[NCSG-FC] Finance Committee Intersessional Taskforce

[Thato Mfikwe]

Hi Ayden and FC members,

I will push to attend the upcoming Tuesday FC meeting. Anyway, the FC
should provide financial advice/recommendations and report to the community
and the EC on NCSG spending, financial plans and budgets, furthermore, the
EC makes the final decision.
The FC should not impose itself but offer advice and report financial
activities and monitor spending in a collaborative and transparent fashion
with its stakeholders (PC, EC, C's and community) according to my
understanding, this is one of the reasons why an FC Operational Procedure
doc is important to clearly articulate this responsibilities in the most
clinical/actionable way while respecting stipulations of the charter to
avoid further confusion, reinventing the process will only frustrate and
delay activities of the FC as mentioned.

The FC cannot effectively contribute or move forward if it has no Operating
Procedures that articulates its responsibilities, not just community
engagement processes and codes of conducts, this will make it simple for
the FC to execute its fiduciary duties as listed in the Charter.



Thato Mfikwe.

On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 6:25 AM Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com> wrote:

> Thanks Sam,
>
> The situation is quite a bit more nuanced than Farzaneh’s email below
> suggests.
>
> We can discuss further on our call on Tuesday. I believe there is an
> important role for the Finance Committee to play in ensuring that
> stakeholder group resources are being appropriately utilised.
>
> I have heard a disturbing allegation that I am in the process of
> verifying. If true, I believe it would be appropriate for the Finance
> Committee to act. Until I can confirm it’s veracity, which I am doing as we
> speak, I will say no more.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ayden
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 01:14, Sam Lanfranco <sam at lanfranco.net> wrote:
>
> Farzaneh, Ayden, et. al.,
>
> It may seem minor but there is an ocean of difference between a Finance
> Committee "telling the stakeholder group how it should spend the money".
> which it cannot and should not due, and the Finance Committee looking at
> how money is spent and offering commentary, through the channels by which
> it reports, to assist NCSG to "ensure that the funding is being put to good
> use". "Good" here is defined within the context of (a) most efficient ways
> (e.g. email not fax :-) ), (b) the Charter of NCSG, and (c) the terms of
> reference and conditions set down by ICANN. Rest assured, this in no way
> suggests that the Finance Committee is about to go setting priorities for
> expenditures.
>
> Sam Lanfranco, NPOC
> On 7/19/2019 7:38 PM, Ayden Férdeline wrote:
>
> Dear Farzaneh,
>
> As you have not been on any of the Finance Committee’s calls, at least
> since March when I became Chair, you may not be aware of our current
> activities. We have been taking great care to stay within the parameters of
> our Charter and have been developing Internal Operating Procedures and a
> Code of Ethical Conduct to guide our behaviour.
>
> I would like to give you the opportunity to learn more about what the
> Finance Committee has prioritised and what we are working on this month.
> While you are not a Member or Observer of this committee, as defined within
> the Charter you reference below, we do value the input of all those who
> take an interest in our work.
>
> Please advise if you are available for a call on Monday at 1500 UTC so we
> can discuss this issue further. I will ask the Ombudsman to join us.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Ayden Férdeline
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 19:22, farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Dear Finance Committee,
>
> Please remember your mandate as defined by the charter. You are not in
> charge of telling the stakeholder group how it should spend the money or
> "ensure that the funding is being put to good use" otherwise, you will be
> violating the charter.
>
> Ayden really cares about the intersessional so he wants to do whatever in
> his power to shape it the way he wants it to be held. On its own, this
> doesn't really matter. He can provide  his feedback.  But bringing it to a
> committee that we have said over and over is not in charge of telling the
> stakeholder how to spend the money is not the way to go.
>
> A very humble observer on this mailing list.
>
>
>
> Farzaneh
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 4:50 PM Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I would like to encourage the Finance Committee to initiate a taskforce
>> to monitor Intersessional preparations to ensure that the funding we have
>> graciously received to host this event is being put to good use. We can
>> discuss further on our next call. Thanks.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Ayden Férdeline
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