[Npoc-discuss] The new charter of NPOC - members' review

Thu Sep 19 10:12:09 UTC 2019

Hi Judith, Dave and others,

We approached this question of allowing individual members to join NPOC
more than once but wanted to keep it as it has been, thus avoiding more
structural changes that could give reason for contesting the new charter
even within the NCSG. We will allow for observers, who are interested in
NPOC as well subject matter experts, so anyone can participate in working
for NPOC's goals, even if they weren't an official member.

The bold sentence that Remmy highlighted, means that we can, in some
extraordinary circumstances, allow a not-for-profit organisation as a
member even if they are not a government registered entity. An example of
this, could be an organisation representing LGBT+ in a country where it
would be illegal to do so. Obviously a government isn't going to allow an
illegal entity to register. However, at ICANN, we are a lot more liberal
than most governments. We should not always take for granted, that an
illegal activity is not commendable activity or necessary dissidence. This
consideration of extraordinary circumstances will always be done by the EC
and will likely be very rarely used, if ever.

-Raoul

On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 at 20:37, Olivier Kouami <olivierkouami at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for the clarification.
>
> Le mer. 18 sept. 2019 à 17:16, Remmy Nweke <remmyn at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>> Hi Poncelet and all
>> I raised my observation because I am aware it was discussed although I
>> was skeptical about individual members in a body said to be representing
>> corporate, hence I reminded us, so that it will not become contradictory
>> contents, especially having been part of the review process and there is no
>> plan to set us back but have a more clear and easy to understand charter
>> devoid of ambiguity.
>>
>> For instance, this charter states inter alia:
>>
>> *3.1 Eligible Members*
>> The Members of NPOC shall be comprised of not-for-profit organizations.
>> NPOC requires member
>> organizations to be a registered legal entity, unless, in exceptional
>> circumstances,
>> *the ExecutiveCommittee allows an unregistered entity to become a member
>> on a case by case basis.*
>>
>> I will like to ask what the highlighted part meant before anyone is
>> accused of allowing individual membership which for a simple understanding
>> is an unregistered entity.
>>
>> Good evening from city of Lagos.
>> Remmy
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 13, 2019, 12:07 PM Remmy Nweke <remmyn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Raoul
>> > Nice to have this mission added.
>> >
>> > However, for a start, its solely about NGOs and since we have
>> consideration for individual members I think such should reflect in the
>> mission statement.
>> > Regards for now
>> > Remmy
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Sep 13, 2019, 9:24 AM Raoul Plommer <plommer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> For some explicable reason, the 1.2., i.e. our mission was omitted
>> from the draft. Here it is below. I've also added it to the working
>> document of the charter.
>> >>
>> >> "1.2 NPOC’s mission is to represent Not-for-Profit Organizations by
>> addressing their operational concerns with the generic Top-level Domains
>> (gTLDs). Operational Concerns are defined as issues arising from the use of
>> the gTLDs by the not-for-profit organizations to achieve their own mission.
>> Those can include but are not limited to Domain Name Fraud, Intellectual
>> Property Abuse, Privacy, Security, Stability, and Resiliency, as well as
>> transparent registration and continued ownership of domain names."
>> >>
>> >> I went through the suggestions and there was nothing major, as far as
>> I could see. I resolved the comments and if you're happy with the above
>> mission statement as well, we can send the charter to its next phase of the
>> review process. Enjoy your weekend!
>> >>
>> >> -Raoul
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 at 22:45, Olivier Kouami <olivierkouami at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Hello dearest.all.
>> >>> Thanks you for the update Raoul.
>> >>> I'll pass.through ans.seen.the.work done.since about 5 Yeats now.
>> >>> You're welcome.
>> >>> Regards.
>> >>> Olévié
>> >>>
>> >>> Le ven. 30 août 2019 à 16:52, Remmy Nweke <remmyn at gmail.com> a écrit
>> :
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Welcome to our team the journey so far on this improved charter.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 30, 2019, 8:54 AM Raoul Plommer <plommer at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Dear members of NPOC,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> We have finished the work on our charter in July but I wanted to
>> have one thorough look before sending it to you for accepting it. Sorry for
>> taking so long in finally getting round to doing it.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Here is the working version and with this link you can comment on
>> it. After we've gone through all the comments of the members, we'll pass it
>> to ICANN law for a review.
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HRcUOxtoMUzJnfXhXm-wpJd3vDmVRG9uFTRyojOAbxo/edit?usp=sharing
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> The deadline for giving comments is 13th of September, which also
>> happens to be Friday. :)
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> At the end of the charter, you can also find a link to the annex,
>> but it's unfinished at the moment, and we still need to work on it before
>> passing it for you to review.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> -Raoul
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Ei viruksia. www.avast.com
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