[EURO-Discuss] Draft statement on the operational plan and budget

[Adam Peake]

thank you,

in favor.

adam



>Hello,
>
>I couldn't meet with anyone else but, as requested earlier today, here is
>a draft statement on the operational plan and budget document. Beware
>that, as envisaged, it is quite hard on ICANN...
>
>====
>The European Regional At-Large Organization is astonished by the reading
>of the "Proposed Framework for FY10 Operating Plan and Budget". We note
>with perplexity that neither the At-Large constituency nor the ALAC is
>ever mentioned once in the entire body of the document; even in the nine
>pages of Appendix A, which lists ICANN's operating plan items up to the
>details of "Coordinate and manage Board website hosting" and "Facilitate
>payment of Director expenses", the ALAC and the At-Large appear only four
>times, of which three are actions aimed at "improving their performance"
>(whatever that means) among that of other bodies.
>
>For example, of the 16 action items that constitute section 7
>"Constituency support", ten regard support for registries and registrars;
>two regard the GNSO; one regards the GAC; the remaining three are generic
>points that include all SOs and ACs. Apparently, no specific effort is
>planned by ICANN to support the At Large or user constituencies.
>
>Moreover, section 9 "Global engagement and increased international
>participation" describes a huge work programme that only focuses on
>involving more registries, more registrars and more governments throughout
>the world; several detailed action items are designed to involve new
>governments in the GAC. It is unbelievable that no mention is made of the
>need to increase the participation of the public, either through the At
>Large or through public participation channels in general. From this plan,
>it looks like ICANN's operating plan is to promote a business fair or
>trade cartel for registries and registrars, while pleading with
>governments not to disrupt the plan, and while ignoring anyone else.
>
>We think that global engagement and international participation are a
>vital part of ICANN's credibility and legitimacy, but definitely not in
>the sense that ICANN implies with this document. Thus we urge the ICANN
>Board to check out the corporation's priorities and ensure that
>appropriate attention, means and budget are allocated to promoting and
>supporting participation by the global public.
>====
>
>Ciao,
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