[council] ICANN Budget 2002-2003
Stuart,
the Names Council yesterday (December 13 2001) passed the
following resolution with respect to the ICANN 2002-2003 budget.
(The voting for this resolution was 14 in favour, 3 against, 2
abstentions. 2 absentees without proxy).
Philip Sheppard
NC Chair -------------------------
Whereas ICANN has invited the Names Council to comment on its
2002-2003 budget,
Whereas,
1. The request below follows the earlier NC resolution
requesting ICANN funding of 11 April 2001.
2. The request below follows a resolution of the General
Assembly of May 28, 2001:
"The General Assembly of the DNSO hereby petitions the ICANN Board to fund the DNSO and all other ICANN Supporting Organizations with funding adequate for the operation and administration of such Supporting Organizations (all monies donated to be allocated and disbursed from ICANN central accounts). The General Assembly of the DNSO further asks for formal inclusion in the overall ICANN Budgetary process." 3. There is support in the At-Large SC 2001 report for funding of the SOs. 4. Constituencies waste considerable time on fund raising
activities, taking away time from DNSO policy advise to the Board.
5. Fees cause division in the DNSO (eg the non comm
constituency is on a time line to have its votes withdrawn) and this division
is counterproductive to achieving policy consensus.
6. The DNSO is a central part of the ICANN process and
the most political/ media exposed of the SOs.
7. The ICANN secretariat is about to issue contracts for the
provision of professional DNSO secretariat support, so this service is already
under ICANN staff control.
The Names Council therefore resolves to request that ICANN
allocate a sum of USD 170,000 in its 2002-2003 budget and an equivalent sum
annually thereafter for the provision of secretariat services to the
DNSO.
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