ICANN SOI to fill sham noncommercial council seats

[Robin Gross]

Here is ICANN's announcement calling for Statements of Interest from
those interested in volunteering to be appointed by the board to
represent noncommercial users:
    http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-05aug09-en.htm

"... Of the four new Stakeholder Group Charters approved by the Board
last week, this temporary seat selection by the Board is unique to
the NCSG. It reflects a fundamental view that the current non-
commercial community participation in the GNSO is not yet
sufficiently diverse or robust to select all six of the NCSG's
allocated Council seats (as was originally intended by the Board's
GNSO Improvements initiative)...."

ICANN claims we are not "sufficiently diverse or robust enough to
select all six" GNSO Council seats.  Yet NCUC represents 137
noncommercial organizations and individuals from 48 countries.  Our
membership has increased by 205% since the parity principle was
established.  There never was any bar for us to meet - that rhetoric
was invented by the commercial constituencies and selectively adopted
by ICANN staff to justify why 137 noncommercial organizations and
individuals are not entitled to elect their own representation.

Too bad noncommercial users will not be given electoral parity with
commercial users as the BGC originally promised.  Another empty
promise, another rigged process.  ICANN is more aggressive than ever
in squeezing out noncommercial users in policy development.  So sad.

Robin


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