[governance] [govenance] The domain name racket goes on

[McTim]

I didn't have to sign anything that said anything about what I could
or couldn't say at the meeting.

I went as part of NCSG.

You can Google "ICANN travel policy" for details.

On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 9:30 PM, Norbert Klein <nhklein at gmx.net> wrote:
> Thanks - can you please elaborate on "no-strings attached travel funding to
> participate in person" - and I would welcome to see whether or not this is a
> general experience, for example for GNSO council members, chairs of official
> ICANN working groups, and others of the "many thousands of people around the
> world as the policy making community."
>
> Norbert Klein
> Cambodia
>
>
> On 9/18/2014 8:48 PM, McTim wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 8:32 AM, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net
>> <mailto:parminder at itforchange.net>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>     The simple tasks that is the mandate of the ICANN to perform can
>>     be done at maybe 5 percent of ICANN's budget or at least revenue.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mandate or IANA function?  If the latter, you are correct.
>>
>>     ICANN is just highly puffed up for basically serving US's
>>     geopolitical interests
>>
>> ICANN is "puffed up" because it costs a lot of money to put on meetings 3x
>> per year in far flung locations around the world.
>>
>> Without the need to develop policy using many thousands of people around
>> the world as the policy making community, they could do their job using far
>> fewer resources.
>>
>> This spending is a feature, not a bug.  It is a very useful feature for CS
>> folks who rely on the no-strings attached travel funding to participate in
>> person.
>>
>> --
>> McTim
>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
>> indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>
>
>
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-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel

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