<div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>as there was no objection, the letter is considered as approved by PC and sent to board. thanks.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Rafik</div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Le mer. 30 mai 2018 à 02:43, Dr. Tatiana Tropina <<a href="mailto:t.tropina@mpicc.de">t.tropina@mpicc.de</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>landing my support, too. <br>
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<div><b>From: </b>Kathy Kleiman</div>
<div><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, May 29, 2018 05:58</div>
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<p>It's a good letter and (and as an observer) I support its
rapid transmission to the Board.</p>
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meeting tomorrow</a>, so, if there is support for
submitting it, I hope we will be able to circulate the
comment with enough time for members of the Board to be able
to reviews its contents.
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<div>we have till today 23:59UTC. If you have any
objection or comment, if there is none, the letter will
be sent.<br>
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<div>Best,<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Le lun. 28 mai 2018 à 18:18, Rafik
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<div>Thanks, Ayden, asking everyone to do the
review quickly.<br>
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<div>I also think the letter should be shared in
NCSG list for info.<br>
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<div>Best,<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Le dim. 27 mai 2018 à 23:43,
Ayden Férdeline <<a href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com" target="_blank">icann@ferdeline.com</a>>
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<div>Thanks Rafik, good point. I pretty
much copied and pasted your text into
the letter:<br>
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<div>Sorry not to get this prepared
sooner, but can everyone please review
it and suggest edits? The Board is set
to review the Budget on 30 May so would
be great to get this out tomorrow - or
Tuesday at the very latest - if there is
PC support. Thanks very much!<br>
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<div>I think we point that
without fixing that issue we
will face the same problems in
next years and there is no so
much left to cut from whatever
support directed to the
community. the issue is not
just the new fiscal year
budget but a whole structural
change in ICANN for the coming
years with regard to human
resources e.g. resizing
gradually. redeployment is one
suggestion as we can
reallocate staff to the areas
of high priority like policy.<br>
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<div>Best,<br>
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à 01:25, Ayden Férdeline <<a href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com" target="_blank">icann@ferdeline.com</a>>
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<div>Thanks all for the comments.
I'll work on a new letter on
this topic tonight, and we'll
need to review this quickly, as
it is on the Board agenda for 30
May.
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<div>The HR point is difficult
because I do take Xavier's
response that the growth there
is because the community
directed the organisation to
undertake certain activities.
Sure, we never said hire staff
to undertake these activities,
but I guess it was implied. And
salaries rising 2% (broadly in
line with inflation) is not
unreasonable. Will need to think
about how we address this, i.e.
re-deploy staff vertically?<br>
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<div>Hi,<br>
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<div>thanks, Ayden for the
summary.<br>
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<div>I think with regard to
the letter to board we
should focus on important
and big issues on the budget
as the cuts are not
addressing the structural
and systemic issues i.e. big
part of the budget is for
human resources. I think we
can make a better argument
by highlighting that
instead.<br>
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<div>the budget approval is
scheduled for next week.<br>
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<div>Best,<br>
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<div>Rafik<br>
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mai 2018 à 05:14, Ayden
Férdeline <<a href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com" target="_blank">icann@ferdeline.com</a>>
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<div>Is there any point
in writing a new
letter, this time to
the Board before it
adopts the new Budget,
asking that they
kindly consider
reinstating CROP to
100% of its original
size (cost
implications - extra
$50,000), increase ABR
envelope modestly to
include support for
the IGF as has been
the case in the past
(conditional on
workshop acceptance;
we do use this
resource very well,
and it can't cost more
than $10,000 for the
entire GNSO), and
expand the Council
Strategic Planning
Session from 2 days to
3 days (cost
implication, I'd guess
max $5,000 for 1 extra
night hotel + per diem
for 21 people) in
recognition of the
fact that the
Intersessional has
been discontinued so
the agenda will be
more packed than
usual?<br>
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