Summary Record of 63rd meeting of the Executive Committee – 16 June 2022

Aug 25, 2022 | Meeting Summary Records, Reports and Meeting Minutes

Internet Governance Forum Support Association (IGFSA)

63rd meeting of the Executive Committee

16 June 2022

 

  1. The Executive Committee held its 63rd meeting on 16 June 2022. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the ICANN 74 meeting at the Hague with the following participants: Markus Kummer (Chair), Amrita Choudhury, Fiona Asonga, Nigel Hickson, Adam Peake (on behalf of Chris Mondini); IGFSA Secretariat Jennifer Chung. Apologies were received from Anriette Esterhuysen and Eduardo Santoyo. A quorum was established for the meeting, with five (with proxy) of the eight Executive Committee members taking part in the call.

 

  1. The Agenda was adopted as circulated to the EC mailing list. The Summary Record of the 62nd EC meeting was adopted to be posted on the IGFSA website.

 

  1. The Secretary gave a status update on the ongoing requests and noted that several payments to previously approved IGF smalls grants are being handled by the IGFSA Account along with the Chair and Treasurer. There was confirmation from the EC members that the distribution key for NRI funding should follow the previous levels at 1500 USD for National Initiatives, 2000 USD for NRIs with a Youth Component, 2500 USD for Regional Initiatives.

 

  1. Several EC members brought up a discussion point regarding funding support levels for Youth Initiatives independent to National/Regional initiatives. A related point was brought up regarding whether the IGFSA also assesses the strength of NRI requests. The EC collectively noted that there may be additional funding needs and requirements that NRIs can make on a case-by-case basis. An additional question was raised regarding whether the funding support level would similarly increase for regional initiatives with a youth component (along the lines of the national initiatives with a youth component). There was general consensus among the EC to extend funding allocation to Regional initiatives with a youth component provided that it has not been covered in other funding (e.g. via IGF Secretariat NRI capacity-building fund).

 

  1. The Chair proposed that IGFSA fund the captioning of NRI calls in addition to the currently supported MAG calls under the Accessibility portion of IGFSA resources. The EC approved funding for captioning of NRI calls.

 

  1. The Chair made a separate proposal for IGFSA to look at the outputs from the EGM relating to the NRIs to see if there are activities that would require funding. There was a brief discussion and a consensus to wait for the conclusion of the Second Opening consultations and MAG meeting to review the final version of the EGM. There was general agreement to fund outputs as appropriate and necessary with respect to the previous point.

 

  1. The Chair gave a brief update regarding fundraising and noted that after some administrative processing issues, the funding from Google dedicated to Accessibility has been received into the IGFSA bank account. The crowdfunding efforts was discussed and it was agreed that the Secretariat will schedule a demo for the technical platform for crowdfunding in a dedicated call or EC call as appropriate. The Chair also called for a volunteer lead for the crowdfunding item.

 

  1. The Secretariat gave a brief update regarding communications and took an action to follow up with EC members regarding a dedicated mailing from IGF Secretariat.

 

  1. AOB
    1. EC members took note that the IGF Leadership Panel has yet to be announced.