Dear all,

Apologies for cross posting, but here is a paper submitted to the APC from Robin on the civil society involvement in ICANN.

http://www.apc.org/en/pubs/issue/governance/civil-society-involvement-icann-strengthening-futu

happy reading...

KK

Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,

Senior Lecturer,
Director of Postgraduate Instructional Courses
Director of LLM Information Technology and Telecommunications Law
University of Strathclyde,
The Law School,
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50 George Street, Glasgow G1 1BA 
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From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Milton L Mueller
Sent: Πέμπτη, 6 Οκτωβρίου 2011 6:32 μμ
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Subject: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] Question 4: role of NCSG representative or chair

Debbie:

> -----Original Message-----

> I will remain accountable to the NCSG by clearly explaining my 
> perspective, by reaching out to international noncommercial users and 
> openly participating in policy discussions and conversations about 
> important issues.

A question for you about this. One of the most important things the GNSO Council does is elect someone to the ICANN Board. 
During the last election, it seemed as if the entire NCSG was backing Avri Doria for the Board. During the first round you did vote for Avri, but on the second round, you switched your vote to the other candidate, who was not supported by NCSG. As a result, Avri lost. You were asked at the time why you made this switch, but you never made any reply. Perhaps now would be a good time to do that?