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<big>NCSG Colleagues (and NCUC/NPOC constituencies),<o:p></o:p></big><br>
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<big>RE: Member Admission Process and Member Databases</big><br>
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<big>This NCSG discussion about member admission process and member
databases has churned up again a number long standing and
important issues and NPOC, as the constituency focused <span
class="st">on Not-for-Profit operational concerns within ICANN’s
remit, will have a longer comment to share by mid-week. Thus far
the discussion has flagged a number of issues that could be
divided into: (a) internal NCSG housekeeping (membership
databases); (b) issues to be examined that reside within the
NCSG Charter; <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>and (c)
issues that would be more appropriately addressed within a
Charter review. <o:p></o:p></span></big><br>
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<big><span class="st">There is a risk of confusing the dialogue when
the issues are not separated out into their appropriate
contexts, when history is correctly understood but wrongly used
as a basis for conclusions, and when suggestions for
improvements within the Charter are entangled with suggestions
for changes to the Charter. <o:p></o:p></span></big><br>
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<big><span class="st">NPOC’s upcoming mid-week comment is intended
to add clarity to the dialogue and hopefully allow us to arrive
at needed changes that will serve the global non-commercial
Internet user community. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><br>
</span></span></big> <br>
<big>Rudi Vansnick, Chair, NPOC<br>
</big><big><span class="st">Sam <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Lanfranco,
Chair, Policy Committee, NPOC</span></big><o:p></o:p><br>
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