Summary Record of 58th meeting of the Executive Committee – 15 November 2021

Jan 13, 2022 | Meeting Summary Records, Reports and Meeting Minutes

Internet Governance Forum Support Association (IGFSA)

58th meeting of the Executive Committee

15 November 2021

 

  1. The Executive Committee held its 58th meeting on 15 November 2021. The meeting took place in a virtual setting with the following participants: Markus Kummer (Chair), Brian Cute, Joyce Chen, Wisdom Donkor, Nigel Hickson Chris Mondini, Jimson Olufuye; IGFSA Secretariat Jennifer Chung. A quorum was established for the meeting, with seven of the eight Executive Committee members taking part in the call.

 

  1. The agenda for the meeting was adopted as circulated to the EC. The Summary Record of the 57th meeting was adopted to be posted on the IGFSA website.

 

  1. The Secretariat gave an update on the current funding requests. There are some queries from the IGFSA accountant regarding IGF Cameroon (discrepancy of SWIFT code and account numbers) and Lebanon IGF (personal account to be used for invoice). The Secretariat also noted that there is still an ongoing request to the IGFSA Accountant regarding the Youth IGF Argentina request regarding the tax number for IGFSA. There is confirmation received from the IGFSA Accountant that funds disbursed in error to Central Asia IGF have been returned and received in the IGFSA bank account. In addition, there are invoices to be processed from Uganda IGF and Ukraine IGF, and invoices to be requested from Comoros IGF and Central Africa IGF. There is information requested from EC to be received from Guatemala IGF regarding clarification of line items on budget provided.

 

  1. The Chair gave an update on the IGFSA contribution to the UN IGF Trust Fund. He conveyed the request from the IGFSA Secretariat re reimbursement of travel costs to Katowice of intern (from Germany) who would not qualify for funding under UN rules. He proposed to make the 10k USD support to IGF Trust fund as well as request the IGF Secretariat for an invoice of the travel costs of the IGF Secretariat intern (flights and daily allowance during IGF 2021). The proposal was accepted and approved by the EC.

 

  1. There was a discussion on the preparation for the 2021 General Assembly. It was decided that all draft documents will be circulated 48 hours for EC to review and comments before approval of the following documents:
    • Draft agenda
    • Draft summary record of the 2020 General Assembly
    • Draft activity report
    • Draft financial report

 

  1. The Chair noted that the Proposed Change in the Articles of Association agreed to by the EC namely the proposal of text changes of the IGFSA Articles of Association that will remove naming of the host of the Secretariat, will be put forward to the membership at the General Assembly for confirmation.

 

  1. There was an update on the IGFSA EC Elections. It was discussed and decided that extension of 48 hours from 15 Nov 2021 23:59 UTC for candidates who have expressed interest to run in the EC elections but have not fulfilled all criteria as of yet. The Secretariat confirmed that the Statements of Interest and membership dues were received from Anriette Esterhuysen, Amrita Choudhury and K Mohan Raidu. In addition, two other candidates have submitted part of the requirements but were missing a component, thus the Secretariat took an action to follow up separately with them. The EC members noted that there may be additional IGFSA members that have expressed interest in running for the EC Election but have yet to complete all actions.