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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white">Thanks
for the response Farzaneh,</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">I think it would
amount to not wanting to make Finance Committee improve on its working
processes and mandate to sound it off as mere “protecting the interest of
members or wanting to score travel slot” which I think negates the purpose of
the Finance Committee or probably why it has been in comatose lately. <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">For your information,
the role and mandate of Finance Committee as contained in the NCSG Charter Section
2.6 is very clear and is not limited to the following:<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Develop and deploy a fund raising plan for the NCSG;<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Work with the ICANN’s staff to determine levels of support available to
the NCSG;<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Work with ICANN finance officers to insure the NCSG and its Constituencies
receive fair and equivalent financial support from ICANN;<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Accounting for any funds received by the NCSG from any source. This
accounting will include the following:<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">All funds raised by voluntary membership fees or otherwise must be held
in a separate NCSG account.<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Proper controls must be implemented.<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Regarding Expenditures, FC is to among others see that:<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Financial reports must be prepared annually and be made public.<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Provide internal conflict resolution process regarding funds.<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Provide the oversight of the Treasurer function.<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Fulfill any other accounting, auditing or other prescribed financial
requirements as set by the ICANN Board of Directors for organizations within
the ICANN structure.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">For now, the present crop of FC are not people who are merely seeking
exposure, but want to contribute its quota, and thus find it unhealthy that
Finance Committee is being relegated.<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Looking at most of the responsibilities of the Finance Committee, its
stakeholders<span>  </span>and possible time for most
of its functions and oversights must be dealt with within the ICANN stakeholdes
meeting for proper engagement.<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Finally, its in the best interest of <b>NCSG-EC</b> that the Finance Committee
work and works well, so as to pave way for more accountability and transparency
in our process and overtly more funding for our stakeholders.<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We cannot be demanding accountability and transparency from other
stakeholders and tactically frustrate the efforts of Finance Committee thereby
making the committee look as irredeemables.<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Remmy</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p>





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