I haven't seen the below comment from nonprofit radio station KPFA's Disability Program post yet to the ICANN site (cc'd to me), but I wanted to share it with the group. Begin forwarded message: > From: Adrienne Lauby <[log in to unmask]> > Date: July 23, 2009 8:37:56 AM PDT > To: [log in to unmask] > Cc: [log in to unmask] > Subject: ICANN Draft Charter > > Dear ICANN, > > I do not believe this current draft will be either effective > or useful. I implore you to return to the NCUC draft > which was written and supported by many non-commercial > organizations and individuals. > > Noncommercial users have been fighting for years to obtain > parity with commercial users in the GNSO policy development > process at ICANN. The planned "constituency-based" structure > would stranglehold noncommercial users and > discourage consensus building and cooperation among > competing constituencies. The "constituency-based" voting > it proposes creates a constant zero-sum struggle > between noncommercial constituencies, rendering the > entire Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group ineffective > in ICANN policy development. > > I am a non-commercial internet user, both as an individual > and as a non-commercial producer of audio content. > I support the Consensus Charter for a NonCommercial > Users Stakeholder Group Submitted by NCUC. > > Noncommercial users of the internet built much of the > conceptional base of the internet. Much of the creativity > of current web protocols was pioneered by noncommercial > users. Noncommercial users continue to provide the > proving ground, and frequently the basic ideas, used > by successful commercial internet developers. > > To ignore those of us who care enough to work > at the policy level at GNSO and to marginalize > our community, is not only ethically questionable, > but it harms the future best interest of us all. > > Sincerely, > Adrienne Lauby > ================= > Adrienne Lauby > KPFA’s Disability Program, > Pushing Limits > Northern & Central California, USA > (707) 795-2890 > [log in to unmask] > http://pushinglimitsradio.blogspot.com/ > http://www.kpfa.org/pushing-limits > > 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]