<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi all,</div><div><br></div><div>I will reapply, thanks for the go ahead. I would also further urge that we need strong representation qualitatively, within NCSG, its committees and constituencies in whatever capacity. The regional presence and engagement efforts need to improved within the community in order for members to start being more active and involved. As the current Chair of the FC, it is not easy to change or improve the current status quo, although there are clear synergy and collaboration challenges between the FC and other committees of NCSG based of misunderstanding or misinterpretation on the role and priorities of the FC, sometimes also by the community.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Please note that the NCSG Finance Commitee needs support in terms of volunteers to help with a huge work backlog, so I encourage all members to participate whenever a call for volunteers is made because the Finance Committee presents another opportunity to participate within NCSG activities. Furthermore the work of the FC is not too technical and you do not need a solid background to start participating, basic understanding accounting principles and how ICANN works, ability to read financial information and providing inputs or comments should be sufficient in order for one start participating. Amongst other tracks, the focus areas of the NCSG FC include drafting community comments and providing directive and advice on the following:</div><div><br></div><div>- ABRs - ICANN, PTI/IANA budget and plans</div><div>- Fundraising - Reserve Funds<br></div><div>- New gTLD Auction Proceed - Auditing, accounting and budgeting</div><div>- Compliance to <a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/filefield_25801/ncsg-charter-05may11-en.pdf">NCSG Charter</a> (especially section 2.6 which relates to the FC) - Compliance to FC Operational Procedues which are still in draft format<br></div><div><br></div><div>To learn more about the Finance Commitee, please make sure you join our meeting in Kobe on the 13th of March 2019, <a href="https://64.schedule.icann.org/meetings/962170">meeting link</a>.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Also hoping for the best, thanks once again.</div><div><br></div><div>Thato Mfikwe. <br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 10:13 AM Wisdom Donkor <<a href="mailto:wisdom.dk@gmail.com">wisdom.dk@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Thanks Ines, <div>I will support Thato for another term<br><br>On Thursday, February 21, 2019, hfaiedh ines <<a href="mailto:hfaiedh.ines2@gmail.com" target="_blank">hfaiedh.ines2@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Dear NCUC Africa members,<div><br></div><div>Here s the call for applications to the Finance Committee, Deadline is soon Feb 25th.<br><br>---------- Message transféré ----------<br>De : <b>Bruna Martins dos Santos</b> <<a href="mailto:bruna.mrtns@gmail.com" target="_blank">bruna.mrtns@gmail.com</a>><br>Date : mardi 12 février 2019<br>Objet : [NCUC-DISCUSS] [Call for applications] NCUC appointee to NCSG Finance Committee<br>À : NCUC Discuss <<a href="mailto:ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org" target="_blank">ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dear members,</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap">NCUC would like to invite applications for </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap">Constituency representative to the NCSG Finance Committee for the coming year</span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. The terms for FC representatives are of one year and the time has come for NCUC to appoint its representative. </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Therefore, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">this present call is open for applications until 25 February</span><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and the </span></font><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:start">the EC will deliberate with the advice of the NCSG Chair until </span><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:start">28 February</b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">In accordance with our NCUC Operating Procedures [1], the selection process will take into account the </span><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">following characteristics:</b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">:</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:36pt;text-align:justify"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">a. Has a depth of expertise in financial management, forensic accounting, and/or budgeting.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:10pt;margin-left:35.4331pt;text-align:justify"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">b. Candidates should also highlight their practical understanding of financial accounts, risk management, and understanding of auditing processes, as well as any experience with grant seeking and/or fundraising.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Additional general requirements</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:36pt;text-align:justify"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- The candidate must submit an updated Statement of Interest (SoI).</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:10pt;margin-left:35.4331pt;text-align:justify"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- It is desirable for the candidate to have participated in public comment efforts, and be an active member in one or more Working Groups (WG) within ICANN or generally been contributing by being involved with outreach and NCUC events.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Committees-2018" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">About the Finance Committee</font></span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Finance Commmitee at NCSG is formed by one NCUC and one NPOC</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">representative. The current NPOC representative is Remmy Nweke. And the current NCUC representative is Thato Mfikwe. NCUC can also add observers to this committee. </font></span></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Send your application and SOI to </span><a href="mailto:chair@ncuc.org" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">chair@ncuc.org</span></a><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">and copy </span><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:maryam.bakoshi@icann.org" target="_blank">maryam.bakoshi@icann.org</a></span></font></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">[1] NCUC Operating Procedures</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.8;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><a href="https://www.ncuc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/NCUC-Operating-Procedures-Sept-2017.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">https://www.ncuc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/NCUC-Operating-Procedures-Sept-2017.pdf</font></span></a></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><i>Bruna Martins dos Santos </i></b></div><div><br></div><div><div>Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos<br></div><div>@boomartins<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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</blockquote></div><br><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:small"><b>WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)</b><br></div><div><font size="1">President & CEO</font></div><div><font size="1">Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation (Co-Founder)</font></div><div><font size="1">P.O. Box CT 2439, Cantonments, Accra</font></div><div><font size="1">Tel: +233 20 812 8851</font></div><div><font size="1">Skype: wisdom_dk | Facebook: kwasi wisdom | Twitter: @wisdom_dk | Linkdin: Kwasi wisdom</font></div><div style="font-size:small">__________________________________________________</div><div><font size="1">Specialization:</font></div><div><font size="1">E-government Network Infrastructure and E-application, Internet Governance, Open Data policies platforms & Community Development, Cyber Security, Software Engineering, Event Planning & Management, <b style="font-size:small"><br></b></font></div><div><font size="1"><br></font></div><div><font size="1">Member: UN IGF MultistatekeHolder Advisory Group</font></div><div><font size="1">Member: UN BPF on Policy Option for Connecting and Enabling the Next Billion</font></div><div><font size="1">Member: UN BPF on Gender and Access</font></div><div><font size="1">Member: UN IGF National Regional Initiatives</font></div><div><font size="1">Member: UN BPF on IOT, Big Data and AI</font></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Member: National SDG's data Roadmaps Advisory Committee, Ghana</span><font size="1"><br></font></div><div><font size="1">Member / Fellow: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)</font></div><div><font size="1">Member: Internet Society</font></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Member: Freedom Online Coalition (FOC)</span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Member / Alumni: Diplo Foundation</span><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">Member: OGP Open Data WG Member, </font></div></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">Partner: Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition</font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">Member: World Bank Open Data Working Team</font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">Member: Africa Open Data Collaborative </font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">Member: Ghana Energy Commission Data Task-force </font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">Member: Linux Accra Users Group</font></div><div><font size="1">Information Technology Association of Ghana, National Secretariat Manager</font></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br>
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