[nc-budget] RE: NAMES COUNCIL BUDGET COMMITTEE DRAFT REPORT TO NAMES COUNCIL

["Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@verisign.com>]

I am comfortable with the report as is.  In light of Philip's comments
regarding the last two bullets, if the committee wants to drop the last two
bullets to allow time for more detailed discussion on them, that is okay
with me, but that will probably delay action that appears to be needed.

Chuck

-----Original Message-----
From: Cochetti, Roger 
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 12:33 AM
To: 'Elisabeth Porteneuve'; nc-budget@dnso.org
Subject: NAMES COUNCIL BUDGET COMMITTEE DRAFT REPORT TO NAMES COUNCIL




Per our teleconference of Tuesday, herewith are my recommendations for
membership of the Budget Committee's Search Subcommittee and my draft report
to the Names Council on the work of the Budget Committee.

Please note that in the draft report of the Budget Committee to the Names
Council, per our discussion in the Budget Committee, I included a
recommendation that up to $10,000 of the DNSO's existing funds be approved
for the retention of a part time Recording Secretary for the Council.

Please also note that in this draft report, I included a recommendation that
an amount that is shown as "not to exceed $XX,000" of these funds be
allocated for the retention of an outside firm to operate the DNSO's Website
and related Internet services.  Although the Budget Committee did not
discuss any specific amounts that should be authorized for this purpose (I
did mention $30,000, but there was no discussion), I would hope and propose
that we agree that the amount allocated for such Internet services for the
balance of this Fiscal Year not exceed $40,000.

At the most, there could be eight months of such Internet service to the
DNSO during this Fiscal Year (November 2000 through June 2001), and a
$40,000 ceiling on such expenditures would permit up to $5,000 per month to
be spent for DNSO Internet services.

SO I would ask you to agree to a recommendation to the Council of a $40,000
budget ceiling for such expenses for the DNSO for the balance of this year.
If a majority of the Budget Committee members agree with such a
recommendation to the Council, then I will include it in our Report.  If
not, then I will leave the amount blank and it can be discussed by the
Council.    


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REPORT TO BUDGET COMMITTEE ON THE SEARCH SUBCOMMITTEE

Following our meeting, I briefed the Council Chair, Ken Stubbs, on our plans
to create a three-member Search Subcommittee and asked him if he would be
interested in serving on this Subcommittee.  He indicated that he would not
be interested in this appointment.  Accordingly, I would like to suggest the
following three people to serve on the Subcommittee:

Erica Roberts, Chair
Phillip Sheppard
Chuck Gomes 

This would provide both geographic diversity and, I think, a quite competent
team.  Given the shortness of time, if I do not hear otherwise from the
Committee, I will reference this membership as the tentative make up of the
Search Subcommittee in my report to the Names Council.  


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DRAFT REPORT OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE TO THE NAMES COUNCIL

* During August/September/October, the Budget Committee met three times ( 25
August, 5 September, and 17 October )with drafting groups and a Subcommittee
meeting as well.  

* Since its inception, the Committee has set as its initial goal the
establishment of a program to collect and administer a voluntary fund that
will be used to provide professional support services for the benefit of the
Names Council.  In pursuit of this, the Committee has completed four key
tasks:

1) The development of a procedure to establish a bank account that will be
the point of collection of funds that are voluntarily contributed for the
purpose of covering the costs of professional support services; and

2) The development of a solicitation document that can be used in the
campaign to raise voluntary contributions for this fund; and

3) The development of a detailed description of the professional services
that should be provided to support the work of the Council and its
committees, work groups, etc.; and

4) The development of a plan to recruit and evaluate candidates to provide
professional services for the Names Council, including a three-member search
subcommittee.

* The launch of the fund-raising effort is now scheduled for November and it
is hoped that at least $120,000 (including VeriSign Global Registry
Services' commitment to match contributions to this fund up to $100,000) can
be raised by year-end.
This would be enough to support the retention of professional services to
support the Council.

* The Budget Committee has also begun to examine the disposition of the
funds collected from constituencies and administered by ICANN management on
behalf of the Council (ICANN reports that through 17 October, it has
collected a total of $69,470.99 from DNSO Constituency payments and that a
total of $61,029.01 remains unpaid and due.)

*  As its next major objective, the Committee plans to develop a more
detailed plan for the spending of these funds as well as to examine the
issue of assessed constituency payments that are unpaid and overdue.  

*  In the meantime, the Committee recommends that an unspecified sum (not to
exceed $10,000 for the balance of the Fiscal Year running from July 2000 to
June 2001) be allocated from the ICANN-administered funds to cover the cost
of a part-time, Recording Secretary for the Council whose function would be
to record, circulate and correct minutes of meetings of the Council.  

*  The Committee further recommends that an unspecified sum (not to exceed
$XX,000 during the Fiscal Year running from July 2000 to June 2001) be
allocated for the purpose of retaining an outside firm that would maintain
and operate the Websites, listservs, and related Internet facilities and
services that are used by the DNSO. 




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