[IRP] request for sign-on to civil society statement supportingNCUC's petition for a noncommercial stakeholders group at ICANN

Thu Apr 16 15:36:31 EEST 2009

Yes, let's sign! The statement is totally in line with our group's
objectives, and very important...

Lea Bishop Shaver
Associate Research Scholar &
Lecturer in Law
Yale Law School
lea.shaver at yale.edu
203-535-2560 (mobile)

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 4:42 AM, Lisa Horner <lisa at global-partners.co.uk>wrote:

>  Hi all
>
> I think that we should sign this petition as the Internet Rights and
> Principles IGF Dynamic Coalition. Any thoughts/objections?
>
> Thanks,
> Lisa
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org on behalf of
> Robin Gross
> *Sent:* Wed 15/04/2009 19:30
> *To:* irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org
> *Cc:* Bill of Rights Dynamic Coalition
> *Subject:* [IRP] request for sign-on to civil society statement
> supportingNCUC's petition for a noncommercial stakeholders group at ICANN
>
>  Dear All,
>
> I am contacting you in the hopes that you will add your non-profit
> organization?s support for the proposed Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group
> (NCSG) charter at ICANN by signing 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>
>
>
> As you 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 - TODAY- end-of-business
> in California)* so the ICANN Board of Directors can receive input from the
> general public on the various stakeholder group petitions.
>
> 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.
>
> 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
> *
>
> *Please indicate your support for signing this civil society statement
> before **15 April** today - end-of-business in California (which is the
> deadline for submitting Public Comments) by sending an email to **
> robin at ipjustice.org* <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>
> 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>
>
>
> 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>
>
>
> 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>
>
>
> 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/>
>
>
> 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>
>
>
>
>
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