Robert: 
Thanks for responding quickly! You raise two distinct issues. 

One is their status as an ALAC member or ALS. My view is that it
doesn't matter at all. ICANN's odd structure should not lead to
arbitrary divisions among civil society actors. We should encourage
organizations that are already ALS's to join NCUC if they meet our
criteria. 

The other issue is "Tunisia." I understand the issue here and believe
that ISOC Tunisia is independent of the repressive Tunisian government,
but would be interested if anyone has evidence to the contrary. Note
that our charter does not say that liberal political views are a
membership requirement. Only if we believe that ISOC Tunisia is not
truly an independent, nongovernmental nonprofit (i.e., it is a "fake"
NGO or GONGO) could we exclude it from membership. 

>>> "Mr. Robert Guerra" <[log in to unmask]> 5/31/2007 1:21 PM >>>
Milton:

A quick search on ISOC Tunisia led me to find the URL below, that  
indicates that it already is an accredited At Large Structure (ALS).

http://alac.icann.org/africa/applications/ISOCTunisie-15oct06.htm 

My experience from WSIS, is that we should  carefully evaluate  
organizations coming from regimes such as Tunisia .

I would suggest asking Khaled if ISOC Tunisia is in fact the same  
organization mentioned in the URL above. if so, to explain how his  
organization will represent itself in both At Large and NCUC.



regards,

Robert
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Managing Director, Privaterra
Tel +1 416 893 0377



On 31-May-07, at 12:17 PM, Milton Mueller wrote:

> Another new membership application. I know about this organization
and
> would vote in support of it. We need to hear from the other Exec.
> Committee members.
>
>>>> Khaled KOUBAA <[log in to unmask]> 5/30/2007 2:28 PM >>>
> MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
> ICANN GNSO Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC)
>
>
> To: 	NCUC Secretariat
> 	c/o The Convergence Center
> 	Syracuse University School of Information Studies
> 	307 Hinds Hall
> 	Syracuse, NY 13244 USA
> 	[log in to unmask] 
> Please provide the following information and send it to the address
> above, preferably in electronic form by email. For details and
> questions, please refer to the NCUC charter at
> http://www.ncdnhc.org/current_charter.htm  first.
>
> A) Organisation Details
> Name of the Organization: ISOC Tunisia
>
> Name of the President : Khaled KOUBAA
>
> Domain Name of the Organization: www.isoc.org.tn 
>
> Mailing Address of the Organization :
>
> Email address of the organization : [log in to unmask] 
>
>
> B) Representatives
>
> We designate the following person as our official representative in
> NCUC:
> Name: Khaled KOUBAA
>
> Telephone Number: +216 98 27 00 25
>
> E-mail address: [log in to unmask] 
>
> We designate the following person as our alternate representative in
> NCUC:
> Name: Mondher LAABIDI
>
> Telephone Number:
>
> E-mail address: [log in to unmask] 
>
>
>
> C) Type of membership
>
>  ___	Small Organization (under 1000 members or under 200 employees /
> dues: US$ 50 for two years)
>
>  ___	Large Organization (1000 or more members or 200 or more
> employees / dues: US$100 for two years)
>
>  _X_	Request for membership fee waiver. As requested, we attach our
> budget details and explanation
> 	Membership dues must arrive to enable membership rights unless
> the Executive Committee issues a waiver.