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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Milton,<br>
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Is it possible to change<br>
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"</font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">While there may
still be room for minor improvements, we believe that the basic
principles on
which the charter is founded provide the fairest and most effective
basis for
civil society representation in ICANN’s Generic Names Supporting
Organization."<br>
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to<br>
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</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">"While there may
still be room for minor improvements, we believe that the basic
principles on
which the charter is founded provide the fairest and most effective
basis for
civil society representation in ICANN’s Generic Names Supporting
Organization, <b>within its existing overall structure</b>."<br>
<br>
Thanks.<br>
<br>
Parminder <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</span></font>Milton L Mueller wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The organizations and
individuals listed below are members
of and participants in the civil society Internet Governance Caucus. We
wish to
express our support for version 6.0 of the Noncommercial Stakeholders
Group (NCSG)
charter developed by the Noncommercial Users Constituency. While there
may
still be room for minor improvements, we believe that the basic
principles on
which the charter is founded provide the fairest and most effective
basis for
civil society representation in ICANN’s Generic Names Supporting
Organization. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">We specifically support
the proposal because:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> * It was developed
transparently and with many
opportunities for input by relevant ICANN participants;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> * It makes it easy to
form constituencies or affinity
groups, but avoids fragmentation of noncommercial stakeholders into
independent
constituencies with separate mailing lists, administrative structures
and
representatives; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> * It permits individual
membership in the NCSG and does not
require individuals to fit themselves into arbitrarily-defined
categories that
may not correspond to their interests and needs;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> * It fosters
representation of minority viewpoints in
consensus-based Working Groups, but does not rigidly assign votes to
small
factions, instead offering them a chance to build consensus<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">We also note that the
alternative charter proposal seems
designed to give a specific faction guaranteed Council seats and does
not
foster global, geographically diverse representation. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">We appreciate ICANN’s
effort to make its GNSO more
representative and urge you to ratify and accept the NCSG charter.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Signed,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">--<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Etc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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