Urgent Request to Send Email to ICANN to Protect Noncommercial Users (23July deadline)

[rusdiah <rusdiah@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Robin,

As member of the NCSG I supported the NCSG charter that are supported by 
civil society.
I will forward my email of support to ICANN and hope it will be review 
by them.
Regards, Rudi Rusdiah - chairman

APWKomitel / Association of Community Internet Center - Jakarta - Indonesia


Robin Gross wrote:
> Dear Rudi,
>
> I am writing with an urgent request that you please send a quick email 
> <mailto:gnso-stakeholder-charters@xxxxxxxxx> to ICANN to weigh-in 
> regarding the imposition of the ICANN staff drafted charter for a 
> Noncommercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG).   
>
> Without any explanation or justification, ICANN discarded the NCSG 
> charter that had been drafted by civil society in a consensus process 
> and submitted to ICANN by NCUC in March - and supported by more than 
> 80 noncommercial organizations and individuals.  
>
> Instead, ICANN is attempting to impose precisely the "silo" charter 
> model that we said would stranglehold us and render us ineffective in 
> policy development at ICANN.
> It is crucial that noncommercial organizations and individuals 
> weigh-in right now and let ICANN know that the world is watching and 
> expecting it to live up to its promises of bottom-up processes, 
> accountability, and democracy.   
>
> The governance structures contained within the NCSG charter will be 
> extremely important for determining how effective noncommercial users 
> can be in influencing policy decisions at ICANN for years to come.  So 
> if there was ever an issue to weigh-in on, this is the issue - because 
> it will impact /every issue noncommercial users face in the future/.
> *The ICANN Public Comment Period on the charters is open until 23 July 
> - Thursday (end-of-business in California)*.
> Comments on the draft charters are submitted via email 
> to _gnso-stakeholder-charters@icann.org_ 
> <mailto:gnso-stakeholder-charters@xxxxxxxxx>.
> Thank you for considering this urgent request.  If you can find the 
> time to send a quick email to ICANN before Thursday EOB, it could make 
> a significant difference for noncommercial users for years to come and 
> I would greatly appreciate it.  
>
> Please let me know if you'd like to discuss this request further. 
>  Thanks again!!
> All best,
>
> Robin
>
> Background on Issue with links to docs, see my article: "/Is ICANN 
> Accountable to the Global Public Interest?/":
> http://ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCUC-ICANN-Injustices.html
>
> IP Justice Statement on Stakeholder Group Charter Injustices:
> http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-stakeholder-charters/msg00012.html
>
> Comment from Dr. Milton Mueller (Internet Governance Project):
> http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-stakeholder-charters/msg00001.html
>
> Public Comments:
> http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-stakeholder-charters/
>
> ICANN Info on submitting comments on stakeholder group charters:
> http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#stakeholder
>
>
>
>
>
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