dear Avri,<br><br>You have my voice<br><br>Baudouin<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">2009/8/6, Avri Doria <<a href="mailto:avri@ltu.se">avri@ltu.se</a>>:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I wanted to make a few comments on why I joined.<br>
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I have long been associated with the NCUC at a distance as a member of, or as someone who donated to, several of the organizations that belong to the NCUC. But I was never a member and actually did not plan to become an individual member - I had other plans in mind.<br>
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I am joining at this time, however, not only because I support the public-interest principles that are the foundation of NCUC, but because I want to express my solidarity with a Stakeholder Group that has received short shrift from ICANN in the process of establishing itself. The ICANN Board has now approved a Stakeholder Group Charter that was not created through the bottom-up process but by ICANN Policy Staff in a top-down manner. The ICANN Board has also blatantly ignored the bottom-up process that did occur and the community outrage that ensued. I am also disturbed that the requirement for parity and equal conditions among the 4 Stakeholder Groups, something that was central to the restructuring plan, has been ignored when it comes to the NCSG.<br>
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At this time, I think it is important for me as an individual to take a stand and to be counted with those who were so used and abused by the ICANN system. I am proud that my membership was approved and that I can stand with you all in a continuing struggle to see that the legitimate bottom-up processes and the will of civil society participants in ICANN are respected.<br>
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I further appreciate that the NCUC has accepted me as a member even though I am still a Nomcom Appointee to the GNSO Council and as such still bound to represent the public interest as I understand it and not necessarily according to NCUC positions; though, of course, often these two coincide. As the current chair of the GNSO Council, it also remains my responsibility to work toward consensus solutions despite what I may believe is the 'best' solution. For the remainder of my term I will continue to function within the council as an NomCom Appointee and as Chair in the same manner as I have up until now. That is, I will not be speaking for the NCUC positon in any issues within the purview of the GNSO Council, but will continue to speak in my independent capacity. My term as a member of GNSO council, and as its chair, ends on 30 October 2009.<br>
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Again, I am happy to have joined you.<br><span class="sg">
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