Agenda Item 5
Proposal for Funding of the ISPCP
As I
understand things, there are some requirements to raise financial resources for
the constituency’s activities in the DNSO.
1)
Certain expenses
pertaining to the constituency itself have, so far, been absorbed by
members of the constituency (e.g. Teleconference bridges, secretarial work).
2)
ICANN is demanding that the DNSO contribute to expenses incurred to hold meetings, and the Names Council have mentioned the sum
of US $5.000 per constituency and per meeting will be required.
3)
The need for funds to establish a full time Secretariat for the DNSO has been
raised by the Names Council, and Dennis Jennings of the NC has calculated this
will require the annual sum of US $300.000.
4)
Should these sums
be taken as obligatory, the ISPCP constituency would have to come up with:
Contribution
to the DNSO Secretariat ..........................US $42.857 per annum
(US
$300.000 divided by 7 constituencies) .......................................
Total US $62.857 per annum
(This
assumes ISPCP constituency expenses are absorbed by members.)
Since
the ISPCP has 24 members, the breakdown per member and per annum is:
Contribution
to ICANN events ..........................US
$833.00 per annum
Contribution
to DNSO Secretariat ................... US $1.785.00 per annum
.........................................
Total US $2.618.00
per annum
Opinion:
US
$300.000 p.a. for the DNSO Secretariat seems high (US $25.000 monthly).
Also,
it is likely the ISPCP membership will increase through outreach, thus
increasing the number of entities who can contribute.
I
would suggest that a monthly contribution of US $150.00 per month - per ISPC
constituency member be established, which means
US
$150 x 24 x 12 = US $43.200 (considering today’s membership).
I
would use US $20.000 to cover the four ICANN events per year, and another US
$20.000 as contribution per annum to the DNSO Secretariat.