NCSG Travel Policy Lacks Inclusivity Please

[Wisdom Donkor]

+1 Remmy, Well elaborated. I will also add that communication needs to improve. We need a communication strategy, a strategy among other things that will bring about a  quarterly reports and briefings from the executives on the activities of NCSG. This I think will promote inclusiveness, transparency and accountability. 

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> On Jul 7, 2018, at 10:28 PM, Remmy Nweke <remmyn at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Thanks Farzaneh
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> Apologies for the long email note.
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> Like I said earlier, the essence is being deminished when you start laying emphasis on travel slot for a particular committee and leaving the other who is supposed to be conducting it's interface with ICANN.org and the community at large.
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> Not because I got involved in Finance Committee, I have been to several ICANN meetings in past 10 years largely not on ICANN.org, outside that there is no part of the world I have not travelled to, so travel slot should not be my headache, but for  the mandate of the committee in the charter, which I browse through hitherto until this appointment, there is need to have stakeholder sessions, interface with ICANN.org, prospect funders and get feedback on fund already spent, new modalities among others and how best to evolve.
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> it's important to ensure that the only two statutory committees of NCSG (FC and PC) have equal footing when it comes to providing enabling environment except if one decides to be mischievous, yet we expect equal results.
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> We all must work as a larger team without deminishing any to make progress in NCSG especially on accountability and transparency.
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> Personally I do not expect less from you as a leader of substance as far as NCSG is for now and anyone taking over thereafter.
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> So I still stand on my demands madam chair.
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> Thanks
> Remmy Nweke
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> 
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> On 7 Jul 2018 10:36 pm, "farzaneh badii" <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com> wrote:
> Remmy, 
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> For three years  being in leadership positions at ICANN, out of 9 ICANN meetings I attended only 3. I was an executive committee member an ncuc chair and ncsg chair. I was effective and carried out my tasks well and did more than many of those who actually attended meetings. Even more than some of the previous chairs. I raised overall up to 88000 usd for ncuc and ncsg from Icann for policy writing and capacity building. I managed an outreach of 7000 usd which Icann paid as a crop event again from behind my desk at 3 am in the morning sometimes. My decision as ncsg chair not to seek re election is of course because of not being able to travel but that is totally different. When you are at the helm of a group unfortunately because of this "leadership" culture of ICANN and hierarchy NCSG will sometimes be without representative which is not in its interest. But when you are with a committee in more of an executive function,  You don't have to attend ICANN meetings to do your job. If you get the opportunity to go then great. But you don't have to. 
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> I think all ncsg members should know that travel slots don't bring equality in participation. Participation brings participation and inclusiveness. Hard work brings results. The result of participation can be travel slots. It should not be vice versa. 
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>> On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 4:09 PM Remmy Nweke <remmyn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for the response Farzaneh,
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>> 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.
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>> 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:
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>> Develop and deploy a fund raising plan for the NCSG;
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>> Work with the ICANN’s staff to determine levels of support available to the NCSG;
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>> Work with ICANN finance officers to insure the NCSG and its Constituencies receive fair and equivalent financial support from ICANN;
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>> Accounting for any funds received by the NCSG from any source. This accounting will include the following:
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>> All funds raised by voluntary membership fees or otherwise must be held in a separate NCSG account.
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>> Proper controls must be implemented.
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>> Regarding Expenditures, FC is to among others see that:
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>> Financial reports must be prepared annually and be made public.
>> Provide internal conflict resolution process regarding funds.
>> Provide the oversight of the Treasurer function.
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>> Fulfill any other accounting, auditing or other prescribed financial requirements as set by the ICANN Board of Directors for organizations within the ICANN structure.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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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> Farzaneh
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