[NCUC-DISCUSS] Call for volunteers to comment on the 1st Finance Committee Operational Procedures draft (OP)

[Thato Mfikwe]

Dear colleagues,

I am glad to announce that the* Finance Committee of NCSG
<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Committees-2018>* is
now in place and ready to tackle governance issues within NCSG to ensure
the high levels of transparency and accountability as enshrined in section
2.6 of the NCSG charter in relation to the NCSG Finance committee. The
current members of NCSG FC are Farzaneh Badii (NCSG Chair), Remmy Nweke
(NPOC rep) and Thato Mfikwe (NCUC rep). The FC will periodically upload its
documents on the *NCSG FC Wikispace*
<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Finance+Committee#Information-175761693>
for
the community to keep upto date with current and planned activities and
have access to committee-generated action plans, reports and
documents, so  lookout
for monthly updates.

Please note the FC has not been fully operational in past years with no
historical financial records or operational guidelines to show for the past
FY activities, thus the current committee intends to build and establish
this important pillar of NCSG governance. The NCSG FC does not have an
account, has no agreed formula on how funds should be distributed by the
NCSG EC to constituencies and has had no visibility within NCSG activities
yet, therefore a solid OP will be critical in getting the ball rolling to
put NCSG FC on its right pedestal.

The NCSG Finance Committee* Operational Procedure Draft document
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XBL9khOhzxRRu5BiwCNeGu4suSfAw3tHFnNldeirnJQ/edit>
*is available for comment, please note that the FC has only had discussion
around the OP but no formal consensus has been reached yet.

The Finance Committee DRAFT OP is built upon and guided by clauses
contained in the *NCSG Charter*
<https://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/ncsg-charter-05may11-en.pdf>
(Section 2.6) which was adopted in May 2011, a long standing document that
guides activities and operations of NCSG and all its committees.

The comment process will start today, 1*5* July 2018 and end on the 3rd of
August 2018 at 12am UTC, upon which, the FC will review comments, make
necessary resolutions and send the second draft OP to the NCSG EC for
approval and adoption.

At the same time, the Finance Committee would like to know if there are any
major points that we (FC members) might missed in the coverage of this
Operational Procedure?

The NCSG FC welcomes your comments with relevant rationale and looks
forward to speaking with you more about how to best support the NCSG
community activities throughout the year.

Hoping to sharing a bit more on the NCSG FC updates in the next call later
on, thanks.


Yours in development,

Thato Mfikwe.

NCSG Finance Committee Chair
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