Have we already resolved this? I don't thinl council members have a vote here, but until evidenced otherwise, I see no reason to reject this candidature. Mawaki --- Milton Mueller <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Robert: > Thanks for responding quickly! You raise two distinct issues. > > One is their status as an ALAC member or ALS. My view is that > it > doesn't matter at all. ICANN's odd structure should not lead > to > arbitrary divisions among civil society actors. We should > encourage > organizations that are already ALS's to join NCUC if they meet > our > criteria. > > The other issue is "Tunisia." I understand the issue here and > believe > that ISOC Tunisia is independent of the repressive Tunisian > government, > but would be interested if anyone has evidence to the > contrary. Note > that our charter does not say that liberal political views are > a > membership requirement. Only if we believe that ISOC Tunisia > is not > truly an independent, nongovernmental nonprofit (i.e., it is a > "fake" > NGO or GONGO) could we exclude it from membership. > > >>> "Mr. Robert Guerra" <[log in to unmask]> 5/31/2007 1:21 > PM >>> > Milton: > > A quick search on ISOC Tunisia led me to find the URL below, > that > indicates that it already is an accredited At Large Structure > (ALS). > > http://alac.icann.org/africa/applications/ISOCTunisie-15oct06.htm > > > My experience from WSIS, is that we should carefully evaluate > > organizations coming from regimes such as Tunisia . > > I would suggest asking Khaled if ISOC Tunisia is in fact the > same > organization mentioned in the URL above. if so, to explain how > his > organization will represent itself in both At Large and NCUC. > > > > regards, > > Robert > --- > Robert Guerra <[log in to unmask]> > Managing Director, Privaterra > Tel +1 416 893 0377 > > > > On 31-May-07, at 12:17 PM, Milton Mueller wrote: > > > Another new membership application. I know about this > organization > and > > would vote in support of it. We need to hear from the other > Exec. > > Committee members. > > > >>>> Khaled KOUBAA <[log in to unmask]> 5/30/2007 2:28 PM > >>> > > MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION > > ICANN GNSO Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) > > > > > > To: NCUC Secretariat > > c/o The Convergence Center > > Syracuse University School of Information Studies > > 307 Hinds Hall > > Syracuse, NY 13244 USA > > [log in to unmask] > > Please provide the following information and send it to the > address > > above, preferably in electronic form by email. For details > and > > questions, please refer to the NCUC charter at > > http://www.ncdnhc.org/current_charter.htm first. > > > > A) Organisation Details > > Name of the Organization: ISOC Tunisia > > > > Name of the President : Khaled KOUBAA > > > > Domain Name of the Organization: www.isoc.org.tn > > > > Mailing Address of the Organization : > > > > Email address of the organization : [log in to unmask] > > > > > > B) Representatives > > > > We designate the following person as our official > representative in > > NCUC: > > Name: Khaled KOUBAA > > > > Telephone Number: +216 98 27 00 25 > > > > E-mail address: [log in to unmask] > > > > We designate the following person as our alternate > representative in > > NCUC: > > Name: Mondher LAABIDI > > > > Telephone Number: > > > > E-mail address: [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > C) Type of membership > > > > ___ Small Organization (under 1000 members or under 200 > employees / > > dues: US$ 50 for two years) > > > > ___ Large Organization (1000 or more members or 200 or more > > employees / dues: US$100 for two years) > > > > _X_ Request for membership fee waiver. As requested, we > attach our > > budget details and explanation > > Membership dues must arrive to enable membership rights > unless > > the Executive Committee issues a waiver. >