Amen, Robin. This is exactly right. > -----Original Message----- > From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf > Of Robin Gross > Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 12:20 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] NCUC agenda => NCSG Interest Groups > > I think a lot of people are more interested in working on substantive policy > issues than in spending their time in constituency building exercises. And if > we tell them they have to create a constituency first, then we lose a lot of > energy and expertise that is only concerned with the substantive policy > issues that noncommercial users face. I think it is important not to > discourage those who would prefer to focus on the substantive policy issues > by requiring them to go form a constituency. A flexible lightweight IG can > serve this purpose. > > Robin >