[NCUC-EC] [Ext] Re: Invitation to Milton for NCSG Financial Committee Position

Mon Feb 10 13:00:42 CET 2025

Hi Pedro,

The one candidate was Raymond Mamattah. I sent his email on Wednesday, 25 January. I am happy to reforward if necessary.

Thanks!
Kind Regards,
Andrea

From: NCUC-EC <ncuc-ec-bounces at lists.ncuc.org> on behalf of Pedro de Perdigão Lana <pedrodeperdigaolana at gmail.com>
Date: Monday, February 10, 2025 at 05:30
To: Mili Semlani <milisemlani at gmail.com>
Cc: "Exec. Comm" <ncuc-ec at lists.ncuc.org>
Subject: [Ext] Re: [NCUC-EC] Invitation to Milton for NCSG Financial Committee Position

Hi Mili and all,

Who is the other candidate? I remember seeing somewhere that we had no candidates, but I may have missed one email.

Anyway, by our bylaws, I think we can appoint a rep and an observer. What we need to take into account is that the chair of the NCSG FC Chair is the NCSG Treasurer (third phrase of section 2.6.1 of NCSG bylaws), but NCSG has no bank account, so financial movements have to be made through the NCUC bank account. NCUC, however, is not an incorporated organization, which means that the bank is actually linked to Milton (and I think that's why he has been in this role). I'm not sure what are the rules for a non-incorporated organizational bank account in the US, but I believe the person who is responsible for it should be a US resident. These are all things that I had not thought about before and aspects that need to be better understood in the next few months.

On the other hand, I don't think that considering other candidates should lead to an attack on Milton, accusing him of not fulfilling his role. At least since I got into the NCUC EC, he was never (as far as I know) asked to do any financial movement, so there were no reports to be made besides things remaining the same. In a recent situation where we needed him (regarding the Policy Fellowship, which will be better detailed in the call today), he answered relatively quickly with the data we needed.

Cordially,

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Em seg., 10 de fev. de 2025 às 06:03, Mili Semlani <milisemlani at gmail.com<mailto:milisemlani at gmail.com>> escreveu:
Hi,
  We already received an application... why are we not considering that? It is better for the Treasurer and the FC Chair to be different persons such that we are not wholly dependent on any one person for financial matters and their tasks can also be divided if needed.

Also wrt to the Treasurer role (and this was something we brought up in last EC too):
There has never been an "election" for the treasurer. Milton has pretty much had that role for eternity. The bylaws state..."The Treasurer shall be responsible for depositing any contributions, managing the Constituency bookkeeping and accounting, and regularly reporting to the EC regarding finances and accounts."

We have never received any financial report. Before nominating him to any position, perhaps we should make sure he fulfills his role as current Treasurer.

I do not support the invitation.
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On Mon, 10 Feb 2025 at 12:46, Amin Hacha <aminhacha at gmail.com<mailto:aminhacha at gmail.com>> wrote:
  I completely agree with this suggestion. It’s a great choice!
Amin

On Sun, Feb 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM Wisdom Donkor <wisdom.dk at gmail.com<mailto:wisdom.dk at gmail.com>> wrote:

Dear All,

I hope you are all doing well. I would like to inform you that I am extending an invitation to Milton to consider taking up the position of the NCSG Financial Committee. Given that Milton currently serves as the NCUC Treasurer, his extensive experience and knowledge in financial matters, along with his strong understanding of ICANN’s operations, make him an ideal candidate for this role.

I believe that his inclusion in the Financial Committee will bring significant value to the NCSG and strengthen its financial decision-making process.

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