[npoc-voice] Re: KASWESHA APPLICATION
Dear Alain & Colleagues
I regret having forgot to include our organization domain name
(http://www.kaswesha.kbo.co.ke/) in our first application and i hereby
re-submit the application duly filled. I feel sorry for any inconvenient
caused.
Regards;
James Njoroge Gitau
Nairobi Kenya
On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 11:16 PM, Alain Berranger <alain.berranger@xxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I want to state I disagree with the decision to exclude the USOC. For 4
> reasons:
>
> 1) Its vision: to enable America's athletes to realize their Olympic and
> Paralympic dreams.
> 2) its mission: To support U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes in
> achieving sustained competitive excellence and preserve the Olympic ideals,
> and thereby inspire all Americans.
>
> 3) It is a not-for-profit with IRS exemption under 501 c 3
>
> 4) fundraising is an activity of all not-for-profits, including
> sponsoring, and thus does not make a not-for-profit a commercial
> organization. I think you are confusing the USOC per se with the various
> olympic games hosting organizations set up for Lake Placid, Los Angeles
> games, etc...
>
> Alain
>
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Robin Gross <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> The new NCSG Executive Committee held its first tele-conference on
>> Tuesday and we made great progress, particularly with respect to
>> establishing a process for handling NCSG membership applications and
>> dealing with the NPOC applications that had come in since the election. So
>> below are my notes from the EC meeting's discussion.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Robin
>>
>> *NCSG-EC Teleconference - 8 Nov. 2011*
>> Transcript & mp3 recording:
>> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meetings
>> Attendance: Michael Carson, Rafik Dammak, Robin Gross, Milton
>> Mueller, Klaus Stoll
>>
>> NCSG-EC Mtg Discussion Agenda:
>>
>> - Review of NCSG membership application procedures
>>
>> - Review of pending NCSG membership applications
>>
>> - Establishment of NCSG Financial Committee
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> *MEETING NOTES:*
>> *
>> *
>> *These 8 orgs were approved for NCSG membership:*
>> ALSAC / St. Jude****
>> Australian RedCross Society****
>> Church of God in Christ****
>> Goodwill Industries****
>> International Baccalaureate Organization****
>> The Association of NGOs, The Gambia (TANGO)****
>> Water Environment Research Foundation****
>> YMCA of The Gambia
>>
>> *These 3 orgs were determined ineligible for NCSG membership*:
>> 1. Kaswesha Community Resource Center
>> Reason provided for non-approval: Not the exclusive user of at least one
>> domain name (a requirement for eligibility under NCSG Charter Section
>> 2.2.1).
>> They were invited to re-apply when they have a noncommercial domain name.
>>
>> 2. Civil Society Movement Against Tuberculosis in Sierre Leone
>> (CISMAT-SL)
>> Reason provided for non-approval: Not the exclusive user of at least one
>> domain name (a requirement for eligibility under NCSG Charter Section
>> 2.2.1).
>> They were invited to re-apply when they have a noncommercial domain name.
>>
>> 3. US Olympic Committee:
>> Reason provided for non-approval: USOC is substantially a major sports
>> licensing business and NCSG is devoted to the protection of noncommercial
>> interests.
>> They were invited to join ICANN's Intellectual Property Constituency as
>> the more appropriate place to protect their interests.
>>
>> *These 7 orgs are undergoing further evaluation:*
>> Child Protection Alliance <http://www.cpagambia.gm/>
>> Information Technology Association of the Gambia <http://www.itag.gm/>
>> National Coalition for the Homeless <http://www.nationalhomeless.org/>
>> National Grange of the Order of Patrons of
>> Husbandry<http://www.nationalgrange.org/>
>> Pilots N Paws <http://www.pilotsnpaws.org/>
>> Tranquil Space Foundation <http://www.tranquilspacefoundation.org/>
>> Young Life <http://www.younglife.org/>
>>
>>
>> ** Attached to this email is a flow chart to explain the agreed process
>> for handling NCSG Membership Applications going forward.
>>
>> *A few notes on the procedures for handling NCSG Membership Applications*
>> :
>>
>> Completed NCSG Membership applications should be submitted by the
>> Applicant to the email address join-ncsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx for consideration
>> by the entire NCSG Executive Committee.
>>
>> NCSG-NCUC Membership application forms are available on the NCSG
>> wiki<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Membership> (for
>> individuals and for organizations).
>>
>> Members of the NCSG-EC have 2 weeks to conduct the required due diligence
>> on the applications (more flexible if a holiday).
>>
>> Decisions to approve membership applications require the full consensus
>> of the voting members of the NCSG Executive Committee (NCSG Charter 2.4.2).
>>
>> Verification of a named official representative's authority to represent
>> an organizational applicant should be independently verified by the EC
>> (NSCG Charter 2.2.4.1).
>>
>> Aggregate voting / representation is not permitted for organizations.
>> Each organization must be represented by a different person. No single
>> person (or group of persons, i.e., a law firm) can represent two or more
>> organizations in NCSG at the same time. This policy discourages attempts
>> to game the system through aggregating membership votes.
>>
>> Organizations with a nonprofit legal structure are nonetheless ineligible
>> for membership in NCSG if they are substantially a commercial or business
>> activity and their interests are more appropriately represented in one of
>> the commercial stakeholder groups (NCSG Charter 2.2.2).
>>
>> An organization's official representative to NCSG cannot be a GNSO
>> Council Representative for the Intellectual Property Constituency (or other
>> officer or member of the IPC or CSG). Outside trademark lawyers are
>> discouraged as the official representative for an org to NCSG since NCSG is
>> devoted to protecting noncommercial interests.
>>
>> ON A SEPARATE ISSUE:
>> The EC is in the process of establishing a *NCSG Financial Committee* (as
>> per NCSG Charter 2.1. & 2.6.) and is looking for volunteers from among the
>> NCSG membership - people with fundraising expertise and time to devote to
>> NCSG fundraising activities and ICANN resource allocations. So please let
>> an EC member know if you'd like to be considered for membership on the NCSG
>> Financial Committee. Thank you!
>> --------------------
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA
> Member, Board of Directors, CECI,
> http://www.ceci.ca<http://www.ceci.ca/en/about-ceci/team/board-of-directors/>
> Executive-in-residence, Schulich School of Business, www.schulich.yorku.ca
> NA representative, Chasquinet Foundation, www.chasquinet.org
> interim Vice Chair, NPOC, NCSG, ICANN, http://npoc.org/
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>
>
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