[NCSG-PC] New letter to Board re: Budget?
Dr. Tatiana Tropina
t.tropina at mpicc.de
Tue May 29 20:43:10 EEST 2018
landing my support, too.
Tanya
On 29/05/18 16:14, Stephanie Perrin wrote:
> Me too, go for it.
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network.
> *From: *Kathy Kleiman
> *Sent: *Tuesday, May 29, 2018 05:58
> *To: *ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is
> *Subject: *Re: [NCSG-PC] New letter to Board re: Budget?
>
>
> It's a good letter and (and as an observer) I support its rapid
> transmission to the Board.
>
> Best, Kathy
>
>
> On 5/29/2018 5:36 AM, Ayden Férdeline wrote:
>> Thanks, Rafik. This is on the Board's agenda for their meeting
>> tomorrow
>> <https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/agenda-2018-05-30-en>,
>> 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.
>>
>> Ayden
>>
>>
>> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
>> On 29 May 2018 10:19 AM, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> we have till today 23:59UTC. If you have any objection or comment,
>>> if there is none, the letter will be sent.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Rafik
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Le lun. 28 mai 2018 à 18:18, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:rafik.dammak at gmail.com>> a écrit :
>>>
>>> Thanks, Ayden, asking everyone to do the review quickly.
>>> I also think the letter should be shared in NCSG list for info.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Rafik
>>>
>>> Le dim. 27 mai 2018 à 23:43, Ayden Férdeline
>>> <icann at ferdeline.com <mailto:icann at ferdeline.com>> a écrit :
>>>
>>> Thanks Rafik, good point. I pretty much copied and pasted
>>> your text into the letter:
>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fZfD2qc_ksPpSDOZ_oVnf54lWl8pi8TPb6SGPDw27YM/edit?usp=sharing
>>>
>>> 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!
>>>
>>> Ayden
>>>
>>>
>>> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
>>> On 25 May 2018 1:10 AM, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:rafik.dammak at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Ayden,
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> Rafik
>>>>
>>>> Le ven. 25 mai 2018 à 01:25, Ayden Férdeline
>>>> <icann at ferdeline.com <mailto:icann at ferdeline.com>> a écrit :
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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?
>>>>
>>>> Ayden
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
>>>> On 24 May 2018 8:26 AM, Rafik Dammak
>>>> <rafik.dammak at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:rafik.dammak at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks, Ayden for the summary.
>>>>> 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.
>>>>> the budget approval is scheduled for next week.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>>
>>>>> Rafik
>>>>>
>>>>> Le mer. 23 mai 2018 à 05:14, Ayden Férdeline
>>>>> <icann at ferdeline.com <mailto:icann at ferdeline.com>> a
>>>>> écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>> 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?
>>>>>
>>>>> Ayden
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