RE: [nc-budget] REPORT ON NAMES COUNCIL BUDGET COMMITTEE TELECON OF 3 NOVEMBER 2000

["Cochetti, Roger" <rogerc@netsol.com>]

I think everyone is available so let's meet at 7:15 AM in room 251...I will
have to finish by 8:00 AM, however, since I have another meeting at that
time.

-----Original Message-----
From: Erica Roberts [mailto:erica.roberts@bigpond.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 8:38 AM
To: Peter de Blanc; 'Gomes, Chuck'; 'Cochetti, Roger';
nc-budget@dnso.org
Cc: 'McAllister, Athena'
Subject: Re: [nc-budget] REPORT ON NAMES COUNCIL BUDGET COMMITTEE
TELECON OF 3 NOVEMBER 2000


I am available.

erica
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter de Blanc" <pdeblanc@usvi.net>
To: "'Gomes, Chuck'" <cgomes@verisign.com>; "'Cochetti, Roger'"
<rogerc@netsol.com>; <nc-budget@dnso.org>
Cc: "'McAllister, Athena'" <athenam@netsol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 11:21 AM
Subject: RE: [nc-budget] REPORT ON NAMES COUNCIL BUDGET COMMITTEE TELECON OF
3 NOVEMBER 2000


> I am available
>
> peter de Blanc (room 249 at marriott)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nc-budget@dnso.org [mailto:owner-nc-budget@dnso.org]On
> Behalf Of Gomes, Chuck
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 4:53 PM
> To: Cochetti, Roger; 'nc-budget@dnso.org'
> Cc: McAllister, Athena
> Subject: RE: [nc-budget] REPORT ON NAMES COUNCIL BUDGET COMMITTEE
> TELECON OF 3 NOVEMBER 2000
>
>
> I'm available.
>
> Chuck
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cochetti, Roger [mailto:rogerc@netsol.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 12:51 PM
> To: 'nc-budget@dnso.org'
> Cc: McAllister, Athena
> Subject: [nc-budget] REPORT ON NAMES COUNCIL BUDGET COMMITTEE TELECON OF
> 3 NOVEMBER 2000
>
>
> Based on the comments received, I take this report of out 3 November
meeting
> as final.  As you know, the NC/BC meeting that was scheduled for Sunday
> evening took place, although several members of the Budget Committee were
> not able to attend due to schedule conflicts.  Consequently, I am trying
to
> schedule another face-to-face meeting of the Committee for Los Angeles
this
> week.
>
> Can you advise me ASAP of your availability on Thursday morning at 7:15
AM?
> Thanks
>
>
============================================================================
> =========================================
>
> 1. Calling in were:  Roger, Elisabeth, Erica, Danny, Peter, and Chuck.
> Absent: Phillip, Mark and Ken, who is an ex-officio member))
>
> 1. Voluntary Fund-Related Activities
>
> Roger reported that he had presented the BC report to the full Names
Council
> and the Council had taken note of the BC's plans to proceed.  Accordingly,
> VeriSign Global Registry Services has asked its outside counsel, Wilmer
> Cutler, to develop any required paperwork for the creation of a
> un-incorporated association that would exist for the sole purpose of
> "raising and dispersing funds for the provision of professional support
> services to the DNSO and the Names Council" and that would in no way incur
> liability for ICANN or the DNSO or the Names Council. As previously
> reported, the account will be set up at the Bank of America using an
on-line
> service.  Roger indicated that he plans to use the name "DNSO VOLUNTARY
> SUPPORT FUND (DVSF)" unless anyone has a better idea and that he needs
> Budget Committee volunteers who are willing to serve as trustees for this
> account.
> He also reported that once the account is opened, he will widely circulate
> the previously-agreed solicitation materials and ask that everyone on the
BC
> work to get donations.
>
> Peter suggested that the BC might set up a separate account that could
serve
> as the basis for an endowment fund if we see opportunities for major
> donations that would create a permanent endowment for the DNSO.
Discussion
> ensued.  It was agreed that several members would investigate this and the
> BC would take it up at a future meeting.
>
> 2. Search-Related Activities for Policy-Oriented Professional Support
>
> The BC discussed  - but reached no agreement on - whether funds from the
> DVSF alone or funds from the DVSF combined with funds from
> ICANN-administered/mandatory dues could be used for policy-oriented,
> professional services, although it was clear that most of the funds for
> policy-oriented professional services would have to come from the DVSF.
> This is important since it is unclear how much will be raised in the DVSF,
> creating some uncertainty in the search process for policy-oriented
> professional support.  Accordingly, the BC created a Sub-Committee to
manage
> the search process consisting of Phillip, Erica and Chuck and asked the
> Sub-committee to begin work forthwith on planning an conducting a search
for
> policy-oriented, professional support services, subject to:  (1) the job
> description is as previously agreed to; (2) the Subcommittee should
> investigate the possibility that such service might be provided by either
an
> individual or an organization; (3) In any recruitment efforts, the
> Sub-Committee should be truthful in characterizing the funding situation,
> with the understanding that the target amount needed to proceed to serious
> recruitment discussions would be around $120,000 in cash on hand or
reliable
> commitments; and (4) the Sub-Committee should report back to the BC
> periodically on its progress.
>
>
> 3. ICANN-Administered/Mandatory Fees-Related Activities
>
> The BC recognized that, at present ICANN management, is administering
around
> $72,000 of funds that have been collected in mandatory fees from DNSO
> Constituencies for the purpose of DNSO operations, and that this amount is
> significantly less than the $96,000 that the Names Council had approved
for
> the DNSO's Calendar Year 2000 budget. Accordingly, the BC has begun the
task
> of developing a revised DNSO budget for 2000 and recommending to the Names
> Council a specific set of expenses that should be authorized.
>
> At the outset, the BC attempted to establish whether there are any claims
> against the $72,000 in ICANN-administered funds.  At this point, Elisabeth
> recused herself as a member of the Budget Committee and represented AFNIC,
a
> service-provider to the DNSO and a potential claimant against these DNSO
> funds.  AFNIC indicated that during Calendar Year 1999, it had primarily
> donated services to the DNSO (with the exception of certain telephone
> expenses), but that for Calendar Year 2000, some of its services to the
DNSO
> were on a commercial basis, for which it expected compensation. AFNIC was
> not able to estimate at this time how much it felt it was due to it for
> services during 2000, although it indicated that during this year it was
> continuing to donate some services to the DNSO as well as to provide some
> services on a commercial basis.  The BC recognized that it could proceed
no
> further on the topic of 2000 expenses until this matter was clarified and
it
> asked AFNIC to provide it with an assessment of the services (both donated
> and commercial) that AFNIC feels AFNIC has provided to the DNSO in 2000,
and
> a statement of AFNIC's view of the monthly costs of these services on a
> going-forward basis.
>
>
> 4. ICANN Administration of DNSO Funds
>
> A copy of a note from ICANN President Mike Roberts to Names Council Chair
> Ken Stubbs was circulated to the BC and there was a preliminary discussion
> of the alternative arrangements for the management of DNSO funds.  The BC
> decided to discuss this further at its next meeting.
>
>
> 5.  Next Meeting
>
> The BC agreed to meet next in person (call in will be available for anyone
> not able to attend in person) on Sunday, November 12th at 6:30 PM at Roger
> Cochetti's room at the Marina del Ray Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles.  At
> that time, it will resume its discussion of potential recommendations to
the
> Names Council for the disposition of the ICANN-administered mandatory DNSO
> fees, and discuss the DNSO fund-raising campaign as well as the issue of
the
> long term administration of the DNSO account.  ICANN management has been
> invited to make a presentation to the BC on this item.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
============================================================================
> ==============================================
>          As of Tuesday, 18 October, ICANN's records indicate that
>          it has received the following amounts on behalf of the
>          DNSO:
>
>                                   1st Call          2d Call
>          Business Constituency   $5,000.00       $13,642.86
>          ccTLD Constituency      $2,757.41            $0.00
>          gTLD Constituency       $5,000.00       $13,642.86
>          IP Constituency         $5,000.00       $13,642.86
>          ISP Constituency            $0.00            $0.00
>          NCDNHC                  $3,085.00            $0.00
>          Registrars Constituency $5,000.00        $3,000.00
>          Total paid             $25,842.41       $43,928.58
>
>          Total both calls -     $69,770.99
>          Net outlays -          $ 2,700.00
>          Remaining available -  $67,070.99
>
> ADD IN ISP FUNDS RECEIVED:  $72,070.99
>