Re: [ga] FW: ICANN meeting in Montevideo

[Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales <vany@sdnp.org.pa>]

Hi Leah, Jefsey and Joana:

I really would like to see DNSO funded by other means instead from
constituencies.

All constituencies funds DNSO activities including GA activities.  I would
like that unability to pay doesn't be an obstacle for the constiuencies to
vote through NC members. In fact ths is not democracy.  Even in my
coutnry, people with debts have the right to vote.

But comming back again to the candiates for Board Directors.
Extrapolating it to our politic system, political parties, independent
candidates, etc, are not funded by the government.  All political prties
and even the independent candiates (by the way, in my country you cannot
be an independent candidate, in other it is permissible) begins from the
next day of elections to prepare themselves for the next election 5 years
later, by means of fundraising amongst members, activities, alliances,
etc.

However, GA is not a political party, NC is not a political party, ICANN
Board members are not political parties.  We are a whole DNSO and not only
the NC has the duty to search solutions.  All members of DNSO has the duty
to work on solutions, including every member of the GA.

 I am not agree with the philosophy of "pay to play".  However, the
conditions was like this since ICANN creation.  It is not now that we are
facing the same problem.

I know that Joana submited sometime ago some proposals to resolve
situations like this one.

I propose that instead of following discussing how unfair or not is the
system right now...begin to discuss all posible solutions...Maybe Joana
wants to submit it again as a begining of the discussion about solutions.
Everybody is welcome to contribute with solutions, with grants, etc.

Proposals of solutions can be from changing By-Laws, convincing ICANN to
set travel grants for candidates to Board of Directors (this should
include al SOs and At Large, if we want to be fair), encourage ICANN to
search external sources for this specific issuue...it can be that the GA
itself make a work of indentifying sources of funds and coordinate with
ICANN and NC the submission of a proposal, and I am sure that there are
members with very creative and factible ideas.

Best Regards
Vany

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Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales
IT Specialist
Sustainable Development Networking Programme/Panama
e-mail: vany@sdnp.org.pa
http://www.sdnp.org.pa

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