[NCSG-Discuss] On Diversity and Discrimination

[Carl Smith]

Ed,

We might only touch on an issue of free speech in this matter. From the 
commercial aspect, this is outside our charter.  This issue is a local 
governmental authority issue.  Like drugs, it is most controversial 
among differing cultures.  This can only be a can of worms to even 
discuss in this forum.

Respectfully,
Lou

On 2/4/2013 3:02 AM, Edward Morris wrote:
> ICANN has multiple lawsuits in play involving the adult entertainment 
> industry. I think it would be fantastic to have a civil society 
> organisation representing sex workers to draw upon if the issues 
> involved in the lawsuits percolate down to our level.
>
> Ed
>
> On Sunday, February 3, 2013, David Cake wrote:
>
>     Industry organisations for commercial operators are not within our
>     charter, but advocacy organisations are.
>     Cheers
>             David
>
>     On 04/02/2013, at 1:27 PM, Andrew A. Adams <aaa at meiji.ac.jp
>     <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
>     > You wrote:
>     >> I have friends who run sex worker activism NGOs (including one
>     that is
>     >> sex worker run by charter). Next time I see them I'll ask if
>     they want
>     >> to join NCUC. I think they'd be perfectly welcome here, and
>     would fit
>     >> in, but I'm not sure how much of a policy priority ICANN issues
>     might
>     >> be for them (but hey, .xxx, IFFOR, legal restrictions on
>     advertising
>     >> in some jurisdictions, etc - maybe they do have enough to justify
>     >> their participation, I don't know).�
>     >
>     > I'm not sure all of these fall within our charter. Remember,
>     there's a rider
>     > preventing non-profit organisations that are just representatives of
>     > for-profits (e.g. Chambers of Commerce) from joining NCSG.
>     >
>     > --
>     > Professor Andrew A Adams aaa at meiji.ac.jp <javascript:;>
>     > Professor at Graduate School of Business Administration,  and
>     > Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics
>     > Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan http://www.a-cubed.info/
>     >
>     >
>

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