<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I think the goal of this group is to increase the effectiveness of NCSG as a whole! One way to increase the effectiveness could be a merger. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">You can start by doing an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of having stand alone constituencies (you have some of the points in the Google doc). No option should be off the table. Also perhaps we can be more creative and think beyond having constituencies - we don't have to have overly bureaucratic constituencies where everyone is doing their own thing (own EC meetings own bylaws etc) . We can just have various interest groups that contribute to the NCSG without having to have 6 EC members (or leadership members) in each constituency and another 5 in stakeholder group. On top of that we have 10 people on NCSG PC! do we even have 27 odd active volunteers? Sometimes we don't so people take on two roles! </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">All solutions should be kept on the table. Maybe merger is not the only solution, but we should not overrule it.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I agree with Milton that discussing "membership engagement" is really a distraction. It should be discussed but somewhere else. We have discussed this issue for so long. For this group, we should accept the fact that we have a limited pool of active membership and how we can make their participation more effective. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Farzaneh </font></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 10:35 AM Mueller, Milton L <<a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu">milton@gatech.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">I would volunteer for a group exploring the merger. I would not volunteer for the “increasing participation” group.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 29, 2020 11:07 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mueller, Milton L <<a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu" target="_blank">milton@gatech.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" target="_blank">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Proposed modification of NCSG Strategic Review Working Group<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">I would like to join this group to discuss ways to work together for common goals such as education, outreach, mentorship and increasing participation. If discussing a merger is
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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
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<p class="MsoNormal">1. Whether or not double constituencies creates duplicate administrative work<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2. The impact of a merger on ICANN travel support and other resource availability<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3. The charter changes that would have to be made to implement a merger<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">4. Whether diverse policy perspectives would be reduced by a merger<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">5. Any other relevant issues related to a merger it uncovers<u></u><u></u></p>
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