Dear all, My name is Alex Gakuru, a member of the Non-Commercial Users Constituency whom endorsed the NCSG charter that had been drafted by civil society in a "bottom-up" consensus process and submitted to ICANN by NCUC in March, 2009. Concerned by the manner in which ICANN staff have discarded our civil society draft, once again, negating sacred the bottom-up consensus principle from within ICANN. Internet users fund ICANN's operational existence to work for us. You are the duty bearers here to us - the rights holders. You owe us the obligation to listen to us and publicly reflect it on all your operations, activities and reports. Otherwise, I fear if the sacred “bottom-up” principle was discarded and i was never aware. It is my considered view that this is a very serious governance issue that concerns my constituency members and I hope that ICANN will address it with the importance, seriousness, and the urgency that it deserves. Sincerely, Alex Gakuru NCUC member, Nairobi, Kenya