RE: [council] A Proposal: Rotating Secretatiat

["Antonio Harris" <harris@cabase.org.ar>]

Peter, Ken et al,

I work for a non-profit Association and would not be able to
justify additional dedication as proposed by Vany.

Tony Harris

----- Mensaje original -----
De: "Ken Stubbs" <kstubbs@digitel.net>
Para: "Peter de Blanc" <pdeblanc@usvi.net>; "'Vany Martinez'"
<vany@sdnp.org.pa>; <council@dnso.org>
Enviado: Lunes 21 de Mayo de 2001 08:45
Asunto: Re: [council] A Proposal: Rotating Secretatiat


> i also feel that peter is "right on-target" here and could not support
this
> proposal.
> i commend vany for her enthusiasm but feel it is just not practical.
>
> ken stubbs
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter de Blanc" <pdeblanc@usvi.net>
> To: "'Vany Martinez'" <vany@sdnp.org.pa>; <council@dnso.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 6:29 AM
> Subject: RE: [council] A Proposal: Rotating Secretatiat
>
>
> > Vany,
> >
> > Speaking personally, I could not endorse or participate in this idea.
Here
> > are a few reasons:
> >
> > 1. I run a business. The successful operation of that business
> contributes,
> > in fact, makes possible financially, my participation in ICANN process,
> and
> > the process of Internet development in many distant countries. The
cost,
> > about U.S. $ 50,000 for the last 12 months.
> >
> > 2. I am already using the time of some of my employees and staff in my
> > business to perform ICANN related support services for myself, as a NC
> > member, and as chair of ccTLD AdCom, contributing to organization of
> > meetings, interacting with ccTLD secretariat, working on documents for
NC
> > Budget, ICANN budget, ccTLD briefings, ccTLD outreach (like recent trip
to
> > Ghana, Africa to assist in organizing AFTLD), and much more. I can not
> > afford to take any more time away or use up more resources than i am
> already
> > using.
> >
> >
> > 3. I believe many persons on NC are busy executives who are taking time
> away
> > from what they do (outside of ICANN) to participate. They (and I) can
not
> > take even more time away from their regular work.
> >
> > 4. Any business, especially the NC, should have professional secretarial
> > support. We can be more effective by working at our highest level, and
> > obtaining support functions by paying money for them. "Volunteer"
> services,
> > in the long term, can not be guaranteed to continue at high professional
> > level. They are dependent on energy of persons supplying such services,
> and
> > ability of those persons to receive life-sustaining salary from
somewhere
> > (unless they are independent wealthy persons).
> >
> > 5. Elisabeth's "volunteering" is possible because her regular employers
> pay
> > for her time and make the "volunteering" to ICANN a part of her job. I
am
> > sure that is the case for some other NC members as well. It is not the
> case
> > for me.
> >
> >
> > Vany, I do appreciate your way of thinking, and desire to "save money"
and
> > "reduce member contributions". Any business should always try to "do
more
> > with less".
> >
> > The bottom line is, there is no free lunch.
> >
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Peter de Blanc
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-council@dnso.org [mailto:owner-council@dnso.org]On Behalf Of
> > Vany Martinez
> > Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 10:46 PM
> > To: council@dnso.org
> > Subject: [council] A Proposal: Rotating Secretatiat
> >
> >
> > Dear fellow NC members:
> >
> > I have an idea to propose which its concept is implemented in Central
> > Americal for Central American Environment Commission.
> >
> > There are certain tasks (non-technical tasks) of Secretariat that
> perfectly
> > can be made by any one of us.   We are 19 member right now and 7
> > constituencies.
> >
> > The proposal is the follwing:
> >
> > "Every constituency will perfom non-technical Secretariat tasks through
> > their Names Council members in a rotative basis with a 3-month-period."
> >
> > Why three month period?  Because maybe with such a period, three Names
> > Council members can organize themselves one month every one, one three
> > months,  or whatever they like to organize.
> > Also, this additional task would prevent that people that is not really
> > compromised with the high responsability to be a Names Council member,
> runs
> > for elections in their own constituencies.
> >
> > After all, if Elizabeth do it voluntarily, any one of us can do it also.
> >
> > In Central America there is an Environment Commission composed by the
> > Environment Governmental Authorities of every Central American country.
> > Every six month, an Environment Governmental Authority of a country
> assumes
> > the Secretariat.
> >
> > I hope this proposal be welcome and that have the oportunity to be voted
> in
> > Stockholm or in the next teleconference after Stockholm.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Vany
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales
> > IT Specialist
> > Sustainable Development Networking Programme/Panama
> > a member of the Non-Commercial Domain Name Holders Constituency of the
> > ICANN's DNSO
> > e-mail:  vany@sdnp.org.pa
> > Tel: (507) 230-4011 ext 213
> > Fax:  (507)  230-3455
> >
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