[NCUC-EC] Membership management system for NCSG / NCUC account

[Tapani Tarvainen]

Hi all,

I would really appreciate a quick decision here - by tomorrow
if at all possible (we have NCSG EC meeting then, I'd like to
seal this there).

Thank you,

Tapani

On Jun 13 09:37, Rafik Dammak (rafik.dammak at gmail.com) wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> I am sharing here some updates but let me give first the background. When I
> was NCSG chair, I made financial request about getting funding for
>  membership management system. After long discussions and work done with
> ICANN staff, supported by the interests shown by other GNSO constituencies,
> ICANN agreed to support such service and allocated a 9000USD per
> constituency.
> 
> After the last election, Tapani took over and continued the work exploring
> several options reaching the decision to use a civicrm-based solution. A
> vendor, Systopia was was found and you can find the proposal and the cost
> attached. the vendor will provide a range a service from buidling,
> supporting the system and providing training.
> 
> I am sending this update because we would like to use the NCUC bank account
> to receive the funds and transferring the money to the service povider on
> behalf on NCSG since NCSG doesnt have its own account. The payment must be
> done before 30th June (before the end of fiscal year) and ICANN get
> invoiced for that. ICANN won't do payment directly to vendor to avoid any
> liability and is leaving that to us.
> 
> I am asking here for a quick approval so Milton can handle the payment.
> 
> I added Tapani in cc too.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Rafik