Voting for the charter.

[Cedric Laurant]

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>I'd also like to encourage each of our members to participate in the
>election and to please VOTE FOR the CHARTER.  :-)
>
>This is really a big moment for non-commercial users at ICANN - to
>have a reformed GNSO with parity between commercial and
>noncommercial users.
>
>Our adversaries have been able to prevent us from having a good NCSG
>charter before now (remember last year when a crippling
>staff-drafted divide-and-conquer charter was imposed on us!)
>
>At last we have been permitted to draft a charter in a truly
>bottom-up fashion that meets the needs of noncommercial users, and
>I'm encouraged that it will be accepted by the board and we can
>finally move forward to substantive policy matters.  But we need all
>of the membership to participate in the election and affirmatively
>support the charter for it to pass.
>
>So please, vote for the charter.  Search your email if you haven't
>received the ballot yet (let me or Avri know if you don't have a
>ballot).
>
>Also, we all owe a huge debt of thanks to Avri, who has been working
>very hard on finalizing this charter and organizing the election in
>time for the Brussels mtg next month.  Thank you, Avri!
>
>Best,
>Robin
>
>On May 12, 2010, at 6:59 AM, Wendy Seltzer wrote:
>
>>I have now received the link and cast my vote.
>>
>>Note that the vote was not active at the time the link was sent, but has
>>now been opened.  For those searching your inboxes, the email was
>>entitled "NCSG Charter Revisions Poll" and sent from
>><mailto:ncuc at registro.br>ncuc at registro.br
>>
>>Please support the charter!  Remember, we need a strong vote of all NCUC
>>members.
>>
>>Best,
>>--Wendy
>>
>>Avri Doria wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I have just been informed that the voting system will be launched
>>>as scheduled at 00.00 UTC on May 12. People will receive the URL
>>>in their emails to proceed.
>>>
>>>Should you not receive your ballot after that time, please inform me.
>>>
>>>And please remember to vote.
>>>
>>>Attached is the version of the charter that is being voted on.
>>>
>>>a.
>>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>Wendy Seltzer -- <mailto:wendy at seltzer.org>wendy at seltzer.org
>>Fellow, Silicon Flatirons Center at University of Colorado Law School
>>Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
>><http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html
>><http://www.chillingeffects.org>http://www.chillingeffects.org/
>><https://www.torproject.org>https://www.torproject.org/
>>
>
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Cedric Laurant, Esq.
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Senior Research Fellow, Center for Media and Communication Studies,
Central European University (Budapest, Hungary)
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