Re: [ga] Funding of ICANN Board candidate travel expenses

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Joop and all assembly members,

  It seems that this dialogue is getting away form the central issue or solution
to these problems.  That is, online participation.  With online real time
participation that is two way, Travel costs and other losses of potential
revenue become greatly reduced.  It seems to me that this is where the
emphasis should be placed.

Joop Teernstra wrote:

> At 08:51 20/08/01 -0700, Roeland Meyer wrote:
> >The point is that there has been small local participation in such things.
>
> That could be changed, if there was a strong will to change it. Local
> participation is the justification for far-flung ICANN meetings. Local
> organizers will need all the help they can get.
>
> >Coming down from the SF Bay Area, for MdR, I spent over $3000. Analysis of
> >Stockholm forcated expenses yields a similar number. My larger issue is loss
> >of 1.5 weeks of billing, a constant for all ICANN meetings, with very
> >little/none probable effect on new business or positive effect on revenue.
>
> That is the larger expense that is rarely talked about by participants who
> do not face such revenue loss.
> It needs to be recognized.
>
> --Joop
>
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