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

[Tapani Tarvainen]

Comments inline.

On Jun 21 09:20, Sam Lanfranco (sam at lanfranco.net) wrote:
> 
> 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)

+1

> 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)

+1

> 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)

+1

Please check with Avri the exact amount. I believe it was around $30.

> 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)

I'll have to locate the message by Robin first (now traveling so a bit
hard to search).

> 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)

+1

> 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).

+1

> 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.)

+1, also agreeing with Sam's concern.

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Tapani Tarvainen