NCSG Colleagues,

I have recently raised these issues about the newly repopulated NCSG 
Finance Committee, and would like to urge some reflection by the NCSG 
membership and the NCSG executive. The NCSG Finance Committee has been 
effectively dormant for some time, and the NCSG Charter has rather 
extensive content about its terms of reference, duties, etc.

In the absence of a history of Finance Committee activities, or current 
ongoing activities, and within the NCSG Charter, there is an opportunity 
here for NCSG to re-asses what it would like on the working agenda for 
the Finance Committee. That agenda is not something that the Finance 
Committee can determine from within, nor is there a track record of 
recent activities to guide the Finance Committee. Going forward with a 
viable Finance Committee requires broader NCSG engagement around what 
the Finance Committee should be doing.

Also, without a recent history of activities, or a current work agenda, 
a Chair of the Finance Committee does not need long exposure to NCSG and 
ICANN, given that there is direction from NCSG. The Chair position 
should be occupied by one who is both willing and capable, and who will 
attend the upcoming ICANN meetings.

I am not sure how NCSG wishes to move forward on these fronts, so I am 
putting this out there for thought and, hopefully, some action before 
(or at) the ICANN meetings in Puerto Rico.

Sam L. (NPOC Member of NCSG Finance Committee)