<dear all: A proposition to be discussed at our meeting today.>
In preparation for the GNSO reforms, which we anticipate will open up
both the commercial and noncommercial stakeholder groups to individuals, NCUC
wishes to extend an invitation to interested individual registrants to formally
register with and participate in NCUC on a provisional basis.
In line with our previously stated position on GNSO reform, we believe
that individuals who register domain names and take an interest in domains for
personal use, and/or are mostly concerned with the public interest aspects of
domain name policy, should be admitted into the Noncommercial Users stakeholder
group. Examples of such individual users would be a person with a personal domain
for an email account, a domain name holder with a family web site or blog, or
individual academics or members of noncommercial organizations who find it too
difficult or lack the standing to get their organization to formally join on an
organizational basis
(Individuals who register domain names for business purposes –
e.g., investors in the domain name market, small businesses, and consultants
– and are mainly concerned with the way domain name policy affects their business
activity should be represented through the Commercial Users stakeholder group.)
Until the GNSO reforms are completed, we propose to add noncommercial
individuals as provisional, nonvoting members. This period can also serve as an
experiment to see how the representation of individuals can best be formally
structured.
We anticipate asking interested individuals to sign a commitment that:
We will be announcing a signup process soon.