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<P><FONT size=2>Milton Mueller<BR>Professor, Syracuse University School of
Information Studies<BR>XS4All Professor, Delft University of
Technology<BR>------------------------------<BR>Internet Governance
Project:<BR><A
href="http://internetgovernance.org/">http://internetgovernance.org</A><BR></FONT></P>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Parminder
[mailto:parminder@itforchange.net] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 01, 2009
12:56 AM<BR><B>To:</B> governance@lists.cpsr.org; Milton L
Mueller<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [governance] Proposed text for a sign-on or IGC
statement re: ICANN NCSG<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Milton,<BR><BR>Is it
possible to change<BR><BR> "</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><BR>to<BR><BR></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">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.
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We specifically support the
proposal because:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Signed,<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
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