[NCUC-EC] Travel Support for ICANN61

[Michael Karanicolas]

Ok - thanks very much, all. I'm happy to do all of those things, of course.
I'll look into accommodations today.

Best,

Michael

On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 5:55 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <raquino at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Michael
>
> The EC has deliberated on your travel funding request and allocated the
> amount requested (500USD) by a majority of votes.
>
> This deliberation was guided by our Travel Policy and our Operating
> Procedures.
> https://www.ncuc.org/get-involved/travel-policy/
> https://www.ncuc.org/ncuc-operating-procedures/
>
> The final decision was made considering on your engagement with working
> groups and policy work in ICANN, which was highlighted by the evaluators.
> Your collaboration with NCUC programme at ICANN61 is also welcome. Please
> help obtain and confirm guests and audience to be in attendance, guide
> newcomers to our sessions, outreach on social media with #NCUC and any
> other tasks concerning our programme. On our work meetings, we hope you can
> be present on them and bring ideas to fulfill the tasks the EC has at
> hands. Please remember also that as all funded travelers, you should
> produce a report to be published as a blog post per our travel policy.
>
> I'm sending this communication asap so you can book accomodation at the
> best price.
>
> I trust any EC can add ideas about ICANN61 if they think it is necessary.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Renata
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 9:07 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <raquino at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Michael, I'm sorry about that.
>> ICANN really has been very restrictive on travel support lately and we
>> are getting esp. affected.
>>
>> Everyone, as in other times, I'll chime in if requested advice or a
>> tiebreak is needed.
>> The way these deliberations are going to go also depend on you - onlist
>> or via email thread w/out proposer.
>>
>> Please deliberate as fast as possible to ensure good use of resources if
>> allocation is approved.
>>
>> As a reminder, guidelines for your deliberation are on NCUC website
>> sections > Travel Policy and Operating Procedures.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Renata
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 8:19 PM, Michael Karanicolas <
>> mkaranicolas at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> So I just had a frustrating back and forth with ICANN travel. Back on
>>> Jan 23, they sent me an email saying my hotel was covered from March 6 -
>>> 16. Now they've told me that was an error, and I'm only covered until March
>>> 10.
>>>
>>> I'd like to make a request for travel support, just for my hotel, from
>>> the 10th-16th. I'm slotted to be at the Sheraton for the initial dates, but
>>> I can certainly move to somewhere cheaper for the extra days. I see places
>>> on AirBNB available for well under $100 USD per night, so I guess under 500
>>> USD total.
>>>
>>> In addition to the NCUC session, of course, I have a number of
>>> activities I'm supposed to be carrying out at ICANN61, including leading
>>> the CCWP session on human rights, leading a CCWG session on transparency
>>> and open data at ICANN, and participating in the RPMs working group.
>>>
>>> Fully understand if you want to move off list to deliberate.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
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>>>
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