[ncdnhc-discuss] Re: [ncdnhc-adcom] Non-Commercial Supporting Organization

[YJ Park]

Milton,

> I don't think we have the political support or financial clout to
> create our own SO. 

Regarding financial clout, yes, we might have some problems.
However, the situation might be improved after securing three
or so Board seats who can convey the interests.

Regarding political support, you are underevaluating diverse
Non-commercial voices around the world.

> The ccTLDs could do it because they prepared for a long
> time and they have budget leverage over ICANN. They also
> have stronger relations with the governments of their 
> countries. 

In some sense, we have been in the same situation for long
like ccTLDs, too. There have been various efforts to make 
new constituencies from this constituency such as civil society 
and consumer groups and etc.

> I agree with your analysis of the problem, but I don't think
> a new SO is a solution. Not that it's a bad idea, but it's just
> not feasible at the moment.

There is nothing feasible in the world if there are people who
want to make it. Furthermore, as you said, this proposal is
good enough to move forward. We have to ready GO!

> A better alternative is to concentrate on the ORG registry.

Yes, it is crucial, too. However, there are some windows in 
the short ICANN history. i.e. NCDNHC vs IDNHC 

If you want to make it happen, I think this is a right timing to 
go for NCSO together with ccSO.

YJ

> 
> >>> "YJ Park" <yjpark at myepark.com> 08/17/01 08:38AM >>>
> 
> August. 17, 2001
> 
> YJ Park
> 
> 
>                                     Resolution for
> Non-Commercial Domain Name Holders Supporting Organization
> 
> 
> The current Non-Commercial Domain Names Holders Constituency
> of Domain Names Supporting Organization has been recognized by
> the ICANN Board in Santiago in August ICANN meeting, 2000.
> 
> Since then, non-commercial domain names holders constituency
> has been encountering an endless challenge in the DNSO. It is always
> outnumbered in DNSO decision-making process by the majority votes.
> 
> It turned out that it is almost impossible for Non-commercial domain
> name holders constituency to address its concerns which has been
> many times quite different from the other constituencies especially
> commercial-based constituencies easily to be buried due to innate
> DNSO imbalanced structure, five commercial constituencies,
> Registrar, ISP, IP, Business, gTLD, one non-commercial and ccTLD
> [note1], which has been pointed out by WG-Review report earlier this
> year and by At-Large Study Committee process, recently.
> 
> On the other hand, there have been concerns expressed by NCDNHC
> members that there are too diverse interests mixed in this same
> group under the name of non-commercial domain names holders
> constituency, which is too vague to define its common ground and too
> broad to reach consensus many times within the constituency: There
> are education and research organizations, civil society groups,
> consumer groups, activist groups for citizens, non-commercial
> purpose lobbyist groups etc..
> 
> Therefore, the non-commercial domain name holders constituency
> of the DNSO hereby declare its withdrawl from DNSO in Montevideo
> and its new formation of Non-Commercial Domain Names Holders
> Supporting Organization, NCSO.
> 
> [Note1] ccTLD is difficult to categorize whether it is commercial or
> non-commercial in a simple way.
> 
> 
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