[governance] Call for Action: Your comments can Support

[McTim]

Hullo Mary,

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 2:35 AM, Mary Wong <MWong at piercelaw.edu> wrote:

> 1. The NCSG proposal is inclusive (not divisive) and democratic.
>
> - Membership is open to both individuals and non-commercial organizations;

yes, but there is a long list of which of these folk are to be
excluded.  The Chair gets to decide, ultimately who can join.

> voting is done directly by each member.
> - Members may (but are not compelled) to form Constituencies; members may,
> regardless of Constituency, join working groups and participate in ICANN
> activities.

<snip>

> 3. The NCSG proposal will not entrench an existing group of
> members/office-holders.
>
> - In the new SG structure, the existing Non-Commercial User Constituency
> (NCUC) group automatically dissolves. Each current NCUC member (individual
> or organizational) has to decide whether or not to join the new NCSG, and no
> existing NCUC committee or position carries over into the new structure.

Except for:

" 3.4.4. As a transitional provision, the first election for the June 2009 ICANN
meeting will elect three (3) NCSG Council Representatives, and the
terms of the 3
NCUC Council Representatives elected in October 2008 will run until June 2010."


-- 
Cheers,

McTim
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