Hi,

Thanks for the review and the issue.

I am not sure how it would be best to handle this as there are two conflicting ways of looking at:

- an organization should not be represented twice in ICANN and certainly should not have two representations in the GNSO.

- on the other hand some organizations are stakeholders in several categories at once.

In discussions during the restructuring, there was some discussion on this topic, and if I remember correctly one thought was that an organization could be an observer in more then SG group or SO, but had to be a member in only one.  I do not think this was formalized.  It certainly is not represented in this charter.  One idea would be to add something like:

An organization which is a member of another GNSO Stakeholder Group or Supporting Organization may request Observer status in the NCSG.  Such a request would be acted on by the Executive Committee. An observer in the NCSG could participate in discussions and in Interest-Groups, but would not have a vote or any other decision making participation and its members could not serve in NCSG leadership positions unless they became Individual members under the criteria described in section 2.2.5.

Opinions?

Thanks again.

a.


On 30 Apr 2010, at 22:51, Andrew A. Adams wrote:

> 
> Avri,
> 
> Thanks for the reminder to read this through. Under section 2.2.2 Ineligible 
> organizations, I have a concern.
> 
> 2.2.2. Ineligible organizations.
> ...
> 3. Organizations that ..., or are represented in ICANN through another 
> Supporting Organization;
> ...
> 
> I'm concerned about the overlap cases betweeen NCSG and other groups. While 
> these groups should be relatively distinct, there will always be boundary 
> cases of organizations who could be deemed to fall within the remit of two 
> groups. While being a member of two groups should not be allowed, I do think 
> there is a potential difficulty where a group falls between two SGs and 
> neither is willing to accept them because of such rules. Could some "weasel 
> wording" help here to indicate that organizations need to select the "most 
> appropriate" SG to represent their interests, should they be eligible for 
> membership of multiple SGs. There's also the issue of NCSG possibly being 
> whittled away by other SGs (who may have less firm charter membership rules) 
> gradually subsuming edge areas of NCSG.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Profesor Andrew A Adams       [log in to unmask]
> Professor at Graduate School of Business Administration, and
> Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics
> Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan
> 
>