[NA-Discuss] Requesting Your Input...

[Danny Younger]

Hello Darlene,

Thank you for raising this issue.  I stand in favor of
no travel funding whatsoever for ALS representatives.

I make this remark in view of the fact that I have
seen all other constituent bodies operating without
ICANN funding, and these constituencies manage to
function on-line, have regular teleconferences, engage
in fact-finding and produce substantive
recommendations.

The ALSs can do the same without the need for
subsidies.  

When we offer subsidies to one set of noncommercial
players while denying them to others (such as the NCUC
members) then we are blatantly discriminating.  I see
no substantial and reasonable cause to justify such
discrimination.




--- "Thompson, Darlene" <DThompson at gov.nu.ca> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
>  
> 
> Here is one of the things that the Secretariats will
> be discussing in LA
> and I would like to get NA feedback before I'm there
> "representing" us.
> Here it is:
> 
>  
> 
> "Currently, ICANN's budget provides that funding
> exists for
> approximately 18-20 persons from the At-Large
> community from the region
> each ICANN meeting is held in to attend the meeting.
> This has to the
> present day been used to sponsor one representative
> of each ALS in
> attending, but as the community grows this will not
> be sustainable.
> 
>  
> 
> ICANN would like the input of the Secretariats about
> what kind of travel
> support is actually useful to support policy work.
> Would 'means testing'
> - requiring active engagement by community members
> in order to receive
> travel support, for example - be useful to increase
> participation? Would
> more regional ALS meetings be a better use of the
> funds? Is a hybrid
> approach of some regional meetings and some ICANN
> meetings sensible?
> 
>  
> 
> In addition, this track of work is meant to discuss
> the idea for an
> At-Large Summit. What could it achieve, and how? Is
> such a meeting the
> only way to achieve certain objectives - and if so,
> which ones?"
> 
>  
> 
> So, I would like your contribution into this issue. 
> I, for one, will be
> asking for more regional input into HOW these funds
> are spent.  Note -
> not ALAC input but our own region's input.  But this
> is only part of
> what we will be discussing.  So, if you have any
> thoughts, please
> forward them to me or discuss them on the list so
> that I will know which
> way we want to take this.
> 
>  
> 
> Thank you,
> 
>  
> 
> D
> 
>  
> 
> Darlene A. Thompson
> 
> Community Access Program Administrator
> 
> Nunavut Department of Education/N-CAP
> 
> c/o P.O. Box 1000, Station 910
> 
> Iqaluit, NU  X0A 0H0
> 
> Phone:  (867) 975-6531
> 
> Fax:  (867) 979-8870
> 
> dthompson at gov.nu.ca
> 
>  
> 
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