I agree with Norbert that NCUC should support Philip's email  
regarding the un-necessary rigidity of the travel policy proposed by  
ICANN staff and the need to press staff to respond to the GNSO.

ICANN staff dictating policy to the GNSO exemplifies the "bottom-up"  
approach to policy-making ICANN's PR office issues so many press  
releases about....

Robin



---------- Forwarded Message ----------

Subject: [council] Community Travel support Procedure for Mexico City

Date: Friday, 9 January 2009

From: "Philip Sheppard" <[log in to unmask]>

To: [log in to unmask]



Denise,

further to our Council discussion yesterday could you please elicit a  
response to resolution

2 of the Council motion on travel support passed at our December 18  
meeting?

This is Council's response re Mexico City and the deadlines you  
referenced.

Many thanks.

Philip

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Whereas:



Council welcomes the fact that ICANN have allocated some funds for  
GNSO travel.



1. Council regrets that the current proposal imposes administrative  
difficulty and may thus reduce the total budget available.



2. Council calls upon ICANN staff to nominate by 15 January 2009 a  
fixed sum for fiscal year 2009 that will be granted to each of the  
constituencies currently recognized under the ICANN by-laws of 29 May  
2008. Such sum should exclude any budget to cover the costs of nom  
com delegates or GNSO chair travel.



3. Council requests Constituencies to publish the names of all those  
who receive travel support together with a list of the relevant  
meeting(s) for which the support was given and which were attended by  
the support recipient.



The motion unanimously passed by voice vote










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