Industry organisations for commercial operators are not within our charter, but advocacy organisations are. Cheers David On 04/02/2013, at 1:27 PM, Andrew A. Adams <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > You wrote: >> I have friends who run sex worker activism NGOs (including one that is >> sex worker run by charter). Next time I see them I'll ask if they want >> to join NCUC. I think they'd be perfectly welcome here, and would fit >> in, but I'm not sure how much of a policy priority ICANN issues might >> be for them (but hey, .xxx, IFFOR, legal restrictions on advertising >> in some jurisdictions, etc - maybe they do have enough to justify >> their participation, I don't know).� > > I'm not sure all of these fall within our charter. Remember, there's a rider > preventing non-profit organisations that are just representatives of > for-profits (e.g. Chambers of Commerce) from joining NCSG. > > -- > Professor 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 http://www.a-cubed.info/ > >