Hi,

It has been 8 days and there have been no comments on the list yet - though I did receive one offlist comment for a change that I requested be floated on the list.

I am sure it is not a perfect document so I am worried that people have not had time to read it yet.  Please let me assure you that it is not very long.

Preparations are underway for the vote, which is scheduled to begin after this review stage.

for the vote, please make sure that Robin has the correct address for your ballot.  This is especially critical for the organizational representatives.

One correction on the message below.  I was informed that one week was not nearly enough for a group as large as this to vote.  The period will therefore be longer.  As soon as I have the exact details I will send them out.  given that 60% of the membership must vote to approve for the charter to be accepted by the group and forwarded on to the Board for  review and approval, it will be critical for everyone to vote.  And while it is perfectly fine to vote against the charter because you are against the charter, I hope we can avoid having too many members vote against by default, i.e. by just not voting.

thanks

a.


On 22 Apr 2010, at 03:55, Avri Doria wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Attached please find the latest draft of the proposed update to the NCSG charter.  It is hoped that this can be finalized and sent to the ICANN Board and its Structural Improvement Committee in time for approval before the meeting in Brussels concludes. The schedule is tight.
> 
> I have scheduled an open review by all NCSG/NCUC members to last until 8 May 2010.  If there are changes recommended by the members of NCSG during this time that appear to have strong support, an intermediate version with those changes will be released for further review.  
> 
> After the review period ends, a final draft will be released.
> 
> During week 19 (9-15 May), a vote on that final draft of of the charter will be initiated.  This vote will be scheduled to last 10 days  (specific dates yet to be announced).  In order to be approved, it will be necessary for the charter to receive 60% of the member vote in favor of sending the charter on for approval by the Board.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> a.
> 
> <ncsg_proposed_charter-NCSG-review.rtf>




> 
> Draft can also be found referenced on the NCSG web page: 
>   https://st.icann.org/ncsg-ec/index.cgi?non_commercial_stakeholder_group