Membership Approval Process Document

[farzaneh badii]

These are the comments that we have so far received on the approval guidelines
at the Google Doc: 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vb4a7KnsDwqQlKCMkQx2y8DlykYkT2z3ODxMweGcxTE/edit
I am going to submit this to NCSG EC, unless you find something concerning until
the end of the week.
Here is how I addressed the issues that were raised by the members.
Question 2 and 3 received some substantive comments, see below:


2. Why is it essential for us that you protect and aim to advance the
noncommercial interest in domain name policy as an NCSG and its constituencies
member? 
The text response had an example that members commented on :s: "If you are a
member of At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and Regional At-Large Organizations
(RALOs), as long as you have noncommercial interest, part of the civil society,
you are eligible to apply."
Tapani made the point that if we mention RALOs then we mean ISOC chapters and we
should be clear. Zakir made the point that RALOs don't have to be ISOC chapters.
I agree wtih Zakir, this is not only related to ISOC chapters and cover other
organizations. But in a footnote I have clarified and made an example of ISOC
chapters. 


Again questions 2 response was challenged by Ayden and Remmy. Ayden thinks that
we should delete the part that sets an example, Remmy thinks it's cumbersome and
if not reworded should be dropped. the paragraph reads as:

For example, if you have a company that uses WHOIS personal data of domain
registrants to provide software for others, you are not eligible to apply for
NCSG. If you do business in the digital realm but passionate about the
noncommercial aspects of DNS policy, as long as the company does not directly
relate to DNS, you can still apply. If you are a member of At-Large Advisory
Committee (ALAC) and Regional At-Large Organizations (RALOs), as long as you
have noncommercial interest and , part of the civil society, you are eligible to
apply.If you are protecting the brand owners interests over noncommercial users
and uses of DNS interests, you are not eligible to apply. You can join the
commercial stakeholder group, which has an intellectual property constituency
and a business constituency. Such criterion does not mean NCSG is not
intellectual property minded. We have intellectual property lawyers and experts
as our members, but their mission is to prevent intellectual property overreach
and have a balanced approach towards individual rights and commercial rights

This paragraph is specifically there to clarify and respond some of the
questions we have been receiving on whether RALO and ALAC members can join NCSG
or not. or what is it meant by non-commercial activities.  if someone is
carrying out some commercial activity, whether they can join. I think it should
be there since we keep getting asked this question and it is in line with our
practice. If there are no objections I will discuss this at NCSG EC and we will
see what the committee is going to decide.


3. How does the approval process work? 

Tapani suggests the approval process of constituencies to be added. I added his
sentence. 
Remmy has commented that: We shall not loose sight of the fact that at times
also our constituencies have new members first before their membership of NCSG
except if we are by this review barring Constituencies from taking in members
outside NCSG. Clarification please.
To clarify for Remmy: Anyone that wants to join NPOC or NCUC has to first become
a member of NCSG - no one can become a member of NCUC nor NPOC without being a
member of NCSG. However, joining a constituency is not compulsory and members
can just be independent NCSG members without joining constituencies.



Farzaneh
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