[Npoc-discuss] A note from Joan Kerr, NPOC Chair

[Carlos Raul Gutierrez]

YES WE CAN!!! 

Thanks Joan 

Happy new year to all

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Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez 
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El 2019-01-21 21:35, Joan Kerr escribió:

> Dear NPOC Members, 
> 
> On behalf of the Executive Committee (EC), I would like wish you a Happy New Year, one of prosperity and happiness. Your Executive Members are: Caleb Olumuyiwa, David Cake, Juan Manuel Rojas, Oreoluwa Somolu Lesi and Raoul Plommer. 
> 
> The EC is very busy with its priority of building a stable foundation for NPOC, however, we've been a little silent with you. Please accept my apologies, and for the remainder of my term, I will commit to communicating with you more often and to work with you more closely to make NPOC the amazing Constituency it aught t be. I will not be addressing the general meetings attendances or ICANN participation, only the development of the Constituency. 
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> The Executive Committee embraced a sustainable strategy to work on building a strong organization in order to better serve its members. This meant revisiting or developing the necessary administrative functionalities that would enable the EC to responsibilities. I would like to share these with you. 
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> Charter Review: The EC delved into updating the charter, only to discover that many sections had dual and sometimes conflicting or even contradictory statements. It was decided that a very comprehensive rewrite and redefinition had to take place. The charter will be available by ICANN64 for your input. 
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> Creating a Policy Committee: NPOC EC spent a lot of time to define the operational issues and the newly formed committee is tasked with creating public comment and informing members about policies and encourage their comments and expertise. 
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> Branding NPOC: the development of marketing and promotional materials, such as a new logo, banner, Getting Started Guide, Welcome letter. These are stored so subsequent Committees can utilize them. 
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> Financial responsibilities: NPOC EC had to address a number of financial issues stemming from previous years, with little or no info, it was finally resolved and procedures established for the future. 
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> The npoc.org [1] website is being revamped to include a more member focus platform. 
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> Creating a tracking system for actions 
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> NPOC resources and information gathering 
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> Website: www.npoc.org [2] 
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> NPOC wiki 
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> Npoc Discuss List 
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> Skype NPOC  
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> Looking forward to communicating and work more closely, 
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> Regards, 
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> Joan Kerr, 
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