Recommendation 3
Review the level, scope and targeting of financial assistance to ensure volunteers are able to participate on a footing comparable with those who participate in GNSO as part of their profession.
| Working Party (initial assessment of feasibility and usefulness): | CG - Accept with modification: The intent of this recommendation is good but it is also extremely challenging because of the extremely diverse circumstances of Internet users around the world. Here are some factors that should be considered: 1) Telecommunications infrastructure is not comparable from locale to locale; 2) facilitating fully comparable opportunities for everyone may be cost prohibitive in some cases; 3) is remote participation considered to be comparable to in-person participation? Rationale: 'Comparable footing' needs to be defined before it can be measured; it may be cost-prohibitive to provide truly comparable footing to all. |
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| Staff (initial assessment of feasibility and usefulness): |
Rationale: MK: Accept as-is. |
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| Work in Progress: | Community Travel Support - currently SG/Cs allocate funding according to their internal policies. Community Special Budget Requests. |
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| Responsibility: | Each SG/C for allocated funding; GSE for outreach generally |
