[Gnso-sc-budget] SCBO - Next Steps

[Berry Cobb]

Hi All,

 

New acronym:  Standing Committee on Budget and Operations (SCBO)

 

We just finished meeting with Council leadership and it looks like the
standing committee motion to get the SCBO formed will occur in December and
not January.  This will allow the group to become properly chartered before
the FY19 Budget is released an open for public comments.  It will also allow
for a call for volunteers to the SG/C leadership for any budget subject
matter experts to also participate on the SCBO (note you'll see content in
the draft charter about this).

 

In prep for the GNSO Council meeting on 21 Dec, we now have several actions
to complete:

1.       I will send the next version of the draft charter to the group
tomorrow.  Staff has imported the draft into the standard GNSO Charter
template.

2.       By Wednesday, I will also send a draft of the motion to adopt the
SCBO.  Note that this will contain an option for the Council to re-review
this charter post public comments on the FY19 Budget (similar to what
occurred to the SSC).

3.       Items #1 & #2 need to be submitted on 11 December 2017 at 23:59.
This will still allow the SCBO to make other changes to the Charter, if need
be, up to a few days prior to the Council call.

4.       Things to consider on the draft charter:

a.       Comments coming from the Council are to avoid conflicts and
compliment SG/C comments.  How can this be avoided similar to what was
experienced with Reserve Fund comment submitted last week?  Can the GNSO
create an artificial due date for SGs/Cs to allow the SCBO to finalize its
comments before the deadline?  Can the Council ask for an extension to the
comment period (note this will be difficult given tight timelines for budget
approval), can conflicts be avoided and complimentary positions be
formulated with the SMEs that might participate on the SCBO?  Questions to
consider when reviewing the next draft.

b.      How should SG/C SMEs be designated to participate on the SCBO?  Is
it as simple as trusting a direct response from an interested community
member?  Or, should it be more formal as the respective ExComms designate
someone via their leadership?  Note that this is NOT an open WG.  I will
send around a draft of the CfV later in the week.

5.       We also need a volunteer from this group who can speak to the
Council when this comes up on the agenda on the 21st.  This group is still
informal and a Chair and/or Liaison has not been designated as of yet.  Who
would be interested?

 

I suspect getting the SCBO together for another meeting is not likely this
week.  Thus items #1 & #2 will have to take place on the mailing list.
However, would you consider trying to find a time the week of the 11th?
Would perhaps Monday 11 December at 14:00 UTC be possible?

 

Thank you for your attention to this and apologies for such a lengthy email.

 

B

 

Berry A. Cobb

720.839.5735

mail at berrycobb.com

@berrycobb

 

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