Re: [atlarge-discuss] Reimbursement of ALAC Expenses

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Danny and all,

  Sound's like more pork being handed out.  For ICANN to be complaining
about needing more funds for the TLD Committee yet doling out
$33k for and unrepresentative organization such as the ALAC, seems
like another boon doggel to me...

DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:

> Reimbursement of ALAC Expenses
>
> Whereas, in resolution 03.07 the Board appointed the Interim At-Large
> Advisory Committee to serve, under Article XX, Section 7(5)(a) of the New
> Bylaws, until such time as ICANN recognizes, through the entry of a
> Memorandum of Understanding, the Regional At-Large Organizations (RALOs)
> identified in Article XI, Section 2(4) of the New Bylaws;
>
> Whereas, the Interim At-Large Advisory Committee has requested funding of
> expenses for its members to travel to and from and to attend the ICANN
> meetings in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in late-March 2003;
>
> Whereas, the President has reviewed the request and recommends that he be
> authorized to expend, from the 2002-2003 ICANN budget, up to US$33,000 to
> cover expenses of the Interim At-Large Advisory Committee members for travel
> to and from and attendance at the Rio de Janeiro meeting;
>
> Whereas, the Finance Committee has stated that the necessary funds are
> available and recommended that these meeting expenses be funded;
>
> Whereas, while of the view that the At-Large Advisory Committee and its
> related structures and organizations need to evolve to become financially
> self-sufficient, the Executive Committee concludes that providing this
> funding during the At-Large Advisory Committee's start-up period would be
> beneficial to the establishment of an At-Large Advisory Committee that
> effectively fosters informed participation in ICANN by individual Internet
> users;
>
> Resolved [EC03.3] that the President is authorized to expend, from the
> 2002-2003 ICANN budget, up to US$33,000 to cover expenses of the Interim
> At-Large Advisory Committee members for travel to and attendance at the Rio
> de Janeiro meeting in late-March 2003.
>
> http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-19feb03.htm
>
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