[governance] Call for Action: Your comments can Support Civil

Sun Mar 22 15:14:56 EDT 2009

No reason why IGC shouldn't submit a response. If someone would like to put
up a draft for comments we can aim for a consensus statement

Ian Peter
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Drake [mailto:william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch]
> Sent: 22 March 2009 21:18
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; McTim
> Cc: Milton L Mueller
> Subject: Re: [governance] Call for Action: Your comments can Support Civil
> 
> McTim,
> 
> I would strongly second Milton's comment, this is precisely the sort
> of thing IGC folks should be weighing in on, it affects actual
> governance processes much more than does the precise composition of an
> annual conference's panels and program committee.
> 
> A caucus statement would be great, but so would statements by
> individual and organizational members of the caucus.  Actually, I
> would suggest statements, plural.  There are two sets of issues here
> that are politically linked but institutionally separate, so it'd be
> better to address them separately.
> 
> *the NCUC proposal on how the new NCSG should be organized, and an
> alternative proposal on same from the censorship group that is
> designed solely to hard wire the process to give them a seat on the
> GNSO counsel no matter what.  The comment space is at the bottom of
> http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#sg-petitions
> .  The deadline for submissions is April 15.
> 
> *The censorship constituency petition.   The comment space is at the
> bottom of http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#cybersafety.  The
> deadline for submissions is April 5.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Bill
> 
> On Mar 22, 2009, at 6:16 AM, McTim wrote:
> 
> > Milton,
> >
> > Should not the caucus as a whole make a statement?
> >
> > For that matter, we should also make a statement regarding the new
> > "cybersafety" constituency proposal.
> >
> > If we spend the bulk of our efforts on IGF matters, and zero on the
> > current system of IG, this caucus will never have any real influence
> > on IG.
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> >
> > McTim
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> 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 done.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Comments are due by April 15, 2009 and can be submitted to:
> >> sg-petitions-charters at icann.org.
> >>
> >> Milton Mueller
> >> Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
> >> XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology
> >> ------------------------------
> >> Internet Governance Project:
> >> http://internetgovernance.org
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ________________________________
> >>
> >> From: Robin Gross [mailto:robin at ipjustice.org]
> >> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:46 PM
> >> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
> >> Subject: [governance] Call for Action: Your comments can Support
> >> Civil
> >> Society Participation in ICANN!
> >>
> >> Call for Action: We need your comments to Support Civil Society
> >> Participation in ICANN!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> How can you help support civil society participation in ICANN
> >> policy making?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ICANN is soliciting comments on the NCSG Charter Proposal.
> >> Comments are due
> >> by April 15, 2009 and can be submitted to: sg-petitions-
> charters at icann.org
> >> .
> >> Below are some reasons you can include in your comments.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ****
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Subject: Approve the NCSG Charter Proposal submitted by NCUC
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Dear ICANN Board:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Please support the NCSG Charter Proposal submitted by the
> >> Noncommercial User
> >> Constituency.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Why should the ICANN Board support the proposal?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Most importantly, the proposal integrates all policy deliberation
> >> and voting
> >> of the NCSG into a unified structure. By doing so, the proposed
> >> structure:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> .    Ensures that whoever represents noncommercial stakeholders on
> >> the GNSO
> >> Council has support across all constituencies.
> >>
> >> .    Supports the formation of consensus positions on policy taken
> >> by the
> >> NCSG, not allowing individual constituencies to control specific GNSO
> >> Council seats and votes.
> >>
> >> .    Enhances representation by lowering barriers to participation
> >> and the
> >> formation of constituencies, allowing a far more diverse set of
> >> interests
> >> and coalitions to easily form.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ****
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Show your support for civil society in ICANN policy making, submit
> >> your
> >> comments today!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Robin Gross, Chair
> >>
> >> Noncommercial Users Constituency
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Executive Summary of NCSG Charter Proposal:
> >> http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/executive-summary-ncsg-
> proposal.pdf
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> NCSG Petition-Charter:
> >>
> >> http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/ncsg-petition-charter.pdf
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> NCSG Organization Chart:
> >>
> >> http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/ncsg-organization-chart.pdf
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> IP JUSTICE
> >>
> >> Robin Gross, Executive Director
> >>
> >> 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA  94117  USA
> >>
> >> p: +1-415-553-6261    f: +1-415-462-6451
> >>
> >> w: http://www.ipjustice.org     e: robin at ipjustice.org
> >>
> >>
> >>
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