<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dear All,<div>I'm sorry for not getting back to you sooner.</div><div><br></div><div>I have the expectation of the sum of 2500 USD from PIR, I am yet to confirm from Milton if NCUC has received the funds.</div><div><br></div><div>Just like the last event, I only get notified of the funds and Milton is fully in charge of its management. For ICANN78 expenditure, we expect some invoices for the report and meals served at the Issue forum.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div>Benjamin </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 3, 2023 at 4:30 AM Mili <<a href="mailto:milisemlani@gmail.com">milisemlani@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"><div dir="auto">Dear Kathy <div>   </div><div>  Thanks for your questions. </div><div><br></div><div>I would direct these questions to @benjamin and @ Milton who will be better suited to answer anything related to the finances. </div><div><br></div><div>As of now the payment has not been made. Once the final draft is shared, we will receive the invoice. </div><div><br></div><div>Once the invoice is honored, NCUC/SG will own all rights to the report. As a standard in the publishing world. We (by we I mean NCUC/SG here) are free to share, publish and circulate it as we please. </div><div><br></div><div>I am merely carrying this facilitation as an NCUC volunteer in my capacity as the EC member. <br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">--</font></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><span class="gmail_default"></span>With gratitude</span></div><div><font style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Mili Semlani</font></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Journalist & Engagement Manager </span></div><div><div style="line-height:1.2;padding-bottom:0px"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Founder @ <a href="http://youth4ig.asia/" target="_blank">Youth4IG</a><br></span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><font style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font><a href="https://www.instagram.com/theuntraveller/" target="_blank">Instagram</a></font> | <font><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/milisemlani/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></font></font></font></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Nov 3, 2023, at 01:49, Kathy Kleiman <kathy@dnrc.tech> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr">

  
    
  
  
    <p>Tx Mili, thanks for your response and agreed that it takes a lot
      of work to make a forum happen.</p>
    <p>Let me follow-up with two quick questions. Could you share the
      source of the funds (was this PIR money?) and how much you paid? 
      Also who owns the report this group produced?  These seem like
      fair questions, but if there is a concern about transparency,
      please let me know.</p>
    <p>Best regards, Kathy<br>
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    <div>On 11/2/2023 10:40 AM, Mili wrote:<br>
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      Hi Kathy
      <div>  As mentioned in my earlier emails too, we hired a
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      <div>For everyone’s clarity, I did not write the report. I am
        merely facilitating it as we divided the various tasks for the
        issue forum and I took over the task of looking for a rapporteur
        and co ordinating this. </div>
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      <div>And yes everyone put in a lot of work to make the issue forum
        happen and it’s great to see the collective result of all our
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            <div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><span class="gmail_default"></span>With gratitude</span></div>
            <div><font style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Mili
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          On Nov 2, 2023, at 19:56, Kathy Kleiman
          <a href="mailto:kathy@dnrc.tech" target="_blank"><kathy@dnrc.tech></a> wrote:<br>
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          <p>Hi Mili,</p>
          <p>A lot of people spent a lot of time preparing for this
            issues forum (as well as the first).  Can I ask how much you
            got paid to write this report (and how  long it took)? <br>
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          <p>Best and thanks,</p>
          <p>Kathy</p>
          <p>On 11/2/2023 2:13 AM, Mili Semlani wrote:</p>
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                As a part of the 20th anniversary celebration, we
                organised an issue forum at ICANN78. It was decided that
                we hire a rapporteur to prepare a brief report of the
                discussion. </div>
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                have attached the first draft of the report they have
                sent me. Kindly take a look and let me know if it's okay
                (check for factual errors, if its readable well and
                detailed enough for us). <br>
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                we add a link to the <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">comparison
                  between At large and NCSG applicant support proposals
                  (the printed version that you prepared and circulated
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                let me know if there is any other feedback on the
                attached report, changes, amendments etc. We ideally
                should share and publish it for our members before the
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                                                          <div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>Mili Semlani</b></font></div>
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              <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 2 Nov 2023 at
                01:59, Kathy Kleiman <a href="mailto:kathy@dnrc.tech" target="_blank"><kathy@dnrc.tech></a>
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                  <p>Hi Mili,</p>
                  <p>Good to see you and Hamburg, and nice to have a
                    chance to talk. Still in catch-up mode here; I'll
                    have things over to you  tomorrow (11/2).</p>
                  <p>Also, what is a soft copy for and who is the
                    writer?  Not sure I understand the request... <br>
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                  <p>Best, Kathy<br>
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                  <div>On 11/1/2023 11:14 AM, Mili wrote:<br>
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                  <blockquote type="cite"> Noted. @milton do you have
                    any additional resources, links that point to this?
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                    <div>@kathy maybe we can also attach the comparison
                      between At large and NCSG applicant support
                      proposals (the printed version that you prepared
                      and circulated at the session). Can you also send
                      me a soft copy for the same so I can share it with
                      the writer to incorporate. </div>
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                    <div>@all of no further comments, I will send this
                      with the below feedback for final drafting. Kindly
                      let me know by EOD (Nov 1).<br>
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                            <div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><span class="gmail_default"></span>With
                                gratitude</span></div>
                            <div><font style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Mili Semlani</font></div>
                            <div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Journalist & Engagement
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                          On Nov 1, 2023, at 00:37, Mueller, Milton L <a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu" target="_blank"><milton@gatech.edu></a>
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                                think the report on RVCs would be
                                improved if we could attach the
                                framework Kathy and I developed for
                                allowable RVCs. It could also discuss
                                some of the “stress test” studies we
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                                <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mili Semlani<br>
                                <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 31, 2023
                                6:31 AM<br>
                                <b>To:</b> Exec. Comm <a href="mailto:ncuc-ec@lists.ncuc.org" target="_blank"><ncuc-ec@lists.ncuc.org></a><br>
                                <b>Subject:</b> [NCUC-EC] Report from
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                                    organised an issue forum at ICANN78.
                                    It was decided that we hire a
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                                    take a look and let me know if it's
                                    okay (check for factual errors, if
                                    its readable well and detailed
                                    enough for us). If it's good to go
                                    and doesn't require any changes, we
                                    can furnish their invoice and they
                                    will pass the rights for us to
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