[Finance-sc] SECOND Finance open session schedule - Singapore

[Gisella Gruber]

Dear All,

Please see note from Xavier re second Finance Open Session.

Thank you.
Kind regards,
Gisella
From:  Xavier Calvez <xavier.calvez at icann.org>
Date:  Thursday, 20 March 2014 15:06
To:  "community-finance at icann.org" <community-finance at icann.org>
Cc:  "Tanzanica S. King" <tanzanica.king at icann.org>
Subject:  Re: [community-finance] Finance open session schedule - Singapore

Dear all,
As a follow up to the email below, Tanzanica was able to identify a time on
Thursday for a second Finance open session. The agenda will be the same as
for the Finance open of the day before. Of course, this 2nd session also
conflicts with other sessions, but hopefully it allows for another chance to
participate for those who have an irremediable conflict on Wednesday.
This 2nd session is now on the official schedule and can be found at:
http://singapore49.icann.org/en/schedule/thu-finance.
Looking forward to seeing you at either session.
Best,
Xavier 

From: Xavier Calvez <xavier.calvez at icann.org>
Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 6:30 PM
To: "community-finance at icann.org" <community-finance at icann.org>
Cc: "Tanzanica S. King" <tanzanica.king at icann.org>
Subject: [community-finance] Finance open session schedule - Singapore

Dear all,

A number of you have voiced (be email) their concern, or frustration, or
both on the conflict that exists between the Finance open session and other
commitments that many of you have. I definitely consider that the
frustration expressed is the reflection of a deep interest in the matter of
ICANN finances which I am thankful for.

For information, and to correct some inaccurate statements, this session has
appeared on the ICANN meeting calendar since at the latest March 1st (see
attached version issued with this date). It also has always been on the
Wednesday, not this resolves any conflict, but it only addresses the
predictability of this event.

Regarding the content, this session will provide an update on where we are
in the budget process, will provide an overview of the content that will be
submitted for public comment at the end of April. This content/agenda will
be similar to the one that was provided during the Adobe session of March
12th. No new information is expected to be provided. It is also not the last
or single opportunity to receive information about the budget, as the
information submitted for public comment will be the full extent of what is
just an overview in the March 12th session and in the Singapore March 26
meeting. Without trying to diminish the interest of holding this session,
the actual data provided during this session is not critical, and the
opportunity for interaction is the main value.

Some of you believe that the schedule of the Singapore Finance session is,
purposefully or not, demonstrating an explicit lack of intent to allow for
participation. It is absolutely not true. As you all know, there at least 5
different sessions of importance for any one happening at the same time
throughout any ICANN meeting, and therefore the conflicts are inevitable.
There is no obvious or easy solution to this issue.

In the short term, in an effort to mitigate the effects of the conflict, I
will work with the ICANN Meetings team to see if the schedule can either
accommodate a change of this session to a less conflicted day/time, or
adding another session, with the intent to allow for an additional
opportunity to interact. I will also check with those of you who can not
attend the session of Wednesday 26th, if we can meet outside of scheduled
sessions, even on an individual basis, to go over the content/agenda of the
session, which I have always accommodated on demand during an ICANN meeting.
I am also usually invited to various community sessions, during which I
provide an overview of the Finance matters and answer questions. I will of
course be available during the meeting for those sessions.

In the longer term, one of the subjects that I intended to discuss in
Singapore is how to widen and increase participation to the Finance/Budget
processes. Obviously, scheduling is an area to continue to explore, but
there are definitely others to explore as well, since there are limited
opportunities to fit differently or more finance sessions during an ICANN
meeting. I am looking forward to constructive discussions on this subject in
Singapore.

I am looking forward to seeing you there.

Xavier


-------------- next part --------------
An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed...
Name: ATT00001.txt
URL: <http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/finance-sc/attachments/20140320/5ff37c7c/ATT00001.txt>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: smime.p7s
Type: application/pkcs7-signature
Size: 2356 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/finance-sc/attachments/20140320/5ff37c7c/smime.p7s>