[NCSG-PC] onboarding programme not in FY19 Budget

[Ayden Férdeline]

Thanks, Rafik-

That is exactly what I'm suggesting. I think the onboarding programme has achieved its goals (or at least the goals that were in place when I first joined the programme), and it's okay to wrap it up. It was never meant to exist for eternity; the idea was always that travel funding would be a temporary carrot, and in exchange for the travel, the participants needed to create a set of evergreen materials that would allow newcomers to be onboarded without the travel resource. So I am not suggesting a change here.

But the process question has to be raised... it would have been nice to know that the pilot was being discontinued and that staff had assessed it as having achieved its original objective. We need to know what we're missing out on. That should be easy to spot in the Budget; we shouldn't be needing to compare the FY18 and FY19 Budget documents alongside one another to work out what was disappeared...

However, with the disappearance of this resource goes away 4-5 NCSG travel slots per meeting - slots being used by Louise, Dina, Agustina, and Oreoluwa (and sometimes Kathy). That's not a good outcome for us...

Ayden

-------- Original Message --------
On 19 February 2018 12:02 AM, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Ayden,
>
> I thought that onboarding programme is limited in time and so it would make sense that finishes at some time, that would also encourage everyone to deliver.
> but I take your point about the absence of notice regarding the termination of the programs, that should be made more clearly and no necessitating digging in the budget.
> I think we can add the comment about the transparency regarding initiation and termination of projects/resources and giving rational for that.
>
> Best,
>
> Rafik
>
> 2018-02-19 1:49 GMT+09:00 Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com>:
>
>> Hi, all-
>>
>> I have confirmed with Ergys Ramaj that the onboarding programme is wrapping up at the end of FY18, and is not budgeted to be supported in FY19. I think the staff rationale for terminating the programme is sound, but thought I'd flag it, as it is another instance of community support being lost in this budget with no prior community notification.
>>
>> What I propose is that we note in our Budget comment our disappointment that another community resource is being lost and ask if the savings generated can be put towards the Additional Budgetary Request envelope that shrunk by roughly 60%. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts here.
>>
>> Best wishes, Ayden
>>
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