Ct is some kind of a typo -- it should read "elect" > -----Original Message----- > From: Non-Commercial User Constituency [mailto:NCUC- > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Carlos Afonso > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 8:19 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Draft NCSG petition, please review > > MM, I was on travel with nearly no access to email for a week, so my > reply is a bit late. Looks OK to me, except the phrase in 2.2.2 item 1 > which says "1. Political organizations whose primary purpose is to hold > government office and/or ct government officials;" > > Is "ct" short for "certain"? I think we need to be especially clear > here. In Brazil all political parties are formally NGOs, for example. > > frt rgds > > --c.a. > > Milton L Mueller wrote: > > Dear members: > > > > Attached is the draft charter for the Noncommercial Stakeholders Group > > that some of us in the Executive Committee have been working on. > > > > I'd like to send this to the Board in a week or so, so if you are > > interested in the future structure of the NCSG please review it and > > voice your approval, or propose modifications. > > > > It tries to follow the basic framework we have been discussing, but with > > some modifications based on our post-Cairo discussions. > > > > We've raised the threshold for constituency formation a bit; instead of > > any 5 members, the minimum level of support will be EITHER 3 > > organizational + 3 individual members, OR 10 individual members. > > > > In order to prevent gaming the constituency structure, we've also > > imposed a limit on the number of constituencies any member can join: 3. > > > > > > > > Attached as a Word doc. If there are a lot of proposed amendments and > > things get complicated I will put it into Google docs or something. > > > > --MM > > > >