post for the ICANN 53 meeting can be found here http://www.ncuc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Blogpost-Arun.pdf <http://www.ncuc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Blogpost-Arun.pdf>
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> 6. Did not receive NCUC funding to attend the immediately previous ICANN meeting, unless exceptional circumstances require their presence at two consecutive meetings. (Note: this criteria only applies to regular ICANN meetings, as below)
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> Received NCUC support for ICANN 53, but appeal to the EC on the basis of exceptional circumstances listed above.
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> 7. Agree to make their own travel, accommodation, visa, and related arrangements and be reimbursed after the trip. NCUC cannot provide funds in advance of meetings or any administrative support.
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> Agree.
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> -- 
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> Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi
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