NCSG Policy Discussion on 2011-10-18 - a couple of follow-up points

[Alain Berranger]

Thanks Milton... Alain

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:

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> This is an easy question to answer.  First, the NCSG EC did not “reject”
> the name. some of us objected to it because it did not identify any feature
> of characteristic that was different from the “Noncommercial Users
> Constituency.” Most people thought of, and still think of, NCUC as the home
> for non-profit organizations devoted to noncommercial causes. In trying to
> articulate a differentiating feature, Amber and Debbie said that their
> organizations were different because they had distinct “operational
> concerns” and we mutually agreed to alter the name. In my experience, people
> are still confused by NPOC, but at least there is some difference in the
> name.  ****
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> 2) I think Bill Drake - please correct me if I got the wrong speaker - said
> he was puzzled by the meaning of the terminology "Not for Profit Operational
> Concerns (NPOC)"... In fact, so am I... I recall we had originally proposed
> "Not for Profit Organizations Constituency (NPOC)". The latter was rejected
> by NCSG-EC. Those on the list who were party to this "compromise" may
> explain to the rest of us how that was arrived at and why that name was
> chosen?****
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