TOP 10 MYTHS ABOUT CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION IN ICANN From The Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) 21 August 2009 ________________________________________________________________ Myth 1 .Civil Society won.t participate in ICANN under NCUC.s charter proposal.. False. ICANN staffers and others claim that civil society is discouraged from engaging at ICANN because NCUC.s charter proposal does not guarantee GNSO Council […]
in another effort to reach out and expand NCUC’s on-line presence I just created a new group for us at LinkedIn. If you are a LinkedIn user and are interested to join the group and share contacts (contact sharing is not required to join the group and your contact information will be available only to […]
RE: ICANN Public Comment Period: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#gnso-restructure Comments of the Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) on the Proposed GNSO Bylaws Amendments 24 August 2009 ICANN’s Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC) represents 150 members including 74 noncommercial organizations and 76 individuals from 51 different countries (1). NCUC is dedicated to advancing the interests of noncommercial users of the Internet […]
i posted a copy the comments i submitted to ICANN on the new gTLD proposals on my profile, and today received an e-mail: ############# Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 15:58:17 -0700 From: Rod Beckstrom To: rjw@itsmyinternet.org Subject: Comments on New gTLD Program Parts/Attachments: 1 Shown 52 lines Text 2 OK ~153 lines Text —————————————- Dear […]
DU COLLEGE DES UTILISATEURS NON COMMERCIAUX Légende 1 « Les groupes existants de la société civile ne sont pas assez” représentatifs ou diversifiés ». Faux par toute norme raisonnable. La société civile courante regroupant, le collège électoral non commercial d’utilisateurs (NCUC), a maintenant 142 membres comprenant 73 organismes non commerciaux et 69 individus dans 48 […]
NCUC Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 3 September 2009 Public Interest Groups in ICANN Appeal to New President For Fairer Treatment For Civil Society The organization that represents Non-Commercial Internet Users in the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) issued an open letter to the Board this week, expressing concern about the possible […]
Public Interest Groups in ICANN Appeal to New President For Fairer Treatment For Civil Society The organization that represents Non-Commercial Internet Users in the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) issued an open letter to the Board this week, expressing concern about the possible failure of ICANN’s attempt to balance the representation of […]
Les Groupes d’intérêt public d’ICANN demande au nouveau Président un traitement plus juste pour la société civile L’organisation qui représente les internautes non-commerciaux à Internet Corporation pour l’assignation des noms et des nombres (ICANN) a envoyée une lettre ouverte au conseil cette semaine, exprimant des inquiétudes concernant l’échec possible d’ICANN’ dans la tentative d’équilibrer la […]
NCUC Elections: ~ Nominations are now open for all NCUC positions below. Nominations close on 12 Sept (see time-table below). ~ All terms take affect at the termination of the Seoul ICANN Meeting (i.e. Oct. 31 2009). ~ Nominations should be made to this NCUC Discuss List. All nominations must be accepted by the person […]
My response to the charges can be found at: http://avri.doria.org/day/2009/09/07