Dear Robin,

I think this is a great idea and we should work with the CSG and other c/SGs to get funding for all c/SGs

BTW; do we know how the Contracted parties feel about such funding.

If you find a general consensus in favor of the idea, seems like a great thing for the NCSG-FC to work on as the FC contains, or should contain, representatives from all constituencies as well as others i the SG who are funding mavens.  The could not only work up an SG budget, but could work with the other c/SGs on a GNSO  proposal.

BR

avri
 
On 15 Nov 2011, at 09:18, Robin Gross wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> There is a draft proposal from the CSG regarding providing standard project funding to the GNSO constituencies and stakeholder groups (see attached).  I'd be very curious to hear thoughts of the membership as whether we should support this proposal and especially if you have any suggestions for amending the proposal.
> 
> Thanks!
> Robin
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>> From: Marilyn Cade <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: November 13, 2011 6:36:35 PM PST
>> To: Steve Metalitz <[log in to unmask]>, Chris at Andalucia <[log in to unmask]>, Tony Holmes <[log in to unmask]>, Matt Serlin <[log in to unmask]>, Mason Cole <[log in to unmask]>, David Maher <[log in to unmask]>, Konstantine Komaitis <[log in to unmask]>, Amber Sterling <[log in to unmask]>
>> Cc: Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]>, "bc-secretariat @icann" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Initial Draft Proposal regarding standard Project Funding to Constituencies/SGs
>> 
>> 
>> I mentioned to some of you that the BC submitted a proposal last year that was not funded, but that we thought it useful to share with you, and seek your support for a version of a standard support project that can be self administered at the Constituency level [in the case of the Ry and RR, that would be SG level].  We proposed $20,000 in 2012, and you will see that we have increased it to $25,000 in 2013. 
>> 
>> We have specific activities in mind, and listed those. They may not be inclusive of what your entity would want to seek funding for.  In our case, we primarily want to do recruitment, and we would be able to support our part time secretariat/travel, and our ongoing interest in developing some materials. 
>> 
>> You may have other items that you would like to see in the list, and we did not mean to make it exclusive. 
>> 
>> We would welcome your views, including if you do not want to join in any further discussion.  Each constituency would still have to submit their own budget request and each will be approved individually, without any dependencies. What we are proposing is a jointly developed endorsement of such an approach. This certainly isn't required by the budget process, however. 
>> 
>> As you all know, when the GNSO improvements plan was approved by the Board, certain unfunded mandates including maintaining a website, archiving records, and certain other activities were mandated for constituencies/SGs but without any consideration of how we developed resources.  I gathered that the staff and Board may have had some irrational enthusiam that the ToolKit would magically solve all such needs.  It is useful, but not encompassing. And, ICANN's timeline for completing it has been extremely slow.   The GNSO website improvements themselves are still pending, which has made us reluctant to move our website itself to ICANN. However, this proposal is about different services than the ToolKit provides, as you will see. 
>> 
>> I hope you find this useful to consider, and welcome any suggestions, or thoughts. 
>> 
>> As noted, I have shared the draft with the CFO, but only as a concept paper. I have not indicated whether others will join in endorsing or improving it, so don't feel that you are at this point committed to supporting the concept. You are not, but we would welcome collaborating, if that makes sense to you. 
>> 
>> If any of you would like to have a phone discussion, we can arrange that as well. 
>> I copied Benedetta Rossi, the BC's Secretariat, who would arrange any such call. 
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Marilyn Cade 
>> Chris Chaplow
> <BC DRAFT -- Special Project - ConstituencySG Support.docx>
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