<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">As an organizational member rep (ISOC-NY) I take an interest in the following:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">4. Organizational Member is determined to not meet eligibility requirements for NCSG
membership. Pursuant to NCSG’s Charter, only organizations meeting the following
criteria are eligible for membership in the Stakeholder Group:<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"> </div>a) The organization is incorporated as a noncommercial entity (in countries that have
a provision in their commercial code) or, if unincorporated, or if operating in a
country without provisions for noncommercial incorporation, that operates on a
not-for-profit basis primarily for noncommercial purposes<div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline">, </div>and
b) Be the exclusive user of at least one domain name for noncommercial purposes,<div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"> </div>and
c) Is engaged in online activities that are primarily noncommercial,</blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">No problem with any of that But..</div></div><div> </div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">and
d) In the case of a membership-based organization, (meaning <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"></div>organized as a
membership-based organization under the applicable law as used in NCSG’s
Charter) the organization should not only be noncommerical itself, but should have
a primarily noncommercial focus, and the membership should also be primarily
composed of noncommercial members. </blockquote><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">As an Internet Society Chapter we do not discriminate on the basis of, or even know the majority of, our members' commercial activity. However, all NCSG votes are taken by our (elected) board, who might well qualify, but are elected by the mebership.. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Are we, or any other ISOC Chapter, thus ineligible?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I haven't looked it up. Could you clarify '<div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"></div>organized as a membership-based organization under the applicable law as used in NCSG’s Charter'?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">joly</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 1:49 PM, Robin Gross <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org" target="_blank">robin@ipjustice.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello,<br>
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Please find the attached procedures for handling changes in one's NCSG membership status, which is intended to formalize our EC’s operation on such matters. If there are no significant concerns with these procedures, they should go forward as an NCSG operating procedure in the coming weeks.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
Robin<br>
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