Ed, We might only touch on an issue of free speech in this matter. From the commercial aspect, this is outside our charter. This issue is a local governmental authority issue. Like drugs, it is most controversial among differing cultures. This can only be a can of worms to even discuss in this forum. Respectfully, Lou On 2/4/2013 3:02 AM, Edward Morris wrote: > 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/ > > > > >