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

[iliya.bazlyankov at regia.bg]

I sign it too.

Iliya Bazlyankov, Bulgaria.

On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:50:16 -0300, Carlos Afonso <ca at rits.org.br> wrote:
> I sign it too, of course. :)
> 
> --c.a.
> 
> Milton L Mueller wrote:
>> 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
>> ------------------------------
>> 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,
>> --
>> --
>> Etc.
>> 
>> 
> 
>

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