<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Stephanie,</div><div><br></div><div>I also agree to the FC providing regular updates on the NCSG monthly calls, this will help a lot in getting members comments and updates on FC and NCSG financial activities and plans. I think it would be a good to have a GNSO councillor member like yourself on the NCSG FC as an observer to share best practices and advice where the FC does not find joy or satisfactory responses to questions or concerns raised.</div><div><br></div><div>Ever since my involvement on the FC, I have sensed that the NCSG FC is not given enough room to function as stipulated on the NCSG charter, not sure why because it (FC) should be the pillar of financial transparency and accountability and ensure activities of the NCSG and its constituencies are inclusive and well resourced because with the FC lacking support, the community will always be disgrantled leading to limited participation in the PDP of ICANN and SG activities. <br></div><div></div><div><br></div><div>"The FC does not intend to become the enemy but we want to become enablers"<br></div><div><br></div><div>As much as NCSG and constituency work is focused on policy development, review and comment amongst other things, financial activities should support this type of work. Communities cannot function effectively without financial support, transparency or accountability, even with some past FC members they showed dissatisfaction in how the FC issues were handled, mostly around accountability and transparency challenges.<br></div><div><br></div><div>To date, there is no financial reporting or accountability at NCSG because the FC has not been fully functional nor visible and the current FC is working to change all that. There is still a lot of work to be done to revive the FC, of which the FC itself is prepared to undertake without any operational limitations placed on it. We hope to discuss this further in the next Monthly NCSG call, thanks.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thato Mfikwe.<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 10:39 PM, Stephanie Perrin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca" target="_blank">stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">I am impressed Remmy,
I had no idea you folks were doing all that work! Can you
please point us to the meeting transcripts and mailing list
archives? I would like to catch up. I am on the GNSO Council
finance committee</font></font>, <font size="+1">but was
unaware all this work was going on within NCSG. Perhaps the
Finance Committee should have a regular update agenda item at
the monthly NCSG Policy Meeting call?</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Kind regards, <br>
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<p><font size="+1">Stephanie Perrin</font><br>
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for the response Farzaneh,</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)">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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span> </span></p>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span> </span></p>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span> </span></p>
<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>
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<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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span> </span></p>
<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>
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