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

[Ian Peter]

Hi Milton, thanks for getting this underway.

 

I'll leave detailed comment to others, but unless there is strong
disagreement I can't see why this can't be a statement from the Caucus as a
whole, rather than just members who sign on. That would change some of the
wording at the top to simply "The Internet Governance Caucus wishes to
express our support" (with perhaps a phrase on who the Caucus is)

 

 

Anyway sign me up!

 

 

Ian Peter

PO Box 429

Bangalow NSW 2479

Australia

Tel (+614) 1966 7772 or (+612) 6687 0773

www.ianpeter.com

 

 

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From: Milton L Mueller [mailto:mueller at syr.edu] 
Sent: 26 March 2009 03:14
To: 'governance at lists.cpsr.org'
Subject: [governance] Proposed text for a sign-on or IGC statement re: ICANN
NCSG

 

 

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. 

 

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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