[IRP] request for sign-on to civil society statement supportingNCUC's petition for a noncommercial stakeholders group at ICANN
Robin Gross
robin
Thu Apr 16 21:12:11 EEST 2009
Thank you, Shaila and Lisa and all,
ICANN is still accepting comments today on this issue. So please do
send a comment to ICANN today supporting NCUC's petition for a
noncommercial stakeholder group.
The email address to send the comment to is: sg-petitions-
charters at icann.org
FYI: Here is a list of existing signatories to the petition:
http://forum.icann.org/lists/sg-petitions-charters/msg00019.html
Thank you!
Robin
On Apr 16, 2009, at 11:06 AM, shaila mistry wrote:
> Hi Lisa and everyone
> Yes I think agree that IRP should sign it .
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> From: Lisa Horner <lisa at global-partners.co.uk>
> To: Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org>;
> irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org
> Cc: Bill of Rights Dynamic Coalition <bill-of-rights at ipjustice.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 1:42:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [IRP] request for sign-on to civil society statement
> supportingNCUC's petition for a noncommercial stakeholders group at
> ICANN
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> Hi all
>
> I think that we should sign this petition as the Internet Rights
> and Principles IGF Dynamic Coalition. Any thoughts/objections?
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> Thanks,
> Lisa
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> 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
>
> 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. 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
>
> NCUC?s Petition to Form a Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group:
> 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
>
> Information on ICANN Public Comment Period for Stakeholder Group
> 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/
>
> IGF/WSIS Internet Governance Caucus Statement Supporting NCUC?s
> NCSG Proposal:
> http://forum.icann.org/lists/sg-petitions-charters/msg00009.html
>
>
>
>
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