[Npoc-discuss] Dealing with Not-for-Profit and Civil Society Internet Policy Concerns

[Sam Lanfranco]

This is a brief note from the NPOC Policy Committee. As a non-profit 
organization/civil society (NPO/CS) constituency group within ICANN, 
NPOC has two goals:

·As part of ICANN’s multistakeholder governance mandate, it is important 
that NPOC increase the voice of the NPO/CC constituency in the policies 
of ICANN as they affect the stability and security of the global Domain 
Names System (DNS) and the legitimacy of the multistakeholder model in 
Internet governance.


·It is also important that NPOC assist the NPO/CC constituency with its 
awareness and understanding of the impacts of ICANN and Internet 
governance polices on the ability of NPO/CC organizations to effectively 
pursue their own missions and visions.

This note is about progress on the first goal.

ICANN multistakeholder policy making is “bottom up”. When a policy issue 
arises the ICANN process strikes a multistakeholder chartering group to 
develop terms of reference for a multistakeholder Policy Development 
Process Working Group which works up a consensus policy proposal to be 
considered by the ICANN multistakeholder community.

While stakeholders, including NPOC members, are urged to get involved 
early in the policy development, it is recognized that NPO/CC 
stakeholder organizations have limited resources and volunteer time to 
be deeply involved in issues of Internet governance.

Within ICANN there is however one last opportunity to comment on policy 
proposals, one which would demand little time from NPOC members, and 
that is the final “Comments Period”, the last review stage before a 
policy proposal is finalized, to be approved by consensus and sent to 
the ICANN board for implementation.

To assist NPO/CC engagement the NPOC Policy Committee will produce very 
brief “NPOC Notice of Call for Comment” postings here. Postings that 
contain a link to the comments page, the deadline for comments, and a 
sentence or two linking the policy to NPO/CS self-interests.

Please take the time to comment when you can, and feel free to also use 
this forum <npoc-discuss> if you have questions or wish to raise issues 
around policy proposals. You are of course urged and welcome to get 
involved in the policy process as early as possible. This is an 
important step in insuring NPO/CS engagement in Internet policy.

Sam Lanfranco, Chair,

NPOC Policy Committee

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