Re: [ICANN-EU] Tabellenstand Nominierung / Ranks in Nomination

[patrick.mayer@gmx.de]

Salue,

> >independent candidates. None has made public his source of funding (if
> any;-).
> 
> As said in an interview yesterday and at debate today:
>   - It's very possible that ICANN pays the necessary expenses.

Right for travel expenses for board meetings. More meetings on the
european level will be necessary for the european candidate, I guess.

>   - Otherwise I do expect that national govenments provide money.

Governments are represented in the GAC. Government funding should (at
least) be indirect.

Thererfore, your third idea seems very interesting to me:

>   - It this is not the case (they already discuss about how to do this
>     for a candidate, but they can't throw it away if another one wins)
>     there are commercial companies which already provided money for
> there
>     candidates (I personally askes some leaders I know) which can be
> tranfered
>     to a union like Fitug in order to gain the necessary independence.

I like the Fitug idea very much. All institutions willing to spend money
on the european director should set up a fiduciary trust, give their money to
it and the trust will see that it is spend properly.

>   - I can't imagine a situation where an European director has to stay
> at
>     home solely because there is no money to travel. The world would
> laught.

Surely. The problem is not wether the european at large director will
_get_ funding, but by whom and under which conditions. Andy made some nice
remarks on that.

Have a nice day,

Patrick Mayer

 

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