ICANN has multiple lawsuits in play involving the adult entertainment industry. I think it would be fantastic to have a civil society organisation representing sex workers to draw upon if the issues involved in the lawsuits percolate down to our level. Ed On Sunday, February 3, 2013, David Cake wrote: > 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] <javascript:;>> > 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]<javascript:;> > > 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/ > > > > >