I raised a similar question early this month with Bruce who said that
he intends to discuss this issue with the Board in Wellington in
regard to supporting all GNSO Councillors participation in ICANN
meetings. But of course, that would be even better if NCUC could
directly get enough support from ICANN just as ALAC now...

Mawaki

--- Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> One thing we can all say to ask that NCUC needs funding from ICANN
> to 
> have an equal playing field on issues.  I think this might be a 
> possibility these days - if we all push for it and soon.   In the
> draft 
> operational plan, ALAC would get $330,000 in funding from ICANN for
> 
> travel support alone.  That's terrific!   NCUC should be able to
> receive 
> funds too.  It would be so great if we could regularly have all 3 
> council members at ICANN board meetings as well as task force
> members.
> 
> Robin
> 
> 
> 
> Neal McBurnett wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 11:16:06AM -0500, Milton Mueller wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>The survey is not bad. It hits on many of the key problems facing
> GNSO. They say it takes 10 minutes to take, but that's completely
> wrong unless you do a very superficial run through the Likert
> scales and just click numbers. If you make any comments to explain
> your ratings, it will take half an hour; given my vast and deep
> knowledge of GNSO and its history (not necessarily something to be
> proud of ;-) )  it took me an hour. 
> >>
> >>Despite that, I hope ALL member orgs take the survey --
> especially those with experience on the GNSO Council. 
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >I agree that this survey is important.  It gives us a chance to
> take a
> >big-picture view of GNSO, NCUC, ICANN etc, and have our views
> heard.
> >
> >They want responses soon!  By March 31st at 1:00 UTC.
> >
> >I haven't been very active recently - so much to do...., so I
> would
> >love to see, either publically or privately, anyone else's
> comments or
> >responses to any of the questions.
> >
> >Thank you,
> >
> >Neal McBurnett                 http://bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/
> >Boulder Community Network, Boulder CO, US
> >Signed and/or sealed mail encouraged.  GPG/PGP Keyid: 2C9EBA60
> >  
> >
>