NCSG Colleagues (and NCUC/NPOC constituencies),

RE: Member Admission Process and Member Databases

This NCSG discussion about member admission process and member databases 
has churned up again a number long standing and important issues and 
NPOC, as the constituency focused on Not-for-Profit operational concerns 
within ICANN’s remit, will have a longer comment to share by mid-week. 
Thus far the discussion has flagged a number of issues that could be 
divided into: (a) internal NCSG housekeeping (membership databases); (b) 
issues to be examined that reside within the NCSG Charter; and (c) 
issues that would be more appropriately addressed within a Charter review.

There is a risk of confusing the dialogue when the issues are not 
separated out into their appropriate contexts, when history is correctly 
understood but wrongly used as a basis for conclusions, and when 
suggestions for improvements within the Charter are entangled with 
suggestions for changes to the Charter.

NPOC’s upcoming mid-week comment is intended to add clarity to the 
dialogue and hopefully allow us to arrive at needed changes that will 
serve the global non-commercial Internet user community.

Rudi Vansnick, Chair, NPOC
Sam Lanfranco, Chair, Policy Committee, NPOC