[governance] Proposed text for a sign-on or IGC statement re:

[Dave Kissoondoyal]

Count me in please!

 

Best regards

 

Dave

 

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From: governance-owner+dave=isoc-mu.org at lists.cpsr.org
[mailto:governance-owner+dave=isoc-mu.org at lists.cpsr.org] On Behalf Of
Milton L Mueller
Sent: 02 April 2009 21:06
To: 'governance at lists.cpsr.org'; 'Parminder'; jlfullsack
Subject: RE: [governance] Proposed text for a sign-on or IGC statement re:

 

 

Last call for sign-on. We have a nice, geographically representative group
signing on but we could also use more. 

Milton Mueller
Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology
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Internet Governance Project:
http://internetgovernance.org <http://internetgovernance.org/> 

 

Milton L Mueller wrote: 

The Internet Governance Caucus wishes  to express  its 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  within its
existing overall structure. 

We specifically support the proposal because:

 * It was developed transparently and with many opportunities for input by
relevant ICANN participants;

 * 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; 

 * 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;

 * 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

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. 

We appreciate ICANN's effort to make its GNSO more representative and urge
you to ratify and accept the NCSG charter.

Signed,

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