On 18 Dec 2011, at 16:27, Dan Krimm wrote:

> It certainly doesn't speak to a "consensus" process within NCSG, if NCSG
> constituencies are going off willy-nilly and offering independent policy
> positions outside of ICANN.

True, but Constituencies are the prime locus of opinion within the GNSO, with SG as the aggregating points providing the administrative function for electing council members and other GNSO functions.  Nothing in the NCSG charter speaks about any prohibition on actions taken by a constituency either within of outside of ICANN.

I tend to see the NCPH as being a house divided by commercial and non commercial, with each house divided into its own political factions.  At this point we have only 2 factions while our housemates. have 3 factions.  But our factions have not yet learned to live with each other with the same degree of harmony as our commercial housemates.  I think that within NCSG we are different wings within the same SG and are entitled to do anything the NCSG charter plus the ICANN bylaws plus other laws don't prohibit.

The freedom to send a political letter to national or international leaders seems like it has to be within the list of things that are acceptable. And I would think NCUC, whose principle value seems to be Freedom of Expression would have to support this, even for opinions we don't support.

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