[governance] RE: The Cost of Participation

[Kieren McCarthy]

> Doesn't that strike you as being more than a tad
> expensive... 


You must have mistaken me for the CFO. 


> and a real barrier to participation?


If it encourages people to use the online participation site we build for
every meeting in greater numbers, I'm all for it.

In fact I think more online participation is ultimately in everyone's wider
interests.

I hope this was the answer you were looking for, Danny ;-)





Kieren




-----Original Message-----
From: Danny Younger [mailto:dannyyounger at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 5:00 PM
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Kieren McCarthy
Subject: The Cost of Participation

Kieren,

I just spotted this comment from Denise Michel, ICANN
VP Policy Development, on the Council list:

"India Travel - It is estimated that airfare for 21
Council members for this meeting would be US$147,000.
Cost for hotel/per diem for 21 Council members for
this meeting would be US$205,800."
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg04280.html

Doing the math:  $352,800 for 21 people to attend an
ICANN session for six days -- that's $16,800 per
person to attend an ICANN function. Another way of
looking at it, $7000 per person for airfare and $9,800
per person for lodging for six days.

Doesn't that strike you as being more than a tad
expensive and a real barrier to participation?





 
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