Re: [council] preliminary budget

[Dennis Jennings <Dennis.Jennings@ucd.ie>]

Ken,

Many thanks - that is a great start.  

Other follow up messages point out that the web-casting of face-to-face meetings
at ICANN meetings is more expensive than in this first cut budget and that we
are looking at perhaps $40,000 for 4 meetings rather than the $1,920 here.  So
we are up to $100,000 or so.

Some Assumptions:  
Four (4) face to face meetings at ICANN Meetings are assumed.  Is this a correct
assumption ?
  
All Names Council participants costs are assumed met by the participants.  Is
this reasonable ?  Is the assumption really that the relevant Constituency will
meet these costs ? 

Face to face meetings at ICANN Meetings are necessary. Is this correct?  The NC
is a body charged with the organisation of the DNSO - is it necessary / useful /
desirable to meet face to face around the world ?

No other technology is available to replace face-to-face Web-cast meetings.  Is
this correct ?

Lots of questions - I am not trying be argumentative - just trying to stimulate
thought about this process.  

Incidentally, Nigel Roberts has already pointed out that raising more money from
the ccTLD Constituency will be difficult - indeed impossible until there is an
agreed budget.  (WHich begs the question - What is the agreement process?)

Thanks again
Dennis

> Ken Stubbs wrote:
> 
> happy holidays to all....
> 
> as per your request i have tried to accumulate information on what i feel
> would be a reasonable start for a standard 12 month budget for the names
> council.
> 
> as a budget is nothing but a quantified plan of action , i have taken some
> "license" here and assumed the following:
> 
> a. 4 annual face-to-face meetings lasting 4 hours held concurrently with ICANN
> meetings
> b. all meetings to be webcast using the berkman facilities and to be webcast
> within a "normal busines" day as defined by Berkman
> c. 6 teleconferences to be scattered throughout the year averaging approx 2
> hours
> d. normal attendence at the teleconferences = 12-15 persons
> e. mail server space & bandwidth to be donated (if that isn't currently done i
> am sure we can get it done)
> f. now for the toughest: - Secretariat compensation & expenses:
> i will assume for the next year that we contract for a secretariat on a
> 1/3-1/2 time basis. this needs more thinking and task elaboration and the
> numbers i have put on this are "for discussion purposes" only . This is by no
> means an attempt at "open negotiation" and the numbers i have come up with are
> based on a combination of a little research and an educated guess
> 
> here we go...
> 
> all figures in US $
> 
> a.. room expenses 4 meetings @ 1000/room x 4  (this is dependent on how good
> of
>      a negotiator Andrew & Louis are so it could & should be eve less
> here)                             US $   4000
> b.  webcast 4 meetings at 4 hours = 16 hours @ 120/hr (fudge factor =
> 20%)       =                         1920
> c. 6  teleconferences averave 2 hours with 12-15 participants
>         (all participants pay for the cost of the call to the conference
> center
>           except the secretariat)      $675 X 6  + $50/call for
> secretariat                                                   4700
> f. Secretatiat normal office & phone & occasional postage  (assume donated
> office space)
>       will probably be in the neighborhood of $350-400 per month  ($350 x
> 12)                                     4200
>    Secretariat travel to 4 Icann Meetings  (assume coach travel & 5 days +
> meals
>                         at an estimate of $2500/meeting  X 4
> meetings
>  10000
> 
>       Compensation estimated on the basis of 40% time billed as an independent
> contractor
>       including
> 25% benefits
> 35,000
> 
>                      Estimated
> total   expenses                                                                                          $55,800
>                               add 15%
> variance
> 8,370
> 
>                      Total including
> Variance
> $64,170
> 
> 
>                  Projected annual budget for discussion
> purposes                                  $65,000 - $70,000
> 
> 
> NOTE:   THIS IS A PROJECTED ANNUAL BUDGET AND DOES NOT ADDRESS THE  CURRENT
> PAYABLE DUE FOR PAST SERVICES RENDERED TO THE COUNCIL
> 
>  please understand that this is a "starting point " for discussion purposes
> and feel free to snip away at any area.
> 
> 
> 
> Ken Stubbs
> e-mail:  kstubbs@corenic.org
> ICQ#: 18781607
> Tel: 1 352 750-9776