Private Calls for NCSG Leadership Committees

[Olivier Kouami]

+1 @Amr.

Warm regards
Olévié

Le jeu. 30 juil. 2020 à 12:40, Amr Elsadr <aelsadr at icannpolicy.ninja> a
écrit :

> Hi,
>
> From looking at the NCSG EC Archive (
> https://lists.ncsg.is/pipermail/ncsg-ec/2020-July/date.html), I see that
> there are a couple of calls that are taking place without any notice or
> invitation being sent to our general membership. I, for one, would have
> liked to attend both calls, and don’t understand why they’ve been kept from
> us regular members by the NCSG EC.
>
> The first call, held yesterday (29 July) was apparently with Matthew
> Shears, and possibly other ICANN Board members too. I recall holding a call
> with Matthew when he was up for reelection by the NCPH (we were invited to
> that call, thankfully), and recall specifically asking him to hold periodic
> calls with our members as a means to keep in touch, and facilitate
> communication with the NCSG. Matthew seems to be doing his part, but we’ve
> been excluded form participation by our own SG’s leadership (a presumption
> on my part, so please correct me if I’m mistaken).
>
> Right now would have been a really good time to engage with our Board
> members, especially considering the EPDP finalizing its Phase 2 final
> report, and the Board having a seemingly strong opinion on one of the
> recommendations, which conflicts with our own. There may be other topics of
> importance to our members, like the recent ATRT recommendations, and what
> the Board’s consideration of those will mean to the ICANN MSM.
>
> Earlier today, it seems like a second call was also held (or was at least
> scheduled to be) with colleagues in the CSG regarding the election of a new
> GNSO Chair. Again…, this is an issue of great importance to NCSG members,
> particularly those who are engaged in policy development in the GNSO. Why
> were we not invited to attend this call as well? I hope that the NCSG’s new
> incoming Council representatives were at least invited to this second call,
> since they will be expected to work with the new GNSO Chair, and will also
> be expected to vote in this election.
>
> I find this kind of disregard to our members’ participation to be
> incredibly counter-productive to the work we do, and don’t really care for
> explanations or excuses. I’d just really like to see it stop.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Amr
>
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