Dear all
I forward a message from the Non-Commercial
Stakeholders Groug at ICANN. It would be good if
ECREA members and/or board could support it.
Best
Divina Frau-Meigs
Dear All,
I am contacting you in the hopes that you can
help to garner support for the proposed
Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) charter
at ICANN. We are asking groups who support the
petition to please sign this joint civil society
statement:
<http://www.ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Charter_Civil_Society_Support.pdf>http://www.ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Charter_Civil_Society_Support.pdf
<http://www.ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Charter_Civil_Society_Support.pdf>
We are looking for sign-on from civil society
groups from all over the world who can sign the
statement. Deadline is tomorrow 15 April (EOB in California) to sign-on.
As you may know, the Non-Commercial Users
Constituency (NCUC) is the organization that
represents non-commercial interests and
advocates for the protection of digital rights
including free expression, privacy, due process
of law and other non-commercial interests in
ICANN-GNSO policy discussions. As part of
ICANN?s GNSO Restructuring efforts, the 6
?constituencies? are being replaced by 4 broader
?stakeholder groups?, including a Non-Commercial
Stakeholders Group (NCSG) to represent the
interests of non-commercial users of domain
names in the GNSO policy arena at ICANN.
NCUC has submitted a petition for the charter of
the NCSG that intends to encourage broader civil
society participation at ICANN and aims to
increase the relative power of non-commercial
interests in ICANN policy
negotiations. Noncommercial individuals and
organizations are invited to participate in the
NCSG, which will be governed by stakeholder
group wide elections under the petition.
All of the proposed stakeholder group petitions
are in the midst of a Public Comment Period at
ICANN (until 15 April) so the ICANN Board of
Directors can receive input from the general
public on the various stakeholder group
petitions. Today I write to ask that your
organization consider signing onto the attached
joint civil society statement supporting NCUC?s
proposal for a stakeholder group petition to be
filed in the Public Comment forum.
The NCSG charter needs your support to ensure
that all non-commercial interests have a voice
through their GNSO representatives and in the creation of policy.
We ask for your support because we want the
stakeholder group that represents non-commercial
interests to be able to generate sound,
consensual, and collaborative policy and
decisions that are representative of all of the
members in the stakeholder group.
In summary, the NCUC?s petition for a
Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group is the best
proposal of those submitted because it:
* Emphasizes democratic representation to
the Generic Names Supporting Organization
instead of a constituency-based approach that
gives disproportionate power to select groups.
* Encourages cooperation and inclusiveness
through consensus-building among members of the stakeholder groups.
* Ensures that minority viewpoints are heard
and their policy ideas are explored through an
increased reliance on working groups.
* Operates with a flexible and lightweight
framework that allows it to focus on
representing non-commercial interests without
getting bogged down by bureaucratic details.
* Was drafted in consultation with dozens of
civil society organizations representing all
corners of the globe and went through numerous
evolutions and thus represents a true consensus
document, submitted by the entire NCUC (over 70 members, accept 1).
Please consider signing the following statement
to indicate your support for the NCSG petition from NCUC.
Joint Civil Society Statement Supporting the NCSG Petition from NCUC:
<http://www.ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Charter_Civil_Society_Support.pdf>http://www.ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Charter_Civil_Society_Support.pdf
<http://www.ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Charter_Civil_Society_Support.pdf>
We would be glad to provide any additional
information or answer any questions or concerns you may have on the issue.
Please indicate your support for signing this
civil society statement before 15 April (which
is the deadline for submitting Public Comments)
by sending an email to (robin /at/ ipjustice.org)
<mailto:(robin /at/ ipjustice.org)> . Thank you very much.
Signed,
The NCUC Executive Committee and GNSO Councilors:
Robin Gross, NCUC Chair
Norbert Klein, NCUC Nominating Committee Representative (Asia)
Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza, NCUC GNSO Policy Councilor (South America)
Mary Wong, NCUC GNSO Policy Councilor (Asia)
William Drake, NCUC GNSO Policy Councilor (Europe)
Carlos Afonso, NCUC Executive Committee Representative (South America)
Horacio Cadiz NCUC Executive Committee Representative (Asia)
Georg Greve, NCUC Executive Committee Representative (Europe)
Robert Guerra, NCUC Executive Committee Representative (North America)
Dave Kissoondoyal, NCUC Executive Committee Representative (Africa)
Background Information:
Joint Civil Society Statement Supporting the NCSG Petition from NCUC:
<http://www.ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Charter_Civil_Society_Support.pdf>http://www.ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Charter_Civil_Society_Support.pdf
<http://www.ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Charter_Civil_Society_Support.pdf>
NCUC?s Petition to Form a Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group:
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/ncsg-petition-charter.pdf>http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/ncsg-petition-charter.pdf
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/ncsg-petition-charter.pdf>
Executive Summary / Cover Letter of NCSG Petition from NCUC:
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/executive-summary-ncsg-proposal.pdf>http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/executive-summary-ncsg-proposal.pdf
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/executive-summary-ncsg-proposal.pdf>
Information on ICANN Public Comment Period for Stakeholder Group Petitions:
<http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#sg-petitions>http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#sg-petitions
<http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#sg-petitions>
Public Comments Submitted Thus Far on Stakeholder Group Petitions:
<http://forum.icann.org/lists/sg-petitions-charters/>http://forum.icann.org/lists/sg-petitions-charters/
<http://forum.icann.org/lists/sg-petitions-charters/>
IGF/WSIS Internet Governance Caucus Statement Supporting NCUC?s NCSG Proposal:
<http://forum.icann.org/lists/sg-petitions-charters/msg00009.html>http://forum.icann.org/lists/sg-petitions-charters/msg00009.html
<http://forum.icann.org/lists/sg-petitions-charters/msg00009.html>
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