[NCUC-DISCUSS] Questions and talking points for ICANN CEO

[Ayden Férdeline]

Thank you, Renata. I look forward to reviewing your call notes.

I am curious as to what you will ask the CEO about capacity building when the NCUC has recently opposed the 2019 Intersessional.

There was confirmed funding in the budget for the 2019 Intersessional and this represented an excellent opportunity for the NCUC to engage in internal capacity development.

I am surprised that this funding was declined without first consulting with NCUC members. If the NCSG Finance Committee was consulted, I do not see any indication on their mailing list. In any case, I believe this decision should have been left to the new Executive Committee to make, and should have only been made after consulting with NCUC members.

The Intersessional is what we make it. If it didn’t work this year, we should fix it for next year. To simply throw away the funding that was confirmed and allocated in the budget is, in my view, a dereliction of duty and will only cause the NCUC harm.

I understand the thinking is, we will ask for the funding again in 2020. The Intersessional is currently a part of the core budget; if not used, the question in 2020 will be, why do we need the funding if you didn’t need it last year? I find it hard to imagine the funding will ever be made available again if turned down for 2019.

I am disappointed that decisions to do with resources are being made without first consulting with NCUC members. I ask that this please change. Thank you.

Ayden 

> On 27 Aug 2018, at 21:19, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <raquino at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear all
> 
> Thank you for your responses to this. Call will be soon and I'll also
> use some of the notes of the previous discussions our members
> contributed in NCSG.
> I don't think we'll have a time to approach leadership renewal other
> than an update only.
> I will bring up the capacity buidling and I guess there will be lots
> to listen to
> 
> Best,
> 
> Renata
> 
> On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 4:39 AM, Benjamin Akinmoyeje <benakin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear Chair,
>> Sorry for the late response, the already identified talking points look
>> alright to me.
>> 
>> However my addition to the talking point around Capacity Building will be to
>> encourage other stakeholders in ICANN to engage NCUC in their different
>> region actively.
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> Benjamin
>> 
>> On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 10:02 PM Bruna Martins dos Santos
>> <bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Dear all,
>>> 
>>> Any points you think should be considered by Renata in this call other
>>> than the ones listed by her ?
>>> 
>>> - Implementation of our new bylaws - Projects ongoing and challenges
>>> on initiatives which could support more policy work
>>> 
>>> - Capacity building budget cuts - Results and planning for FY19
>>> 
>>> - NCUC Leadership renewal - Noting that new leadership will be briefed
>>> on ongoing processes and will align goals with ICANN Org
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Bruna
>>> 
>>> Em seg, 20 de ago de 2018 às 16:03, Renata Aquino Ribeiro
>>> <raquino at gmail.com> escreveu:
>>>> 
>>>> Dear members
>>>> 
>>>> NCUC Chair will have a phone meeting with ICANN CEO on Aug 27th.
>>>> 
>>>> Please send in your suggestions for questions and talking points.
>>>> 
>>>> Remember each Constituency gets such meeting so some points which NCSG
>>>> may already be discussing you should weigh in whether it is important
>>>> for NCUC to reinforce or not.
>>>> 
>>>> Here are the points I thought we could bring up
>>>> 
>>>> - Implementation of our new bylaws - Projects ongoing and challenges
>>>> on initiatives which could support more policy work
>>>> 
>>>> - Capacity building budget cuts - Results and planning for FY19
>>>> 
>>>> - NCUC Leadership renewal - Noting that new leadership will be briefed
>>>> on ongoing processes and will align goals with ICANN Org
>>>> 
>>>> Best,
>>>> 
>>>> Renata
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Ncuc-discuss mailing list
>>>> Ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org
>>>> https://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-discuss
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Bruna Martins dos Santos
>>> 
>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>> @boomartins
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Ncuc-discuss mailing list
>>> Ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org
>>> https://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-discuss
> _______________________________________________
> Ncuc-discuss mailing list
> Ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org
> https://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-discuss