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<p>1. I am interested in joining this group</p>
<p>2. We removed the word "merger". as I recollect, because quite a
few NCSG members objected to the concept of "merger". Oxford
learners' dictionary definition: <a class="open oup_icons" title="Add to My Word Lists"><span class="star-btn" aria-hidden="true"></span></a><span class="sensetop"><span class="def">the act of joining two or more organizations or
businesses into one. Obviously, this implies the
death/removal/renaming of one constituency. Other groups have
reorganized without removing a constituency, and I think it is
important to retain that concept in our approach to this
issue. <br>
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<p><span class="sensetop"><span class="def">3. When Milton proposed
this wholesale revision of the charter, he indicated that he
knew why nobody was participating, it was long difficult
complex work requiring research and some prior knowledge, to
summarize briefly in my own words. Fine, we are not idiots,
anybody who has worked long and hard on PDPs or Council know
that. However, in my view, we still need to address the issue
of why people are joining us in the first place, and not doing
anything but voting in the elections. We need to figure out
what the majority of members are actually getting out of
membership, and reading the mailing list, if they have no
desire to contribute.</span></span></p>
<p><span class="sensetop"><span class="def">Kind regards, Stephanie<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hello NCSG,
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In light of the discussions hosted on both NCUCs and NCSGs
open meetings at ICANN69, <a class="gmail_plusreply" id="plusReplyChip-0" href="mailto:rbeauregardlacroix@gmail.com" tabindex="-1" moz-do-not-send="true">@Raphaël Beauregard-Lacroix</a> and
myself worked on some amendments to the proposed charter for
the Strategic Review Working Group.<br>
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The charter can be found here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/19IZOoZVn-SmvZ2peYYULmQ6dTNAMEjb63jWCtOmGCJc/edit" moz-do-not-send="true">
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19IZOoZVn-SmvZ2peYYULmQ6dTNAMEjb63jWCtOmGCJc/edit</a><br>
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And, in case any of you is still interested in joining these
efforts, please email <a class="gmail_plusreply" id="plusReplyChip-1" href="mailto:rbeauregardlacroix@gmail.com" tabindex="-1" moz-do-not-send="true">@Raphaël Beauregard-Lacroix</a>,
Maryam, <a class="gmail_plusreply" id="plusReplyChip-4" href="mailto:brenda.brewer@icann.org" tabindex="-1" moz-do-not-send="true">@Brenda Brewer</a> or myself. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Based on our discussion today
during the ICANN meeting, I would propose to modify
the Working Group charter to say this:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The task of the Working Group will
be to explore the issues raised by an attempt to merge
the two constituencies into an integrated
Noncommercial Stakeholder Group. The group will
conduct a thorough fact-finding operation to address:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1. Whether or not double
constituencies creates duplicate administrative work</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2. The impact of a merger on ICANN
travel support and other resource availability</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3. The charter changes that would
have to be made to implement a merger</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">4. Whether diverse policy
perspectives would be reduced by a merger</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">5. Any other relevant issues
related to a merger it uncovers</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Milton L Mueller</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Georgia Institute of Technology</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">School of Public Policy</p>
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