[discuss] Interesting article

Tue Jan 14 12:06:44 UTC 2014

In message <CAMzo+1ZvmzLbV0Jok=xdvZk=7-DHu1Xr6hTGgVnkH_x8emsXNg at mail.gma
il.com>, at 05:45:20 on Tue, 14 Jan 2014, Jorge Amodio
<jmamodio at gmail.com> writes
>Not directly related, but by reviewing some of the latest reports I
>realized that ICANN keeps paying travel support for GAC members, aren't
>they supposed to be representing governments, then their expenses
>should be paid by those governments

The policy is here (for FY13), and presumably you were entitled to put
in comments:

<http://www.icann.org/en/news/in-focus/travel-support/draft-travel-
support-guidelines-fy13-01jun12-en.pdf>

GAC support is for up to 20 "with a focus on providing support from
least developed and lesser developed countries"; so most of them are
indeed paid for by their governments.

There's around 100 other people with travel support at ICANN meetings,
by the way; plus the expenses of the Board, NomCom and Review Team.

-- 
Roland Perry
Posting to inform, not to express a point of view.