Carlos,

Questions are never stupid. Answers can be.

You are asking one of two important questions. I have only been within 
NCSG/NPOC for about one year so I will defer to others with regard to 
opening discussion around "Do we have a basic problem in the narrow 
definition of the NCSG, which which excludes many alliances we should 
look for?", and how this relates to the internal organizational 
landscape of ICANN.

The complementary question is how do we (who?) promote wider 
mobilization and engagement in various policy venues and at various 
policy levels outside ICANN. For example, there is more power behind a 
good idea, or to oppose a bad idea, on the ICANN policy agenda when 
ISOC-CR or ISOC-Canada can say this good idea is backed, or bad idea 
opposed, by a broad and active coalition of constituencies in Costa Rica 
or Canada, constituencies who have dealt with their government (GAC 
member) at home, and are in dialogue with their own domestic commercial 
constituencies.

That is my dos Colones worth of thought here.

Sam

On 10/07/2014 10:54 AM, Carlos Raúl G. wrote:
> Sam,
>
> I have a few stupid questions as a newcomer: non-for-profit registries 
> like PIR, which supplies ample resources to keep the Intenet open, 
> like ISOC, are part of the contracted parties SG, While final users 
> "represented" by many ISOC chapter delegates gravitate towards ALAC.
>
> Do we have a basic problem in the narrow definition of the NCSG, which 
> which excludes many alliances we should look for?
>
> Best
>
> Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
> +506 8335 2487
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