+1 to the suggested edit and the reason was quite valid. On a lighter note, i dropped a few more lines of contribution earlier today. If it has passed the deadline then its still okay. Cheers! On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Rudi Vansnick <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear all, > > NPOC Policy Committee members have agreed on the following : > > NPOC support the general purpose of the document "Draft Proposal, Based on > Initial Community Feedback, of the Principles and Mechanisms and the > Process to Develop a Proposal to Transition NTIA's Stewardship of the IANA > Functions” as published in googledocs. > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Oe-kqA-5WXGavAy40XEHVzKltNAQrjiuuZ-FH5jJqw/edit > > NPOC PC members would like to ask the following modification in the first > paragraph, last 2 sentences : > > "The NCUC consists of 346 civil society members from 81 different > countries, including 94 organizations and 252 individuals. The NPOC > represents 47 non profit organizations from 20 different countries." > > been modified as follows : > > "The NCUC and NPOC, both constituencies under the “NCSG umbrella”, > consists of civil society members from 81 different countries, including > organizations and individuals." > > Motivation for the changes : > > Based on the information that is officially available on the NCSG > community website NCSG has only 201 active members in total (individuals > and org’s). > < > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmHFgvYjF_e4dGIycFJVenFSak9ZWDdRdXVlNXdBV2c&usp=sharing> > (25 September 2013) > We consider the numbers being less important in the context of the > proposed document. One organisation (NGO) can easily represent thousands of > users, thus decreasing the relevance of the given figures. > > Kind regards, > > Rudi Vansnick > NPOC chair Policy Committee > NPOC treasurer > [log in to unmask] > Tel : +32 (0)9 329 39 16 > Mobile : +32 (0)475 28 16 32 > www.npoc.org > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Seun Ojedeji,Federal University Oye-Ekitiweb: http://www.fuoye.edu.ng <http://www.fuoye.edu.ng> Mobile: +2348035233535**alt email: <http://goog_1872880453>[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>* The key to understanding is humility - my view !