<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>To clear up any misunderstanding, one is not required to own a domain name in order to join the Noncommercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG). NCSG's charter section 2.2.5 allows for individual members under 3 different circumstances and only the first requires the registration of a domain name. Text shown below.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Robin</div><div><br></div><div>NCSG Charter</div><div>
<div class="column"><p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'Cambria'">2.2.5. New Individual Members -‐ Eligible Individuals.
</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Cambria'">Individual persons who agree to advocate for a noncommercial public-‐interest
position within the Stakeholder group and who fall within one of the following three
categories are eligible to join as an “Individual Member”:
</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Cambria'">1. An Individual who has registered domain name(s) for personal, family or other
noncommercial use; or
</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Cambria'">2. An Individual Internet user who is primarily concerned with the
noncommercial public-‐interest aspects of domain name policy, and is not
represented in ICANN through membership in another Supporting Organization
or GNSO Stakeholder Group; or
</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Cambria'">3. An Individual who is employed by or a member of a non-‐member
noncommercial organization (universities, colleges, large NGOs) can join NCSG in
his or her individual capacity if their organization has not already joined the
NCSG. The Executive Committee shall, at its discretion, determine limits to the
total number of Individual members who can join from any single organization
(provided the limit shall apply to all Organizations, of the same size category,
equally).
</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Cambria'">An individual who is a member of or employee of a noncommercial organization,
which is itself a member of the NCSG, may apply for, or retain membership, in the
NCSG only under the first criteria for individual membership, i.e. be an individual
noncommercial registrant. Such membership is subject to Executive Committee
review. </span></p>
</div></div><div>...</div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On Jan 12, 2015, at 10:13 AM, Alan Greenberg wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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I am afraid that is not quite the case.<br><br>
Your reference to III(h)(11) is correct, but you missed III(a)(2) which
says "Be the exclusive user of at least one domain name. This can be
verified by its listing as the registrant and/or administrative contact
in the WHOIS data of the domain name, by the name resolving to a website
controlled by and representing the organization, or other indications
that prove to Secretary-Treasurer and Chair that the prospective Member
Organization is the primary user of a domain name."<br><br>
Also, the NCUC is a subset of the NCSG, and the NCSG charter 2.2.1.2
includes those words as well.<br><br>
The issue of whether GNSO participation was open to non-registrants was
discussed during the last GNSO re-organization, and the Board made it
clear that it was registrants. I believe that the ALAC was the only part
of ICANN that objected to that.<br><br>
Alan<br><br>
At 12/01/2015 05:20 AM, Edward Morris wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite="x-msg://465/"><pre>Actually, Evan, the
Noncommercial Users Constituency does represent ALL users within the
GNSO. Ownership of a domain name is NOT a prerequisite for NCUC
membership. Per the NCUC Bylaws, section 111(h)(11) NCUC membership is
open to:
ii) An Individual Internet user who is primarily concerned with the
public-interest aspects of domain name policy, and is not represented in
ICANN through membership in another Supporting Organization or GNSO
Stakeholder Group;
Domain name ownership, again, is not required, contrary to your
assertion. Hope this clarifies things a bit.
Sent from my iPhone</pre></blockquote></div>
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