Hi - I don't know if I am opening a can of worms here, but the term "non-profit" has different meanings in different contexts and jurisdictions. I am, therefore, curious if there is a ICANN approved definition of what 'non-profit' is... Does anyone know? Kind regards, Mark Leiser 145 Kilmarnock Road Suite 612 Glasgow G41 3JA Tel: +44 (0)845 299-7248 Email: [log in to unmask] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/markleiser Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/mleiser Fax: +44 0141-404-2633 On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Alex Gakuru <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Joly, > > I am trying really hard to avoid being slammed with a MOPO-like kind > of subsequent accusations, here. > > Thanks for understanding, > > Alex > > On 7/6/12, Joly MacFie <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Which forced marriage do you have in mind, Alex? > > > > j > > > > On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 5:03 AM, Alex Gakuru <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > >> Deep down here in Africa many NGOs champion against forced marriages. > >> But when forced marriages happen up there at ICANN who speaks against > >> the practice? > >> > >> On 7/6/12, Nuno Garcia <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> > I have said this once: The Olympic Committee has a budget that is > >> > bigger > >> > than many nations' budgets. They can afford not to be for-profit. The > >> same > >> > goes for other organizations. > >> > > >> > And some statements are pure intellectual arrogance. > >> > > >> > Best, > >> > > >> > Nuno Garcia > >> > > >> > On 5 July 2012 23:16, Joly MacFie <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> > > >> >> But you are not disputing their facts, I take it. > >> >> > >> >> j > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Michael Carson > >> >> <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> Alain, > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> I agree. This op-ed is just that - the opinion of two individuals. > >> >>> > >> >>> Michael Carson > >> >>> > >> >>> YMCA of the USA > >> >>> > >> >>> ------------------------------ > >> >>> *From: *"Alain Berranger" <[log in to unmask]> > >> >>> *To: *[log in to unmask] > >> >>> *Sent: *Thursday, July 5, 2012 3:55:09 PM > >> >>> *Subject: *Re: NYTimes: International Olympic Committee - "elitist, > >> >>> domineering, and crassly commercial at its core" > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> NPOC really welcomes national Olympic committees as Members because > >> >>> they > >> >>> are true notforprofit organizations... > >> >>> > >> >>> Alain > >> >>> > >> >>> On Thursday, July 5, 2012, Robin Gross wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>>> As a commercial organization that tried to join NCSG, very > >> >>>> relevant… > >> >>>> > >> >>>> No Medal for the International Olympic Committee says the New York > >> >>>> Times….. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> > http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/05/opinion/no-medal-for-the-international-olympic-committee.html?_r=3&ref=opinion&pagewanted=print > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> ------------------------------ > >> >>>> July 4, 2012 > >> >>>> **Olympian Arrogance**** By JULES BOYKOFF and ALAN TOMLINSON**** > >> >>>> **** > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Brighton, England > >> >>>> > >> >>>> WHILE Europe roils in economic turmoil, London is preparing for a > >> >>>> lavish > >> >>>> jamboree of international good will: in a few weeks, the city will > >> host > >> >>>> the > >> >>>> 2012 Summer Olympics. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> But behind the spectacle of athletic prowess and global harmony, > >> >>>> brass-knuckle politics and brute economics reign. At this nexus > sits > >> >>>> theInternational > >> >>>> Olympic Committee <http://www.olympic.org/>, which promotes the > >> >>>> games > >> >>>> and decides where they will be held. Though the I.O.C. has been > >> >>>> periodically tarnished by scandal — usually involving the bribing > >> >>>> and > >> >>>> illegitimate wooing of delegates — those embarrassments divert us > >> >>>> from > >> >>>> a > >> >>>> deeper problem: the organization is elitist, domineering and > crassly > >> >>>> commercial at its core. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> The I.O.C., which champions itself as a democratic “catalyst for > >> >>>> collaboration between all parties of the Olympic family,” is > >> >>>> nonetheless > >> >>>> run by a privileged sliver of the global 1 percent. This has always > >> >>>> been > >> >>>> the case: when Baron Pierre de Coubertin revived the Olympics in > the > >> >>>> 1890s, > >> >>>> he assembled a hodgepodge of princes, barons, counts and lords to > >> >>>> coordinate the games. Eventually the I.O.C. opened its hallowed > >> >>>> halls > >> >>>> to > >> >>>> wealthy business leaders and former Olympians. Not until 1981 were > >> >>>> women > >> >>>> allowed in. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Even today, royalty make up a disproportionate share of the body; > >> among > >> >>>> the 105 I.O.C. > >> >>>> members< > >> > http://www.olympic.org/content/the-ioc/the-ioc-institution1/ioc-members-list/ > >> > > >> >>>> are > >> >>>> the likes of Princess Nora of Liechtenstein, Crown Prince Frederik > >> >>>> of > >> >>>> Denmark and Prince Nawaf Faisal Fahd Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia. The > >> >>>> United > >> >>>> States has only three representatives, two of them former Olympic > >> >>>> athletes. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Then there are the excessive demands that the I.O.C. makes on host > >> >>>> cities. For instance, the host cities have had to change their laws > >> >>>> to > >> >>>> comply with the Olympic > >> >>>> Charter<http://www.olympic.org/Documents/olympic_charter_en.pdf>, > >> >>>> which states that “no kind of demonstration or political, religious > >> >>>> or > >> >>>> racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or > other > >> >>>> areas.” When Vancouver, British Columbia, hosted the Winter Games > in > >> >>>> 2010, > >> >>>> the city passed a bylaw that outlawed signs and banners that did > not > >> >>>> “celebrate” the Olympics. Placards that criticized the Olympics > were > >> >>>> forbidden, and the law even empowered Canadian authorities to > remove > >> >>>> such > >> >>>> signs from private property. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> The I.O.C. also makes host cities police Olympics-related > >> >>>> intellectual > >> >>>> property rights. So Parliament adopted the London Olympic Games and > >> >>>> Paralympic Games Act of > >> >>>> 2006<http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/12/contents>, > >> >>>> which defines as a trademark infringement the commercial use of > >> >>>> words > >> >>>> like > >> >>>> “games,” “2012” and “London” in proximity. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Such monomaniacal brand micromanagement points to another problem: > >> >>>> the > >> >>>> I.O.C. has turned the Olympics into a commercial bonanza. In > London, > >> >>>> more > >> >>>> than 250 miles of V.I.P. traffic lanes are reserved not just for > >> >>>> athletes > >> >>>> and I.O.C. luminaries but also for corporate sponsors. Even the > >> >>>> signature > >> >>>> torch relay has been commercialized: the I.O.C. and its corporate > >> >>>> partners > >> >>>> snapped up 10 percent of the torchbearer slots for I.O.C. > >> >>>> stakeholders > >> >>>> and > >> >>>> members of the commercial sponsors’ information technology and > >> >>>> marketing > >> >>>> staffs. Michael R. Payne, a former marketing director for the > >> >>>> committee, > >> >>>> has called the Olympics “the world’s longest commercial.” > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Most worrisome, perhaps, is that the I.O.C. creates perverse > >> incentives > >> >>>> for security officials in host cities to overspend and to > militarize > >> >>>> public > >> >>>> space. The I.O.C. tends to look kindly on bids that assure > security, > >> >>>> and > >> >>>> host cities too often use the games as a once-in-a-lifetime > >> opportunity > >> >>>> to > >> >>>> stock police warehouses with the best weapons money can buy. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Visitors to London, where the games are scheduled to run from July > >> >>>> 27 > >> >>>> to > >> >>>> Aug. 12, would be forgiven for thinking they had dropped in on a > >> >>>> military > >> >>>> hardware convention. Helicopters, fighter jets and bomb-disposal > >> >>>> units > >> >>>> will > >> >>>> be at the ready. About 13,500 British military personnel will be on > >> >>>> patrol > >> >>>> — 4,000 more than are currently serving in Afghanistan. Security > >> >>>> officials > >> >>>> have acquired Starstreak and Rapier surface-to-air missiles. Even > >> >>>> the > >> >>>> Olympic mascots look like two-legged surveillance cameras. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Let us be clear: the concern about ensuring a terror-free Olympics > >> >>>> is > >> >>>> tragically warranted. In 1972, members of the Palestinian militant > >> >>>> group > >> >>>> Black September killed 11 Israeli athletes and coaches at the > >> >>>> Olympics > >> >>>> in > >> >>>> Munich — after which the I.O.C. president notoriously insisted that > >> >>>> “the > >> >>>> games must go on” — and in 1996, a bomb at the Atlanta Olympics > >> >>>> killed > >> >>>> a > >> >>>> spectator and injured more than 100 other people. Yet there is such > >> >>>> a > >> >>>> thing > >> >>>> as excess — and surveillance and weaponry are not a panacea. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Security measures can also be counterproductive: London residents > >> >>>> who > >> >>>> learned that the Ministry of Defense was attaching missile > launchers > >> to > >> >>>> the > >> >>>> roofs of their apartment buildings can’t be blamed for wondering if > >> >>>> they’ve > >> >>>> unwillingly become a prime target for terrorists. And, > symbolically, > >> at > >> >>>> a > >> >>>> certain point it gets hard to square the image of the militarized > >> state > >> >>>> with the Olympic ideals of peace and understanding. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> What can be done? The I.O.C. has acknowledged that the escalating > >> scale > >> >>>> of the games — “gigantism” — is a real issue. Competitions drenched > >> >>>> in > >> >>>> privilege, like the equestrian events, should be ditched (with > >> apologies > >> >>>> to > >> >>>> Ann Romney’s horse Rafalca, who will be competing in dressage in > >> >>>> London). > >> >>>> Pseudo-historical events like Greco-Roman wrestling, concocted in > >> >>>> the > >> >>>> 19th > >> >>>> century, could also go. Events with high start-up costs could be > >> >>>> swapped > >> >>>> for those requiring fewer resources. Why not bring back tug-of-war > >> >>>> (a > >> >>>> hotly > >> >>>> contested event in the early 20th century) and add more running > >> events, > >> >>>> like trail running and cross-country? > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Governance is another challenge. After the bribery scandal > >> >>>> surrounding > >> >>>> the selection of Salt Lake City to host the 2002 Winter Olympics, > >> >>>> and > >> >>>> under > >> >>>> pressure from Congress, the I.O.C. created an ethics commission to > >> >>>> monitor > >> >>>> the bid process — but it reports to the I.O.C.’s executive board, > >> which > >> >>>> still has the final say. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Other measures worth considering are to streamline committee > >> membership > >> >>>> and to provide greater representation for the international sports > >> >>>> federations that administer athletic competitions — though either > >> >>>> approach > >> >>>> would continue to pose accountability problems. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> In these bleak economic times, the world could use a little > athletic > >> >>>> transcendence. Sadly, the arrogance and aloofness of the > >> >>>> organization > >> >>>> behind the spectacle are all too ordinary. > >> >>>> ** > >> >>>> Jules > >> >>>> Boykoff< > >> http://www.pacificu.edu/as/politics/faculty/jules-boykoff.cfm/>, > >> >>>> an associate professor of political science at Pacific University, > >> >>>> is > >> >>>> writing a book on dissent and the Olympics. Alan > >> >>>> Tomlinson<http://alantomlinson.typepad.com/> is > >> >>>> a professor of leisure studies at the University of Brighton. > >> >>>> **** > >> >>>> ****** > >> >>>> ** > >> >>>> MORE IN OPINION (2 OF 19 ARTICLES) Op-Ed Columnist: Doughnuts > >> >>>> Defeating > >> >>>> Poverty< > >> > http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/05/opinion/doughnuts-defeating-poverty.html?src=un&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjson8.nytimes.com%2Fpages%2Fopinion%2Findex.jsonp > >> > > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Read More > >> >>>> »< > >> > http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/05/opinion/doughnuts-defeating-poverty.html?src=un&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjson8.nytimes.com%2Fpages%2Fopinion%2Findex.jsonp > >> > > >> >>>> Close > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>> > >> >>> -- > >> >>> Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA > >> >>> Member, Board of Directors, CECI, > >> >>> http://www.ceci.ca< > >> http://www.ceci.ca/en/about-ceci/team/board-of-directors/> > >> >>> Executive-in-residence, Schulich School of Business, > >> >>> www.schulich.yorku.ca > >> >>> Treasurer, Global Knowledge Partnership Foundation, > >> >>> www.gkpfoundation.org > >> >>> NA representative, Chasquinet Foundation, www.chasquinet.org > >> >>> Chair, NPOC, NCSG, ICANN, http://npoc.org/ > >> >>> O:+1 514 484 7824; M:+1 514 704 7824 > >> >>> Skype: alain.berranger > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >> Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast > >> >> WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com > >> >> http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com > >> >> VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org > >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >> - > >> >> > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast > > WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com > > http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com > > VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > - > > >