Estimados: Como delegada de Ageia Densi ante el NCUC invito a todos los miembros de la Región a sumarse a la iniciativa de Robin Gross para la consolidación del Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG). La presentación será realizada mañana 15 de abril ante el Board de ICANN. En caso de estar interesados en sumarse a esta iniciativa, deberán enviar un e-mail a robin@ipjustice.org , haciéndole saber su apoyo. A continuación adjunto el e-mail explicativo I am contacting you in the hopes that you will add your organization’s support for the proposed Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) charter at ICANN by signing this joint civil society statement: http://www.ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Charter_Civil_Society_Support.pdf As you know, the Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) is the organization that represents non-commercial interests and advocates for the protection of digital rights including free expression, privacy, due process of law and other non-commercial interests in ICANN-GNSO policy discussions. As part of ICANN’s GNSO Restructuring efforts, the 6 “constituencies” are being replaced by 4 broader “stakeholder groups”, including a Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) to represent the interests of non-commercial users of domain names in the GNSO policy arena at ICANN. NCUC has submitted a petition for the charter of the NCSG that intends to encourage broader civil society participation at ICANN and aims to increase the relative power of non-commercial interests in ICANN policy negotiations. Noncommercial individuals and organizations are invited to participate in the NCSG, which will be governed by stakeholder group wide elections under the petition. All of the proposed stakeholder group petitions are in the midst of a Public Comment Period at ICANN (until 15 April) so the ICANN Board of Directors can receive input from the general public on the various stakeholder group petitions. Today I write to ask that your organization consider signing onto the attached joint civil society statement supporting NCUC’s proposal for a stakeholder group petition to be filed in the Public Comment forum. The NCSG charter needs your support to ensure that all non-commercial interests have a voice through their GNSO representatives and in the creation of policy. The competing NCSG “cyber-safety” charter proposed by Cheryl Preston (BYU) and the CP80 Foundation (Ralph Yarro) has been designed to ensure that its vocal minority calling for ICANN to undertake global content regulation in the name of “cyber-safety” will be guaranteed GNSO Council seats despite opposition from the rest of the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group. We ask for your support because we want the stakeholder group that represents non-commercial interests to be able to generate sound, consensual, and collaborative policy and decisions that are representative of all of the members in the stakeholder group. We also need your support because the crusaders of online content regulation via CP80/Yarro are taking advantage of the GNSO Restructuring efforts as an opportunity to impose their agenda of online content regulation via ICANN by hard-wiring it onto the GNSO Policy Council. Without the traditional voices of human rights, consumer protections, and civil society weighing in during the Public Comment Period, the ICANN Board of Directors could be persuaded to accept CP80/Yarro’s proposal for a stakeholder group petition and significantly set back the fight for online freedom by over-representation of narrowly focused special-interest groups who lack broad support from all non-commercial stakeholders. In summary, the NCUC’s petition for a Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group is the best proposal of those submitted because it: Emphasizes democratic representation to the Generic Names Supporting Organization instead of a constituency-based approach that gives disproportionate power to select groups. Encourages cooperation and inclusiveness through consensus-building among members of the stakeholder groups. Ensures that minority viewpoints are heard and their policy ideas are explored through an increased reliance on working groups. Operates with a flexible and lightweight framework that allows it to focus on representing non-commercial interests without getting bogged down by bureaucratic details. Was drafted in consultation with dozens of civil society organizations representing all corners of the globe and went through numerous evolutions and thus represents a true consensus document, submitted by the entire NCUC (over 70 members, accept 1), while the competing cyber-safety petition is a submission of a single organization (CP80) from Utah. Please consider signing the following statement to indicate your support for the NCSG petition from NCUC. Joint Civil Society Statement Supporting the NCSG Petition from NCUC: http://www.ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Charter_Civil_Society_Support.pdf We would be glad to provide any additional information or answer any questions or concerns you may have on the issue. We also request that this civil society statement not be publicized until it is finalized and submitted to ICANN for maximum effect. Please indicate your support for signing this civil society statement before 15 April (which is the deadline for submitting Public Comments) by sending an email to robin@ipjustice.org. Thank you very much. Signed, The NCUC Executive Committee and GNSO Councilors: Robin Gross, NCUC Chair Norbert Klein, NCUC Nominating Committee Representative (Asia) Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza, NCUC GNSO Policy Councilor (South America) Mary Wong, NCUC GNSO Policy Councilor (Asia) William Drake, NCUC GNSO Policy Councilor (Europe) Carlos Afonso, NCUC Executive Committee Representative (South America) Horacio Cadiz NCUC Executive Committee Representative (Asia) Georg Greve, NCUC Executive Committee Representative (Europe) Robert Guerra, NCUC Executive Committee Representative (North America) Dave Kissoondoyal, NCUC Executive Committee Representative (Africa) Background Information: Joint Civil Society Statement Supporting the NCSG Petition from NCUC: http://www.ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Charter_Civil_Society_Support.pdf NCUC’s Petition to Form a Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group: http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/ncsg-petition-charter.pdf Executive Summary / Cover Letter of NCSG Petition from NCUC: http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/executive-summary-ncsg-proposal.pdf Information on ICANN Public Comment Period for Stakeholder Group Petitions: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#sg-petitions Public Comments Submitted Thus Far on Stakeholder Group Petitions: http://forum.icann.org/lists/sg-petitions-charters/ IGF/WSIS Internet Governance Caucus Statement Supporting NCUC’s NCSG Proposal: http://forum.icann.org/lists/sg-petitions-charters/msg00009.html IP Justice on cyber-safety constituency March on ICANN: http://ipjustice.org/wp/2009/03/19/robert-yarro-and-his-anti-porn-crusaders-... Petition from CP80 to form Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group: http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/ncsg-charter-proposed-by-cybersafety-r... ICANN Public Comments on CP80’s proposed cyber-safety Constituency: http://forum.icann.org/lists/cyber-safety-petition/ Media coverage of proposed cyber-safety constituency: 4/4/9 IP-Watch: “Special Interests Seeking Power in ICANN’s New Stakeholder Group”: http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/04/04/special-interests-seeking-power-in-icann’s-new-stakeholder-group/ 3/18/9 Register UK: “Mormons Demand ICANN Plugs Net Smut Hole”: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/18/mormons_icann/ 3/18/9 CircleID: “ICANN Asked to Remake Internet in Joseph Smith’s Image”: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090318_icann_asked_remake_internet_joseph_sm... 3/17/9 Internet Governance Project: “CyberSafety or Global Censorship?” http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2009/3/17/4125801.html IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: robin@ipjustice.org ¡Obtén la mejor experiencia en la web!< Descarga gratis el nuevo Internet Explorer 8. http://downloads.yahoo.com/ieak8/?l=e1