[NCSG-FC] Our internal operating procedures

Thu Jul 11 03:13:51 EEST 2019

Hi all

I'll keep the more fine grained recommendations and comments for when my
time comes to look at that as an EC member, but generally speaking, I am
favorable to having such documents and policies drafted rather than not.

As superfluous as they might seem (referring here to Sam's doubts about the
ethics policy) it's always useful to have as a reference and a foundation
upon which to build. Assuming we can rely on everyone's good faith, we can
still have good faith misunderstandings. An ethics policy would certainly
not have the clearcut answer to a given concrete dilemma or fact pattern,
but it would provide an agreed-upon guideline for those in authority to
take the decision.

Have a nice evening,

On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 1:28 PM Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com> wrote:

> Hi Thato,
>
> Thank you for your feedback.
>
> The objective for our procedures is to have ones which achieve specific
> results. We want to submit comments on the budget, so we've proposed a
> process for developing a comment on the budget. We want to submit ABRs, so
> we will have a process for doing that.
>
> So I don't agree that these procedures are "prohibitive"; what they are is
> prescriptive, so we have a clear process to follow so that the FC today and
> in the future is clear on what it should be doing. I hope this makes us
> more efficient, effective, and collaborative, because we are baking in the
> requirement to seek input and to work in the open.
>
> I hope this is helpful.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ayden Férdeline
>
>
> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> On Monday, 8 July 2019 14:42, Thato Mfikwe <thatomfikwe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I agree with you Sam on this, these proposed new procedures tend to be
> more prohibitive and preventative for FC members and other participants.
> However, *procedures for public comments and for submission of ABRs are
> still paramount* to guiding how the FC should engage stakeholders and the
> community. If there are perceived or real ethical issues within the FC then
> they need to be resolved, failing which will require remedial action, so
> far no ethical issues or complaints have been decided upon, if not brought
> forward to justify the development of such.
>
> The initial purpose for the development of the FC operational procedure,
> if not mistaken, was to develop a procedural document that will articulate
> and guide how the FC delivers its responsibilities as articulated in the
> charter, the new version seems to be missing that essence of being a
> reflection of section 2.6 in practice, which is also a basis upon which FC
> plans are developed and activites are properly mainstreamed within the
> community.
>
> Maybe more information on how the decision was reached to develop this new
> version would be insightful because it seems like we wasting time
> reinventing the wheel as opposed to reviewing, improving and amending the last
> FC OP draft
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MhJH2sxV1r9g6rCRHkPG50mgUrXeDxnweVB2xZWJLWA/edit>
> that was developed in consultation with the community and FC members,
> before community comment and submission to the PC and EC for review and
> approval before year end if possible. Just a comment, thanks.
>
>
>
>
> Thato Mfikwe.
>
> On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 2:24 PM Sam Lanfranco <sam at lanfranco.net> wrote:
>
>> Ayden,
>>
>> I may be in a minority here but I don't think we need an ethics policy
>> for the Financial Committee members. So long as we remain transparent and
>> consultative we will be judged by our actions. If we had an ethics policy
>> we would still be judged by our actions, and could not hide behind a pro
>> forma adherence to some ethics policy. This is not like being a lawyer,
>> where things like confidentiality and handling in-trust funds are involved.
>> It is more a matter of doing our assigned jobs well.
>>
>> For what it is worth....
>>
>> Sam
>> On 6/28/2019 6:07 PM, Ayden Férdeline wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> The time has come to begin work on developing our internal operating procedures. Initially, I am thinking we should develop the following procedures:
>>
>> * Procedure on development and submission of NCSG comment(s) on the annual Operating Plan and Budget for ICANN, PTI, and IANA
>>
>> * Procedure on development and submission of NCSG Additional Budget Requests
>>
>> * Procedure on development and submission of other statements that fall within the remit of the NCSG Finance Committee
>>
>> * Procedure for handling interventions on calls by non-members and non-observers
>>
>> * Procedure for requesting and/or accepting expert guidance on a given topic
>> *I would also like to develop an ethics policy for Finance Committee members. This effort would bake additional layers of transparency into our work, for the benefit of all NCSG members, and give them confidence we are acting in an ethical manner.
>> *
>> Please can you advise if you have any concerns regarding the nature of these possible procedures (and please note you can certainly raise concerns again once they’re drafted! we may draft one and realise it isn’t needed), or if there is anything which seems to be missing.
>>
>> We can then start to develop our first procedures this week, with a view to getting proposed procedures sent to the NCSG Executive Committee for its review and input by the end of the month.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Ayden
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