I follow Wendy's words...<div>Magaly<br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 5:35 PM, Wendy Seltzer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wendy@seltzer.com" target="_blank">wendy@seltzer.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thanks Mary,<br>
I'd support this individually, and like the approach of a joint<br>
NCUC/NPOC comment (or later endorsement, depending on timing).<br>
<br>
--Wendy<br>
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On 11/17/2012 11:53 AM, Maria Farrell wrote:<br>
> Does it make sense, then, to submit the piece as a joint ncuc/npoc comment,<br>
> and not an ncsg one?<br>
><br>
> I'd support that, as an ncuc member.<br>
><br>
> On 17 November 2012 15:39, Alain Berranger <<a href="mailto:alain.berranger@gmail.com">alain.berranger@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Hi Mary,<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks a lot for an excellent statement.<br>
>> On a personal basis, I agree with much of the spirit of your proposed<br>
>> comment and take the opportunity to run it by NPOC-voice to solicit an NPOC<br>
>> wide view. However, as Avri points out, the NCSG-EC has to decide on a<br>
>> recommendation to the Board as per the timeline Robin indicated. So, it<br>
>> seems inappropriate for NCSG-EC to make a public comment at this early<br>
>> stage such as the one you suggest or any other one for that matter, as it<br>
>> would essentially have the effect of making a decision regarding the<br>
>> application during the public comment period.<br>
>><br>
>> There are 2 points I would like to raise:<br>
>><br>
>> 1) telecentres for social purposes, usually located in schools, clinics,<br>
>> community centers, remote villages, etc... - for instance see<br>
>> <a href="http://www.telecentre.org/" target="_blank">http://www.telecentre.org/</a> for a look inside the Telecentre movement -<br>
>> are non-commercial public access Internet points (PIAPs) while cybercafés<br>
>> are essentially commercial, even if located in very poor and under serviced<br>
>> areas, because they are mostly entrepreneurial in their organization, with<br>
>> a livelihood or profit making purpose. The former could be housed in NCSG<br>
>> (as Members) while the latter could be welcomed into CSG.<br>
>> 2) we should distinguish between the proponent and it's adequacy to be the<br>
>> leader of the creation of a new constituency and the need for a new<br>
>> constituency. If it is confirmed that there is a need for some kind of a<br>
>> new constituency, then NCSG-EC has to also decide on it's recommendation<br>
>> regarding if the proponent is likely to adequately lead the creation of<br>
>> that new constituency.<br>
>><br>
>> I hope this helps! Alain<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Saturday, November 17, 2012, wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Hello everyone,<br>
>>><br>
>>> Since today is the last day for public comment on the proposed new<br>
>>> cybercafe constituency and nothing has been sent in, I took the liberty of<br>
>>> composing something brief that I hope members can approve. I've done so as<br>
>>> many members have expressed firm opinions about this issue, and it is<br>
>>> important that NCSG sends in a comment, especially since the group is<br>
>>> applying to join NCSG.<br>
>>><br>
>>> The proposed comment follow; if there is no objection by the end of the<br>
>>> day, I propose to file it on behalf of NCSG. Thanks everyone!<br>
>>><br>
>>> "The Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG) is pleased to see that<br>
>>> there is increased interest from developing regions in ICANN participation.<br>
>>> Having long been the most-diverse (geographically and ethnically)<br>
>>> stakeholder group within not just the GNSO but ICANN as well, we have<br>
>>> always made outreach, accessibility and engagement part of our mission and<br>
>>> have as a result welcomed numerous new individual and organizational<br>
>>> members from across the globe into our membership, including through the<br>
>>> GNSO's newest constituency, the Not for Profit Operational Concerns (NPOC)<br>
>>> constituency.<br>
>>><br>
>>> There is consensus in the NCSG - from both NPOC and Non-Commerciaul<br>
>>> Users Constituency (NCUC) members - that the new CCAOI application for<br>
>>> constituency status belongs not in the NCSG but in the Commercial<br>
>>> Stakeholders Group (CSG). We have carefully reviewed all the documents and<br>
>>> information provided in the CCAOI's application, and believe that it is a<br>
>>> commercial organization whose operations do not fit within NCSG's formal<br>
>>> charter or objectives.<br>
>>><br>
>>> The CCAOI's stated reason for applying to join NCSG is that it is a<br>
>>> non-profit organization which among its activities promotes public interest<br>
>>> goals of education and access. While non-profit organizations are members<br>
>>> of NCSG's NPOC constituency, NPOC members must first and continue to be<br>
>>> NCSG members as well, i.e., remain resolutely non-commercial in their<br>
>>> focus. The fact that individual cybercafes within the wider CCAOI<br>
>>> organization may not charge fees to their users does not by itself make<br>
>>> either these cybercafes or the CCAOI itself a non-commercial organization.<br>
>>> Rather, we note from its application that its members include also<br>
>>> "e-commerce service providers", "Internet solution providers" and<br>
>>> entrepreneurs, and its plans include the use of a mobile payment platform<br>
>>> to alleviate the problem of low credit card usage and cash safety.<br>
>>><br>
>>> We therefore believe that the proper place within the current GNSO<br>
>>> framework for CCAOI is the CSG. The fact that the CSG's rigid constituency<br>
>>> structures may mean that CCAOI could potentially belong to either the<br>
>>> Internet Service Providers (ISP) constituency or the Business Constituency<br>
>>> (BC), or that either of these groups may need to modify its charter to<br>
>>> allow a commercial organization of CCAOI's nature to apply, is not NCSG'<br>
>>> concern or issue. Similarly, if the GNSO's own structure requires change in<br>
>>> order to accommodate a diverse organization such as CCAOI, it is not a<br>
>>> solution to just put them in the NCSG simply because we are the most<br>
>>> flexible and open GNSO stakeholder group. These limitations are problems<br>
>>> that are neither the fault of CCAOI or NCSG, and should if necessary be<br>
>>> addressed by the GNSO as a whole and perhaps also the ICANN Board's own<br>
>>> Structural Improvements Committee (SIC), who had worked with the fledgling<br>
>>> NCSG to develop a charter that reflected non-commercial values and<br>
>>> interests.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Should this not be feasible, NCSG believes that those members and<br>
>>> elements of CCAOI that are purely non-commercial could individually join<br>
>>> NCSG. As a representative organization that has clearly commercial sources<br>
>>> of funding and for-profit members, however, CCAOI as it is currently<br>
>>> constituted clearly does not belong within NCSG.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Respectfully submitted,<br>
>>><br>
>>> The Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group"<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Mary W S Wong<br>
>>> Professor of Law<br>
>>> Director, Franklin Pierce Center for IP<br>
>>> Chair, Graduate IP Programs<br>
>>> UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL OF LAW<br>
>>> Two White Street<br>
>>> Concord, NH 03301<br>
>>> USA<br>
>>> Email: <a href="mailto:mary.wong@law.unh.edu">mary.wong@law.unh.edu</a><br>
>>> Phone: <a href="tel:1-603-513-5143" value="+16035135143">1-603-513-5143</a><br>
>>> Webpage: <a href="http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.php" target="_blank">http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.php</a><br>
>>> Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN)<br>
>>> at: <a href="http://ssrn.com/author=437584" target="_blank">http://ssrn.com/author=437584</a><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA<br>
</div></div>>> Member, Board of Directors, CECI, <a href="http://www.ceci.ca" target="_blank">http://www.ceci.ca</a><<a href="http://www.ceci.ca/en/about-ceci/team/board-of-directors/" target="_blank">http://www.ceci.ca/en/about-ceci/team/board-of-directors/</a>><br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">>> Executive-in-residence, Schulich School of Business, <a href="http://www.schulich.yorku.ca" target="_blank">www.schulich.yorku.ca</a><br>
>> Treasurer, Global Knowledge Partnership Foundation, <a href="http://www.gkpfoundation.org" target="_blank">www.gkpfoundation.org</a><br>
>> NA representative, Chasquinet Foundation, <a href="http://www.chasquinet.org" target="_blank">www.chasquinet.org</a><br>
>> Chair, NPOC, NCSG, ICANN, <a href="http://npoc.org/" target="_blank">http://npoc.org/</a><br>
>> O:<a href="tel:%2B1%20514%20484%207824" value="+15144847824">+1 514 484 7824</a>; M:<a href="tel:%2B1%20514%20704%207824" value="+15147047824">+1 514 704 7824</a><br>
>> Skype: alain.berranger<br>
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