From robin at ipjustice.org Wed Apr 15 06:09:03 2009 From: robin at ipjustice.org (Robin Gross) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:09:03 -0700 Subject: [Wsis-pct] request for sign-on from civil society groups supporting petition for a noncommercial stakeholders group at ICANN Message-ID: <6A282607-9FA9-4764-B995-15784AD1D01B@ipjustice.org> Dear All, I am contacting you in the hopes that you can help to garner support for the proposed Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) charter at ICANN. We are asking groups who support the petition to please sign this joint civil society statement: http://www.ipjustice.org/ICANN/ NCSG/NCSG_Charter_Civil_Society_Support.pdf We are looking for sign-on from civil society groups from all over the world who can sign the statement. Deadline is tomorrow 15 April (EOB in California) to sign-on. As you may 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. 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. 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). 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. 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 at 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 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 at ipjustice.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/wsis-pct/attachments/20090414/b34b8abe/attachment.htm From rusdiah at rad.net.id Wed Apr 15 11:00:19 2009 From: rusdiah at rad.net.id (rusdiah) Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:00:19 +0700 Subject: [Wsis-pct] request for sign-on from civil society groups supporting petition for a noncommercial stakeholders group at ICANN In-Reply-To: <6A282607-9FA9-4764-B995-15784AD1D01B@ipjustice.org> References: <6A282607-9FA9-4764-B995-15784AD1D01B@ipjustice.org> Message-ID: <49E5A223.70808@rad.net.id> Dear Mr Gross: I support your petition Name: Rudi Rusdiah Institution: APWKomitel ( Association of Community Internet Center) country: Indonesia Robin Gross wrote: > Dear All, > > I am contacting you in the hopes that you can help to garner support > for the proposed Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) charter at > ICANN. We are asking groups who support the petition to please sign > this joint civil society > statement: _http://www.ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Charter_Civil_Society_Support.pdf_ > > We are looking for sign-on from civil society groups from all over the > world who can sign the statement. *Deadline is tomorrow 15 April (EOB > in California) to sign-on.* > > As you may 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. > > 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. > > 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). > > 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. > > 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 at 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 > 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 at ipjustice.org _ > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > WSIS-PCT mailing list > WSIS-PCT at fsfeurope.org > https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/wsis-pct > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/wsis-pct/attachments/20090415/97079d80/attachment-0001.htm From robin at ipjustice.org Wed Apr 15 22:54:26 2009 From: robin at ipjustice.org (Robin Gross) Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:54:26 -0700 Subject: [Wsis-pct] request for sign-on from civil society groups supporting petition for a noncommercial stakeholders group at ICANN In-Reply-To: <6A282607-9FA9-4764-B995-15784AD1D01B@ipjustice.org> References: <6A282607-9FA9-4764-B995-15784AD1D01B@ipjustice.org> Message-ID: Here is today's submission from ICANN's Intellectual Property Constituency urging the ICANN Board of Directors to deny the NonCommercial Stakeholder Group from being seated with its 6 GNSO Council seats claiming we are not "representative" enough: http://forum.icann.org/lists/sg-petitions-charters/msg00015.html We are accepting signatures to the petition supporting NCUC's submission for a noncommercial stakeholder group until 5pm (California) today. Help us show we are representative and noncommercial users deserve at least as many seats as the commercial stakeholders at ICANN (send an email to robin at ipjustice.org to sign-on). OR BETTER YET: If you wish to also express your support for NCUC's petition for a noncommercial stakeholder group, please send an email with your comment to the email address: sg-petitions-charters at icann.org Thank you, Robin On Apr 14, 2009, at 9:09 PM, Robin Gross wrote: > Dear All, > > I am contacting you in the hopes that you can help to garner > support for the proposed Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) > charter at ICANN. We are asking groups who support the petition to > please sign this joint civil society statement: http:// > www.ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Charter_Civil_Society_Support.pdf > > We are looking for sign-on from civil society groups from all over > the world who can sign the statement. Deadline is tomorrow 15 > April (EOB in California) to sign-on. > > As you may 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. > > 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. > > 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). > 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. > > 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 at 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 > 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 at ipjustice.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > WSIS-PCT mailing list > WSIS-PCT at fsfeurope.org > https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/wsis-pct 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 at ipjustice.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/wsis-pct/attachments/20090415/7fbf0613/attachment-0001.htm From rms at gnu.org Fri Apr 17 00:59:00 2009 From: rms at gnu.org (Richard M Stallman) Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:59:00 -0400 Subject: [Wsis-pct] request for sign-on from civil society groups supporting petition for a noncommercial stakeholders group at ICANN In-Reply-To: (message from Robin Gross on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:54:26 -0700) References: <6A282607-9FA9-4764-B995-15784AD1D01B@ipjustice.org> Message-ID: Here is today's submission from ICANN's Intellectual Property =20 Constituency urging the ICANN Board of Directors to deny the =20 Using a term in discourse is presumed by default to endorse the term as meaningful, in the absence of any statement to the contrary. Thus, when the term "intellectual property" in mentioned, even quoting someone else, we should explicitly say that the term embodies confusion. Silence implies consent to its hidden assumptions. (See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html.) Meanwhile, I will send mail to fetch the contents of the page referred to.