<div dir="auto">Everyone,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I think we need a webinar to discuss this in detail as a community, not sure if there was any meeting before or not, if we go against the merger or promote it, then all views must be taken into account, majority rules. A membership survey could cut the long story short and being some level of acceptance.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Thato.</div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 30 Oct 2020, 20:49 Bruna Martins dos Santos <<a href="mailto:bruna.mrtns@gmail.com">bruna.mrtns@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello everyone, <br><br>Coming back to this, - and withdrawing my previous suggestion of discussing engagement within the strategic review WG - I am convinced these are two different groups. <div><br></div><div>Therefore, I believe we can continue with a mission oriented Strategic Review Working Group that would (a) review the structure, (b) propose recommendations regarding a new NCSG structure and bylaws amendments and (c) submit the proposal to the broader NCSG community. As I mentioned in my previous email: <i>This is not a definite decision nor a compromise that NCSG is getting rid of its two constituencies, but an effort taken on by some of our volunteers on reviewing our structure in order to see if a merger would represent increasing our effectiveness.<br></i><br>Regardless of that, working on ways of improving membership engagement and performing outreaches is something we could go back to doing. <a class="gmail_plusreply" id="m_-1849846457138327150plusReplyChip-1" href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">@farzaneh badii</a> and others have already provided a very comprehensive list of our engagement issues but in case we have enough volunteers interested in discussing them I would be happy to get together and think of future actions/goals (maybe on a second WG). <br><br>I will adapt the WG Charter once again and send it to you asap. <br><br>best regards, <br>Bruna <br><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 3:20 PM Bruna Martins dos Santos <<a href="mailto:bruna.mrtns@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">bruna.mrtns@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear all, <br><br>Thank you so much for your emails and input provided to this thread. <br><br>I honestly think this working group proposal is a good compromise in discussing two main things - increasing the effectiveness of NCSG and thinking about a new structure for our Stakeholder Group. And, on a suggestion note - once the WG is working, Its Chair could divide the volunteers into a group that would work on effectiveness proposals related to resources, newcomers onboarding and other areas and a second one that would be responsible for rethinking our structure. The chair and vice-chair could then work on a general report putting together the suggestions from both groups.<br><br>Despite some of us stating their disagreement to the strategic review going down the path of a possible merger, I would also like to remind you that when Sam proposed it on our lists it has startled a lot of debates and interest in a renewed NCSG Structure - and thats why I have not ruled out the possibility of a merger on what we are calling the WG Charter. <br><br>Finally, as listed on our document, this WG would propose suggestions for a possible merger for the membership to discuss then. This is not a definite decision nor a compromise that NCSG is getting rid of its two constituencies once this group starts its work, but a signal that some of our volunteers will be reviewing our structure in order to see if a merger would represent increasing our effectiveness. Whether we oppose this idea or not, it is relevant for us to get this WG going and opening a discussion with the broader membership in the future - and I dont think some of us merely disliking the idea should be an impediment. <br><br>That being sad, although I am not joining this working group, I would be happy to liaise with its members for whatever is needed and also discussing possible paths for improving our effectiveness. <br><br>Best Regards, <br>Bruna Santos <br><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 1:53 PM Poncelet Jokkolabs Banjul <<a href="mailto:pileleji@jokkolabs.co" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">pileleji@jokkolabs.co</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">+1 Farzaneh,<div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><font face="monospace">Poncelet O. 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One way to increase the effectiveness could be a merger. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">You can start by doing an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of having stand alone constituencies (you have some of the points in the Google doc). No option should be off the table. Also perhaps we can be more creative and think beyond having constituencies - we don't have to have overly bureaucratic constituencies where everyone is doing their own thing (own EC meetings own bylaws etc) . We can just have various interest groups that contribute to the NCSG without having to have 6 EC members (or leadership members) in each constituency and another 5 in stakeholder group. On top of that we have 10 people on NCSG PC! do we even have 27 odd active volunteers? Sometimes we don't so people take on two roles! </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">All solutions should be kept on the table. Maybe merger is not the only solution, but we should not overrule it.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I agree with Milton that discussing "membership engagement" is really a distraction. It should be discussed but somewhere else. We have discussed this issue for so long. For this group, we should accept the fact that we have a limited pool of active membership and how we can make their participation more effective. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Farzaneh </font></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 10:35 AM Mueller, Milton L <<a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">milton@gatech.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: Proposed modification of NCSG Strategic Review Working Group<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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