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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Let me add my voice to Robin's in
encouraging people on this list to weigh in on this issue. Civil society
participation in global governance institutions is one of the main
"causes" of this caucus, and here is a situation in which it really
matters to fight for this principle. If we can get ICANN to accept our charter
proposal, the civil society voice in ICANN will be strengthened. If they adopt
another proposal, it will be fragmented and weakened. Please help us get this
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica'>Comments are due by <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>April
15, 2009</span></b> and can be submitted to: </span></font><a
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<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><!-- Converted from text/plain format -->Milton
Mueller<br>
Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies<br>
XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology<br>
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Internet Governance Project:<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
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Gross [mailto:robin@ipjustice.org] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, March 19, 2009
1:46 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> governance@lists.cpsr.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [governance] Call for
Action: Your comments can Support Civil Society Participation in ICANN!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Helvetica'>ICANN is in the midst of a significant reform of its
policy-making body, the Generic Name Supporting Organization (GNSO).
Following the recommendations provided by the London School of Economics, the
ICANN Board is set to increase the participation of civil society, and approve
a charter for a new, more influential Noncommercial Stakeholders Group.
ICANN’s Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC) has recently submitted a
Charter Proposal for the new Noncommercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG). Links to
the Charter Proposal, an Executive Summary and Organization Chart are at the
end of this message.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica'>ICANN is soliciting comments on the NCSG Charter
Proposal. Comments are due by <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>April 15,
2009</span></b> and can be submitted to: <a
href="mailto:sg-petitions-charters@icann.org"><font color="#002fd7"><span
style='color:#002FD7'>sg-petitions-charters@icann.org</span></font></a>.
Below are some reasons you can include in your comments.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Helvetica'>Subject: Approve the NCSG Charter Proposal submitted by
NCUC</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica'>Please support the NCSG Charter Proposal submitted by
the Noncommercial User Constituency. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Helvetica'>Most importantly, the proposal integrates all policy
deliberation and voting of the NCSG into a unified structure. By doing so, the
proposed structure:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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represents noncommercial stakeholders on the GNSO Council has support across
all constituencies.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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consensus positions on policy taken by the NCSG, not allowing individual constituencies
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lowering barriers to participation and the formation of constituencies,
allowing a far more diverse set of interests and coalitions to easily form.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica'>Show your support for civil society in ICANN policy
making, submit your comments today!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Helvetica'>Executive Summary of NCSG Charter Proposal: <a
href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/executive-summary-ncsg-proposal.pdf"><font
color="#002fd7"><span style='color:#002FD7'>http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/executive-summary-ncsg-proposal.pdf</span></font></a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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