RE: [gnso-osc-csg] Uniformity

[Claudio Di Gangi <cdigangi@xxxxxxxx>]

Dear SS,

I am writing this to you as our Subtask team leader.

I hope this clarifies the question you asked on the call today. I do not 
consider "membership eligibility criteria" as one of the participation rules or 
operating procedures categories where it makes sense to have a uniform rule in 
place concerning "whom" or "what" is eligible to join a particular group. The 
groups should set these rules with ICANN's approval. The GNSO is made up of a 
diverse group of constituents (commercial interests, individuals, 
organizations, registries, registrars, etc.) 

All of these constituents are eligible to form groups and participate in the 
GNSO, so having one uniform rule dealing with eligibility is inconsistent.  In 
the restructured GNSO, in the contracted party house of the GNSO, groups form 
and participate at the Stakeholder Group level. In the non contracting party 
house, groups form and participate at the Constituency level.

Hope this was helpful. Thanks for your continued work on the draft.

Claudio