Re: [council] Budget committee and request to ICANN

["Erica Roberts" <erica.roberts@bigpond.com>]

Hi Phillip -

Thank you for your response  but I think we may be at cross purposes here.

 My concern is that the request from the NC re funding support from ICANN
for the DNSO Secretariat does not seem to have been passed to the ICANN
Budget committee.  Possibly, this is because it is being considered by the
ICANN Board and/or staff.  However, since we have not yet had any response
to our request for $100K funding suppport from ICANN, it may be appropriate
for us to follow up on this issue with ICANN

erica
> Erica,
> I am not certain we need to discuss this again. The budget committee is a
> sub-committee of the NC and it is to the NC that the budget committee
makes
> recommendations. Also, if the NC requires budget related advice it may
refer
> a matter for a recommendation to the budget committee. The NC then accepts
> or rejects the budget committee recommendation.
>
> Once the NC decides to act it does not requite the sanction of one of its
> subsidiary committees.
>


Given that the NC has written to ICANN requesting funding of $100k to
support DNSO activities, I am surprised by Peter's comment (below) that this
request has not been passed to the Budget committee.  Perhaps this is
something we should address at our next meeting and with ICANN staff and
Board members..

erica
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter de Blanc" <pdeblanc@usvi.net>
To: "'Harald Tveit Alvestrand'" <harald@Alvestrand.no>; "'babybows.com'"
<webmaster@babybows.com>
Cc: <ga@dnso.org>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 9:46 PM
Subject: RE: [ga] Suspension of Voting Rights


> Two issues:
>
> 1. ICANN could cover costs of DNSO, simply by including those costs in the
> annual budget. I am on the budget task force, or whatever it is called.
> There has been, to data, no official request from NC or DNSO to include
such
> a budget item. There _could be_, though, in the future, if the NC/DNSO
> wishes.
>
>
> 2. Meanwhile, I agree with Harald. the DN "Supporting Organization" is,
> under current structure, supporting itself. One must "pay to play". Many
> non-commercial organizations pay lawyers and lobbyists, pay to have their
> representatives travel to meetings, stay in 4 star hotels, etc. All that
> high-powered executive talent should be able to raise US $ 15 to $ 20
> thousand a year. IN fact, if asked, I would donate funds to the NCC.
>
> Peter de Blanc
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ga@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga@dnso.org]On Behalf Of Harald
> Tveit Alvestrand
> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 10:32 AM
> To: babybows.com
> Cc: ga@dnso.org
> Subject: Re: [ga] Suspension of Voting Rights
>
>
> It is not obvious to me either that ICANN can reasonably be asked to cover
> the cost of DNSO operation or that the DNSO can permit those who refuse to
> follow DNSO rules to continue to take part in DNSO decision making, even
> when those rules involve paying money to cover DNSO operation.
>
> This viewpoint may be unpopular.
>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Sheppard" <philip.sheppard@aim.be>
To: <council@dnso.org>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 11:35 PM
Subject: [council] Budget committee and request to ICANN


> Erica,
> I am not certain we need to discuss this again. The budget committee is a
> sub-committee of the NC and it is to the NC that the budget committee
makes
> recommendations. Also, if the NC requires budget related advice it may
refer
> a matter for a recommendation to the budget committee. The NC then accepts
> or rejects the budget committee recommendation.
>
> Once the NC decides to act it does not requite the sanction of one of its
> subsidiary committees.
>
> Philip.
>
>
>
>