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

Ian Peter ian.peter at ianpeter.com
Thu Mar 26 15:13:09 EDT 2009


That seems to be the best way forward.

So if you want to be individually listed, just sign up here (many others
have) Include your country and organizational affiliation.

And if you have strong concerns list them here as well, that would determine
whether IGC as such is a signatory or not

Ian Peter
PO Box 429
Bangalow NSW 2479
Australia
Tel (+614) 1966 7772 or (+612) 6687 0773
www.ianpeter.com
 
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee W McKnight [mailto:lmcknigh at syr.edu]
> Sent: 27 March 2009 03:53
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Meryem Marzouki
> Subject: RE: [governance] Proposed text for a sign-on or IGC statement re:
> 
> I agree with Meryem's suggested approach, for maximum impact on ICANN's
> conisderation of this, both the collective of IGC member and folks in
> their individual capacities and affiliations should be listed - with their
> consent of course.
> 
> (sign me up too)
> 
> Lee
> ________________________________________
> From: Meryem Marzouki [marzouki at ras.eu.org]
> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 7:45 AM
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
> Subject: Re: [governance] Proposed text for a sign-on or IGC statement re:
> 
> Both approaches are not mutually exclusive. The text may list
> signatures (distinguishing organizational/entities and individual
> signatures) and, among the entities signatures, have the IGC as a
> whole if there is consensus on this.
> Obviously, IGC members cannot be individually listed unless they
> explicitely sign up.
> Meryem
> 
> Le 25 mars 09 à 22:48, Milton L Mueller a écrit :
> 
> > That is great, Ian, but in some ways it's better to have a lot of
> > names on a list, especially if countries of residence and
> > organizational affiliation are shown.
> > Perhaps it can be a caucus statement and we could just list the
> > caucus members?
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Ian Peter [ian.peter at ianpeter.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 3:39 PM
> > To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Milton L Mueller
> > Subject: RE: [governance] Proposed text for a sign-on or IGC
> > statement re: ICANN NCSG
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > 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,
> >
> > --
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Etc.
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