Intersessional, meeting with the CEO and Board

[Arsène Tungali]

Hi Ayden,

My bad, I should have said FY19 instead. Thanks for pointint that out.

My suggested conversation topic still stands though.

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Arsene

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2018-01-10 14:53 GMT+02:00 Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com>:

> Hi Arsène,
>
> We will be working on the FY19 budget this year.
>
> But I think this is a conversation which we can take to either the NCSG
> Finance Committee or the GNSO Standing Committee on Budget and Operations.
>
> Best,
>
> Ayden
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Intersessional, meeting with the CEO and Board
> Local Time: 10 January 2018 10:59 AM
> UTC Time: 10 January 2018 09:59
> From: arsenebaguma at GMAIL.COM
> To: NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>
> Hi Farzaneh,
>
> Thanks for this.
>
> For those who doesn’t know, the Intercessional is an annual planning
> meeting which will take place this year in Los Angeles from Feb 1-2 and
> where some of our leaders will be attending. Not sure yet whether remote
> participation will be available for the entire meeting.
>
> At the NCSG level, our Councilors and the Chair will be attending as well
> as representatives from our two constituencies. The list of attendees will
> be shared on this list soon.
>
> One of the issue that i would suggest we discuss with both the CEO and the
> Board is the issue with finances/income. As we have learnt and have
> mentioned in one of our recent comment, ICANN is not doing well with
> regards to its income and we suggested them to cut some of their expenses
> so that the community doesn’t end up paying the extra cost through
> mechanisms such as increasing fees.
>
> I would like to know what are their strategies to deal with this issue
> (especially because their FY18 budget will be out soon) and if they have
> taken into account our suggestions of some areas where they can cut costs.
> During this meeting we can make sure we know whether our voice is being
> heard or not.
>
> Thanks,
> Arsene
>
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> Arsène Tungali,
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>
> Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos)
>
> On Jan 10, 2018, at 11:36 AM, Farell Folly <farellfolly at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> Hello Farzaneh,
>
> Will the discussions concern a specific topic or we can choose any?
> My concern is the following :
>
> Even though there is actually a public comment going on the diversity
> report, I would like to hear the CEO's opinion about ICANN diversity as a
> whole. Is it diversity a priority for him? What part of his agenda this
> year will deal with diversity? The WS2 work is still ongoing and may take
> longer to finish and more to implement. Will ICANN simply wait untill the
> time comes or the CEO think there can be some exception (temporary
> solution) to fill the gap : especially where the ICANN diversity data
> report expressly noted that  among the 190 leaders of ICANN only 21 are
> African ( vs1.1 billion of inhabitants), 28 are from the LAC (650 millions)
> and Asia is comparatively the most underrepresented continent (taken
> #active internet users). RSSAC and SSAC have no African representative and
> RSSAC has no LAC member, 9 out of 12 are from North America.
>
>
>
> Le mer. 10 janv. 2018 à 03:14, farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
> a écrit :
>
>> Dear NCSG members,
>>
>> As you know, we will have the intersessional meeting at the end of
>> January. This meeting is a meeting of the Non-contracted party house, which
>> simply means a meeting of Non Commercial Stakeholder Group and Commercial
>> Stakeholder Group.
>>
>> I will share the agenda with you soon but there are two important segment
>> of the meeting that we need your contribution:
>>
>> What should we discuss with the CEO?
>>
>> What should we discuss with the Board?
>>
>> Please provide your input by 15 January.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Farzaneh
>>
>
>
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>
>
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