So, the NPOC can articulate no point of difference between 
itself and the NCUC in terms of who they represent, other than some 
trends to policy disparity.

	The NPOCs entire existence appears predicated on the idea 
that if two groups of essentially similar organisations have policy 
differences, the only possible solution is to leap immediately to 
forming a new Constituency. Has this ever happened in any other 
group? Every successful constituency has been formed on the basis of 
a structural similarity of the organisations operation within ICANN. 
The NPOC is, quite clearly, a proposal to form form a second 
constituency for exactly the same type of group as NCUC to cover 
policy disparity.

	I certainly feel there are structural problems within ICANN 
that make the proper articulation of public policy perspectives 
difficult, as the Constituency silo system can force groups together 
that have serious disagreements on policy. But this proposal seems to 
dedicatedly aim at making those problems worse, not better, by 
proposing that if two groups of the same type don't happen to share 
policy positions they should be two separate oonstituencies.

	The solution to the  problems with the ICANN Constituency 
silo system is not to just keep building more silos on slimmer and 
slimmer grounds.

	The solution is groups that reach across silos, and a system 
that doesn't assume everyone in the same constituency happens to 
share a policy positions or interests just because they come from a 
similar structural basis. That is what the NCSG push to move from 
Constituencies to Interest Groups is about. The NPOC just seems to 
demonstrate why Constituencies are a bad idea.

	Basically, it seems that the NPOC is a big sounding group 
that serves a really small purpose - a home for people who would like 
to be in the IPC but who should be in NCSG not CSG. There is a real 
issue here - ATUG seems to be an example of a corresponding 
organisation that would like to be in NCUC, but should be in CSG not 
NCSG, and that same issue effects some other consumer organisations - 
but making more and more Constituency silos isn't the answer.

	David