Thanks, Kathy! I also strongly agree with the proposal to include individuals in NCUC as outlined below. This is a very exciting time for NCUC and terrific opportunity to significantly grow our constituency. Best, Robin On Jun 24, 2008, at 12:29 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote: > To Milton, Robin, and all in Paris, > Thank you for making today's meeting so easy to participate it. > Milton did a terrific job of leading the discussion today with > people in the conference room, and others (like me) coming in > online. The hour and a half I was on the call was a good and > substantive discussion. In the end, I wound up supporting the > proposition below. > > I hope the rest of the meeting went as well, and I look forward to > reading the notes. All the best in the Names Council meeting and > other meetings coming up. > > Kathy > > > <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: > > They are not currently members of any other GNSO constituency > Their interest in domain name policy relates to their individual > use and public interest aspects > > > We will be announcing a signup process soon. > > > > > > > > > > Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient > used cars. IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask]