Re: [ga] Re: Travel to Stockholm

[Eric Dierker <eric@HI-TEK.COM>]

Can someone explain to my slow brain why an alt-chair would attend this
meeting on behalf of the GA unless the Chair was unable to attend. http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/2001.GA-chair-election-rules.html 
There no duties appointed for the alternate chair.
(of course it should be noted that there is nowhere a description of
the chair duties either, what a mess!)

Further as is clear here, unless someone changes the by-laws the DNSO is responsible for GA meetings Not the BoD or the GA itself.
http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#VI-B

    (c) The costs of GA meetings shall be the responsibility of the DNSO, which may levy an equitable, cost-based fee on GA attendees to recoup those costs. There shall be no other fees required to participate in the GA. (Only one meeting per year is provided for in the by-laws and we already had it)

Further as is clear here we are supposed to place two members on the BoD.
    (d) Participants in the GA shall nominate, pursuant to procedures adopted by the NC and approved by the Board, persons to serve on the Board in those seats reserved for the DNSO.
(now this would be good for our GA chair to pursue rather than public funding for Corliss' private trip)

Sincerely,

"babybows.com" wrote:

The 2001-2002 Proposed Budget sets aside for Board & Public Meetings
$450,000; for Other Travel & Meetings it sets aside $425,000.  Altogether
that amounts to $875,000 for meetings and travel expenses.  There is, of
course, no funding set aside for the DNSO.

Patrick needs less than one-quarter of one percent of that amount to be able
to travel to Stockholm.  Our ICANN president has denied his petition for
funding, calling it "a matter to be pursued through process, ultimately
requiring Board approval."

This would be a good time to initiate that process.  Perhaps those of you
more sage than I can advise how one begins a process to have DNSO activities
funded by the Board?