Marilyn I think you are right about the ICANN selection process for the fellowship. I am also concerned. Would read and comment soon. rgds On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> 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 > > Begin forwarded message: > > *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 > > > > > > > IP JUSTICE > Robin Gross, Executive Director > 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA > p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 > w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask] > > > > > -- REMMY NWEKE Lead Strategist, DigitalSENSE Africa GSM: 234-8023122558, 8033592762, 8051000475, 8099400183 Editor, ITREALMS Online, www.itrealms.com.ng First runner up, Highway Africa New Media awards 2010 Follow us@: www.twitter.com/ITRealmsOnline Keep a date with: Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development, April 16, 2012, Welcome Centre, Int'l Airport Road-Lagos. 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