Hi Stephanie, I'm happy you are happy we had a good turn out. For the record, we were unable to give notice of this event earlier until we received a room assignment and the time and date of the meeting. That happened yesterday. All speakers were invited and accepted the invitation to appear between 10:00 and 15:00 yesterday. I posted the agenda online just before 21:00. I did try to publicise the event at the PC meeting earlier in the day, between 17:00 and 19:00. I was in meetings earlier and unable to put together an agenda until the times mentioned. I'm sorry I was so busy. As I mentioned before, our original meeting was scheduled at a time that none of the FC members were able to attend. It appeared for a while that there would be no meeting. When we were assigned the room yesterday for this morning I contacted a few people in the community I have positive relations with and asked them if they could stop by. All said yes. There was no extensive preplanning. I'm glad you thought this was a high level panel. I agree. These are all people I like and respect and have an extensive history of working with. I was honoured that they were willing to come by and meet with us on such short notice when I asked them to. I hope the Finance Committee will be better able to get adequate and appropriate room assignments earlier for future meetings so more notice could be given to everyone: speakers, attendees and committee members. Sadly that was not possible here. I let people know of the meeting as soon as I was able to confirm everything. The organisation, planning and meeting all occurred in a 25 hour period. Thank you to everyone who did attend. Thanks for preparing for the meeting. Our guests were highly impressed with your attention to detail and your questions. Kind Regards, Ed Morris Sent from my iPhone > On 13 Mar 2017, at 14:34, Stephanie Perrin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Knowing that it was being organized would still allow us to plan. we all understand the agenda movement problem, but if we don't know such a high level event is being planned, we cannot even watch for it. > > Glad it went well and that a big crowd turned up. > > Stephanie Perrin > >> On 2017-03-13 08:08, Edward Morris wrote: >> Hi Stephanie, >> >> Unfortunately we only received the room and time yesterday. We were initially scheduled against the ICANN Budget Meeting and the NCSG meeting with the Board. That was unacceptable. Now that we've had the first NCSG FC meeting at an ICANN meeting in recent memory (something our Charter strongly suggests should occur every Meeting) hopefully this is something that can be scheduled in an appropriate time slot on the official schedule with proper advance notice in the future. At least that is the hope. >> >> Thanks to all those who attended. Great questions - our guests were duly impressed. Lots of work ahead - look forward to working with everyone on the budget process going forward. >> >> Ed Morris >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 13 Mar 2017, at 11:19, Stephanie Perrin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Terribly sorry to miss it, we needed more advance notice of this high level meeting! One day is not enough, as people's agendas are jammed. >>> >>> Stephanie Perrin >>> >>>> On 2017-03-13 05:27, Edward Morris wrote: >>>> >>>> ...two of my favourite topics of conversation! >>>> >>>> Please join us for the NCSG Finance Committee meeting in 30 minutes, room B4.2. >>>> >>>> See you there! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> From: "Edward Morris" <[log in to unmask]> >>>>> Date: 12 March 2017 at 20:55:05 CET >>>>> To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> >>>>> Subject: Please join us for a very special meeting... >>>>> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >>>>> Not on your schedule…but we hope you will attend. >>>>> >>>>> Monday March 13th, 11:00 – 12:15 Copenhagen time (10:00 – 11:15 UTC), Room B4.2. >>>>> >>>>> Please join us for a very special meeting of the NCSG Finance Committee, in person or remotely. >>>>> >>>>> The new ICANN bylaws give the community a special responsibility for the ICANN budget. We’ve responded in the NCSG by revitalizing our Finance Committee and now need to ramp it up to fully participate in the Empowered Community. We’ve put together a program to help NCSG members fully understand the budget, the process and the way you can help shape the outcome! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> AGENDA >>>>> >>>>> 11:00 - 11:30 Presentation of the 2018 fiscal year ICANN Operating Plan and Budget >>>>> Becky Nash, Vice President, Finance, ICANN >>>>> >>>>> 11:30 - 11:45 A community perspective on the budget and the budget process >>>>> Chuck Gomes, Vice President, Policy and Compliance, Verisign >>>>> >>>>> 11:45 – 12:00 A staff perspective on the budget and the budget process >>>>> Robert Hoggarth, Vice President, Policy Development and Community Services, ICANN >>>>> >>>>> 12:00 – 12:15 A Board perspective on the budget and the budget process >>>>> Asha Hemrajani, ICANN Board and Chair, Board Finance Committee >>>>> >>>>> No previous budget experience needed! >>>>> >>>>> Come with questions, ideas or simply to watch and learn. Those participating in ICANN58 can find us remotely at participate.icann.org/ncsg. >>>>> >>>>> We’ve put together a great group of speakers, folks with knowledge with experience in both ICANN and the budget process, here to help you learn and understand all about money, finance and priorities at ICANN. We welcome you to our meeting and hope as many of you as possible will be with us in the morning. >>>>> >>>>> Kind Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Ed Morris >>>>> Chair, NCSG Finance Committee >