[EURO-Discuss] Should EURALO sign a petition? Should you?

Andrei Kolesnikov andrei at rol.ru
Wed Feb 21 20:24:45 UTC 2018


I'm against signing any petition on change.org, because it sounds
political. If community  is against the cut, this must be articulated with
facts, numbers and names. I don't like personnel cost increase, but this is
another issue. --andrei

2018-02-21 20:06 GMT+03:00 Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com>:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> on yesterday's EURALO monthly call, the following Action Item was recorded.
>
> :
>
> Olivier Crepin-Leblond
> <https://community.icann.org/display/%7Eolivier.crepin-leblond> Olivier
> to follow up on the EURALO mailing list on the suggestion from Oksana for
> EURALO support the petition against reduction of the ICANN fellowship as
> well as to write an EURALO statement against the CROP elimination.
>
>
> As you know, the ICANN FY19 budget is undergoing to reduction. This will
> mean that some programmes are frozen, whilst others are actually reduced.
> The current draft of the program is showing drastic cuts in community
> engagement and policy. The Fellowship is being slashed, and so is the
> NextGen program. The Community Regional Outreach Pilot Program (CROP) which
> was confirmed into the main budget as it was seen as being so helpful, is
> being cancelled altogether. It is a terrible state of affairs, as it
> appears that ICANN has targeted community initiatives for outreach and
> engagement to a much greater extent that other programmes and the cuts, as
> a percentage of the budget for outreach and engagement initiatives are way
> larger than for other programmes.
>
> You might has seen a petition out there, entitled "Stop the ICANN Budget
> Cuts and Save the Fellowship Program!"
> On last night's EURALO call, Oksana Prykhodko asked whether EURALO could
> be inclined to sign this petition:
> https://www.change.org/p/icann-stop-the-icann-budget-
> cuts-and-save-the-fellowship-program
>
> The signing of a petition is highly unusual for a RALO. I can recall
> several occurrences of a RALO releasing its own Statement. I can also
> recall EURALO supporting EuroDIG as a partner - and this translates to the
> EURALO Chair (previously Wolf Ludwig and now yours truly) being active in
> the organisation of EuroDIG. If my memory serves me right, the only time
> EURALO has signed a Petition, might be the signature for support of
> NetMundial outcomes. Perhaps can Wolf help with other potential occurences?
>
> At the end of the day, there are no rules on whether EURALO may or may not
> sign this petition. So the decision is in your hands, the EURALO members.
>
> Should EURALO sign the petition?
> Should your ALS sign the petition?
>
> Kindest regards,
>
> Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond
> EURALO Chair
>
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Andrey Kolesnikov
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