ICANN and money...

[Stephanie Perrin]

Knowing that it was being organized would still allow us to plan.  we 
all understand the agenda movement problem, but if we don't know such a 
high level event is being planned, we cannot even watch for it.

Glad it went well and that a big crowd turned up.

Stephanie Perrin


On 2017-03-13 08:08, Edward Morris wrote:
> Hi Stephanie,
>
> Unfortunately we only received the room and time yesterday. We were 
> initially scheduled against the ICANN Budget Meeting and the NCSG 
> meeting with the Board. That was unacceptable.  Now that we've had the 
> first  NCSG FC meeting at an ICANN meeting in recent memory (something 
> our Charter strongly suggests should occur every Meeting) hopefully 
> this is something that can be scheduled in an appropriate time slot on 
> the official schedule with proper advance notice in the future. At 
> least that is the hope.
>
> Thanks to all those who attended. Great questions - our guests were 
> duly impressed. Lots of work ahead - look forward to working with 
> everyone on the budget process going forward.
>
> Ed Morris
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 13 Mar 2017, at 11:19, Stephanie Perrin 
> <stephanie.perrin at MAIL.UTORONTO.CA 
> <mailto:stephanie.perrin at MAIL.UTORONTO.CA>> wrote:
>
>> Terribly sorry to miss it, we needed more advance notice of this high 
>> level meeting!  One day is not enough, as people's agendas are jammed.
>>
>> Stephanie Perrin
>>
>>
>> On 2017-03-13 05:27, Edward Morris wrote:
>>>
>>> ...two of my favourite topics of conversation!
>>>
>>> Please join us for the NCSG Finance Committee meeting in 30 minutes, 
>>> room B4.2.
>>>
>>> See you there!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> *From:* "Edward Morris" <egmorris1 at toast.net 
>>>> <mailto:egmorris1 at toast.net>>
>>>> *Date:* 12 March 2017 at 20:55:05 CET
>>>> *To:* "NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU 
>>>> <mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>" 
>>>> <NCSG-DISCUSS at listserv.syr.edu <mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at listserv.syr.edu>>
>>>> *Subject:* *Please join us for a very special meeting...*
>>>> *Reply-To:* egmorris1 at toast.net <mailto:egmorris1 at toast.net>
>>>>
>>>> Not on your schedule…but we hope you will attend.
>>>> Monday March 13^th , 11:00 – 12:15 Copenhagen time (10:00 – 11:15 
>>>> UTC), Room B4.2.
>>>> Please join us for a very special meeting of the NCSG Finance 
>>>> Committee, in person or remotely.
>>>> The new ICANN bylaws give the community a special responsibility 
>>>> for the ICANN budget. We’ve responded in the NCSG by revitalizing 
>>>> our Finance Committee and now need to ramp it up to fully 
>>>> participate in the Empowered Community. We’ve put together a 
>>>> program to help NCSG members fully understand the budget, the 
>>>> process and the way you can help shape the outcome!
>>>> AGENDA
>>>> 11:00 - 11:30 Presentation of the 2018 fiscal year ICANN Operating 
>>>> Plan and Budget
>>>>    Becky Nash, Vice President,  Finance, ICANN
>>>> 11:30 - 11:45 A community perspective on the budget and the budget 
>>>> process
>>>>    Chuck Gomes, Vice President, Policy and Compliance, Verisign
>>>> 11:45 – 12:00 A staff perspective on the budget and the budget process
>>>>    Robert Hoggarth, Vice President, Policy Development and 
>>>> Community Services, ICANN
>>>> 12:00 – 12:15 A Board perspective on the budget and the budget process
>>>>    Asha Hemrajani, ICANN Board and Chair, Board Finance Committee
>>>> No previous budget experience needed!
>>>> Come with questions, ideas or simply to watch and learn. Those 
>>>> participating in ICANN58 can find us remotely at 
>>>> participate.icann.org/ncsg <http://participate.icann.org/ncsg>.
>>>> We’ve put together a great group of speakers, folks with knowledge 
>>>> with experience in both ICANN and the budget process, here to help 
>>>> you learn and understand all about money, finance and priorities at 
>>>> ICANN. We welcome you to our meeting and hope as many of you as 
>>>> possible will be with us in the morning.
>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>> Ed Morris
>>>> Chair, NCSG Finance Committee
>>

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