> > Desiree Miloshevic wrote: > >>> > >>> Sentence would become: > >>> > >>> It provides a voice and representation in ICANN processes to: > >>> non-profit organizations that serve non-commercial interests; > >>> nonprofit services such as education, philanthropies, consumer > >>> protection, community organizing, promotion of the arts, public > >>> interest policy advocacy, children's welfare, religion, scientific > >>> research, and human rights; public interest software concerns; > >>> families or individuals who register domain names for noncommercial > >>> personal use; and Internet users who are primarily concerned with > >>> the > >>> noncommercial, public interest aspects of domain name policy. > >>> > >> I do not see a particular reason for including religion. > >> > >> Anybody else? > >> > >> Desiree Norbert replied: > > Just in case: If somebody from http://www.dalailama.com or the like > > would like to get involved in ICANN communications > > discussion/participation, where should they go? Desire replied: > Thanks. You answered my question by raising another question. > > Diversity of views and inclusiveness is good and while there is no > reason to limit > the sphere of participation of any potentially non-commercial > interested parties outright, > I wonder if if the NCSG would be better off by amending its charter > when a particular group > request or formation of a religious interest group comes up. While I am not religious myself, indeed am a Bright, there are a large number of religious organisations which operate along non-profit grounds (US evangelical scams aside). If we're listing a relatively comprehensive set of types of non-profit organisation, religion should be in there. -- Profesor Andrew A Adams [log in to unmask] Professor at Graduate School of Business Administration, and Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan