NCSG Travel Policy Lacks Inclusivity Please

Sat Jul 7 16:53:50 EEST 2018

+1 Remmy excellent suggestion and great work. Good to access transcripts as
Stephanie mentioned.

Face to face meetings are critical although bulk of the work done is often
done outside these f2f meetings but it does not negate the need for
physical representation and networking that happens with coming on site.

On Sun, 8 Jul 2018, 9:51 am Remmy Nweke, <remmyn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Stephanie for the comments.
>
> Frankly speaking we are building the Finance Committee from scratch and
> actually held our first meeting last week as the current NCSG-FC as follow
> up of ICANN62.
>
> Hence we are surprised that out of two committees statutorily under NCSG
> and little concern is given in strengthening the other and pray that
> changes soon.
>
> Also We are in the process of getting some first hand updates to
> facilitate agenda for future meeting calls within the NCSG-FC specifics.
>
> Regards
> Remmy
>
> On Sat, 7 Jul 2018 9:39 pm Stephanie Perrin, <
> stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca> wrote:
>
>> 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, 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?
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Stephanie Perrin
>> On 2018-07-07 16:08, Remmy Nweke wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the response Farzaneh,
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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:
>>
>>
>>
>> Develop and deploy a fund raising plan for the NCSG;
>>
>>
>>
>> Work with the ICANN’s staff to determine levels of support available to
>> the NCSG;
>>
>>
>>
>> Work with ICANN finance officers to insure the NCSG and its
>> Constituencies receive fair and equivalent financial support from ICANN;
>>
>>
>>
>> Accounting for any funds received by the NCSG from any source. This
>> accounting will include the following:
>>
>>
>>
>> All funds raised by voluntary membership fees or otherwise must be held
>> in a separate NCSG account.
>>
>>
>>
>> Proper controls must be implemented.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regarding Expenditures, FC is to among others see that:
>>
>>
>> Financial reports must be prepared annually and be made public.
>>
>> Provide internal conflict resolution process regarding funds.
>>
>> Provide the oversight of the Treasurer function.
>>
>>
>>
>> Fulfill any other accounting, auditing or other prescribed financial
>> requirements as set by the ICANN Board of Directors for organizations
>> within the ICANN structure.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Looking at most of the responsibilities of the Finance Committee, its
>> stakeholders  and possible time for most of its functions and oversights
>> must be dealt with within the ICANN stakeholdes meeting for proper
>> engagement.
>>
>>
>>
>> Finally, its in the best interest of *NCSG-EC* 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> Remmy
>>
>>
>>
> On 7 Jul 2018 9:39 pm, "Stephanie Perrin" <
> stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca> wrote:
>
> 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, 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?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Stephanie Perrin
> On 2018-07-07 16:08, Remmy Nweke wrote:
>
> Thanks for the response Farzaneh,
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> 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:
>
>
>
> Develop and deploy a fund raising plan for the NCSG;
>
>
>
> Work with the ICANN’s staff to determine levels of support available to
> the NCSG;
>
>
>
> Work with ICANN finance officers to insure the NCSG and its Constituencies
> receive fair and equivalent financial support from ICANN;
>
>
>
> Accounting for any funds received by the NCSG from any source. This
> accounting will include the following:
>
>
>
> All funds raised by voluntary membership fees or otherwise must be held in
> a separate NCSG account.
>
>
>
> Proper controls must be implemented.
>
>
>
> Regarding Expenditures, FC is to among others see that:
>
>
> Financial reports must be prepared annually and be made public.
>
> Provide internal conflict resolution process regarding funds.
>
> Provide the oversight of the Treasurer function.
>
>
>
> Fulfill any other accounting, auditing or other prescribed financial
> requirements as set by the ICANN Board of Directors for organizations
> within the ICANN structure.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> Looking at most of the responsibilities of the Finance Committee, its
> stakeholders  and possible time for most of its functions and oversights
> must be dealt with within the ICANN stakeholdes meeting for proper
> engagement.
>
>
>
> Finally, its in the best interest of *NCSG-EC* 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.
>
> 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.
>
>
> Remmy
>
>
>
>
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