<div dir="auto">Hi Julf,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We have operating procedures on travel, which lays out the process, I think we should have an open call and if EC members want they can apply. </div><div dir="auto"><br><div dir="auto"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Operating+Procedures#OperatingProcedures-996937310">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Operating+Procedures#OperatingProcedures-996937310</a></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><ol style="margin:10px 0px 0px;list-style-type:decimal;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(23,43,77)"><li style="list-style-type:decimal;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:justify;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif">If a Council member or a funded NCSG Executive Committee cannot attend the meeting, the following process should be invoked to decide upon the travel slot transfer:<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif"> </span></span></p></li><ol style="margin:0px;list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif"><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:justify;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif">The NCSG chair announces the opportunity on the NCSG-Discuss list and requests that the interested members send their Motivation Statement privately to the Chair and copy in ICANN support staff.</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:justify;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif">The Motivation Statement must explain in detail why the applicant would like to attend the meeting, provide evidence of full and verifiable engagement in Domain Name System policy deliberations, proof that the applicant has previously attended calls and contributed to PDPs, NCSG Policy Committee meetings and other relevant policy and related meetings, and explain why their physical presence is important for this meeting, mentioning specific tasks they commit to carry out on behalf of the NCSG. The tasks must be related to the NCSG and advance the NCSG’s interests at that specific ICANN meeting.</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:justify;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif">If the applicant is to be an alternate to a GNSO Councillor, he or she should have an understanding of how the Council works and have observed their meetings beforehand. They must provide a letter of recommendation from either a) the Chair of the NCSG Policy Committee, or (b) a serving member of the Council in his or her second term.<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif"> </span></span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,"Fira Sans","Droid Sans","He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to assign before the 17th. My personal preference would be to give<br>
it to one of the EC members, but would love to hear your views.<br>
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        Julf<br>
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