>>> Erick Iriarte Ahon <[log in to unmask]> 03/16/04 11:32AM >>>
>I think is necessary funds to translate documents to another 
>language, to conference call's, to maintenance website/listserver.

Yes. Translationin particular is a good idea. 

>If we ask for "funds" to PIR, to have members in the ICANN Meetings?, maybe
>we can define only one (1) travel por person per year (only to one
>meeting), to try (with this), to generate a global participation and not
>only a "elit-travel-class".

The decisions are made by the Executive Committee, which 
is representative. The problem with the artificial limitations
you propose is that we really have work to accomplish at these 
meetings. These travel grants are not intended to be gifts or
vacations. We need to send people to these meetings to 
do work, and that means they have to be involved in 
a particilar aspect of the meeting. e.g., Council members,
Task Force members, EC members. That is our current policy.

Elected Council members need to go more than anyone else. 
It is just not smart to refuse to send an elected council 
member to an ICANN meeting because we already sent them
before. Those people have to follow issues and vote for us.
The more meetings they attend, the better.

--MM