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[council] preliminary names council working document



 
happy holidays to all....
 
as per your request i have tried to accumulate information on what i feel would be a reasonable start for a standard 12 month budget for the names council.
 
as a budget is nothing but a quantified plan of action , i have taken some "license" here and assumed the following:
 
a. 4 annual face-to-face meetings lasting 4 hours held concurrently with ICANN meetings
b. all meetings to be webcast using the berkman facilities and to be webcast within a "normal busines" day as defined by Berkman
c. 6 teleconferences to be scattered throughout the year averaging approx 2 hours
d. normal attendence at the teleconferences = 12-15 persons
e. mail server space & bandwidth to be donated (if that isn't currently done i am sure we can get it done)
f. now for the toughest: - Secretariat compensation & expenses:
i will assume for the next year that we contract for a secretariat on a 1/3-1/2 time basis. this needs more thinking and task elaboration and the numbers i have put on this are "for discussion purposes" only . This is by no means an attempt at "open negotiation" and the numbers i have come up with are based on a combination of a little research and an educated guess
 
here we go...
 
all figures in US $
 
a.. room expenses 4 meetings @ 1000/room x 4  (this is dependent on how good of
     a negotiator Andrew & Louis are so it could & should be eve less here)                             US $   4000
b.  webcast 4 meetings at 4 hours = 16 hours @ 120/hr (fudge factor = 20%)       =                         1920  
c. 6  teleconferences averave 2 hours with 12-15 participants
        (all participants pay for the cost of the call to the conference center
          except the secretariat)      $675 X 6  + $50/call for secretariat                                                   4700
f. Secretatiat normal office & phone & occasional postage  (assume donated office space)  
      will probably be in the neighborhood of $350-400 per month  ($350 x 12)                                     4200                                             
   Secretariat travel to 4 Icann Meetings  (assume coach travel & 5 days + meals
                        at an estimate of $2500/meeting  X 4 meetings                                                          10000                              
   
      Compensation estimated on the basis of 40% time billed as an independent contractor
      including 25% benefits                                                                                                                  35,000 
 
                     Estimated total   expenses                                                                                          $55,800
                              add 15% variance                                                                                                   8,370
 
                     Total including Variance                                                                                               $64,170
 
                                       
                 Projected annual budget for discussion purposes                                  $65,000 - $70,000
 
 
NOTE:   THIS IS A PROJECTED ANNUAL BUDGET AND DOES NOT ADDRESS THE  CURRENT PAYABLE DUE FOR PAST SERVICES RENDERED TO THE COUNCIL
 
 please understand that this is a "starting point " for discussion purposes and feel free to snip away at any area.
 
 
 
 
Ken Stubbs
e-mail:  kstubbs@corenic.org
ICQ#: 18781607
Tel: 1 352 750-9776