Dear Amber,

Thanks. I ask Rosemary, the NCSG-EC vice chair, who has taken the lead on membership issue to get back to you.  I remember that in at least one case there as question about the make up of the membership of the organization. And that while the group applying was not-for-profit, it was a aggregation of associations some of which appeared to have a for-profit orientation.  We had left it as a case for more investigation, and stalled at that point.  And for that I reiterate my regrets - as my only defense, I have tended to get bogged down in the charter issues.

I do not remember the details off-hand, so hopefully Rosemary can get back to you with the details and can follow through.

Best Regards,

a.


On 2 Nov 2010, at 10:39, Amber Sterling wrote:

> Hi Avri,
> 
> Please send any questions you or the EC may have regarding the
> perspective members to me as each organization meets (my understanding
> of) the NCSG membership requirements.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Amber
> 
> Amber Sterling
> Senior Intellectual Property Specialist
> Association of American Medical Colleges
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NCSG-NCUC [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Avri Doria
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 7:59 AM
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> Subject: Re: NPOC charter update
> 
> On 1 Nov 2010, at 19:43, Amber Sterling wrote:
> 
>> Additionally, Debbie
>> and I brought 6 new perspective members to the NCSG in May 2010; their
>> applications are still pending. 
> 
> 
> For this I must apologize.   The NCSG-EC did put in a process for
> handling it, but on several of these we got down and never reached the
> unanimous approval required and got bogged down waiting for the next
> step.
> 
> I  have copied the NCSG-EC list on this one in the hope that we do get
> this back on the track.  Your applications was easy since no one had any
> issues, but on the others, there were questions that needed to be
> followed up that I don't think ever were.
> 
> I can't offer any explanation other than the focus has been so much on
> the getting the charter through, little else has happened in the EC.
> 
> a.
>