operating procedures for membership changes

[Joly MacFie]

As an organizational member rep (ISOC-NY) I take an interest in the
following:

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:
> ​ ​
> 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
> ​,
> and b) Be the exclusive user of at least one domain name for noncommercial
> purposes,
> ​
> and c) Is engaged in online activities that are primarily noncommercial,


​No problem with any of that​ But..


> and d) In the case of a membership-based organization, (meaning
> ​​
> 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.


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..

Are we, or any other ISOC Chapter, thus ineligible?

I haven't looked it up. Could you clarify '
​
organized as a membership-based organization under the applicable law as
used in NCSG’s Charter'?

joly



On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 1:49 PM, Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> 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.
>
> Thanks,
> Robin
>
>


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