Hi Milton, Thanks for posting this. It looks like a solid direction for us to head in to manage this transition. So should all existing members of NCUC "join" (or "form") a constituency within the new stake-holder group? Thanks much, Robin On Oct 9, 2008, at 1:13 AM, Milton L Mueller wrote: > Hello, all > Important news about the GNSO Improvements. First, we have no > official notice yet but the Board has voted to delay the full > implementation of the Improvements by 3-4 months. This is supposed > to have happened at the Sept 30 meeting, but we have no description > of what they decided yet so cannot provide details. > > This has implications for our GNSO Council seat elections. It would > mean that there would be 2 open Council positions instead of 5, > although one ICANN staff has suggested that we go ahead and elect > all 5 and keep them “in reserve” (don’t shoot the messenger, I am > just relaying what I know). > > More important, we need to start thinking about the new structure > for the Noncommercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG). Below is a sketch > of what I think would work. Please let us know what you think. > > > NCSG structure sketch > > Membership > Eligibility criteria same as before, except we allow individuals > according to current provisional regime > Individuals and representatives of organizations join NCSG directly > Social networking site for interactions and records > NCUC discuss list retained (but renamed) as NCSG > discuss list > 3 categories of membership: > Large organization – 4 votes > Small organization – 2 votes > Individuals – 1 vote > No membership dues, but renewal required bi-annually > Chair and GNSO Council reps elected by NCSG members > > Officers > Chair – same duties as NCUC chair > 6 GNSO Council representatives elected by NCSG > Executive Committee (EC) > Consists of Chair, 1 delegate from each constituency, Council > representatives > Constituencies represented by their own chair/delegate > > Constituencies > Constituencies are self-defined groups organized around some > distinctive policy perspective (e.g. consumer protection, privacy); > shared identity (e.g., region or country of origin, gender, > language group); a type of organization (e.g., research networks, > philanthropic foundations) or any other grouping principle that > might affect its stance on gtld policy. > Each constituency sets its own eligibility criteria > Constituencies have a right to: > x Place one rep on the executive committee > x Delegate members to working groups > x Issue statements on PDPs which are included in the official > NCSG response, but marked as constituency positions, not > necessarily the position of NCSG as a whole > > To be recognized as a constituency a group must be supported by at > least 5 people who are already NCSG members, appoint an organizer > (chair) and submit a charter. Steps: > 1) A prospective constituency organizer issues a notification > of intent to form a constituency to the entire NCSG via its email list > 2) When 5 or more NCSG members volunteer to join the NCSG on > the public list it becomes eligible to schedule a meeting (which > can be either in person or online) > 3) The eligible constituency holds a meeting(s) to draft a > charter. The charter defines its grouping principle, eligibility > criteria, and procedures. The meetings also designate a > constituency chair, and other officers if so desired. > 4) The charter is submitted to the NCSG EC for ratification. > Ratification is based exclusively on due diligence whether there > are really at least 5 members, whether the constituency’s > eligibility rules or procedures contravene NCSG charter in some way > > Current members of NCUC are automatically made members of NCSG, but > NCUC dissolves as a constituency once this proposal is adopted. > > NCSG members can join any constituency, provided that they meet the > constituency’s own eligibility criteria. > Should we allow constituencies to exclude based on criteria? I > propose yes – otherwise constituencies are meaningless > Should we allow members to join more than one constituency? I > propose yes, as long as voting for council seats and chair is NCSG- > wide. > > Constituencies keep track of their own membership, but members > should reflect their status on the official NCSG social network > site. Status is reviewed by the EC bi-annually to see if they still > exceed the 5-member threshold. > > 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]