[NCSG-PC] New Policy Committee / Next steps

[Rafik Dammak]

Hi all,

Regarding a policy committee call, I would like to propose next week
Wednesday at 12:00UTC for 1 hour.

Best,

Rafik

Le mar. 4 févr. 2020 à 15:43, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> a
écrit :

> hi,
>
> thanks for those comments and feedback.
>
> 1- I see support for having a PC call, let me come back with some
> days/time and we can select one giving also some time to prepare properly.
> 2- happy to explain about the tasks and activities but I cannot promise
> that I can write them down quickly (I will try) . as suggested you can send
> some questions and I can compile to answer them.
>
> Best,
>
> Rafik
>
> Le mar. 4 févr. 2020 à 06:23, Farell FOLLY <farell at benin2point0.org> a
> écrit :
>
>> Elsa, I didn’t read you earlier. I al totally in line with your thoughts.
>>
>> +1
>>
>> @__f_f__
>>
>> Best Regards
>> ____________________________________
>>
>> (Ekue) Farell FOLLY
>> GNSO Councillor
>> linkedin.com/in/farellf
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1 Feb 2020, at 02:43, Elsa S <elsa.saade at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Rafik,
>>
>> First of all, I’d like to take this chance to thank you for all the work
>> you’ve been doing in the past three years. It’s a lot of heavy lifting to
>> be chair of PC, Vice-chair of the council AND council liaison to the EPDP
>> at the same time. Your work is more than commendable and I don’t think NCSG
>> could thank you enough.
>>
>> Secondly, I’d like to welcome our vibrant new PC members, Liz and Olga I
>> very much look forward to working with you. And of course James and Juan!
>> Welcome aboard team!
>>
>> Having said that, I would definitely support a call for the PC but with
>> very sharp questions to ask and good preparation. Maybe each of us could
>> send in 3 questions that we’d like to be answered on our call, and write
>> pointers down as to what the best way forward could be. If I may also
>> suggest if, Rafik, you could maybe jot down the tasks you have been doing
>> as PC Chair outside of the description in our mandate? It could be helpful
>> to understand the workload and would also hone in our conversation much
>> more efficiently.
>>
>> I could create a doodle poll for us to decide on the most appropriate
>> time for a call if this would be helpful! Let me know :)
>>
>> Hope my two cents help! And until soon,
>>
>> E.
>> —
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 11:35 PM Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> The policy committee composition went through several changes with new
>>> representatives from constituencies and councillors (added in cc just in
>>> case). I think it is good opportunity now to discuss next steps and plan.
>>> It is also important to work as team and think about our role and duties as
>>> outlined in the charter and the expectations from NCSG members.
>>>
>>> A first action would be the election of a NCSG PC chair and agree on the
>>> process. It will be good to document the process for the future and one
>>> thing to add to the PC operating procedures project (on hold for a while
>>> and I will share the draft soon). The election will happen within PC
>>> members.  With regard to charter provision for reference:
>>> "*2.5.3. NCSG‑PC Leadership*
>>>
>>>    - A Chair will be elected or replaced from among the members of the
>>>    NCSG‑PC by a 2/3 vote of the NCSG‑PC membership on a yearly basis.
>>>
>>> -- The NCSG Chair may not serve in this role.
>>>
>>>    - One or more Vice-Chairs may be chosen by the NCSG‑PC on a yearly
>>>    basis."
>>>
>>>
>>> I have served as PC chair for at least for 3 years and I will be term
>>> limited as councillor and PC member by AGM of this year. So thinking about
>>> transition in a way or another is critical. One way experimented before is
>>> also to have vice-chairs as the charter permits at least in term of
>>> workload.
>>>
>>> Another would be to think strategically for PC work for this year and
>>> not just on whatever tasks or deadlines comes to us. GNSO council had its
>>> SPS meeting last week and there were a lot of discussions about priorities
>>> and that will come to us as SG soon where we need to define our policy
>>> priorities for this year and share our input to council.
>>>
>>> Please let me know about your suggestions/ideas. Currently the monthly
>>> policy call is not a PC call per se but we can think if we need our
>>> separate call to brainstorming and conduct our business.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Rafik
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>>
>> Elsa Saade
>> Consultant
>> Gulf Centre for Human Rights
>> Twitter: @Elsa_Saade
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