Avri makes a valid point here, and it is up to NCSG to decide how it 
wants to handle this.

There could be:
1. An NCSG membership application, also listing the options for NCUC and 
NPOC membership, and a place on the form where applicants can apply.
2. An NCSG membership application, information about NCSG or NPOC 
membership options, the requirements, and where to go online to apply.

The extent of decoupling and which process to use should be NCSG 
membership policy decisions.

Sam

On 27/09/2014 11:42 PM, Avri Doria wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I still believe that the two applications processes
>
> - to join the NCSG
> - to join a constituency
>
> Should be completely de-coupled.
>
> To link them gives the impression that joining a constituency is the
> norm and is an expectation is not a requirement.  It isn't.  It is an
> extra membership that one should consider carefully once they have been
> a NCSG for a while.
>
> I do believe that there should be a single database with sufficient
> access control to allow anyone in the world to see who is a member of
> the NCSG and of any of its constituencies to meet transparency
> requirements, with all other information restricted to the member and a
> secretariat function.
>
> avri
>