Re[4]: [ga] GA Chair

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

Hello Joanna,

Wednesday, February 28, 2001, 5:42:33 PM, Joanna Lane wrote:

>> A question: Does the DNSO pay for the GA's Chair to go to the ICANN
> meetings?
>> Or does the Chair have to come up with it out of their own funds?

>>On their own.

> This is an important point. Would the personal financial means available to
> a candidate impact the quality  of their service to the organization.
> Obviously the answer is yes until we reach the point where online
> participation at meetings is on a level playing field with attendees.
> therefore would say that independent financial support for the GA Chair
> could be one of the recommendations from this WG under that topic. Could the
> NC advise us whether the business plan to be presented at Melbourne
> addresses this aspect?
> Joanna

Even if online participation ever reaches any kind of parity with
physical attendance, the GA Chair should be physically present at the
ICANN meetings.

I agree that there should be funding for the GA Chair's attendance,
but I wouldn't count on it coming from the NC or ICANN.

However, I think it would be somewhat trivial to setup a means for
members of the GA to donate money to help sponsor the Chair's
expenses for those trips and other incidental expenses related to the
position.  The GA should take this up itself, rather than seeking
something from the NC on it, if anything just to show that it can act
as an independent body within the DNSO structure.


-- 
Best regards,
 William                            mailto:william@userfriendly.com


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