[A2k] Deadline tomorrow for civil society sign-on to support NCUC's petition for a non-commercial stakeholder group at ICANN
Robin Gross
robin@ipjustice.org
Wed Apr 15 17:20:17 2009
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Here is today's submission from ICANN's Intellectual Property
Constituency urging the ICANN Board of Directors to deny the
NonCommercial Stakeholder Group from being seated with its 6 GNSO
Council seats claiming we are not "representative" enough:
http://forum.icann.org/lists/sg-petitions-charters/msg00015.html
We are accepting signatures to the petition supporting NCUC's
submission for a noncommercial stakeholder group until 5pm
(California) today. Help us show we are representative and
noncommercial users deserve at least as many seats as the commercial
stakeholders at ICANN (send an email to robin@ipjustice.org to sign-on).
OR BETTER YET: If you wish to also express your support for NCUC's
petition for a noncommercial stakeholder group, please send an email
with your comment to the email address:
sg-petitions-charters@icann.org
Thank you,
Robin
On Apr 15, 2009, at 10:45 AM, Robin Gross wrote:
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> Thank you very much, Katitza and Manon!
>
> We hear that the Intellectual Property Rights and Business
> Constituencies are working behind the scenes to make sure that the
> Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group will not be seated with the full 6
> GNSO Policy Council seats allotted to it in the coming weeks. (They
> are mad because non-commercial interests are supposed to finally have
> equal council seats to their number of council seats).
>
> We very much need broad global support for our petition to form a Non-
> Commercial Stakeholders Group at ICANN to fight the IPR and Business
> constituencies who claim we shouldn't be given equal council seats to
> them because we are not "representative" enough.
>
> We welcome all signatures on the petition until 5:00pm today (in
> California).
>
> Thank you,
> Robin
>
>
> On Apr 15, 2009, at 4:27 AM, Katitza Rodriguez Pereda wrote:
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>> EPIC has sign on this petition too!
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>> On Apr 14, 2009, at 11:02 PM, Manon Ress wrote:
>>
>>> KEI just signed on to the petition. The deadline is tomorrow!
>>>
>>> From: Robin Gross <robin@ipjustice.org>
>>> Date: April 14, 2009 3:36:21 PM EDT
>>> To: a2k discuss list <a2k@lists.essential.org>
>>> Subject: [A2k] Request for civil society sign-on to support NCUC's
>>> petition for a non-commercial stakeholder group at ICANN
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>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> I am contacting you in the hopes that you will add your
>>> noncommercial
>>> organization=92s 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 (deadline: 15 April)
>>>
>>> =09As 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=92s GNSO
>>> Restructuring
>>> efforts, the 6 =93constituencies=94 are being replaced by 4 broader
>>> =93stakeholder groups=94, 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=92s proposal for a stakeholder group
>>> petition
>>> to be filed in the Public Comment forum.
>>>
>>> =09The 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.
>>>
>>> =09We 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.
>>>
>>> =09In summary, the NCUC=92s 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 dissenter).
>>> =09Please 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
>>>
>>> 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@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=92s 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=92s NCSG
>>> Proposal:
>>> http://forum.icann.org/lists/sg-petitions-charters/msg00009.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
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