<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">sigh<div><br><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">William Drake <<a href="mailto:wjdrake@gmail.com">wjdrake@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Outdated information on new ICANN website</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">May 22, 2014 at 2:29:13 PM GMT+2<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><a href="mailto:tickets@icann.uservoice.com">tickets@icann.uservoice.com</a><br></span></div><br><div>Hi there<br><br>I’m the Chair of the Noncommercial Users Constituency in the GNSO. I was just looking at the new website (nice clean look, congrats) and managed to find my way to the listing of GNSO constituencies at <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/how-2012-02-25-en">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/how-2012-02-25-en</a>. Passing the cursor over (external site) I see you’re pointing to <a href="http://ncdnhc.org">http://ncdnhc.org</a>. Our name changed many years ago, and while that URL resolves to our actual domain, it’d be better to simply link directly to <a href="http://www.ncuc.org">www.ncuc.org</a>. In addition, the link you have to a membership application is broken. Finally, the descriptive text is outdated (we’ve not had membership fees for years) and doesn’t concisely capture what we’re about, which is info outsiders and newbies might want.<br><br>So could you please replace this:<br><br>The non-commercial users constituency is the home for civil society organizations and individuals within ICANN. So long as you are a non-commercial user or organization ou can fill in an online application formto join. Membership fees for 2009 are $50 or $100 depending on the size of your organization; there is also a fee waiver or reduction option. TheNCUC's work can be followed on its site.<br><br>With this<br><br>The Noncommercial Users Constituency is the home for civil society organizations and individuals in ICANN's GNSO. NCUC advocates positions on gTLD-related issues that protect and support noncommercial communication and activity on the Internet. Among its key areas of interest are human rights, freedom of expression, privacy, access to knowledge, diversity and consumer choice, development, and global internet governance. Membership is free of charge, and noncommercial organizations and individuals can fill in an application to join on its website. [<a href="http://www.ncuc.org">www.ncuc.org</a>]<br><br>Ok?<br><br>Thanks much<br><br>Bill<br><br>***********************************************<br>William J. Drake<br>International Fellow & Lecturer<br> Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ<br> University of Zurich, Switzerland<br>Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency, <br> ICANN, <a href="http://www.ncuc.org">www.ncuc.org</a><br><a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch">william.drake@uzh.ch</a> (direct), <a href="mailto:wjdrake@gmail.com">wjdrake@gmail.com</a> (lists),<br> <a href="http://www.williamdrake.org">www.williamdrake.org</a><br>***********************************************<br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>