[Ec-ncuc] new EC and tasks for new year

Mon Jan 9 15:14:58 CET 2012

Hi all,

Similar to others suggestions, I would like to see the EC issue a call for
volunteers (I think we'll be lucky to get 2-3 people), with whom the EC
would work to develop a draft charter. This would then be submitted for
approval by the membership.

As for the website, I'll try to update the pages mentioned this week.  I
agree that is needs an overhaul. Maybe someone in the membership would want
to take on developing a more holistic approach that integrates the various
sites, lists we use.

Best,

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Brenden Kuerbis
Internet Governance Project
http://internetgovernance.org

On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Konstantinos Komaitis <
k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Happy new year and all the best for 2012. I hope you have had a good and
> relaxing festive season.
>
> As I mentioned in my email in December, we have some tasks ahead of us
> that we need to start dealing with. The first and most pressuring one is
> the NCUC charter. We need to update it and I would like us to have it in
> place before the Costa Rica meeting. This means that we have two months to
> sort the charter out, but I don't think also that it will require a lot of
> work.
>
> The first issue, however, is who will be doing the re-drafting. There are
> two possibilities: we either go back to the membership and ask who wants to
> participate in the drafting team or the EC takes on this task. I think that
> in both cases, I should be involved as the chair (please let me know if you
> disagree) and, if we opt for the first option, the group should be small,
> no more than 5-6 people and those should be selected on a first-come basis.
>
> Please let me know what you think so we can get things started.
>
> Thanks
>
> KK
>
> From: "Nuno NET>" <ngarcia at NGARCIA.NET<mailto:ngarcia at NGARCIA.NET>>
> Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 22:37:13 +0000
> To: Konstantinos Komaitis <k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk<mailto:
> k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk>>
> Cc: "EC-NCUC at ipjustice.org<mailto:EC-NCUC at ipjustice.org>" <
> ec-ncuc at ipjustice.org<mailto:ec-ncuc at ipjustice.org>>, Carlos Afonso <
> ca at CAFONSO.CA<mailto:ca at CAFONSO.CA>>, Milton L Mueller <mueller at SYR.EDU
> <mailto:mueller at SYR.EDU>>
> Subject: Re: new EC and tasks for new year
>
> Dear all, I'm back on my desk again, after some time travelling.
>
> I'm slowly picking up my emails.
>
> Please see inline.
>
> All the best,
>
> Nuno
>
> On 20 December 2011 12:01, Konstantinos Komaitis <k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk
> <mailto:k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk>> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am using the EC list (since it is archived) and I have cc?d Nuno and
> Carlos (the newest members) since I don?t know if Brenden had the time to
> add the new officers to the list. In any case, I was thinking that before
> we break for Christmas, we start thinking about the pressing tasks we have
> before us.
>
> The first one and the most important is the NCUC Charter, which has to be
> amended to comply with the NCSG charter. I have started working on it, but
> it is seriously incomplete. I think the first thing we need to consider is
> process and the way I see it there are only two options: either the EC
> works on it or we form a small group of NCUC members to work on it. I am
> fine either way ? the only thing I would like to stress is that if we opt
> for option no. 2, we need to make sure that the group does not get too big
> and bureaucratic (not sure how we do this though ? perhaps we say a group
> of 5 and it will be on a first come, first served basis?). I am want your
> views on this and how we should proceed. In any case, the charter will be
> put up for a vote before the whole membership.
> In order to comply with the requests for transparency, I propose we use a
> mixed solution, requesting two or three volunteers from the NCUC to work
> with two or three volunteers from the EC. The volunteers would be selected
> by the EC regarding their profile, or, as you propose, the first volunteers
> would get the "job".
>
> The second issues is the Ning website ? we need to update it and make it
> somehow more interactive. Brenden is the guru of the website and I will be
> liaising with him in order to make some necessary amendments (e.g. the
> membership section now needs to link to the NCSG membership). Ideas are
> welcomed and what other changes ? if any ? you think are necessary.
> Konstantinos, AFAIS, the ning site points to this url: http://
> http://ncdnhc.org/? At least, we need to update the page with the new
> officers list at http://ncdnhc.org/page/elected-officers. We should
> promote the site in the NCUC Facebook (and Google+) pages.
>
>
> I would also like to ask that Milton remains the Treasurer for NCUC ? he
> has been doing this for a long time now and many administrative issues
> (e.g. cheque book) are under his name. if Milton doesn?t object, it would
> only make sense for him to continue to perform this function. According to
> the existing charter, the EC makes the appointment for the Treasurer ? (.
> Be elected on an annual basis by Constituency members in an online vote
> (with the exception of the Secretary-Treasurer, who is appointed by the EC).
> I agree and support the nomination.
>
> Membership ? we need to bring in more organizations and individuals. this
> is very difficult but we need to identify orgs and individuals and try to
> bring them in. any ideas as to how to do this?
> We need to define a goal (number) for each region, and work towards that
> goal. Do we have a budget for operations? (I don't expect we have).
>
> I am sure I am forgetting something, so please jump in to remind me. I
> would like this year this list to be more active and hold discussions on
> the various constituency issues. and, we have a tough year ahead of us.
>
> Many thanks and all the best for the festive season. Have a great new
> year. (I am back home as of tomorrow and I will try my interaction with the
> email to be as minimal as possible :)
> Happy New Year to all,
> Nuno
>
> Thanks to you all.
>
> KK
>
> Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,
>
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