NCUC Executive Committee Minutes

[Milton Mueller]

NCUC Executive Committee Minutes
December 5, 2003  
10:30 am North America, 4:30 pm Germany
11:30 pm Philippines.
Meeting time: two hours
Method: IRC

Present:
Milton Mueller, Chair
Valerie Gordon, LAC rep
Chris Chiu, NA rep
Horacio Cadiz, AP rep
Iliya Nickelt, EU rep


1. Budget/finances report
        * $550 in NCUC account from memberships 
        * about $1500 of EPIC Public Voice grant remaining
        * Afilias will donate $5000. Some discussion of 
           appropriateness of accepting it. EC agreed that as long as
           it is public and Constituency makes it clear that its
           activities and decisions will not be affected it will take it.
        * Must set up credit card payment system for members 
                   using non-US currencies
        * $5000 budgeted for Rome meeting

2. Make a decision about terms of Council members
        Marc and Jisuk tied in votes, must
        be assigned a two-year or a one-year term.
        Difficult and somewhat arbitrary choice, 
        after deliberation Marc chosen because of his
        experience with ICANN processes, Jisuk has an
        excellent chance of being re-elected next year 
        should she choose to do it.

3. Make a decision about Secretary-Treasurer
        David Bell (Syracuse U. GA) continues at least until Summer.
                We will start looking for alternatives at Rome meeting

4. Whois Task Forces
        Up to $300 budgeted for (documented) expense reimbursement 
                for TF participants (mostly phone costs)

5. Africa representation on EC
        Valerie Gordon will relay to Thierry Amoussogbo the EC's 
        desire to have him represent Africa on the EC. Because 
        the election was missed, he will be appointed as an 
        advisor and invited to meetings. Thierry missed the 
        election because a change of location led to missed
        emails

6. Make a decision and/or define a process to pick a NCUC 
   representative to the PIR Advisory Committee
        The Comittee decided that after consulting with our past
        rep (YJ Park) about the nature of the position and the best
        type of person to appoint, we would issue a call for nominations
        on the NCUC-discuss list. By mid-January, the EC will appoint
        someone.

7. Charter revisions
        There are some loose ends in the charter that were 
        identified by Adam Peake. MM will dig up that message,
        Iliya will also prepare a list of things that may need
        to be changed.

10. Schedule next session
        Next EC meeting set for some time in mid-late January,
        re-using the chat room format that worked successfully
        this time. MM will propose specific date and gain approval
        from other EC members. Thanks to Iliya Nickelt for use of
                his chat site.