[NCSG-PC] New letter to Board re: Budget?

[Rafik Dammak]

Hi,

as there was no objection, the letter is considered as approved by PC and
sent to board. thanks.

Best,

Rafik


Le mer. 30 mai 2018 à 02:43, Dr. Tatiana Tropina <t.tropina at mpicc.de> a
écrit :

> 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>
> <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> 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> 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> 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> 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> 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> 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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>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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