NCSG Travel Policy Lacks Inclusivity Please

[James Gannon]

The FC should assess any financial impacts on NCSG (None) and pass that feedback back to the Chair.

To use it as an opportunity for travel slots is frankly unbelievable.

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On 8 Jul 2018, at 11:59, Thato Mfikwe <thatomfikwe at gmail.com<mailto:thatomfikwe at gmail.com>> wrote:

Hi James,

For background, the travel policy document was shared with the FC, the FC did not initiate this discussion, that is when comments started. Now, was the FC supposed to ignore its content, document link or email?
To understand your question more clearly, are you stating that if the NCSG FC happens to see this document, as it is the case right now, and it notices that it is not equally listed or acknowledge in NCSG policy doc as much as its sister committee, the PC, does it (the FC) have no right at all to comment or inquire on the subject matter?

Please clarify, maybe we were not meant to see it and if that was the case maybe it was meant to remain private.

Thato Mfikwe.



On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 11:15 AM, James Gannon <james at cyberinvasion.net<mailto:james at cyberinvasion.net>> wrote:
I really have no understanding of how a discussion/policy of GNSO Council travel reallocation (A policy function) has anything to do with the Finance Committe (A finance function)?
-J


On 8 Jul 2018, at 09:40, Remmy Nweke <remmyn at gmail.com<mailto:remmyn at gmail.com>> wrote:

Good morning from the city of Lagos,

Dear Farzaneh
It's not my intention to ask for more if a level playing ground to enable both committees have relative environment to co-exist as subjects of NCSG is established, if you do not create that space, especially with Finance. I do not understand why we expect to have improvement in a precess especially finance/funding without providing the enabling environment and probably equal opportunities.

Yes, there is need for more activities on the side of Finance Committee which the current team is trying to address as I stated before, which must be done over time, but not when we are dealing with policies that guides an Organisation like NCSG, which often outlives most of us in NCSG. Our policies especially at NCSG must live beyond us more so when it's for internal best practices and process with a open mind.

If we want the Finance Committee to work, the excuses being adduced of mentioning specifically in a policy document a precise committee out of the only two statutories does not hold. And I think that Is what the current policy depicts. We must all help build the finance committee we want, not wanting magics.

I have outlined most of the responsibilities earlier which will soon be restated in the operational procedures, we must see beyond my bringing this matter of FC to the house to the steps in building and strengthening the Finance Committee we want.

There seems to be little knowledge of what NCSG-Finance Committee is and should be, hence we want to correct this by engaging our community and stakeholders more, which cannot be done under relegation of any color.

We cannot have two children and Favour one and expect both to be excitedly doing well or better still send a child to the market with salt and then send rain after him.

I still appreciated those who made comments on this, it helped in bringing more light to the table, and until the table is bright enough for us all to see what is on the other side, the light is not visible enough and that is when transparency and accountability can be said to have improved in NCSG as a family.

Regards
Remmy Nweke



On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 1:33 AM farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com<mailto:farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>> wrote:
I removed the paragraph about policy committee but I cannot change this paragraph

  1.  c.If the applicant is to be an alternate to a GNSO Councillor, he or she should have an understanding of how the Council works and have observed their meetings beforehand. They must provide a letter of recommendation from either the Chair of the NCSG Policy Committee or a serving member of the Council in his or her second term.

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You suggested that there should be a letter from the Finance Committee. I cannot accept that change. Remember we are talking about "alternate" to council member. Their task if they get the travel slot is to go to the meeting and go to council and policy meeting, has nothing to do with finance.

I think the confusion comes from the fact the travel slots that we are talking in this travel policy is  the ICANN support of NCSG EC (3 slots) and NCSG Council member slots (6 slots). We will need a more elaborate travel policy later on for other funding allocation. but as it stands this will do.

I made as many changes as I could and removed the paragraph about policy committee . but some changes I could not make as I said above.

Here is the doc.

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sSJWajPGAIz9_mwNFiS7YlUg5CYtKdN5HejtaVojXo0/edit?ts=5b40a6ef#


Farzaneh


On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 6:29 PM Remmy Nweke <remmyn at gmail.com<mailto:remmyn at gmail.com>> wrote:
Thanks Farzaneh

Apologies for the long email note.

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<http://ICANN.org> and the community at large.

Not because I got involved in Finance Committee, I have been to several ICANN meetings in past 10 years largely not on ICANN.org<http://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<http://ICANN.org>, prospect funders and get feedback on fund already spent, new modalities among others and how best to evolve.

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.

We all must work as a larger team without deminishing any to make progress in NCSG especially on accountability and transparency.

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.

So I still stand on my demands madam chair.

Thanks
Remmy Nweke



On 7 Jul 2018 10:36 pm, "farzaneh badii" <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com<mailto:farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>> wrote:
Remmy,

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.

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.

On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 4:09 PM Remmy Nweke <remmyn at gmail.com<mailto:remmyn at gmail.com>> 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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