[NCSG-FC] Lanfranco Comments: Action items from the NCSG Finance Committee Call of 20 June 2017

[Sam Lanfranco]

Comments submitted by Sam Lanfranco (may be farming when you consult on 
these)

ACTION ITEMS FROM THE NCSG FINANCE COMMITTEE CALL OF 20 JUNE 2017

1. Edward Morris will contact ICANN regarding the noncommercial history 
project, for which funding approval was granted in the Supplemental 
Budget requests. (No comment)

2. Edward Morris will obtain more information regarding any assistance 
ICANN may be able to give regarding banking facilities. It was agreed 
that while appreciating the willingness of the NCUC to allow use of 
their banking facility the current situation is not ideal. (FYI: NPOC 
has set up a Canadian banking facility)

3. Edward Morris will arrange for ICANN to reimburse Avri Doria for 
expenditures related to the .IS domain name. (Good luck. They still own 
me $600 for expenses I covered for ICANN (at their request) in 
Hyderabad. NPOC owes me more as soon as the transfer from the old 
Belgium account actually works)

4. Tapani Tarvainen will convey to the NCSG Executive Committee (EC) a 
request from the NCSG Finance Committee (FC) asking for an update as to 
the EC intentions concerning those aspects of NCSG Charter §2.4 
applicable to the FC, per the 28 April 2017 post to the NCSG EC mailing 
list by Ms. Robin Gross. (Unaware of details here)

5. Edward Morris will prepare a Motion for the next NCSG Finance 
Committee call declaring that no voluntary dues will be assessed members 
this year. The NCSG FC is required by the Charter to regularly make such 
an assessment. (I concur with this position)

6. Edward Morris will prepare a call for volunteers that will be 
submitted to the NCSG FC for approval to create a small group of 
interested volunteers, to include representation from each constituency, 
to help the NCSG develop a fundraising plan or otherwise meet the FC 
obligations regarding same per NCSG Charter §2.6.(This may also call for 
a clarification or slight re-tweaking of the NCSG mission and modes of 
operation, and whether this is funding for the “same old same old” or 
some innovative awareness and engagement strategies (how, where, what, 
with whom).

7. Edward Morris will prepare a call for volunteers that will be 
submitted to the NCSG FC for approval, creating a position of travel 
liaison from the NCSG to Constituency Travel to ensure that NCSG members 
receive fair and equitable treatment in the expenditure of travel 
funding. Mr. Ayden Ferdeline indicated an intention to volunteer for 
this position. (I endorse this but would also call for a discussion of 
the criteria for being eligible for “fair and equitable treatment”, 
criteria based on potential to advance the work of NCSG and not just 
based on demographics and geographics.)







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