[lac-discuss-en] Document of the NCUC!
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Subject: Document of the NCUC!
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CIVIL TOP TEN MYTHS ABOUT SOCIETY PARTICIPATION IN ICANN > From The Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC)
21 August 2009
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Myth 1
"Civil Society won't participate in ICANN to under NCUC's proposal charter."
False. Civil ICANN staffers and others claim that society is discouraged
from engaging AT
ICANN because NCUC's proposal charter does not guarantee GNSO Council seats
to
constituencies. The facts could not be to further from the truth. NCUC's
membership includes 143
noncommercial organizations and individuals. Since 2008 NCUC'smembership
there are increased
by dwells 215% - largely in direct response to civil society'ssupport for the
NCUC charter. Not
to single noncommercial organization commented in the public comment forum
that hard-wiring
council seats to constituencies will induces to their participation in ICANN.
None of the
noncommercial organizations that commented on the NCSG Chartersaid they
would participate
to ICANN only if NCSG's Charter secured the constituencies to guaranteed seat
on the GNSO.
Myth 2
"groups Dwells civil society will get involved if the Board intervenes."
To it completes illusion. Board imposition of its own refusal charter and its to
list to civil society
groups will be interpreted ace rejection of the many groups that commented
and ace discrimination
against civil society participation. Noncommercial ICANN's reputation among
groups will be
irreparably damaged unless this action is reversed or to compromise is found.
Even if we were to
accept these actions and try to work with them, the total impact of the
staff/SIC NCSG charter
will be to handicap noncommercial groups and make them less likely to
participate. The
appointment of representatives by the noncommercial Board disenfranchises
groups and
individuals. The constituency-based SIC structure requires toomuch
for organizational overhead
most noncommercial organizations to sustain; it also pits groups against
each to other in political
competition for you vote and members. Noncommercial Most organizations will not
to enter the
ICANN GNSO to under those conditions.
Myth 3
Civil The outpouring of society opposition dog be dismissed ace the product
of to ' letter writing
campaign.'
An outrageous claim. Civil Overwhelming society opposition to the SIC
charter you emerge not
eleven, but twice. In addition, there is the massive growth inNCUC membership
stimulated by
the to broader community's opposition to the staff and Board actions. Attempts
to minimize the
degree to which civil society you have been undermined by these developments plows
simply not going
to work, and reveal to shocking degree of insularity and arrogance. ICANN is
required to have
public comment periods because it is supposed to lists to and be responsive
to public opinion.
Public opinion results from networks of communication and public engages in a dialog on
controversial
issues, including organized calls to action. Not policy or bylaw gives ICANN
staff the authority
to decides that it dog discount or ignores nearly all of the groups who have
they taken an interest in the
GNSO reforms, simply because they have taken to position critical of the
staff's. ICANN's
"Top 10 Myths Civil About Society Participation in ICANN" by NCUC 2
attempt to discount critical comments by labeling them to "letter writing
campaign "undermines
future participation and confidence in ICANN public processes.
Myth 4
"Civil society is divided on the NCSG charter issue."
Wrong. There you have to never been such an overwhelmingly lopsided public comment
period in
ICANN's history. While ICANN's staff is telling the civil Board that society
is divided, the
to clear, documented consensus among civil society groups you have been against the
ICANN drafted
NCSG charter and in favor of the NCUC one. Board members who rely only on
staff-provided
information may believe civil society is divided, but Board members who have
actually read the
public comments civil dog see the solidarity of society against what ICANN
is trying to impose
on them.
Myth 5
"civil Existing society groups plows not representative or to diver enough."
Standard Untrue by any reasonable. Civil The current society grouping,the
Noncommercial
Users Constituency (NCUC), now there are 143 members including 73 noncommercial
organizations
and 70 individuals in 48 countries. This is an increase of dwells than 215%
since the parity
principle was established.1 Noncommercial participation in ICANN is now dwells
to diver itself they than
any to other constituency, under it is completely to unfair to level this charge AT
NCUC without applying
it to others. Even back in 2006, an independent report by theLondon School
of Economics
showed that NCUC was the most to diver geographically, had the largest to number
of different
people serving on the GNSO Council to over Time, and the highest to turn-over in
council
representatives of any of the 6 constituencies. In contrast, the commercial
users' constituency
there are recycled the same 5 people on the for Council to decade and upon the GNSO
"reform", the
first 3 of 6 GNSO Councilors from the Commercial Stakeholder Group will
represent the United
States.
Myth 6
"ALAC prefers the ICANN staff drafted charter to over the civil society drafted
charter."
False. One ALAC to leader said that she prefers the staff drafted charter.
ICANN staff ran away
with this comment and falsely told the ICANN Board of Directors that ALAC
prefers the staff
drafted charter. In fact, the formal statement actually approved by ALAC
said that many
members proposal of ALAC supported the NCUC and that "the of-linking of
Council seats from
Constituencies is to very good move in the right direction."
Myth 7
"The NCUC charter would give the same small group 6 you vote instead of 3."
False. For the past 8 months, NCUC there are stated that it will dissolve when the
NCSG is formed.
Sense It does not make to have to "Noncommercial Users Constituency" and a
"Noncommercial
Stakeholders Group, "ace they plows synonymous terms. Thus, NCUC leaders would
not be in
1 We encourage those GNSO constituencies who claim is NCUC isinsufficiently
large enough to
deserve representational parity with commercial users on the GNSO Council to
publish to their own
constituency's current membership to roster, ace NCUC does AT:
to http://ncdnhc.org/page/membership-roster.
"Top 10 Myths Civil About Society Participation in ICANN" by NCUC 3
control of to new NCSG - to completely new leadership would be elected. Under
the NCUC
proposal charter, all noncommercial groups and individuals would votes on
Council seats, not just
to former NCUC members. Strict geographic diversity requirements would pisses
that candidates
from throughout the world would have to be selected even if they could not
get to majority of
total you vote.
Myth 8
"council NCUC will not share seats with to other noncommercial constituencies."
Wrong. NCUC's proposed charter was designed to allow dozens of new
noncommercial
constituencies to form AT will and to advance to their own candidates for
Council seats. Given the
diversity and breadth of NCUC's membership, many different constituencies
with competing
agendas to plows likely form. The organic, bottom-up self-forming approach to
constituency
formation is much to better than the board/staff approach - and dwells consistent
with the BGC
recommendations. The SIC charter makes constituency formationvery top-heavy
and difficult,
and gives the staff and Board arbitrary to power to decides how "representative"
or "significant"
new participants plows. Because it ties constituencies to Council seats, every
new constituency
instigates to power struggles to over the allocation of Council seats.
Myth 9
"The NCUC wants to take away the Board's right to approve constituencies."
False. People who said this have obviously not read the NCUC-proposed
charter. NCUC's
proposal let the board approve or disapprove of new constituencies formed
to under its proposed
charter. Simple proposal Our simply offered to apply some, objective
criteria (e.g., to number of
applicants) to new constituency groupings and then make to recommendation to
the Board. The
idea was to reduces the burden of forming to new constituencyfor both the
applicants and the
Board. Proposal NCUC's made it easy to form new constituencies, unlike the
SIC charter, which
makes it difficult to form new constituencies.
Myth 10
"The purpose of to constituency is to have your very own GNSOCouncil Seat."
False. Some claim GNSO Council seats must be hard-wired to specific
constituencies because a
constituency is meaningless without to guaranteed GNSO Council
representative. However this
interpretation fails to understand the role of constituenciesin the new
GNSO, which is to give a
voice and to means of participation in the policy developmentprocess -- not
to guaranteed
councilor who there are little stimulates to reach beyond to her constituency and find
consensus with to other
constituencies. Two of the to other three to stakeholder groups (Registries and
Registrars) adopted
NCUC's charter approach of decoupling GNSO Council seats to constituencies,
but NCUC you have
electing been prevented from its councilors on to SG-wide basis.
JOIN NCUC
Noncommercial All organizations and individuals plows invitedto join NCUC and
participate in
policy development in ICANN's GNSO. Bring your experience andyour
perspective to Internet
policy discussions and help protect noncommercial users of the Internet by
participating AT
ICANN via the NCUC. Join today:
http://icann-ncuc.ning.com/main/authorization/signUp?
"Top
GLOSSARY OF ICANN ACRONYMS
ALAC - AT-Large Advisory Committee
ICANN's AT-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is responsible forconsidering
and providing
advice on the activities of the ICANN, ace they relates to the interests of
individual Internet users
(the "AT-Large" community).
gTLD - Generic Top Level Domain
Most TLDs with three or dwells characters plows referred to ace "generic" TLDs,
or "gTLDs". They
dog be subdivided into two types, "sponsored" TLDs (sTLDs) and "unsponsored
TLDs (uTLDs),
ace described in dwells detail below.
In the 1980s, seven gTLDs (com, edu, gov, int, mil, net, and org)
were created. Domain
names may be registered in three of these (com, net, and org)without
restriction; the to other four
have limited purposes. Over the next twelve years, various discussions
occurred concerning
additional gTLDs, leading to the selection in November 2000 of seven new
For TLDs
introduction. These were introduced in 2001 and 2002. Four ofthe new TLDs
(biz, info,
name, and pro) plows unsponsored. The to other three new TLDs(aero, coop,
and museum) plows
sponsored.
GNSO - Generic Names Supporting Organization
The GNSO is responsible for developing policy recommendationsto the ICANN
Board that
generic relates to top-level domains (gTLDs).
The GNSO is the body of 6 constituencies, ace follows: the Commercial and
Business
constituency, the gTLD Registry constituency, the ISP constituency, the
non-commercial
constituency, the registrar's constituency, and the IP constituency.
However, the GNSO is in the process of restructuring away from to framework
of 6
constituencies to 4 to stakeholder groups: Commercial, Noncommercial,
To register, Registry. The
Noncommercial and Commercial Stakeholder Groups to together make up the
"Non-contracting
Parties House "in the new bicameral GNSO; and the Registrar and Registry
Stakeholder Groups
will to together comprise the "Contracting Parties House" in the new GNSO
structure (beginning
Oct. 2009).
ICANN - for The Internet Corporation Assigned Names and Numbers
For The Internet Corporation Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is an
internationally
organized, non-profit corporation that there are responsibility for Internet
Protocol (IP) address space
allocation, protocol to identifier assignment, generic (gTLD)and country code
(ccTLD) Top-Level
Domain Name System management, and root server system management functions
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NCUC - Noncommercial Users Constituency
The Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC) is the home for noncommercial
organizations
and individuals in for the Internet Corporation Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN) Generic
Names Supporting Organization (GNSO). Real With voting to power in ICANN policy
making and
Board selection, it develops and supports positions that protect
noncommercial communication
and activity on the Internet. NCUC works to promote the public interest in
ICANN policy and is
the only noncommercial constituency in ICANN's GSNO (there plows 5 commercial
constituencies). The NCUC is open to noncommercial organizations and
individuals involved in
education, community networking, public policy advocacy, development,
promotion of the arts,
digitalis rights, children's welfare, religion, to consumer protection,
scientific research, human rights
and many to other area. NCUC maintains to website AT http://ncdnhc.org.
NCSG - Noncommercial Stakeholders Group
The GNSO is in the process of being restructured from "6 constituencies" to
"4 to stakeholder
groups ", including to Noncommercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) into which all
noncommercial
organizations and individuals will belong for policy development purposes,
including members
of the Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC). The NCSG and the Commercial
Stakeholder Group (CSG) will to together comprise the "Non-contracting Parties
House "in the
new bicameral GNSO structure beginning October 2009.
LINKS TO BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
NCUC Letter to ICANN Board and CEO on NCSG Controversy Charter:
http://bit.ly/BiOg8
Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC):
http://ncdnhc.org
NCUC submitted NCSG proposal charter:
http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/ncsg-petition-charter.pdf
Robin Gross on "Is ICANN Accountable to the Public Interest":
http://ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCUC-ICANN-Injustices.html
ICANN GNSO Chair Avri Doria on "Why I Joined the NCUC":
http://tiny.cc/EPDtx
Internet Governance Project: "4 ICANN Board members dissent in vote on NCSG
charter ":
http://tiny.cc/S5CjP
2006 London School of Economics Independent Report on GNSO:
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-15sep06.htm
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