<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear all,<div><br></div><div>As was discussed on the NCUC Constituency Call today, we need for each member of NCUC to send an email to ICANN and demand that noncommercial users be listened to by ICANN as to how we can best organize ourselves and represent our interest in the policy development forum at ICANN.</div><div><br></div><div>Given the extremely short timeframe (the current deadline for submitting comments is Tuesday 21 July), on the call we agreed that we should ask for an extension of a few days (like the Registry constituency did) to give members of the community who are just now hearing about the issue an opportunity to comment. So I'm going to ask that we are given an extension until next Friday the 23rd (like the Registry constituency did) so members have time to prepare comments and file them. We decided it is more important to have comments on the record than to worry about what others think of us for requesting an extension.</div><div><br></div><div>However it is very important that noncommercial users speak out on this issue and stand up to ICANN's improper imposition. So please send in your comment to ICANN asap (I'm not sure we can get the extension, so plan to submit your comment by 21 July - Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>The comments don't have to long. In fact, short, brief, to the point comments tend to be the clearest to easiest to understand. </div><div><br></div><div>For background on this issue, here is an article I wrote: </div><div><a href="http://ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCUC-ICANN-Injustices.html">http://ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCUC-ICANN-Injustices.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>And here is Milton's comment that he submitted on this issue:</div><div><a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-stakeholder-charters/msg00001.html">http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-stakeholder-charters/msg00001.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Here is the background on this comment period:</div><div><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#stakeholder">http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#stakeholder</a></div><div><br></div><div>The email address to send your comment to is:</div><div> <a href="mailto:gnso-stakeholder-charters@icann.org">gnso-stakeholder-charters@icann.org</a></div><div><br></div><div>The public comments are posted to ICANN's website here:</div><div> <a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-stakeholder-charters/">http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-stakeholder-charters/</a></div><div> </div><div>Thank you very much!</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Robin</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>IP JUSTICE</div><div>Robin Gross, Executive Director</div><div>1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA</div><div>p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451</div><div>w: <a href="http://www.ipjustice.org">http://www.ipjustice.org</a> e: <a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org">robin@ipjustice.org</a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></body></html>