Individual representation in NCUC

[Robin Gross]

Thanks, Kathy!   I also strongly agree with the proposal to include  
individuals in NCUC as outlined below.  This is a very exciting time  
for NCUC and terrific opportunity to significantly grow our  
constituency.

Best,
Robin



On Jun 24, 2008, at 12:29 PM, KathrynKL at AOL.COM wrote:

> To Milton, Robin, and all in Paris,
> Thank you for making today's meeting so easy to participate it.   
> Milton did a terrific job of leading the discussion today with  
> people in the conference room, and others (like me) coming in  
> online. The hour and a half I was on the call was a good and  
> substantive discussion.  In the end, I wound up supporting the  
> proposition below.
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> I hope the rest of the meeting went as well, and I look forward to  
> reading the notes.  All the best in the Names Council meeting and  
> other meetings coming up.
>
> Kathy
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> <dear all: A proposition to be discussed at our meeting today.>
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> In preparation for the GNSO reforms, which we anticipate will open  
> up both the commercial and noncommercial stakeholder groups to  
> individuals, NCUC wishes to extend an invitation to interested  
> individual registrants to formally register with and participate in  
> NCUC on a provisional basis.
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> In line with our previously stated position on GNSO reform, we  
> believe that individuals who register domain names and take an  
> interest in domains for personal use, and/or are mostly concerned  
> with the public interest aspects of domain name policy, should be  
> admitted into the Noncommercial Users stakeholder group. Examples  
> of such individual users would be a person with a personal domain  
> for an email account, a domain name holder with a family web site  
> or blog, or individual academics or members of noncommercial  
> organizations who find it too difficult or lack the standing to get  
> their organization to formally join on an organizational basis
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> (Individuals who register domain names for business purposes –  
> e.g., investors in the domain name market, small businesses, and  
> consultants – and are mainly concerned with the way domain name  
> policy affects their business activity should be represented  
> through the Commercial Users stakeholder group.)
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> Until the GNSO reforms are completed, we propose to add  
> noncommercial individuals as provisional, nonvoting members. This  
> period can also serve as an experiment to see how the  
> representation of individuals can best be formally structured.
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> We anticipate asking interested individuals to sign a commitment that:
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> They are not currently members of any other GNSO constituency
> Their interest in domain name policy relates to their individual  
> use and public interest aspects
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> We will be announcing a signup process soon.
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