<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On Mar 22, 2013, at 10:00 AM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>Hmm. What constitutes a "non-commercial user"?</div><div><br></div><div style="">Someone who never purchases goods or services on the Internet, has a no-cost ISP and never reads content on ad-supported websites or uses analytics-supported search engines? Is that really two billion?</div> <div><br></div><div style="">Just curious.</div><div style=""><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><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">We are all non-commercial users. We all use the Internet for non-commercial purposes. Of course we also all have commercial reasons for using the Internet also, but those are not the interests we are here to protect. The CSG and ALAC can protect those interests. We (NCSG) are here to ensure that these non-commercial uses of the Internet are protected in the policy development process.</div><div><br></div><div>It is a mistake to think NCSG members never use the Internet for commercial reasons. That is not how we are designed, nor is it in alignment with reality for just about anyone on the planet any more.</div><div><br></div><div>We protect non-commercial uses in policy development. We don't claim to never have a commercial use for the Internet in our own lives. That would be silly. It is important you understand that distinction.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, you are incorrect in saying NCSG does not welcome end-users with no domain. Ever since NCSG was created we let in individual users concerned with non-commercial policy. It's been in our charter for a couple years. It might be a good idea to get facts straight before making such declarations in the future.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Robin</div><div><br></div><div><br></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></body></html>